If you’re just starting out, just learning and baby-stepping away from packaged and boxed foods into a diet based on wholesome, natural traditional foods, those first few weeks (months? years?) can feel daunting at best, and completely impossible at worst. It’s hard, especially if you were raised on Lean Cuisine, Pop Tarts and Crystal Light. [...]
Weston A Price: Findings on Traditional Foods
March 26, 2010 By 30 Comments
Weston A Price, a Cleveland dentist who, when challenged by rampant tooth decay and the considerable physical degeneration of his patients, left his practice and traveled the world researching the dietary practices of peoples consuming processed foods and those consuming an unprocessed, native diet, and the non-profit nutritional advocacy group named in his honor – [...]
Fresh, Local, Traditional: My Food Philosophy
March 2, 2010 By 33 Comments
I want to welcome all the recent readers from CNN’s story: An Inconvenient Challenge as well as the Globe & Mail’s story: Ditching Processed Foods which covered Nourished Kitchen and the recent 28-day Real Food Challenge. If you’re new why not subscribe or get involved? You can also learn more about me and how to [...]
28-day Real Food Challenge: The End
February 28, 2010 By 52 Comments
Did you miss the 28-day Real Food Challenge? You can always view the challenge’s archives, or why not sign-up as we give it a second go? Twenty-eight days later, and here we are – at the end of the 28-day Real Food Challenge. Throughout the challenge briefly examined the fundamental aspects of improving that which [...]
28 Days of Real Food: Week #4 and Week #3 Re-cap
February 21, 2010 By 24 Comments
We’re on our last week of the challenge to eat real food for 28 days! Are you still with me? Are you enjoying sourdough breads and wholesome natural yogurts? Are you celebrating wholesome, healthy fats in all their nutrient-dense glory? Now’s the time to sit back, relax and evaluate the week. Did you miss an [...]
Real Food Challenge: Week #2
February 7, 2010 By 54 Comments
You’ve got one week under your belts: you’ve cleaned out your pantry, learned about the proper preparation of grains, prepared a soaked flour recipe, started your sourdough, sprouted some grain and – perhaps – even attempted milling your very own flour. So it’s time to check in and let everyone know how you’re doing. Did [...]
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