Author Archives: Carolyn

The Pantry Principle, excellent reference for the Real Food newbie

If you already cook from Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and have read Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Dr. Weston A. Price and if you follow the websites of The Healthy Home Economist, Dr. Mercola, and GreenMedInfo, you may not … Continue reading

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Study finds significant new evidence that GMOs can cause harm

A new study published in the Journal of Organic Systems provides compelling evidence that GMO foods cause physical damage.   If you haven’t been concerned until now about eating GM foods or meat from animals fed GM foods, you need … Continue reading

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Four Houston restaurants have been added to Real Food Restaurants

A reader has suggested some new additions to the Real Food Restaurants listing, plus I’ve added another that I have long wanted to try; however, it’s on the exact opposite side of Houston from where I live.  Although I have … Continue reading

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Houston Real Food Nutrition hosts class on making stocks and broths

Our Houston Real Food Nutrition meetup group hosted another great class Saturday, May 25, where we learned how to make delicious and nourishing stocks and broths using a variety of meats and bones.  Our instructor, Susan Doiron, gave us many … Continue reading

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Crisco – how marketing trumped nutrition!

I recently came across the interesting story of how and why Crisco was developed and marketed.  The history of Crisco is essentially the history of our modern lab-created, highly processed food.  Through highly successful marketing, lab food has gradually and … Continue reading

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Learn how to make nourishing, delicious stocks and broth!

Houston Real Food Nutrition and the Houston-Galveston Chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation are hosting a cooking class on May 25, 2013.  Susan Doiron, who gave an excellent demonstration of making fermented foods in January, is offering a class … Continue reading

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Goat Cheese Stuffed Dates with Pecan Topping

Heavenly and decadent, these lightly broiled stuffed dates are delicious and will satisfy your sweet tooth without any additional sweetener!  I love Medjool dates and eat them just plain, but these stuffed dates are way better than even I imagined.  … Continue reading

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The EU Wants to Control All Seeds!

This week the European Commission is considering a new law that would give control of ALL seeds to a new organization–the EU Plant Variety Agency.  Controlling all seeds is not very far from controlling ALL food.  Just think about the … Continue reading

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Abbott Labs Shareholders Vote to Keep GMOs in Similac Infant Formulas

Abbott Laboratories shareholders have rejected a proposal to remove genetically engineered ingredients from Similac infant formulas, according to DairyReporter.com,. [source] In a press release dated April 23, 2013, As You Sow, an Abbott Labs investor, announced that it would present a … Continue reading

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Do you want to know what’s in your food? Moms Across America do!

If you care about the health of your family, you should absolutely look into this group:  Moms Across America March July 4th for labeling GMOs and the right to know what’s in our food.  There are events and marches planned … Continue reading

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