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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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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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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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Lentils with Cheese

For many years, one of my family’s favorite homestyle foods has been Lentils with Cheese, but I’ve learned that to be healthier the lentils need to be soaked or sprouted, which requires a lot of preplanning and extra time.  I … Continue reading

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Strawberry Kefir Smoothie

As you probably have noticed by now, I love my morning smoothies!  Although my usual smoothie is a Banana Cocoa Smoothie, I like to try new flavors.  I don’t often find really ripe, organic strawberries, but I was lucky last … Continue reading

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No food freedom in Texas! Texas raw milk farmer’s license suspended for delivering milk!

[Update February 12, 2013:  Wow! I've already got an update.  I just found a video of the farmer being forced to dump 700 gallons of raw milk ($5,000), just because he was delivering.  There was nothing wrong with the milk.  … Continue reading

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Meat Stock or Bone Broth – which do you make?

I just read an interesting article by Kim Schuette in the latest Price Pottenger Nutrition Foundation Journal about bone broth, or is it stock?  Kim begins by explaining that the French term for stock and broth is fonds de cuisine, … Continue reading

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Fermentation demonstration and paleo dinner at Houston Real Food Nutrition meeting

Our local Meetup group, Houston Real Food Nutrition, had a fantastically successful meeting last night at Partners in Paleo in League City.  Over thirty members and guests attended the event.  Susan Doiron gave an exceptionally thorough demonstration of making fermented … Continue reading

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Cheese Biscuits – Grain Free

I made my favorite vegetable beef soup the other day and wanted something to add a different flavor to the meal.  We don’t eat a lot of bread or bread substitutes; however, we had really enjoyed the coconut flour blueberry … Continue reading

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Grass-fed Beef Tostadas with Guacamole

We celebrated New Year’s Eve with a special treat this year.  I fell in love with Mexican food when I moved to Texas many years ago, and although there are lots of Mexican restaurants here in Houston–in fact sometimes it … Continue reading

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