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Food Treasures at Houston’s Revival Market

Real Food Houston Posted on August 6, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffAugust 6, 2012

My husband and I visited Revival Market last Friday.  I get their newsletter and am always amazed at the wide selection of pastured pork, grassfed beef, and other meats, but they also have other food treasures.  We were really hungry … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Good Food, Access to Real Food, Health, Healthy Fats, Local Farming, Nutrition, Real Food, Restaurants, Sustainable Farming, Traditional Food | Tagged grassfed beef, health, healthy fats, healthy foods, local food, meat, nutrition, restaurants, sustainable farming | 4 Replies

Real Food Summit – FREE online series

Real Food Houston Posted on July 10, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffJuly 10, 2012

            In case you haven’t heard about it, there’s an excellent FREE seminar series now on the Internet—Real Food Summit.  There are three seminars available each day through July 16.  The Summit began July 8, … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Safety, Fructose, GMOs, Health, Local Farming, Nutrition, Organic Food, Pesticides, Raw Milk, Real Food, Sugar, Sustainable Farming, Traditional Food | Tagged genetically engineered, GMOs, grassfed beef, healthy fats, healthy foods, local food, raw milk, real food, sustainable farming, traditional food | Leave a reply

Beef Heart with Bacon

Real Food Houston Posted on June 23, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffOctober 25, 2018
Beef heart with veggies

One of my favorite organ meats is beef heart, and the way I really like it cooked is with bacon and onion.  We buy our grassfed beef a side at a time (from the Law Ranch Cattle Company) which makes the per pound price reasonable, although … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Farming, Real Food, Recipes, Sustainable Farming, Traditional Food | Tagged grassfed beef, local food, recipes, sustainable farming | Leave a reply

New restaurant on Real Food Restaurants page – Chipotle Mexican Grill!

Real Food Houston Posted on May 29, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffMay 24, 2013

Important Update, May 24, 2013:  I removed Chipotle from the recommended restaurants list in September of 2012 because the chain was not providing important information about their ingredients; however, I have added them back to the list because the chain … Continue reading →

Posted in Access to Good Food, Access to Real Food, Health, Local Farming, Organic Food, Real Food, Restaurants, Sustainable Farming | Tagged healthy foods, local food, organic, pastured pork, restaurants | 2 Replies

What’s for dinner? Thyme roasted chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes, and cranberry apple chutney!

Real Food Houston Posted on May 26, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffOctober 25, 2018
Thyme roasted chicken & veggies

We had a great meal last night for dinner.  Local pastured chicken roasted with thyme, local farmers market green beans, mashed potatoes (unfortunately not local), and cranberry apple chutney. What you need: pastured chicken green beans, ends snapped off potatoes, cubed raw … Continue reading →

Posted in Farmers Markets, Ferments, Organic Food, Real Food, Recipes, Sustainable Farming, What's for dinner | Tagged butter, healthy fats, local food, meals, organic, pastured chicken, raw milk, recipes, what's for dinner | 2 Replies

Minnesota threatens mothers with criminal charges for distributing farm fresh food

Real Food Houston Posted on May 11, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffJuly 18, 2012

Many years ago, when my children were small, I belonged to several food co-ops, including a vegetable and fruit co-op and a cheese co-op. These co-ops were made up of twelve families each who would take turns driving to the farmers market or … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Freedom, Food Rights, Local Farming, Raw Milk, Real Food, Sustainable Farming | Tagged food freedom, food rights, health, local food, raw milk, sustainable farming | Leave a reply

Study finds that home gardening tools are often contaminated with lead, BPA and other toxins

Real Food Houston Posted on May 4, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffMay 9, 2013

If you eat foods you grow in a backyard garden, and you use ordinary gardening tools like water hoses, gloves, kneeling pads, and plastic tools, you may be unknowingly adding toxins to your food.  But maybe you’ve already thought about … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Local Farming, Organic Food, Real Food, Sustainable Farming | Tagged BPA, food safety, healthy foods, lead, local food, phthalates, PVC, sustainable farming | Leave a reply

REAL Ice Cream Is Now Available in Houston!

Real Food Houston Posted on April 16, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffApril 16, 2012

Pure Milk Farms, a Texas licensed grade A raw milk dairy, has been providing wonderful, fresh raw milk to the Houston area for years, and now they’ve added a new product–ice cream!  Delicious, creamy, sweet, and REAL ice cream!  Their ice … Continue reading →

Posted in Local Farming, Pastured Eggs, Raw Milk, Real Food, Sustainable Farming | Tagged chocolate, ice cream, local food, raw milk, real food, vanilla | 6 Replies

Demand for FAKE meats is growing; why not eat REAL meat?

Real Food Houston Posted on March 21, 2012 by Carolyn BiggerstaffSeptember 27, 2014
Textured vegetable protein chunks

The Salt blog on NPR.com says in its article Meat Substitute Market Beefs Up: “110 new meat substitute products were introduced in 2010 and 2011 . . . giving people who are looking for tasty alternatives to meat a lot more … Continue reading →

Posted in Fake Food, GMOs, Health, Organic Food, Real Food, Sustainable Farming, Traditional Food | Tagged fake food, fake meat, fermented food, genetically engineered, GMOs, organic, seitan, soy, sustainable farming, tempeh, tofu, TVP | 13 Replies

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