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Reader Survey: You’ve Got Opinions…
Reader Survey: You’ve Got Opinions… …and I want to hear them! Please take my very first Yankee Homestead Reader Survey, and help me create content that serves your needs. This is your chance to tell me all about:
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Easy Almond Flour Graham Crackers
I’m always on the lookout for simple, healthy, protein-packed snack recipes. My boys (including my husband) are always on the lookout for snacks that taste good. These Easy Almond Flour Graham Crackers fit the bill!
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What I Learned About Money from a Velveeta Cheese Box
I guest posted this week over at Money Saving Mom, all about my early budget training as a child, my husband’s lack of budget training, and what we’re doing now to train our own children. It all started with a Velveeta cheese box… What I Learned About Money from a Velveeta Cheese Box The irony…
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How to Prepare for a Natural C-Section
Know your options Every mother-to-be should know her options for childbirth. Some mamas plan for a regular, natural birth but find out late in the game that a c-section is required. Other mamas know early on their delivery will require surgery. Either way, the more you know–and the more you prepare–the better your experience will…
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Mashed Cauliflower Faux-tatoes
You win some, you lose some. Especially when it comes to kids and vegetables. Take cauliflower, for example. Cauli-rice? My kids are not fans. Mashed Cauliflower Faux-tatoes? Score!
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5 Best Gluten Free Cupcakeries in Northern Virginia (with locations nationwide )
Even gluten free, sugar free folks like to eat a cupcake now and then. Can I get an amen? And while I do love this recipe for gluten free, sugar free chocolate cake, sometimes it’s nice to splurge on awesome cupcakes from one of these 5 best gluten free cupcakeries. Warning: the gluten free cupcakeries we…
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Dairy Free Ice Cream: Mint Chocolate Chip {with essential oils}
This mint chocolate chip dairy free ice cream is a family favorite here at Roots and Boots. If you keep the ingredients in stock, it’s easy to whip up in the blender and add to the ice cream maker at the start of dinner. By the time dinner is over, there’s a delicious frozen treat…
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15 Best Sources for Gluten Free Real Food Recipes
When you start a gluten free real food diet, one of the first things you learn is that not all gluten free food is real food, and not all real food is gluten free. And just like that, pretty much the entire content of your recipe box becomes obsolete. Goodbye, cookie recipes. Goodbye, all baking recipes,…
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Gluten Free Cookie Dough Bites
These gluten free cookie dough bites are a family favorite. Nuts, chocolate, no bake–what could be better?
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Is Your Root Canal Making You Sick?
You know your yellow tooth is an eyesore when little children, including your own, begin to ask…. What’s wrong with your tooth? Why is your tooth yellow? The truth is, my ever-darkening front tooth is dead. According to my former dentist, it requires a root canal. Several years ago, I might have agreed. In fact, over fifteen years…
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