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Breaking News from Chick-fil-A: Antibiotic-Free Chicken

Did you catch this post: Changes at Chick-fil-A: A Step in the Right Direction? In that post, I shared about a few positive changes implemented recently by Chick-fil-A, but lamented that the chicken itself could benefit from some improvements. Well, guess what: 

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

I suppose there are a few people in this world who do not like chocolate, but none of them live at my house.  We love our chocolate here at the Yankee Homestead! And what, I ask you, goes better with chocolate than peanut butter? Technically, you could use any nut butter in this recipe.  For…

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Egg-n-Bacon Breakfast Muffins

Egg-n-Bacon Breakfast Muffins

These egg-n-bacon breakfast muffins make the perfect grab-n-go breakfast.

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How to Eat Liver Without Tasting It

Update: How to Eat Liver (without tasting it), plus Liverwurst Q&A

Today, I bring you an update on The Plan: How to Eat Liver Without Tasting It, as well as answers to one reader’s questions about liverwurst.

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White Chicken Chili | Roots & Boots

Paleo-Friendly White Chicken Chili

This White Chicken Chili was a huge hit with my entire family from the first time I served it.

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Chocolate Nut Bars no bake

Chocolate Nut Protein Bars

  Oh my goodness, these bars are so good, and so easy to make!  They are perfect as dessert, they pack very well for meals or treats on-the-go, and–packed full of protein–they make an excellent snack for pregnant and nursing mothers.

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Gingerbread Cutout Cookies

Gingerbread Cutout Cookies

One of our Christmas Countdown activities every year is {of course} baking Christmas cookies.  This year, the boys really wanted to make gingerbread cookies.  So we used this trusty recipe, and they turned out great!

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Chick-fil-A

Changes at Chick-fil-A: A Step in the Right Direction

Have you heard about the coming changes Chick-fil-A announced concerning some of their yucky ingredients? The popular fast food chain has promised to remove dyes, HFCS and artificial coloring from several products and is testing new, healthier methods of preparing certain other products.

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Why We Stopped Eating Chicken from the Grocery Store

Why We Stopped Eating Chicken from the Grocery Store

Why We Stopped Eating Chicken from the Grocery Store Did you know that most grocery store chicken is laced with arsenic? Fact: arsenic is highly toxic.  It is considered a carcinogen and endocrine disruptor.  In other words, eating arsenic can lead to cancer and all sorts of autoimmune diseases. Of course, no one in their…

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Real Food for Husbands and Children

There are so many fantastic Real Food blogs out there that it’s easy to get overwhelmed. For a long time I didn’t follow many blogs at all, because the sheer volume of information was more than I could handle. Now that I’ve got my feet under me, so to speak, and now that I’m pushing…

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