Real Food
Real Food Q&A: Should Raw Cheese be Organic?
This is the part of the program where Kathleen answers a reader’s question about Real Food… “Just because it’s raw doesn’t mean it’s organic? The label should have both raw and organic? I have been pondering this so I thought I’d ask since you posted about cheese.”  ~Teresa
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Project Eat More Veggies
I recently decided that I’m tired of eating the same three or four vegetables in our family dinners. The boys would only (happily) eat peas, corn, carrots, sweet potatoes, and (not so happily) green beans. Technically, peas and corn don’t even count as vegetables!  They’re more like starches.  So are carrots and sweet potatoes, I guess,…
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Gluten Free Pizza
In this post I will review our recent gluten-free experience at a local pizza joint (in Leesburg/Loudoun County, VA), as well as provide instructions for ordering an awesome GF crust online at a reasonable price.
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Paleo Hamburger Soup with Beef and Veggies
This Hamburger Soup recipe is a staple at my house. Here’s what I love about it: Paleo Hamburger Soup with Beef and Veggies It’s the perfect way to use up homemade beef bone broth. Aside from simmer time, this soup is quick to assemble. I can “sneak” in plenty of veggies my kids might not…
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4 Tips for Cooking From Scratch in Less Time
Recently, I returned to physical therapy in an attempt to address my ongoing sciatica. I know this doesn’t seem relevant to the topic at hand, but I promise to bring it full circle if you stick with me. 🙂 In assessing my situation, the therapist asked which activities tend to increase my symptoms. When I…
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Homemade Crockpot Ketchup
This ketchup is one of the ingredients in Last Minute Meatballs, a new favorite around the Yankee Homestead. We actually went without ketchup for many months, using guacamole, hummus and mustards when we needed a condiment for dipping or spreading. Â When I came across this recipe, I just had to try it!
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What’s for Lunch? (other than bread)
One of the questions I fielded most frequently at the beginning of our Strange New Dietary Journey was, “What do you eat for lunch?” I think the rest of the question was implied: “…if you can’t eat bread?” Whenever we eat lunch with non-Real-Foodies, there seems to be much curiosity over the contents of our…
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Chocolate Chip Cookies with Almond Flour
I may or may not have eaten four of these the other night. Â In under an hour. Not only are these cookies oh-so-delicious, they’re also free of gluten, sugar (except for the sugar in the chocolate chips) and eggs. Â Almond flour makes them especially nutritious, which is what I may or may not have told…
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Real Food for the Super Bowl
Looking for gluten-free Real Food for your Super Bowl party? Â Look no further! A few ideas from our Yankee Homestead…Enjoy! Crispy Nuts—My recipe is for plain nuts. Â (Plain as in “no added flavors.” Â They do have salt.) Â If you prefer spiced nuts, check out these over at Elana’s Pantry: Paleo Spiced Nuts. Â For her recipe,…
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Crispy Nuts: Why and How to Soak Your Nuts
Wondering why and how to soak your nuts in order to make crispy nuts? In a nutshell (see what I did there), we soak raw nuts and dry them in order to make them more nutritious to the body and more easily digested.
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