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Archives for May 2010

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Cook More Real Food: Make a Meal Plan

Cook More Real Food: Make a Meal Plan

May 31, 2010     Keeper of the Home

So far during the Cook More Real Food event we’ve completed inventories of our pantry and of our freezer, and now it’s time to get really practical and a make a plan for what we’ll actually eat with all those foods! Your Tasks This Week Are: 1. To do a quick 5 minute or less …

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Category: Homemaking

Real Food Makeover: The Startup Family, Part 2

Real Food Makeover: The Startup Family, Part 2

May 31, 2010     Keeper of the Home

This is Part 2 of the Real Food Makeover for the Startup family, and the very last of all the Real Food Makeovers! Lessening the Grip of Sugary Beverages One of the 3 baby steps that I suggested in Part 1 was to decrease their consumption of sugary snacks and beverages. It’s important to decrease …

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Category: Natural Living, Natural Remedies, Real Food

Want to Buy the Healthy Snacks to Go Ebook? Here's a Coupon Code!

Want to Buy the Healthy Snacks to Go Ebook? Here’s a Coupon Code!

May 28, 2010     Keeper of the Home

**Please note– Although the coupon code was not working yesterday, it is definitely working now!!! Sorry for the inconvenience. Go ahead and grab your books at this great price!** If you’ve been eyeing the Healthy Snacks to Go ebook from Katie at Kitchen Stewardship, here is your chance to grab it for a steal! To …

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Category: Homemaking

Cook More Real Food: Take Inventory of Your Freezer

Cook More Real Food: Take Inventory of Your Freezer

May 28, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Welcome back for the second part of the Cook More Real Food event! It’s so great to see so many people joining in, through the Facebook event page and also just through the comments. I’ve noticed a number of people blogging about the event and the progress that they are making as well, which is …

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Category: Homemaking

Giveaway: FuzziBunz Diapers from Just Bumming Around

Giveaway: FuzziBunz Diapers from Just Bumming Around

May 27, 2010     Keeper of the Home

This giveaway has now ended! Since this was a wildly popular giveaway last time around, we’ve decided to offer it again! Just Bumming Around is a wonderful mom-owned and run cloth diaper online boutique, serving both Canada and the US. They carry only their very favorite products (which happen to include some of my favorites!) …

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Category: Homemaking

Organic Food on a Budget

Organic Food on a Budget

May 26, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Written by Angela Beery, Contributing Writer Now that the spring season is upon us, it is the perfect time to talk about fresh, local produce! Many exciting opportunities are ahead of us in the coming months. I don’t know about you, but I am looking forward to taking a stroll down to the farmer’s market, …

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Category: Homemaking, Natural Living, Real Food

Cook More Real Food: Take Inventory of Your Pantry 1

Cook More Real Food: Take Inventory of Your Pantry

May 25, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Wondering what Cook More Real Food is all about? Learn more about this event that’s taking place here at Keeper of the Home over the course of the next several weeks! For those on Facebook, join over 185 other women and be a part of the event! Today we are tackling our pantries! I hope …

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Category: Homemaking

Real Food Makeover: The Startup Family

Real Food Makeover: The Startup Family

May 24, 2010     Keeper of the Home

This week’s makeover is for the Startup Family. Meet Kim, Jim and sons Matthew (16) and Stephen (14). How They Currently Eat: I am so pleased to introduce you to the Startup family, because I admire what they are doing. Mom is aware of just how much their diet needs to change, and I think …

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Category: Natural Living, Natural Remedies, Real Food

Dairy Free Alternatives That Work For a Traditional Diet

Dairy Free Alternatives That Work For a Traditional Diet

May 21, 2010     Keeper of the Home

I have to begin this post by stating that we love dairy. I mean, we really love it. Our desire to take dairy out of our diets has been for one reason only– while doing the GAPS diet for two months, we noticed that each time we tried to add dairy back in, several members …

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Category: Real Food

Cook More Real Food Event: May 20th-June 12th

Cook More Real Food Event: May 20th-June 12th

May 20, 2010     Keeper of the Home

I’ve been writing lots about saving money on a whole foods diet, especially around the launch of my new book, Real Food on a Real Budget. Hearing about concepts that will help you to cook more from scratch, improve your diet and lighten up your grocery budget is a really good thing. Actually DOING those …

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Category: Homemaking

Questions to Ask at Your Local Farmer’s Market

Questions to Ask at Your Local Farmer’s Market

May 19, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Photo by shaggyshoo I grew up in West Michigan where the local farmer’s market was always a highlight of the summer. Early on Saturday mornings my sisters and I would head to the market with mom to buy yummy, fresh, and local produce, and THE BEST cinnamon rolls from a Mennonite family to eat on …

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Category: Homemaking, Real Food

Real Food Makeover: The Woody Family, Part 2

Real Food Makeover: The Woody Family, Part 2

May 18, 2010     Keeper of the Home

At long last, I’m back to completing this Real Food Makeover series! Thank you for your patience with me as I took a couple of weeks off from doing any heavy writing, while I launched my new book (Real Food on a Real Budget) and my new site design. Phew! Let’s continue… A Sample Weekly …

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Category: Natural Living, Natural Remedies, Real Food

Winners of Healthy Snacks to Go Ebook

May 17, 2010     Keeper of the Home

I know you’ve all been waiting patiently to find out the winners of the 5 copies of Healthy Snacks to Go. Here they are: 1. Lindsey ([email protected]) “I’m so glad I stumbled across your site! It’s become such a foreign and unappealing concept today for women to place such a high importance on serving their …

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Category: Homemaking

Video Blog: How to Make Coconut Milk Kefir 1

Video Blog: How to Make Coconut Milk Kefir

May 17, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Since beginning the GAPS diet back in March, our family has been dairy-free. Although we are currently not on the GAPS diet anymore, through doing the diet we discovered that at least two members of our family react poorly to dairy. Though I am a huge advocate of raw milk (and cheese and creme fraiche …

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Category: Real Food

How to Find Local Sources of Meat

How to Find Local Sources of Meat

May 14, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Written by Anne Elliot, Contributing Writer We moved to Minnesota almost 18 months ago, but in that time, I just never got around to finding some good meat for our family. I got lazy, going more often to my local grocery stores rather than taking the time to find a local source for beef, chicken, …

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Category: Homemaking, Natural Living, Real Food

Serving Our Husbands Through a Nourishing Diet

Serving Our Husbands Through a Nourishing Diet

May 12, 2010     Keeper of the Home

“She does him good… all the days of her life.” An Important Education for Women Many studies have found that married men live longer than bachelors. Diet is a significant factor. One study showed that: ”Women traditionally take more responsibility for the home than men do, and, as a consequence, a woman’s education might be …

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Category: Family Life

Healthy Snacks to Go Ebook: Review and a Giveaway

Healthy Snacks to Go Ebook: Review and a Giveaway

May 11, 2010     Keeper of the Home

This giveaway has now ended. One area that is really tough for a lot of mamas is figuring out what kind of simple, fast and nourishing snacks they can feed their kids. Committed to whole foods myself, there are the odd days when I long to be able to just grab a few packaged fruit …

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Category: Homemaking

Video Blog: How to Wash Your Face Using the Oil Cleansing Method 1

Video Blog: How to Wash Your Face Using the Oil Cleansing Method

May 10, 2010     Keeper of the Home

; Back by popular demand, my second vlog! This time it’s on how to use the Oil Cleansing Method for keeping your face beautiful and clear! I’ll show you how I mix up the oils that I use (castor oil and extra virgin olive oil), in what ratio I use them, and then give a …

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Category: Homemade & DIY

Real Food on a Real Budget: Eat Local, Eat Seasonal

May 7, 2010     Keeper of the Home

This is the last of the excerpts from my new book, Real Food on a Real Budget. It was taken from Chapter 7- Eat Local, Eat Seasonal. This month one of the topics here at Keeper of the Home is local and seasonal food, so this seemed a fitting topic to share! ******* In one …

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Category: Homemaking, Natural Living, Real Food

Real Food on a Real Budget: Finding Sources for Purchasing Real Food

May 6, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Today’s post is a brief excerpt taken from Chapter 2 of my new book, Real Food on a Real Budget. The chapter explores how we can examine the options and resources available to us, as we seek to find sources of high-quality AND affordable food wherever we live. ******* It’s a bit of a game …

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Category: Homemaking, Real Food

How to Find Local Sources of Raw Milk

May 5, 2010     Keeper of the Home

Written by Anne Elliot, Contributing Writer I first learned about the benefits of raw milk ten years ago. It was obviously God’s leading and guidance because I wasn’t looking for it. I didn’t even know you could buy milk that hadn’t been pasteurized or homogenized. I didn’t know all the benefits that would come when …

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Category: Real Food

Real Food on a Real Budget: Using Cash

May 4, 2010     Keeper of the Home

This week I will be running some excerpts from my new book, Real Food on a Real Budget: How to Eat Healthy for Less. They will be short selections from a few different chapters, just to give you an idea of some of the contents. Using  Cash Taken from Chapter 1: Working With a Budget …

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Category: Homemaking

Updated! Spring Book Sale: Real Food and Healthy Homemaking eBooks 50% Off!

Introducing My New Book: Real Food on a Real Budget

May 3, 2010     Keeper of the Home

I am so excited to introduce my newest book to you! Real Food on a Real Budget has been a bit like having two babies in one year… first, we welcomed Johanna into our family this August. Within a week of her birth, while being told “sit down, rest, stop getting up!” by my loving …

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Category: Homemaking

Want to Win a Copy of Real Food on a Real Budget?

May 1, 2010     Keeper of the Home

My new ebook, Real Food on a Real Budget- How to Eat Healthy for Less, launches this Monday… are you as excited as I am? Just to create a little more excitement, I thought I would do something completely random and offer a giveaway, before it’s even been made available for purchase! This weekend, I …

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Category: Homemaking

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