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Archives for June 2013

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30 Sensational Summer Salad Recipes

June 28, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Diana, Contributing Writer Summer is officially here!  During this season, my family eats lighter meals which includes an abundance of salads made with the season’s freshest fruits and vegetables from the farmers market or my own backyard. Often, we get stuck and salads become green lettuces with tomatoes, cucumbers, and cheese. Really, salads can be …

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Category: Real Food, Recipes

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Benefits of Line Drying

June 26, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Contributing Writer, Stacy Myers When we moved into this house, we were tickled pink to find that it came with a clothesline. Having lived in a townhouse in town for 8 years, I was eager to have yard space where I could do things like line-dry and raise chickens. Ahhhhhhhhhhh, livin’ the country life …

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Category: Homemaking, Natural Living

In a Rut? Take the Kids For a Morning Nature Walk!

June 25, 2013     Keeper of the Home

Guest Post by Jessica of Smartter Each Day Recently, I lamented to my mom how stressful our mornings had been. We’d finish breakfast, and somehow that would cue the grumpiness and bored whining. When my mom suggested a morning nature walk, I was doubtful that would solve all our problems. But of course, moms usually …

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Category: Family Life

How to Begin and Maintain a Consistent Exercise Routine

How to Begin and Maintain a Consistent Exercise Routine

June 24, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Emily McClements, Contributing Writer At the beginning of this year, I signed up to run a half marathon on June 1 with my sister. I was six months post-partum after my third baby, still at least 20+ lbs above my pre-pregnancy goal weight, and besides a brief stint with the Insanity DVD program, I …

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Category: Natural Living

Three Attitude Adjustments During Pregnancy

Three Attitude Adjustments During Pregnancy

June 20, 2013     Keeper of the Home

; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; By Natalie, Contributing Writer Pregnancy is such a mixed bag, don’t you think? On the one hand you have the miracle of LIFE filling your body. On the other hand you also get the garden variety of emotions and physical stresses that come with the complete …

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Category: Family Life

Unhealthy Pantry Staples Remade 4

Unhealthy Pantry Staples Remade

June 19, 2013     Keeper of the Home

Written by Rachel, Contributing Writer Back in the days before most of us were even born, when our mothers or grandmothers were girls growing up, pantries were stocked very differently than in today’s world. Here’s a picture of a pantry from the 1940s: image credit Today, most pantries are stocked with stuff that is not even …

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Category: Family Life, Natural Living, Real Food

Perfect, Fluffy Quinoa

How to Cook Perfect, Fluffy Quinoa

June 17, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Mindy, Contributing Writer I posted a recipe for quinoa pancakes last month here at Keeper of the Home that called for three cups of cooked quinoa as one of the ingredients. Some readers asked how to cook quinoa, so today I wanted to share with you my tried-and true-method for how to cook perfect, …

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Category: Real Food, Recipes

How to Make Healthy Ice Pops & Frozen Treats 4

How to Make Healthy Ice Pops & Frozen Treats

June 14, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Kelly, Contributing Writer Growing up, there were few things more exciting during summer than hearing that little ditty playing that meant only one thing … the Ice Cream Man is coming! Soon he’d be rounding the corner of our street, and so my little brother and I would make a mad dash inside the …

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Category: Homemade & DIY, Homemaking, Real Food, Recipes

How I learned to cook whole fish, Sicilian style (and how you can, too)

How I learned to cook whole fish, Sicilian style (and how you can, too)

June 13, 2013     Keeper of the Home

This week, I was over at Simple Bites, discussing the open-air markets, which I love, and how I braved the fresh fish markets here in Italy. I also shared a recipe detailing how to cook whole fish, Sicilian style, which I learned to do while here. I’ve arrived in the land of open-air markets, and …

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Category: Family Life, Real Food, Recipes

Gardening Tips for Beginners: Resources to Help You Dive Into Gardening With Courage!

Gardening Tips for Beginners: Resources to Help You Dive Into Gardening With Courage!

June 12, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Beth Ricci, Contributing Writer I am not a gardener. I feel that in order to gain that title, one must successfully keep a plant alive for more than a month. Ahem. It’s, uh, on my bucket list… If grocery stores all went away I’d probably starve to death. I am NOT a gardener. I …

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Category: Homemaking, Natural Living

Fun, Frugal Outdoor Summer Activities 2

Fun, Frugal Outdoor Summer Activities

June 11, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Kate Tietje, Contributing Writer One of the aspects we enjoy most about the summer is the warm weather. As soon as the sun starts peaking out and tendrils of warmth drift through the air, we are ready to go outside! We’re a bit past that now, seeing that it’s the middle of June. We’ve …

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Category: Family Life

35 Resources for the Naturally Minded Mom

35 Resources for the Naturally Minded Mom

June 10, 2013     Keeper of the Home

Have you ever wished that motherhood came with a manual? I have. Though I have slowly grown in my mothering know-how and ability over the years, and have come to really love being a mom, it hasn’t always been an easy road. I had no clue what I was doing when I got to the …

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Category: Homemaking

How to Make an Herbal Wreath

June 7, 2013     Keeper of the Home

Written by Stacy Karen, Contributing Writer My mother-in-law is very talented when it comes to arranging flowers and making wreaths. I’ve admired her skills for years, but never ventured into wreath-making myself because I thought it was too difficult or time consuming. Recently, I asked my mother-in-law to help me make an herbal wreath and …

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Category: Homemade & DIY, Homemaking

Spring Giveaway Week: MightyNest Picnic Gear Pack (with Review!)

June 6, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Beth Ricci, Contributing Writer What’s summer without a picnic or two or twenty? Um, nothing, that’s what. OK, maybe that’s a bit extreme, but isn’t it true that two of the most universally loved human experiences are eating and enjoying the great outdoors? Put the two of them together and you’ve got sheer bliss, …

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Spring Giveaway Week: 2 Year-Long Subscriptions to Plan to Eat!

June 5, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Stacy Karen, Contributing Writer In this digital age it is easy to find a lot of great recipes online. Perhaps you pin recipes to Pinterest, bookmark them, or save them to your computer. Whatever you do, there are still the extra steps of menu planning and grocery list making to deal with. Plan to …

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Spring Giveaway Week: 4-Week Course on Blogging for Income (a freebie for ALL my readers!)

June 5, 2013     Keeper of the Home

When I first began blogging over 5 1/2 years ago, I didn’t have the faintest clue what I was doing. What started as a hobby soon grew into a small income-earning venture, and then eventually into a part-time business that I run from home, which contributes greatly to our family’s income. While blogging certainly isn’t …

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Spring Giveaway Week: Natural Skincare Bundle From Third Day Naturals (With Review!)

June 4, 2013     Keeper of the Home

By Stacy Myers, Contributing Writer I’m not a girly-girl. Never have been. But let me tell you something…I like smelling pretty. Maybe that comes from years of smelling like spit-up, pee-pee, or “oh-my-goodness-when-did-I-last-have-a-bath?” Something about taking a bath with smell-good stuff and then rubbing some on my body just makes me feel better. Even if …

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Forget the Bleach: How to Use the Sun to Whiten Your Whites

Forget the Bleach: How to Use the Sun to Whiten Your Whites

June 3, 2013     Keeper of the Home

As we move into our fifth month of traveling around the world, one of the parts of my routine that has been simplified due to necessity is the laundry… I’m lucky to even have a regular washing machine to use before hanging the clothes to dry (and the rest of the time, I’m hand washing …

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Category: Homemade & DIY, Homemaking, Natural Living

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