Our readers know that our main goal here at Real Food Whole Health is to empower parents to take charge of their family’s health and feel confident about how to address health concerns naturally. Learning to eat healthy and take care of ourselves when we are primarily free of sickness is a lot easier than
Real Food Recipes
Simple Homemade Caesar Dressing- Gluten Free, Real Food
Caesar has to be one of my favorite salad dressings, tied closely with Ranch dressing. However, commercial varieties are full of additives, preservatives, MSG and pro-inflammatory vegetable oils. Luckily, both of these are easy to make at home and taste SO much better than their industrially processed counterparts. Previously I shared my recipe for homemade
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Desserts, Sweets & Treats
Easy Grain Free Butter Sugar Cookies with Coconut Flour
There is nothing more relaxing than sitting around the table, sharing in great conversation with friends or family while drinking a fantastic cup of tea and enjoying one or two of these buttery cookies. Okay, maybe three. 😉 Easy Grain Free Butter Sugar Cookies by Amy Love, Real Food Whole Health Ingredients: 1 cup (2
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Real Food Recipes
Beyond Easy Homemade Ranch Dressing
I love Ranch dressing and dip for veggies, but the commercial stuff is full of chemicals, additives, preservatives, MSG, hydrogenated vegetable oils and more…no thanks! Thankfully, it’s beyond easy to make your own… here’s how we whip ours up in less than 5 minutes! (And I almost always use dried herbs because I have them
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Salads & Salad Dressings
Easy Asian Inspired Salad Dressing
This dressing/dip is delightful! We have used this on a variety of salads, as a dip for chicken satay and on our asian lettuce wraps. Feel free to play with the ratios of ingredients to spice to your liking. Easy Asian Inspired Salad Dressing by Amy Love, Real Food Whole Health Ingredients: 2 TBL+ organic
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Non-Toxic Lifestyle
Learning to Use Essential Oils for Natural Health at Home
Essential oils are extremely beneficial allies in our natural health journey. They can be used to stop the itch or sting of bug bites, to ease headaches, to affect our mood and stress level, help us sleep, soothe a cranky baby and help us fight a cold. But where to start if you are new
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Breakfasts
Grain Free Blueberry Walnut Muffins
Muffins seem to be on almost everyone’s breakfast menu this time of year. I mean, what’s not to love about them? Especially when they are warm out of the oven and served with lots of organic butter from happy, grassfed cows. And grain free and real food, to boot? Yes, please! You’ll probably want to
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Breakfasts
Over 80 Coconut Flour Recipes- Easy Grain Free Goodies
Coconut flour is a tasty real food ingredient in many baked goods and recipes. Using coconut flour is helpful for those who need to reduce or eliminate gluten or grain in their diets, but may not want to use nut flours. Here are over 80 recipes for grain free goodies using coconut flour, including muffins,
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Cultured Foods & Condiments
How to Make Homemade Maraschino Cherries- With or Without Alcohol
I love maraschino cherries, but I sure don’t love the overly sweet, chemical laden commercial varieties that high fructose corn syrup, preservatives and artificial color- no thanks! Luckily, it’s easy (and SO much more delicious) to make your own maraschino cherries. You can simply marinate fresh cherries with a pinch or two of sugar, a