There are plenty of real food snack options out there, but if you supercharge your snack time by eating foods that provide a probiotic boost, you’ll be ahead of the game. Probiotics are healthy bacteria that do a world of good for our bodies, primarily in the role of supporting a healthy gut. They can
Real Food Recipes
Easy Roasted Root Vegetables
This is an easy side dish perfect to serve during the colder months and elegant enough to serve at holiday meals. The recipe is extremely forgiving and can be adjusted for the amount of servings you’ll need, plus whatever root vegetables you have (or don’t have) on hand. Easy Roasted Root Vegetables by Amy Love,
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Basics & Staples
How to Make Coconut Milk
I love coconut milk! Don’t you? It’s so tasty and an excellent, nutrient-dense addition to your diet. Rich in vitamins, minerals and a fantastic source of lauric acid (a nourishing fat found in breastmilk), coconut milk is indeed a superfood. But, until recently, I’d only purchased organic coconut milk in BPA-free cans (Native Forest and
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Real Food Diet
A Guide to Choosing Healthy Meats
A Guide to Choosing Healthy Meats Choose meat that has been raised locally and sustainably, without the use of hormones or antibiotics, and from animals eating their native, species-appropriate diet. If you cannot find grass-finished meat, grass-fed/grain-finished meat can be substituted, but is not optimal. Beef, bison/buffalo and lamb should be grass-fed and grass-finished, not
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Egg Dishes
A Guide to Choosing Healthy Eggs
A Guide to Choosing Healthy Eggs Purchase eggs from pastured hens raised locally- from small farms or even a friend’s backyard flock. Or, raise your own chickens! Pastured chickens have access to the outdoors, sunlight and pasture or grass. They eat not only grass, but grubs, worms and bugs and generally these chickens do not