Health starts in the kitchen.
What we eat has a huge impact on our health, because either it’s mostly nourishing, or it’s not. If it’s not nourishing, then it is affecting our health very negatively — many people experience uncontrollable weight gain or loss, thyroid issues, autoimmune conditions, or lack of energy, stomach distress, and more.
Every meal you eat is a choice — will you choose healthy? (We live by an 80/20 or 90/10 rule here — that is, we’re not perfect, and a small amount of what we eat is just “whatever!” Life’s no fun with no treats, and sometimes circumstances necessitate less-than-ideal food. But most of the time, we strive for nourishing.)
We want to help you improve the health of your kitchen, with tips and recipes!
Tradishen
Join us over at Tradishen for a 100% real food recipe and meal planning site! It’s another project of ours. Tradishen features over 500 different real food recipes (and we’re adding more all the time). There are no compromises there — no artificial, processed ingredients to wade through. You can even filter recipes based on ingredients you do or don’t want, special diets, and more.
Tradishen offers premium service, including meal plans. Create your own, or use one of our plans. We offer traditional and GF/DF menus each week. The plans cover 5 days per week, 3 meals per day. Each day offers make-ahead or quick breakfast, lunch-box friendly lunch, and quick dinners. If you don’t like some of the recipes on our plan, but don’t want to start completely from scratch, you can edit our plan to make it work for your family.
Signing up for Tradishen is free, and every new member gets a two-week trial of premium membership. After that, it’s $10 per month for basic membership, and $15 per month for premium membership (with discounts if you choose a 6 or 12-month plan!). You can snag 15% off your new membership with code MAMREADER.
Healthy Diet
Learn about what makes a healthy diet!
Grains
- Why We Soak Our Grains
- Are Grains Good or Bad?
- Sprouting, Soaking, and Souring: Why Do We Do It?
- How to Prepare Grains (with Adaptation Method)
- Tutorial: Sprouting Grains
- Tips for Baking with Sprouted Grains
Fat
Expose
Milk and Meat
- 3 Breakfast Foods to Reconsider (and Healthier Options)
- Raw Milk: Finding It, Using It, and More
- Don’t Believe the Propaganda: Raw Milk
- High Quality Meat: How to Tell, How to Find It
- How to Purchase a Whole Animal
Weight Loss
- Low-Fat Diets are Not Healthy
- Does Calorie Counting Matter in Weight Loss?
- What Hormones Have to Do with Weight Loss
- On Postpartum Weight Loss
- Diet and Weight Loss: Why Low-Calorie is Not the Answer
Other
- Why We Eat a Clean Diet
- What Do You Feed Your Real Food Kid? Panel
- Starting or Joining a Food Buying Club
- Top 10 Reasons to Eat Real Food
- Helping Husbands Adapt to Real Food, Part II
- Helping Husbands Adapt to Real Food, Part III
- 5 Real Food Shortcuts and Cheats
Grocery Budget
- How to Save Money on Real Food
- 10 Tips for Saving Money on Real Food
- Take the Grocery Budget Challenge!
- Super Charge the Grocery Budget
- Grocery Spending: Staying Well Organized
- Grocery Money-Saving Challenge: Final Week
- Grocery Budget: Know Your Prices
- Real Food Shopping and Meal Planning Example
- Grocery Spending and Preservation Inventory
Recipes
Main Dish
- Philly Cheesesteak Pockets
- Chicken Broccoli Pasta Alfredo
- Bacon-Wrapped Chicken with Italian Salsa
- Chicken Parmesan with Spaghetti Squash
- Chicken and Pasta with Creamy Sundried Tomato Sauce
- Quick Beef and Potatoes
- Shepherd’s Pie
- Cheeseburger Veggie Soup
Side
- Bacon-Cheddar Brussels Sprouts
- Roasted Brussels Sprouts
- Fried Potatoes with Broccoli and Cheese
- Broccoli-Cheese Rice
Snack
Dessert
- Chocolate Brownies (GF)
- Gluten-Free White Cake
- White Bean Vanilla Cake
- Chocolate Cake
- Salted Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
- Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- Cream Cheese Frosting
- Buttermilk Spice Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Buttercream
Other
Cooking Tutorials
What are your favorite recipes and healthy eating tips?
