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With children, it’s always a good idea to have a first aid kit on hand at all times. The same goes for camping, hiking, fishing, and other outdoor activities where injuries can be common. But what do you do when you’re concerned about the ingredients used in conventional first aid kits and first aid products?…
Quinoa is not technically a grain, but it makes a good stand-in for rice, couscous, or other similar grains. It’s also full of real food nutrition.
Hello chocolate lovers! Just a guess, since you’re reading this post about delicious and healthy chocolate recipes. If you covet chocolate like I do, you may have been a little nervous when you decided to start eating healthy and “real” food. But guess what? There is nothing to worry about because chocolate is in abundance…
Lately we have covered mostly gluten free grains but this week we are covering rye, a grain that does contain gluten. It is a cereal grain and closely related to both wheat and barley (the other 2 gluten containing grains.) Rye Flour Characteristics Rye flour contains much less gluten than wheat and that gluten is…
Being a military family, we take a lot of long car rides. Over the years, we have driven up and down the country with various ages of kids. Traveling with kids, especially toddlers, takes a little more planning and patience. It can be stressful for everyone if you try to push through and ignore their…
Are oats safe for people with celiacs disease or gluten intolerance? Do oats need to be soaked? Find out this and more nutritional facts about oats.
Have you ever noticed that most of the foods marketed to us as “snack food” contain highly refined carbohydrates and sugars? They are also not very nutritionally dense. Whether you are going to a picnic in the park, going on a weekend camping trip, or you are traveling cross-country, you and your kids need snacks…
Everything you need to know about sorghum, including nutrtional info, how to use sorghum, and links to sorghum recipes.
As the days start to get warmer my kids usually ask for more drinks. We like to carry water bottles with us on outings, but water gets boring and the choices of cold sugared drinks in the convenience stores are tantalizing. Why soda and sugary drinks are not healthy in the heat Sodas, juices, sports drinks, and…
Building community with others is never going to be easy. It’s messy because relationships are messy and nobody is perfect. Here are 10 steps you can take to get back to community.