Category: Real Food

Healthiest Packaged Snack Swaps

      The healthiest packaged snack swaps are usually the ones with the least amount of ingredients on the label. That is one way to find something quickly when choices are limited. Even if you are diligent about making homemade food, packaged snacks are sometimes needed. Packaged snacks come in handy for traveling, school snacks, or something […]

Hummus Tahini Recipe

      This hummus tahini recipe is not only delicious but incredibly nourishing. Chickpeas are high in fiber, protein, and healthy fats. Potential benefits include helping control blood sugar, manage weight, and support heart and gut health. Garlic has antibacterial and antiviral properties that can help the body heal from illnesses which adds to the health benefits of this […]

Sweet Refrigerator Pickles

      What to do with an abundance of cucumbers? Make sweet refrigerator pickles! There are a two ways to make pickles, either with vinegar or with a salt brine. Salt brine fermented pickles are equally delicious in a totally different way. Salt brine pickles are fermented and have a sour flavor. They offer the added health […]

How to Make Bone Broth

      Homemade bone broth provides some wonderful health benefits.  When it is made properly it can heal your gut and strengthen your bones. Broths provide many health benefits that commercially made stocks don’t and cost much less. Consuming bone broth regularly may also have an added benefit by reducing or eliminating the need for some supplements. The […]