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Around 100 years ago, the food industry began producing highly-processed vegetable oils. Although they have the word “vegetable” in them, they are anything but healthy. Join me this week on an eye-opening trip to the grocery store, where I will show you how to easily spot and avoid harmful oils in everyday food items.

An Eye-Opening Trip to the Grocery Store – How to Avoid Hidden Toxic Oils

Real Food

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With some basic knowledge and understanding, you can be sure that you have the right kinds of oils in your kitchen, and that you are using them in a way that protects their distinct flavors and nutritional integrity.

{A Whole Food How To} How to Choose the Right Cooking Oils

Traditional Diet

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“For better and for worse, children learn from our example. If we believe that outdoor work is beneath us, they will too. If we see it as a time to be with God while enjoying sunshine and fresh air, they will to…In order to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch God’s creation, we need to work alongside Him.”

{Le Navet – A Garden Photo Journal} Part 1 – Breaking Ground and Taking Root

Spring

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“For better and for worse, children learn from our example. If we believe that outdoor work is beneath us, they will too. If we see it as a time to be with God while enjoying sunshine and fresh air, they will to…In order to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch God’s creation, we need to work alongside Him.”

{Le Navet – A Garden Photo Journal} Part 1 – Breaking Ground and Taking Root

Spring

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Today was full– full but not busy, not hectic, not frenzied, just full and fulfilling. We hunted for the perfect tomatoes, rode a lawn mower train, bought our garden’s worth of transplants, planted half of them into the earth. Today I taught my son what a baby broccoli plant looks like, and how to place it into the soil so it can grow. So he can eat it. So he can grow.

Is Easter Over Yet?

Parenting

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The other day my kitchen transformed into a truffle shop. While the camera did its job to capture the rich, shiny, luscious dark chocolate melting on my stove top, it also did its other job of hiding the surrounding mess. What the camera catches represents only a tiny morsel of what goes on in my kitchen.

An Invitation Into My Kitchen – The Messy Side of Whole Foods

Real Food

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A Health Hero is someone who knows you inside and out. They cheer for you, fight for you, and push you beyond what you believe you are capable of. They know your goals, and make it their own mission to see you realize those dreams.

Someone Asked Me, “Who Keeps You Healthy?”

Parenting

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A New Family Tradition   My family has decided to begin a new tradition of wearing our walking shoes to church. This tradition stemmed out of the realization that there are some very nice hiking trails and paths close to our church. And so this morning as we rushed through our Sunday morning rituals of […]

Why I Won’t Wear Dress Shoes To Church

Time Management

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The”Wholiest” of All   I can just see it. A small gathering of whole food mamas browsing through the bulk bins at the local health store discussing, politely but with a hint of superiority, their healthy eating practices and mantras. “Oh really? This flour has low gluten content?” One may ask. “Oh why yes, I […]

The “Wholiest” Of Us All {How to Speak or Not Speak About Food}

Real Food

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The”Wholiest” of All   I can just see it. A small gathering of whole food mamas browsing through the bulk bins at the local health store discussing, politely but with a hint of superiority, their healthy eating practices and mantras. “Oh really? This flour has low gluten content?” One may ask. “Oh why yes, I […]

The “Wholiest” Of Us All {How to Speak or Not Speak About Food}

Real Food

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Here is a simple and versatile crust that, with minor adjustments, can be used to make: pastry, dessert pies, pot pies, and Quiche.

{A Whole Food How To} Make a Simple Crust for Pastry, Sweet Pies, Pot Pies, and Quiche!

Real Food

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“So….You’re not Irish?” When my husband met me he thought I was Irish. It was an obvious assumption. The name Eryn literally translates as “Ireland”; and I was, at the time, spending a month in Northern Ireland. Technically we met online, that story is for another day, but the little he knew of me was […]

How Corned Beef Brisket Will Change How You See The World

Traditional Diet

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Raising kids stirs something deep in our souls — an innate knowing that our time is finite. Taking my kids outside in creation, I’m discovering how to stretch our time and pack it to the brim with meaning. God’s creativity provides the riches of resources for teaching the next generation who He is and how He loves us. Join our adventure and discover inspiration and resources for refusing rush, creating habits of rest, living intentionally, and making the most of this beautiful life!

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