Book Review: Survival Mom

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Survival Mom: How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst-Case Scenarios by Lisa Bedford   Survival Mom: How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst-Case Scenarios articulately yet clearly makes the case that every mom has it in her DNA to take care of her family in preparation for whatever may come. [...]

Review: Whole Wheat Bread Making

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Whole Wheat Bread Making Book Review by Vickilynn Haycraft   “Whole Wheat Bread Making” by Donna Miller of Miller’s Grain House is a delight to read. I have had the pleasure of hearing Donna Miller teach her whole wheat bread making class in person and I was drawn in by her warm, inviting and adept [...]

Book Review: Back to Basics

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Back to Basics, the compilation of popular Cooking Traditional Foods’ Menu Mailer series, is a jam-packed 322 page manual of everything you always wanted to know about buying, storing and preparing real foods in the traditional method. Not only is this an amazing recipe book, complete with options for those dealing with food allergies and [...]

Book Review: Real Food Storage

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KerryAnn Foster of Cooking Traditional Foods, has experienced first hand the pros and cons of having to feed her family totally from a food storage while not sacrificing the types of food her family prefers or requires (due to allergies). During Kerry’s husband’s 11-month period of unemployment, the Foster family was able to place their [...]

“Country Beans” by Rita Bingham

Country Beans (revised 6th printing) says “This book will change the way you use beans! Revolutionary new ideas for “User Friendly Beans” in a hurry– creamy, nutritious soups from Bean Flour in only 3 minutes! Nearly 400 High Protein Dishes that are LOW in fat with NO cholesterol. (Many contain “hidden beans” for those who [...]

“Grains of Truth” by Donna G. Spann

An excerpt from the back cover: “Grains of Truth is the book for the beginner who knows nothing about whole grains, for the intermediate who’s looking to expand their repertoire of whole grains and for the advanced who needs a breath of fresh air and reminder of the “why’s” and “how’s” of whole grains. As [...]

“Natural Meals in Minutes” by Rita Bingham

Looking for a perfect companion book to Country Beans? Check out the innovative Natural Meals in Minutes, also written by Rita Bingham. The author again exhibits her wealth of knowledge and years of experience in making healthy foods quickly. These recipes, all meatless, show us how to painlessly include fiber from grains and beans in [...]

“Quick Wholesome Foods” Video by Rita Bingham and LeArta Moulton

To round out your natural foods bookshelf, this reviewer highly recommends the Quick and Wholesome Foods video. A complete “how-to” video with 65 minutes of new techniques for making your food storage into delicious foods in minutes! Being a visual learner, I enjoyed the comfortable “down-home” feeling of this video. Sitting on the couch in [...]