Flatbread can be leavened with yeast, sourdough, baking powder or soda, or be unleavened. Using yeast creates more depth of flavor and a more puffy, thick flatbread, different than a tortilla. These lovely, soft, delicious flatbreads can be used instead of pita bread for falafel sandwiches, as hamburger buns, as pizza crusts, for sandwiches or […]
Review: Ankarsrum Original Kitchen Machine
September 28, 2013 By
Ankarsrum: The kitchen center with the unusual name (actually it is the name of the town in Sweden where the mixer is made), will fast become THE essential tool in your kitchen. From powerfully but gently whipping cream, egg whites, mashed potatoes or meatloaf, to kneading stiff whole grain bread doughs, cookies, cakes, large batches to […]
Healthy Hack: Non-stick non-spray
September 25, 2013 By
Food sticking to pans? Definitely not fun. There are some excellent reusable solutions such as parchment paper and silicone baking mats. However, sometimes, you need to “grease” the pan before baking and while butter and oil work, they sometimes do not release the food completely, causing tender baked goods to come out in pieces. If […]
Spiral Slicer update
September 25, 2013 By
Have you read all the reviews, recipes, tips and comments about my favorite manual spiral slicer and planned to grab one for your own zoodles? (See my review here) If you haven’t heard of this before, here are some of my previous posts to help: Making Zoodles, Dehydrating Zoodles and Squashetti and my video on […]
Book Review: Secret Garden of Survival
September 9, 2013 By
Gardening for food is plain hard work, but successful and lovely gardens are beautiful to see as well as productive. The conventional school of gardening thought is that to have a successful (and beautiful) garden, we must work the soil, fertilize the soil, feed the soil, maintain the soil, remove pests and plant each year, […]
Review: Amber jewelry for pain?
September 6, 2013 By
There are many wonderful, natural remedies that work remarkably well to help support our bodies, relieve stress, ease pain and combat illnesses. There are also many touted remedies that do nothing at all. We are big proponents of using the things created by God such as diet, herbs, essential oils, massage and much […]
Busy Morning Breakfasts
September 4, 2013 By
Whether you homeschool, get the children ready to go out to school, have company for breakfast or just have busy mornings, these ideas for quick, hearty and healthy breakfasts hit the mark! The added bonus is that most of these can be frozen ahead of time and baked off in the morning, OR baked ahead […]
Review: PurifiCup portable water filter
August 25, 2013 By
Clean, safe drinking water is essential for life and survival, whether in every day life or in any type of emergency. The first and most survival need is water safe enough to drink. Dehydration can occur very quickly from working outside in the sun, to hiking and of course a disruption of water services. In […]
Loving Our Guts Giveaway!
August 24, 2013 By
Patty Lacoss-Arnold of Loving Our Guts.com visited with me on my radio show, Get Real – Get Prepared. We talked about using dietary means to heal a wide variety of issues. You will love this interview and you can listen to it here! Patty is the author of the book, Broth: Elixir […]
Don’t Trip Over Food Guilt
August 14, 2013 By
If you follow “healthy eating” food blogs, you may notice disagreements among bloggers on which food is good, which products of those foods are the best, what is considered bad and what they tell you never EVER to touch. […]
