This homemade "Samoas" recipe tastes just as good as the real thing, without the unhealthy ingredients! Today, we close our Unprocessed Kitchen series. Over the last two months, we’ve discussed cookware, bakeware, soups, salads, ...Continue Reading
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The Unprocessed Kitchen: Meats and a Chicken Salad Recipe
This chicken salad recipe is a great way to incorporate healthy, pastured meats into your daily routine! Organic, pastured meats play an important role in a healthy, traditional diet. Meats like chicken, beef, and lamb offer ...Continue Reading
The Unprocessed Kitchen: Step 5 – Salad Dressing
When we’re trying to eat better, we usually add more salads to our diet. Sadly, many of us don’t realize that most supermarket salad dressings are loaded with soy, preservatives, GMOs, processed salts, additives and other unwanted ...Continue Reading
The GAPS Diet
Did you know between 70 - 85% of your immune system lies within the gut? The gastrointestinal tract plays a vital role in your health including digestion, nutrient absorption, defense against invading pathogens, hormone metabolism, ...Continue Reading
My Favorite Healthy Non-Toxic Cookware
We spend a lot of time thinking about the foods we eat, but sometimes overlook the importance of the cookware we use to prepare food. It’s important to use cookware without coatings or substances which can leach into our food. Studies ...Continue Reading
Reading Food Labels
Have you read the labels on the food packaging in your pantry and fridge? Did you find anything surprising, or confusing? Many times the labels can deceive, so I thought we’d walk through the definitions of many common terms found on ...Continue Reading
200 Non-Toxic Favorites for the Home
I receive emails, DMs, and messages daily asking about my favorite non-toxic products and foods that I personally use, so I thought it would be helpful to put them all in one list for you! If you're wanting to avoid plastic, ...Continue Reading
Baked Mac and Cheese (Gluten-Free)
This gluten-free baked mac and cheese is the perfect comfort food for chilly nights or your Thanksgiving table. It’s a spin-off of my original stovetop mac and cheese from my first cookbook Deliciously Organic, but this version is ...Continue Reading
Creamy Wild Rice Soup with Chicken
There’s nothing quite like a bowl of creamy wild rice soup with chicken on a cold day! It’s comforting and nourishing and made with simple, real-food ingredients that support your thyroid and immune health. This soup is gluten-free ...Continue Reading
11 Immune-Boosting Soups and Stocks to Keep You Well This Season
As soon as fall hits, the first colds and viruses always seem to make the rounds. One of the best ways I’ve found to support my family’s immune system is through food—especially nutrient-dense soups and homemade stocks. They’re warm, ...Continue Reading
The Best Gluten-Free Cornbread
This is hands down the best gluten-free cornbread I’ve ever made. It’s completely grain-free, with a simple paleo and dairy-free option! Inspired by my Grandma’s tried-and-true recipe, this cornbread is soft, flavorful, and the perfect ...Continue Reading
2023 Gift Guides
It's that time of year again! My team and I collected a list of our favorites for the year. I hope you'll find them helpful as you're doing your holiday shopping! Spa & Self Care Primally Pure Face Mask: I love the ...Continue Reading
2022 Gift Guides
The holidays are here and I'm so excited to bring you my 2022 gift guides! Kitchen Essentials (under $70) Classic Paring Knife: High quality knives are essential for everyday use, and this one is durable and versatile. ...Continue Reading
Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
Pork Chops with Apples and Onions is one of my most favorite fall meals! The apples and onions are slowly cooked in butter until they turn soft and almost caramelized. Then the pork chops are seared and a sauce is made with a ...Continue Reading
25 Tips to Eat Healthy on a Budget
With the rising costs of food, I hope you can benefit from reading my best tips and tricks on how to eat healthy on a budget! “It’s too pricey to eat healthy” is a common rhetoric today in society. It is true that in some ...Continue Reading
12 Healthy Changes to Start the New Year
January is always a great time to think about making healthy changes to start the new year. Oftentimes, we think that we have to make huge changes in order for it to make a difference, but even the smallest steps in the right ...Continue Reading
The Perfect Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
I finally landed on the gluten free chocolate chip cookies recipe I’ve been trying to make for years. These cookies are lightly crisp on the outside and gooey in the middle. They come together fast, bake in about 11 minutes, and ...Continue Reading
Cheesecake Ice Cream
Cheesecake ice cream is an all-time favorite in our house. It's a combination of milk, cream, eggs, cream cheese, maple syrup and vanilla that comes together to make a creamy and rich ice cream! When it comes to milk, it's best ...Continue Reading
20 Ways to Help Support the Immune System
There are so many ways to support the immune system, and given our current state of affiars, I thought it would be helpful to put some of my top tips in one spot for you. It’s good to keep in mind that there’s not a magic bullet ...Continue Reading
Broccoli Salad with Bacon and Raisins
Broccoli salad with bacon and raisins is an old Southern favorite. It's a combination of broccoli, red onion, raisins, carrots, pumpkin seeds and bacon and is tossed with a creamy and slightly sweet dressing. This salad is ...Continue Reading
Easy Slow Cooker Pepper Steak (Gluten-Free)
The end of the school year can be almost as busy as the holiday season, so it’s a great time to pull out the slow cooker! One of our recent favorites is slow cooker pepper steak because it barely takes any time to prepare and at the ...Continue Reading
Roasted Cauliflower and Garlic Soup
During the holidays, it can be hard to maintain your health by eating well. Nutrient-dense soups, like this Roasted Cauliflower and Garlic Soup, can be a life-saver – they’re easy to prepare and usually taste better the second or third ...Continue Reading
Baked Chicken and Rice with Lemon, Peas, and Scallions
Chicken and Rice with Lemon, Peas, and Scallions is a comforting one-dish meal. A few weeks ago, my friend underwent a kidney transplant. Her mother-in-law took care of their kids for a few weeks while her husband stayed with her ...Continue Reading
20 Tips on Freezing Food to Save You Time and Money
We’ve learned to freeze food, both for saving money and for getting things done ahead of time. Our family purchased a “scratch and dent” freezer and put it in the garage – I can’t tell you how handy it’s been! Before we talk about ...Continue Reading
50 Tips and Resources to Help You Reverse Thyroid Disease
Thyroid disease is becoming a major health issue in the U.S. Did you know that 20 million Americans have been diagnosed with some form of thyroid disease? 14 million of those have been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease. When I first ...Continue Reading
Chocolate Chip Walnut Blondies (Gluten-Free)
Chocolate Chip Walnut Blondies is a fun one-pan dessert that everyone will love! Let's talk about sugar for a minute. . . Sugars can cause confusion and missteps when we cook and bake with unprocessed ingredients. First of all, ...Continue Reading
5 Ways to Keep Your Family Healthy During Cold and Flu Season
It seems like cold and flu season is already among us and I’ve seen reports of a respiratory virus spreading quickly among children in the U.S. There are many things we can do to help keep the immune system strong during a time when so ...Continue Reading
5 Ways to Enable Your Kids to Make Their Own School Lunch
Some of you may not believe this, but my kids have made their own school lunches since they were in kindergarten. Over the years, they’ve learned the importance of healthy foods and making good choices. In the beginning years, I kept a ...Continue Reading
Gluten-Free Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
Gluten-Free Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting is made with gluten-free flours and all real food ingredients. If you have a peanut allergy, you can substitute with almond butter or sunflower butter. If you prefer to avoid ...Continue Reading
How to Get Your Child to Eat More Vegetables
We made the switch to unprocessed foods when my daughters were two and three years old. I made slow and steady changes to our diets, but I encountered some resistance from the girls – they weren’t used to so many vegetables and ...Continue Reading
Holiday Vegetables and Dip and a Christmas List
Isn't this such a festive way to display veggies and dip? I can't take full credit, I saw a picture of this in the December issue of Rachael Ray and recreated it for the kids. I cut the cucumbers in half lengthwise, trimmed the bottom ...Continue Reading
Homemade Gatorade Concentrate and Healthy Foods at Summer Camp
I love making this homemade gatorade concentrate for my kids, especially as the weather gets warmer. It's a great, healthier alternative to the original drink! School lunches have gotten some much-deserved attention lately. We don’t ...Continue Reading
Green Goddess Dressing
The clean, fresh flavors of Green Goddess dressing make for one of the more perfect condiments. It’s smooth and bright and pairs well with all the summer produce in abundance right now. I also love drizzling it over grilled chicken or ...Continue Reading
How To Take Action
Let’s take a break from our “Unprocessed Kitchen” series to discuss an important topic – taking action beyond our own dinner tables. Did you know that last week, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk ...Continue Reading
Grain-Free Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
Like good bakeware, basic recipes are always nice to have on hand. A “white” cupcake recipe is a great staple because you can add different spices, extracts and flavorings to it, and mix up your frostings. A few weeks ago we ...Continue Reading
New Year’s Special and Paleo Meal Plans
Happy New Year! I want 2013 to be your year for a healthy life. So much of our health depends on the food we eat so I’m going to spend the entire month of January giving your step-by-step tips on how to create an unprocessed kitchen. ...Continue Reading
Fava Bean Soup
Many gracious friends took time to write about my cookbook and organic foods in general over the last few months. As readers comment, price continues to dominate the discussion. Many consider organic food an unattainable luxury item, ...Continue Reading
How to Butterfly a Chicken
I often hear people say they'd like to change to a more organic, unprocessed diet, but . . . they think it's difficult and it's (always) expensive. I understand why people think this way. In a world where we're accustomed to buying a ...Continue Reading
Baking Together No Matter the Distance
(My daughter's list) It all started a few weeks ago. I told my oldest daughter (let's call her H) that I was going to the BlogHer Food conference. She asked who would be there and when I told her Shauna from Gluten Free Girl would ...Continue Reading
Organic, Real Food on a Budget – Homemade Hamburger Buns
Unless you’re lucky enough to have an exceptional bakery in your neighborhood, a good whole grain loaf of bread without preservatives isn't cheap. Neither are whole grain hamburger buns or hot dog buns. A good loaf (purely whole grain, ...Continue Reading
Kale Salad with Currants and Walnuts
This kale salad with currants and walnuts is the perfect side for any dinner party. My 3rd grade daughter came home from school recently tearfully reporting the other kids have been making fun of her for eating vegetables. What? As ...Continue Reading