We are bombarded with messages about the evils of sugar.  Sugar is blamed for bad behavior in kids, diabetes, heart disease, cancer......

Up bright and early a few Saturdays ago, my husband and some friends spent a few hours doing the hard work of moving a very heavy shed...

Sometimes life gets too busy and there just isn't much time to cook. This recipe for Ground Beef Over Crispy Hash Browns is my family's...

Required Ingredients and Equipment To make flavored kombucha, you need to start with some plain kombucha. You can see my recipe for...

Required Ingredients and Equipment To make flavored kombucha, you need to start with some plain kombucha. You can see my recipe for...

Prior to the GAPS Diet, my family did not eat any refined grains, such as white flour and white rice.  Instead, we ate whole grains,...

Looking for a new way to eat ground beef (our go-to, easy dinner base), I came up with this recipe for beef and red pepper hash (based on...

Crispy fried potatoes are one of our staple side dishes.  These are crispy, buttery, and delicious.  They pair well with almost any other...

This fruit salad is amazingly simple to make and leaves us all licking scraping our bowls every time. The sauce is sweet, tart, and...

Freezer waffles are one of my family's staple breakfast foods.  We make a very big batch once every 4-6 weeks, and then we have the...

If we were to do it all over again, would we still do the GAPS Diet? The answer may surprise you. What is the GAPS Diet? The GAPS Diet is...

We Decide to Get Chickens My family lives on a small suburban plot of less than 1/4 acre, and over the last five years we've dedicated...

The Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS) Diet is recommended for curing a long list of autoimmune illnesses, including relatively mild...

We used to take cod liver oil every day. We would never miss a day.  Now we haven't taken cod liver oil in over 6 months... Why? My...

Sometimes the accidental recipes are the best ones.  I first made these cookies on a day when we had run out of butter and were running...

This recipe for cheesy bread is one that I come back to over and over. My kids even developed a game they play while eating cheesy bread,...

Mussels are a relatively mild-flavored seafood.  They pair wonderfully with red wine and some of the remaining garden-fresh tomatoes and...

Cheesecake is traditionally my chosen dessert for celebrating my birthday.  This year, my daughter asked my husband to help her make my...

During the hot summer months, we enjoy homemade ice cream.  And I don't feel guilty about it since ice cream is a superfood.  My latest...

Mushrooms and cheddar cheese pair wonderfully with eggs in this crustless quiche recipe.  The mushrooms are sauteed in butter to remove...