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How to Make Homemade Cashew Butter

by Holistic Kid April 23, 2012

Why Make Your Own Nut Butter? Among the classic American comfort foods of childhood, a PB&J sandwich ranks pretty high. Sadly, conventional peanut butter is not a health food, but probably not for the reasons you may think. Some folks avoid peanut …

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Wild Mushroom Soup

by Holistic Kid April 20, 2012

My dear friend and Real Food Devotee compatriot, Allison, recently gave birth to a really truly beautiful baby boy. I mean gorgeous, y’all. Side note: who are the people who can keep themselves from speaking in cutesy baby tones to babies? Imposs…

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Snapshot of a New Father

by Holistic Kid April 18, 2012

Inspired by the recent birth stories at Mommypotamus and Sweet Ginger Mama, I decided I wanted in on the fun. I’ve always intended to write the stories of my children’s births, and while they are fresh in my mind like yesterday, I have not …

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Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream That’s Not As Hard As A Rock

by Holistic Kid April 16, 2012

Maybe you didn’t grow up having a bowl of ice cream each night before bed – but I did. “Bed-time snack-time, now or never!” My mother would announce. Just as much a part of our bedtime ritual as a bath or teeth brushing. We alwa…

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Floral Cream Cheese

by Holistic Kid April 13, 2012

A Recipe for Ladies Who Lunch… Have you ever had one of THOSE days? This week, I made a business of it. No doubt something or other was in retrograde. Whatever the cosmic reason, I exited a public bathroom with my skirt tucked into my nickers, I …

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Keeping It Real with Vintage Children’s Books

by Holistic Kid April 13, 2012

I have many grievances about the state of our modern world – plastic, mono-crops, car alarms, and the list goes on. But I have to admit, I love technology – it may not be ‘crunchy’ enough for some of my neo-hippy friends, but I …

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10 Ways to Support Your Foodshed

by Holistic Kid April 12, 2012

No, this post is not about shoring up the tuff shed in your backyard and filling it with food. For Locavores (or folks who strive to eat food grown and produced locally), the term ‘foodshed’ is used to define the nearby area that can provid…

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Mama’s Chicken Soup

by Holistic Kid April 7, 2012

It seems like 7 out of 10 people I shook hands with this week had just sneezed on that very same hand….Wether born of allergy or cold, everyone seems to have the spring sniffles. Through the muffled coughs, sneezes and weezes I hear a lot of reme…

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Transforming a Bad Attitude

by Holistic Kid April 5, 2012

One thing that I love about blogging is that you can’t see me. I can post pretty pictures of food, my kids, or myself on another day where I am thinner, wearing makeup and smiling pretty, so you don’t have to see me unshowered, scrubbing bl…

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If It’s Worth Doing, It’s Worth Doing Poorly First

by Holistic Kid April 1, 2012

I cannot count the number of people I meet who are in awe by the things I make in my kitchen. “You should teach classes,” some say.  (Tee-hee.) “I could never do that,” others declare.  (No, I’m sure your kitchen would b…

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