Not only is this an amazing recipe book, complete with options for those dealing with food allergies and special dietary needs, but because it is written in the format of the extremely popular Cooking Traditional Foods’ Menu Mailer  spanning 30 weeks, Back to Basics includes detailed shopping lists, batch cooking instructions and pre-prepping schedules. You can take as much or as little of the information provided as you need, and you can gently work into introducing or adding traditional food recipes and techniques to your repertoire.

KerryAnn Foster starts at the beginning and walks us through how to set up a menu plan to make the best use of ingredients, time and effort. The information and details provided take a huge task and break it down into easy to accomplish steps. This makes real food menu-planning and executing that menu plan a relistically doable task, even for the busy wife and mother. Back to Basics provides wonderful, family-tested recipes, with varied options, for many tastes and preferences.

From KerryAnn’s site, Cooking Traditional Foods – what you will find in the Back to Basics series book, available in print, e-book, DVDs and by individual weeks.

• How to produce a moist, tasty roast beef in the crock-pot and the oven.
• How to pick cheaper cuts of meat.
• How to roast a whole chicken in the crock-pot and the oven.
• How to pan-sear chicken without drying it out.
• How to brine meat.
• How to stir-fry.
• How to roast vegetables.
• How to make soup.
• How to make ‘cream of mushroom soup’ replacement.
• How to use your broiler
• Homemade mayonnaise
• Homemade spice mixes
• How to reduce sugar and additives in your diet if you are new to Traditional Foods.
• Homemade dressings
• Homemade sauces and gravies
• Homemade gluten-free breads- quick breads, flat breads and sourdough.
• How to soak and cook grains.
• KerryAnn’s formula for great hamburgers, meatballs, meatloaf and more.
• Nourishing breakfasts, snacks and desserts.
• What to do with leftover, cooked meats.
• How to make stock.
• How to make yogurt.
• How to take a technique and change it into multiple different recipes.
• How to stretch meals and save on your grocery budget.
• How to decrease your time in the kitchen.
• A Traditional Foods Thanksgiving and Christmas.
• How to hide vegetables and liver in your meals.
• And much, much more.

The Back to Basics series book is an essential part of any traditional, real foods plan and I highly recommend it and the resources at Cooking Traditional Foods.

Real Food Storage book

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 limited financial resources elsewhere, while maintaining the Real Food diet they needed, and without using food stamps or food banks or going hungry.

Written from personal knowledge and day-t0-day living it, the book Real Food Storage takes the reader through setting up a Real Food pantry and how that differs from using foods that cause or exacerbate illness. KerryAnn provides excellent and detailed information on what foods to choose, how to purchase, how much to store for each person, how to store, rotate and organize the foods and over 200 recipes on how to use them in real family recipes.

Real Food Storage recipes are wholesome, family meals that embrace the traditional foods, preservation and preparation methods and produce great-tasting, health-supporting real foods. Because KerryAnn is a celiac and needs to be gluten-free and her children have several foods allergies, the recipes in this book have allergy options and substitution information, which is helpful for all diet needs.

Table of Contents

KerryAnn’s Story

What to Store

Rotation and Organization

Per Person Storage Needs?

Water

Grains

Legumes

Dairy

Eggs

Sweeteners

Fats

Salt

Seasonings

Vinegars and Lemon Juice

Fruits

Veggies and Gardening Seeds

Sprouting Seeds

Stock

Meat

Condiments

Baking Needs

Packaged Products

Supplements and Herbs

Specialty Items

Personal Care, Kitchen and Cleaning Supplies

And How to Cook It  (Real Food Recipes)

Sourdough

Breakfast

Quick Breads

Side Dishes

Meatless Main Dishes

Chicken Dishes

Beef Dishes

Salmon Dishes

Other Meats

Packaged and Processed Replacements

Desserts

Resources

This book is one to have on the bookshelf, on the computer and always at hand. I highly recommend Real Food Storage by KerryAnn Foster in either e-book form, in paperback, or both.

KerryAnn writes: “If you’re looking to learn how to do a full year’s food storage program in your home or get some new, kid-approved recipes to use with your existing stores, this book is for you.   This book covers how much to store and of what, along with lists of questions to ask yourself to tailor your food storage to meet your own family’s needs and unique situation.”

KerryAnn Foster blogs at Cooking Traditional Foods and has authored multiple books and eBooks. She writes the longest running traditional foods Menu Mailer available, now in its fifth year. KerryAnn has over nine years of traditional foods experience and is a former Weston A. Price Foundation chapter leader. Read about KerryAnn’s journey to health through celiac disease, food allergies, obesity, adrenal fatigue and heavy metals.

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“Adonai Keeps His Promise: The King is Born” is a unique and visually exciting reading and learning adventure for children, teens and adults. Yes, for all ages, in the same book! The story is the birth of the Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) in the context of fulfillment of Scripture showing the prophetic plan of the coming Messiah and how only Yeshua (Jesus) could be that Messiah.

The hardcover book opens to reveal a scroll. The story unfolds in words and pictures as the scroll is unrolled. The beautiful, rustic illustrations and story for young children appear right on the scroll where we have the narrative and integrated prophetic Scripture verses showing Yeshua is the Messiah.  Search for the Messianic prophetic Scriptures hidden in the illustrations and see them revealed on the next page!

On the outer edges of the pages are the rolled portions of the scroll which we are opening, and here we find teaching material, background, history and verses for further study and deeper insight into the events on the open scroll. This helps the older reader to understand and convey more Scriptural truths (similar to a study Bible) as the story content (for children) continues. It is an amazing concept and one that works extremely well.

The color illustrations by Israeli artist Baruch Maayan are described as “exhilarating.” They create a sense of an actual scroll experience and capture the look and feel of the time and people.

Adonai Keeps His Promise: The King Is Born video trailer
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On the opening scroll, the author Wendy Cohen writes to the older readers explaining the heart vision of the author for her readers….    “You will notice in this book that I have used Hebrew names for many people and places. So, Mary is Miriam, Joseph is Yosef, Elizabeth is Elisheva, John is Yochanan, Simon is Shimon, Anna is Hannah, Jesus is Yeshua, Jerusalem is Yerushalayim,  Bethlehem is Beth Lechem, Israel is Yisrael and the Messiah is Mashiach. I have used Adonai, El, Elohim and Eloheinu for God and the Lord.”

“Why did I do this? I think it gives you the flavor of how people spoke in those days. Calling them by their Hebrew names reminds us they lived in the land of Israel.”

“Also, there are Hebrew quotes in many of the pictures and all the quotes are significant to the story. The English translations are those quotes found on each page and all the quotes are from Scripture, the Bible.”

“If you paid very close attention you would have noticed that I am now writing on the back of the scroll. Although the Israelites never did that in the Torah, they did do it in other documents. In a vision to Ezekiel, Adonai did it too. (That’s in Ezekiel 2:10) When people had too much to say for only one side, they wrote on both sides. Here the story is on the front, and the comments are on the back.

The comments show Adonai keeping His promises. Perhaps as you through the story Adonai will reveal to you other promises He kept, promises we did not mention. If He does, let us know. Our email address is thekingisborn@gmail.com”

This book is an excellent story to read to children as well as a teaching vehicle for older children and adults and would be excellent for Sunday School classes or small groups for all ages of people desiring to learn more about the Scriptures.

You can find out more about “Adonai Keeps His Promise: The King Is Born” at JHousepublishing or directly from the author at thekingisborn@gmail.com

“Lynnette is the mother of nine children but has been called to endure the great sorrow of watching three of them die. She has suffered, but she has been victorious through the loving help of her Savior. Her heart’s desire is to offer hope to other along their road of heartache.”

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When our three-and-a-half year old son Benjamin, suddenly went home to be with Yeshua one day while playing, part of my grieving and healing process was to read books from other parents who shared similar experiences, but who came through it by the grace of G-d. This gave me hope that one day, I too would come out of the dark side of the paralyzing grief a parent feels when their child dies and have the hope that I too would be praising my L-rd, even in the midst of the pain.

Lynnette’s title and sub-title said her book was for me; even through the devastating loss of her three of nine children, Lynnette found purpose and victory by the faithfulness and love of her L-rd Jesus. Her personal journal entries speak of her unwavering faith in a loving G-d even when her mind and body were numb with pain and her mind could not process the events happening to her family. She poured out her thoughts, emotions, faith and hope because of her G-d.

In Faithfulness He Afflicted Me while exploring deep pain and sadness, is a true story of HOPE. This hope Lynnette shows us in her day-to-day dealings with grief, is based firmly on the truth that G-d is good, all the time and He loves us more than we could ever fathom and He loves our children more than we ever humanly could.

Lynnette also has a gentle, caring heart to help others who are also in the same place, sharing G-d’s comfort and she was comforted. She has very interesting perspective as she addresses relates raising a medically fragile child and what she writes can encourage parents who have not dealt with a child’s death, but deal daily with a child or children who are medically fragile. Her book and the hope and edification it contains is for all people, young, old, parents, caregivers or just anyone who cares about other people and desires to learn how best to minister to a grieving parent. Lynnette includes the best ways to help and some ways that are not the helpful for those who are hurting. This is so important for friends and family to know!

In her introduction, Lynnette Kraft writes; “The wisdom and insight I have gained have not only been a true revelation of the love of G-d and His tender care and protection, but I have also gained a new perspective. G-d chose a path for me that I never would have chosen for myself, but having traveled it, I can truly say I’m grateful for the journey.”

Theses Scriptures come to mind which describe Lynnette, her story, her ministry and her efforts;

1 Corinthians 1:3-7

Blessed be the G-d and Father of our L-rd Yeshua Ha Mashiach, the Father of mercies and G-d of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by G-d. For as we share abundantly in Messiah Yeshua’s sufferings, so through Messiah Yeshua we share abundantly in comfort too. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.

In Faithfulness, He Afflicted Me is an honest, moving, faith-filled, hope-filled books, suitable for all people, but especially those in ministry, those caring for medically fragile children or those who have lost a child.

I recommend this book highly. For information on purchasing In Faithfulness, He Afflicted Me, please visit Lynnette’s blog.