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Holidays are the time for Family, Food, Fellowship and of course, most importantly, Faith. We may celebrate different holidays and we may celebrate them differently, based upon our own upbringing or family and ethnic traditions, but in every culture, for every holiday, we can incorporate healthy and homemade foods and gifts to make our holiday [...]
Cold, wet weather just cries out for warming, comforting real food soups! Served with toasted homemade, hearty whole grain bread, Homemade Cream of Broccoli Soup provides warmth and comfort for the body and soul. I used fresh, organic broccoli, but this would work with frozen broccoli as well. Be sure to use homemade chicken or [...]
Recipes from this week’s radio show! If you listened to my radio show on November 12, 2011, I mentioned what was cooking in my kitchen this week. Here are some of the recipes. Enjoy! If you didn’t get a chance to listen to the show with The Grocery Shrink, Angela Coffman, please check it out [...]
Get Real – Get Prepared with Vickilynn Haycraft. Exploring preparedness, health, nutrition and family for real life! Tune in Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 7-8PM Eastern (6-7 PM Central) to hear the show LIVE. You can also click on the show link anytime after the air time to hear the show On Demand, or you [...]
We love pizza, it’s as simple as that. Many different kinds of pizzas, lots of variations, but we prefer our pizzas healthy (and cost-saving doesn’t hurt either!) The way we get to meet both requirements is to make our pizzas at home with 100% whole grain crusts and healthy toppings. I like to schedule a [...]
Gluten-Free. Sourdough. Baking. Can they actually work together? As beautifully laid out in Sharon Kane’s book, The Art of Gluten-Free Sourdough Baking, the answer is yes! Sharon takes us on a journey trough trial and error, allergy substitutions, what works and what doesn’t for a monumental, instructional primer on baking with sourdough and using only [...]
My guest this week on Get Real – Get Prepared is prepping pioneer, James Talmage Stevens (also known as “Dr Prepper“), the author of “Making the Best of Basics.” In addition, Dr. Prepper will share about an exciting new product on the market for water filtration, the AquaPail. Please join us, Saturday October 22, 2011, [...]
Starting in mid- September, the Get Real — Get Prepared radio show content has been focusing on whole grains. We have been discussing what whole grains are (including gluten-free grains), why they are important to a Real Food storage plan, how to store them, why using them now is important, and of course, HOW to [...]
Luscious, thick, smooth homemade non-dairy almond milk that is health-supporting AND frugal, has no waste and is easy on the calorie-budget as well?! Sounds too good to be true? Follow me and I’ll show you. If you wish to use this delicious non-dairy “milk” for chia pudding, simply leave out the added chia from the [...]
Rich, smooth, slightly sweet homemade almond milk (with NO pulp to strain!) for a fraction of the cost of store-bought, or even other homemade almond milks. I did say, no straining of the pulp! (Isn’t that exciting?) In addition, I use no gums or starches to thicken the milk. First, you ask “Why almond milk?” [...]
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