Have you seen those Hidden Valley Ranch commercials? You know – the ones with the super perfect kids eating all their veggies in the perfect veggie world? Drives. Me. Nuts. Why? The last thing I want to do to get my kids to eat their veggies is drown them in hormone damaging, processed soybean oil,…
Author: Renee
a simple {diy} :: fruit and veggie wash
I wish I lived on 20 acres of organic farmland… But I don’t. And I do love where I live…I’m a beach girl. I love our little beach town. Spring, summer, and fall have the farmer’s markets and u-pick farms full of fresh, local produce here. And despite being in Michigan with our barren winters,…
a simple {real food} recipe :: homemade chocolate ice cream {dairy free option}
Here is a very easy summer treat you can whip up for your family this weekend! You can feel good about what you will be serving for desert when you know what it’s made up of. Have you ever looked at the mile long list of ingredients on the back of that store bought ice…
a simple {real food} recipe :: coleslaw {dairy free option}
It was definitely a beach day today 🙂 90 degrees. Slight breeze. Plentiful sunshine. I have a few summer staples I love using on days I don’t want to have the oven on. …or days I want to be at the beach all day 🙂 This morning, I put a whole pastured chicken in the…
my journey :: into real food
“Everything has a purpose unto Heaven”…yep that pretty much sums up how I came about the real food way of life. Everyone has their own story, and this is mine. I truly believe the circumstances that led to it were God driven and, had some of the uncomfortable things not happened, I would not be…
a simple {real food} recipe :: blueberry coconut popsicles
Not sure what it is about the weather here in Michigan, but from what I have been told, it has just the perfect conditions for strawberries, blueberries, and cherries. The strawberries are on their way out, and this week started the blueberry season! Chloe and I took a morning off together to gather blueberries at…





