I was really stumped on what to post during New Year’s week this year! I polled our SIMPLE moms on what might be a great recipe to real foodify for New Years week, and it was mentioned that black eyed pea dishes were a common around the New Year! I had never heard of this…
Category: real food
a simple real food recipe :: gluten free sugar cookies
This is such a fun time of the year to get into the kitchen with your family and create some memories! I have so many memories of Christmas cookie decorating as a kid. Over the last year I committed to a completely gluten free diet for my family for various reasons, and so this Christmas…
SIMPLE new year changes :: real easy, real food changes to make a real difference this year
So you are committed to making real food changes for the New Year, but you have no idea where to start? My motto has always been baby steps. Don’t make a bunch of changes all at once that you can’t keep up on. Try one thing every couple weeks – or even one thing a…
a simple real food recipe :: butternut squash cream sauce :: dairy free option
I am pretty sure that this recipe will be able to be used by just about everyone. Squash is so rich in nutrients, very easily digested, and is a wonderful way to get a nourishing carbohydrate into your meal. I have been batching up this squash cream sauce for a couple years now around this…
all you need is love – mulberry love :: review + giveaway
How many of you can drink plain coconut water? I just can not do it…it does not taste good to me at all. Now if you mix it with another fruit or something, I can do it. Let me tell you about Mulberry Love. Mulberry Love is a premiere super fruit drink combining mulberry juice…
simple christmas recipes :: a christmas recipe round up!
There are so many things to enjoy during the month of December. Being with family. The first snowfalls, sledding, and snowmen. Fires in the fireplace and warm cozy blankets. And, being the food enthusiast that I am, the seasonal food gets me every time too 🙂 Please, please get into the kitchen with your family…
add carrington farms products to your kitchen :: review
Since 2000, Carrington Farms has been making delicious, 100% organic, non-genetically modified Health Food Products accessible to nutrition-conscious consumers around the United States. Our comprehensive line of flax and coconut oil products serves a range of purposes, from conditioning hair and nails to weight loss and staving off chronic disease. From our pure whole seed…
a simple real food recipe :: delicious sprouted lentil soup
I know it is no secret that I *love* soup season. It is one of my secrets to getting nutrient dense, homemade chicken stock into my family on almost a daily basis during cold and flu season. But lentil soup? I mean, come on. Can we say BOR-ING. Yep – usually it is a pretty…
a simple real food recipe :: cranberry sauce
Over the last couple years I have tried taking Thanksgiving staples that I love, and making them more “real food friendly” so that I can feel good about serving it to my kids. Here’s the thing. I WANT my kids to crave all the flavors of Thanksgiving! I WANT them to enjoy food, and look…
cook with pompeian for the holidays :: review
I received this product for free from Smiley360 in exchange for my honest review. You can join Smiley360 here! In search of cooking oil with light flavor that comes from delicate wine grapes that reduce absorption so food preserves its natural flavor? One with a high smoke point for stir-frying, sautéing, grilling and baking? Introducing new Pompeian 100% Grapeseed…
a simple real food recipe :: gluten free apple harvest muffins
So how was apple season where you live? It was bountiful here in Michigan, to say the least! I was pretty tied up with my newest baby addition during picking, but my husband was able to take my big girls apple picking a couple times this October, and we have been enjoy bushels of beautiful…
put GoGo squeeZ in their lunch :: review
I received this product for free from Smiley360 in exchange for my honest review. You can join Smiley360 here! My son loves to snack. It is really hard to get him to eat a meal at school. I pack his lunch so I have to put things in there that I know he will eat. Plus they need to…











