When going fully organic is too expensive for your family, there is a middle ground to be found. When we were on a very tight budget I used the Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen lists. Tight budgetWhen you are on a tight budget you’ll want to make sure you do the best you can with your …
Another small step that will improve your nutrition without making major changes that may cause stress in the family. OrganicAnother one of the small steps that you can fairly easily do without having a whole family revolt is changing the quality of the products you buy. Organic produce is in several ways better for you and your …
Learn how to read labels in a few simple steps to improve the nutritional value of the food you feed your family.Later in this series there will be an article about advanced label reading. We’re starting simple here. Label readingLabel reading is very important. Through the list on a label you can see what the ingredients …
Intro to a series on small steps to a nourishing diet. In blogs I read big steps. Here are really small steps so your family will not revolt, but move over to a nourishing diet. This is my story, how I struggled and got there in the end. Introduction to Small Steps For many years I have …
This is the first instalment on a series on very small steps towards eating a diet of nourishing foods.This one is about home cooking.One of the best things you can do for your family to eat more nourishing is to cook more at home.Home CookingThis step will be about home cooking. Cooking foods at home …
The most common scourers sold in the supermarket are made from plastic and are really bad for the environment. So I wanted to have a better alternative. I decided to make my own. Here is the pattern. ScourersScourers are amazing to clean dishes with food stuck on them. I have used them many, many times in …
Opinion piece on the drawbacks of the sugar tax and the proposed meat tax.The Sugar TaxIn the UK we have a sugar tax from early 2018 on. I am going to explain to you in this article why I think it doesn’t solve any problems and will likely aggravate some other problems. I am of the …
On 24 November 2018 my daughter and I attended the London Weston A. Price Foundation Traditional Foods and Health Event. It was really good. Great speakers and an amazing lunch!I love going to conferences about nutrition. So when the Weston A. Price Foundation Traditional Foods and Health Event was announced I decided I really wanted …
Liver is a super food, it is chock full of nutrients. Liver has been valued as a sacred food by many indigenous peoples. Some found it so sacred that it was not allowed to be touched by hand. Others only ate it raw.Liver has been and still is a very important food to eat. It …
Meadow Cottage Farm is where I buy my milk, but also some beef, pork, eggs, and honey. Their products are of a very good quality. Their pork sausages are the best I have ever tasted. Their milk is amazing quality. They have the tastiest ice cream.So these days you frequently read all these horror stories …