CHEESESLAVE

Ask any mother (or any dentist for that matter) what causes cavities and they’ll tell you it’s sugar and not brushing and flossing. But is that really true?

What if it was all the corn flakes, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and pasta we’re feeding our kids that’s causing their cavities? What if we could change our diet and not only prevent cavities, but actually reverse them?

This is the first in my series of frugal and nutritious recipes. Since my goal is to cut my food budget in half, I am going to be making meals that are less expensive but still very nutritious.
Hamburger meat is a classic budget-friendly staple. Of course, I only use organic grass-fed beef from local farmers, [...]

Seth and I are both under the weather. Sore throats, tired. Not full-blown colds, but just feeling kind of bleh.
Not sure where we picked it up. We have both been working very long hours. Any time you work too much, you are more susceptible to getting sick.
Kate’s fine — although she has had diarrhea for [...]

I’m making:
Lasagna (made with organic grass-fed beef, tomato sauce, rice pasta, and freshly grated ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan cheese)
Garden Cress, Tomato, and Fennel Salad (with oil and vinegar dressing)
Chocolate Ice Cream (made with Organic Pastures chocolate colostrum milk and raw pastured egg yolks)
I’m fairly new to this traditional foods way of eating. It’s much more [...]

I had a very interesting conversation this morning with our nanny, Yensi.
She told me that her husband asked why our daughter Kate is so much bigger than their daughter, Julianna. He had watched the videos of the two girls on YouTube.
Julianna is 15 months and Kate is only 10 months. Julianna is only 20 pounds. [...]