Camping Carne Asada Quesadillas
Yesterday I wrote about our recent camping trip and about the foods we ate.Today I'll share one of the recipes I used.Which were not, by the way, the kind of recipes one has written down and follows...
View ArticleFried Rice (for camping)
Yesterday I shared my Carne Asada Quesadilla recipe with you, today comes my Fried Rice, for camping.When I make Fried Rice at home I'm able to be more creative with it. For camping, in the interest of...
View Article"Real" Desserts
Yesterday while on the quest for organics we ran across some pies. April (dear daughter number 4) asked if we might buy one and I was seriously considering it...until DD started reading the labels...It...
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Mixed Berry Pie
Yesterday I promised you the recipe for our pie. And pictures!After hitting the cookbooks we settled on a mixed berry pie. We found a recipe from Rachael Ray and tweaked it just a bit. Mixed Berry Pie8...
View ArticlePie Crust
Yesterday I promised you the pie crust recipe we used. It's one that I had been wanting to try for quite awhile now, ever since I found it one day on the internet. It has butter and lard in it and it...
View ArticleWelcome!!
Hello and welcome to Real Foods Matter. I decided to make the move from This Gal's View.When I first started This Gal's View I was not yet settled into the real food nitch that now find myself to be...
View ArticleBarbecue Chicken Pocket Sandwiches
Yesterday was a run around day.Especially in the afternoon. I had to be somewhere by 4, then back home at 5, then I had to have dinner on the table because we had to leave again at 6:00.And the crock...
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Fermented Salsa
I finally tried it...fermenting foods.I first read about fermented foods in Sally Fallon's book, "Nourishing Traditions".That was several years ago...And to tell you the truth the whole idea of it...
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Cucumbers
Looking for a refreshing and healthy snack idea?How about cucumbers?1.Cucumbers are low in calories and with the skin, high in fiber.2.Cucumbers are a good source of potassium.3.Cucumbers are high in...
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Rubber Chicken
I first heard about rubber chickens from Leanne at Flylady.No, they're not really rubber...but it seems like it because you can "stretch" at least three meals from one chicken. I don't know about all...
View ArticleSourdough Biscuits
Before I ventured on this Real Food journey of mine when the family wanted biscuits I more often than not turned to that all too familiar box of Bisquick I used to keep in the cupboard.Now when...
View ArticleFive Foods I'll Never Buy Again
This real foods journey of mine started several years ago.One day I decided that as we ran out of the foods we had on hand I would replace them with their real food counterparts. This didn't happen...
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Fresh Salsa
Do you find yourself with an overload of tomatoes from your summer vegetable garden?Well have I got a delicious recipe for you!Salsa!!This is such a good salsa recipe...it is very fresh and very good...
View ArticleBoston Baked Beans
Continuing on my quest for real foods I'm going to tackle baked beans.What could be better than a hearty spoonful of baked beans next to that lonely looking hamburger?But what could be worse that a can...
View ArticleAre You Getting Your Daily Five?
Do you always manage to get in your daily allotment of fruits and vegetables?It's a lot easier to make sure if you keep track of colors. Eat one food from each color and you'll be good to go.Red...
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A Better Mocha
Before the economy tanked and before I became much more aware of what I was feeding my body a trip to Starbucks was a regular event. It was the perfect place to meet with friends or to bring a book...
View ArticleReal Food Planning
I'm all about planning. I'm a firm believer in looking ahead. At the beginning of the week I usually have a pretty good idea about what is in store for the coming days. I know what nights I have to...
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Whole Wheat Bread (with a surprise ingredient)
While traveling along on my real foods journey, as I have been doing for several years now, I've notice the road narrowing quite a bit. Narrowing in ways such as fast food is seldom bought, there...
View ArticleSeasoning Mixes, from scratch
Being relatively new to the world of food blogging as I am, I'm very excited to have found blog carnivals. Each day different bloggers post a theme and invite other bloggers to link up. It's so much...
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3 Bean Chili
Chili is not my favorite food. You could say that I have kind of a love/hate relationship with it. I'ts not my favorite thing to eat, but it sure makes for a great crock pot meal. Unlike some dinners...
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Vegetable Beef Soup
I love to make soups in the crock pot. Just through all of the ingredients in, first thing in the morning and you come home to a delicious and nourishing meal at the end of the day. Add a salad and...
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Beef Stew Cooked in a Pumpkin
Years ago, while visiting a pumpkin patch on a homeschooling field trip I remember one of the mom's talking about cooking a stew inside of a pumpkin and that thought stayed with me over the years....
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffiins
What says Fall better than pumpkins? And what says pumpkins better than muffins? Okay, maybe pie, but for now how about muffins? With chocolate chips because the chocolate really compliments the...
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New Year's Ham Bone Soup
Goodness me...it's been since November 12th that I've posted on this blog!! How can that be??Well I started working part time and the holidays hit. All at once. Still working part time, but the...
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Roasted Vegetable Soup
January is National Soup Month. I learned that this morning. I had no idea there was a National Soup Month, let alone that it was in January. But, if there is to be a month set aside for celebrating...
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