Vegetables: Part of Your Complete Breakfast!

This is a guest post by Elsie from Back To The Source I have nothing against vegetables, but for some reason they don’t end up on my plate often enough. Many days I realize (after supper) that my vegetable intake has been deplorably low.  I know how important they are to a well-balanced diet—you know,… Read More

Why We Are Planting a Garden

For many, planting a garden can seem like such a waste of time. I know among my busy days filled with being a wife, homemaker, mom, blogger, and web designer I don’t really need another thing to add. So why am I taking valuable hours of my summer to be out in the hot sun… Read More

Taking Charge of Your Family’s Health….for God’s Glory!

This week we will be focusing on what it means to be a homemaker that brings glory to God in her homemaking as part of the 5 Days of Intentionally Living series. As a homemaker, wife & mother I know it’s my responsibility to make sure my family is living a healthy life. We are not perfect… Read More

Real Food on a Budget {Part 3}: Meat & Dairy

Finding real, whole foods on a budget has become a passion of mine! Slowly, one food at a time have been converting to real whole foods since it can be expensive to eat healthy! So this year I have started buying more local fresh produce, knowing what I need to buy organic {and what can do without}, making smart choices about… Read More

Real Food on a Budget {Part 2}: Fruits & Vegetables

This month we have been exploring what it means to eat healthy and do it on a budget! Now we will really dive into how to actually convert your diet to healthy real foods without breaking your budget! Start with my simple steps to saving money on a whole foods diet and then continue on to today, part… Read More

Real Food on a Budget {Part 1}: Simple Steps to Saving Money

I am finally getting into gear and making sure that our family eats a healthy, real foods diet this year! I began looking into a healthier diet a few years ago and have slowly implemented real food and natural living things into our lifestyle. I was overwhelmed at first and didn’t know where to start. I didn’t want to… Read More

So What’s The Deal With Raw Milk?

This year I am committing to transform my family’s diet and get healthy! Join me this month to learn about our journey with my series – Feed Your Family ~ Eating Healthy on a Budget As a homemaker, one of my primary responsibilities is making sure that my family eats a healthy diet. I have been on… Read More

Feeding My Family Grass Fed & Free Range Meats

One of my first commitments this year is to feed my family a healthy real/whole foods diet without killing our budget! So this month I am going on a journey to discover what real healthy eating means and how to do this while on a budget. You can read more in my healthy eating series here. Photo by Beckwith-Zink… Read More

So What’s the Deal with Locally Grown?

This post is part of my Feed Your Family ~ Eating Healthy on a Budget series. Last week I covered what the deal with organic food is. We took a look at what organic means, how to identify it, and some tips on buying organic produce. But a look at organic food doesn’t get far… Read More

So What’s the Deal with Organic?

When “organic” started becoming popular a few years ago, I did not jump on the bandwagon. I thought that the only reason people bought organic was to “help” the environment and that  it was a gimmicky fad. Let’s just say I wasn’t {and am still not} an Al Gore fan. I’ll leave it at that. But as I… Read More