Real Food Kitchen

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Unprocessed sweeteners like honey, maple syrup, or unrefined cane sugar ( Sucanant is my personal favorite that I use in a lot of my recipes) Okay, all these guidelines and tools are great, but what does real food eating look like on a day-to-day basis? I’m so glad a reader asked for a sample menu from our family so I could share with you!

Heat oil or lard in a well-seasoned cast iron skillet. Once hot, add carrot slices to the oil. Stir to coat. I learned about the importance of soaking grains and started soaking my own beans, rice, and oatmeal overnight. There’s a running joke in our house when we really love a particular food that’s pricey. We say, “If I was Donald Trump, I’d eat raspberries every day for breakfast, and steak every night” (or whatever food we are currently loving). We’ve outlined the basics of a real food kitchen above. The following are staples that are nice to have, but not 100% necessary: Do you want your family to eat more real food, but you don’t know where to start? Use this easy-to-follow guide to help you get started with real food! Nix the processed ingredients and start nourishing your family with God’s amazing whole foods. What’s the definition of ‘real food’ anyway?The Real Food Table includes more than 100 easy and delicious mostly gluten-free, grain-free, and dairy-free recipes for every day. Next on my list is learning to bake our own sourdough bread, but I’m not there yet! And one day I want to learn how to garden and can my own food. Read Next: 7 Simple Natural Living Changes You Can Make Today Nice-to-Have Foods for Your Real Food Kitchen

Breakfasts are usually boiled eggs with toast or soaked oatmeal, always with a fruit and kefir smoothie. One of the most fun ways to adopt a real food kitchen is to embrace what’s local. Find a farmer’s market near you and buy some veggies or meat. It feels daunting, but it’s not! Learning and growing is a gradual, step-by-step process. Just keep plugging away and you’ll get there! What does a real food menu plan look like? {a sample menu for our family}

Real Food Kitchen

Homemade bread. You can definitely live without bread. But if you choose to consume it, learning how to make your own sourdough is a wonderful healthy addition to a real food kitchen. You can even grind your own flour for more health benefits!

When we have more wiggle room in the budget, I’d love to buy more organic produce using the dirty dozen& clean fifteen list as a guide. Having a real food kitchen is easier when you’ve got some trusty tools to simplify things. Of course, you don’t need fancy appliances to eat healthy – people have been doing it for thousands of years!Another great thing to do is to shop seasonally. Seasonal fruits and veggies taste best and are usually cheaper because they are in abundance. Here’s a wonderful g uide to which foods are in season and when.