Category: <span>Food</span>

Home Food

Homemade Chicken and Vegetable Soup

*This video was made when my website was called “The Reality Chef” instead of “Real Food Family”. Every home, I repeat, every home should frequently have a pot of homemade chicken and vegetable soup brewing in the kitchen.  Slowly made stocks are one of the leading traditional foods we can nourish ourselves with.  Stock making,...

Quotes from Michael Pollan's book, In Defense of Food

Book Review/Annotation of In Defense of Food; An eater’s Manifesto By Michael Pollan I love this book!  Michael Pollan has a home-run book again.  In Pollan’s book, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”, he exposed the many faces of the American food system and has dramatically influenced the whole foods revolution in America with his contagious phrase, Vote...

Meal Planning: Diet for Pregnant and Nursing Moms

Meal Planning: Diet for Pregnant and Nursing Moms

Need to eat right during pregnancy and lactation? Let’s begin by diving into the following recommendations for Pregnant and Nursing moms from the Weston A. Price Foundation (www.westonaprice.org).  Diet for Pregnant and Nursing Mothers Cod Liver Oil to supply 20,000 IU vitamin A and 2000 IU vitamin D per day 1 quart (or 32 ounces)...

Holiday Recipes

Holiday Recipes

Garlic and Herb Roasted Turkey 1, 10-14 pound turkey ½ cup butter 4-6 tablespoons Garlic and Herb Puree: – 2 cups finely chopped herbs, such as basil, rosemary, and sage – 4-5 cloves of garlic – 2 teaspoons salt – 1 teaspoon pepper – ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil Puree ingredients in a food...