Real Food Kitchen

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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! We live by this principle in our home. Because let’s be honest – having a real food kitchen is more work than buying everything pre-made. But it’s sooooo worth it.

We’ve outlined the basics of a real food kitchen above. The following are staples that are nice to have, but not 100% necessary: Priorities are different for every family. Can’t live without steak? Then have porridge for breakfast! It’s all about balance. Real fats from animals (butter, lard, tallow) or plants (coconut, avocado, olive) that have been used for centuries. No newfangled processed rancid oils like corn or Canola oils. Heat oil or lard in a well-seasoned cast iron skillet. Once hot, add carrot slices to the oil. Stir to coat.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. Read Next: 7 Simple Natural Living Changes You Can Make Today Nice-to-Have Foods for Your Real Food Kitchen Richard and I typically go out to eat on Fridays while the boys are at school (it’s his day off). We love eating stuff I don’t normally make at home, like sushi or steak! I learned about the importance of soaking grains and started soaking my own beans, rice, and oatmeal overnight.

There seems to be so much confusion about this in the healthy living community, but let’s be clear – the term ‘real food’ does not refer to any specific diet. It’s not Vegan, Keto, or Paleo. Unprocessed sweeteners like honey, maple syrup, or unrefined cane sugar ( Sucanant is my personal favorite that I use in a lot of my recipes) To make the work load lighter, I cook in big batches and freeze the rest. For example, I soak a huge pot of beans and and another of brown rice overnight, cook the next day, and divide into freezer bags to use in meals for the next couple of weeks.

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Breakfasts are usually boiled eggs with toast or soaked oatmeal, always with a fruit and kefir smoothie. I’m not a Type-A organized person, so I tend to bristle against planning. But the past couple weeks, I’ve started making a menu plan and it’s making dinner times a lot easier! Sundays and Wednesdays are always leftovers because of church services. This way we have the convenience of not having to cook, plus we can go home and rest and not spend extra money.

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. 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! 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! 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.Real food simply refers to food that hasn’t been processed, adulterated, or changed from it’s original form as God created it. It has everything to do with how the food is grown and prepared. It includes a wide variety of foods, as outlined below. 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} 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). 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.