Family Friendly Information and Fun Near Boone, NC
Pin itIt has been nearly 30 days that hubby has been on his special diet cutting out everything except fruits low on the glycemic index, vegetables, and meat. Hubby has hypothyroidism and you can read more about it in this post On the Road to Thyroid Healing. I am so proud of my husband, he [...]
Pin itBack in October, I wrote an post about Frugal Healthy High Country Grocery Shopping, where you can get some great tips on saving money while feeding your family healthy and local food. Now, that I’ve lived in the High Country for nearly a year I feel like I have begun to discover some diamonds [...]
Pin itThree weeks ago I mentioned that an important ingredient of French Onion Soup is a really sturdy homemade beef stock and promised to revisit that issue. Today is the day; that lovely stock is simmering on my stove as we speak! I’m totally serious when I tell y’all that using homemade stock in your [...]
Pin itToday I invited my son, Nate, who is currently living and working down in Haiti, to write up his latest cooking adventure. Nate has always been a resourceful kid who just sort of KNOWS his way around the kitchen. Greetings from the Caribbean! This is Barb’s son, Nate, writing from Haiti. I’m down here doing relief work [...]
Pin it I can’t believe it. The end of October is approaching very quickly and Halloween is almost here. How did that happen? I just found out today that my son needs to wear his costume to preschool on Thursday. They are going to have all the preschoolers line up [...]
Pin itThe biggest complaint I see to eating real food is the price that it can cost to follow a healthy diet. While consistent and exclusive shopping at health food stores like Earth Fare can be expensive (even when you shop sales) there are many ways to save money on your grocery bill while eating healthy. On most [...]
Pin itThis week I’m making applesauce…a LOT of applesauce…AGAIN. This batch, and probably most of the batches I make in the next three or four weeks are NOT going to get canned. Oh, I’ve canned some too but right now, applesauce is my secret snacking weapon! I’m always looking for healthy snacks to appease the [...]
Pin itYes, I’m still going on about Ratatouille. I can’t tell you how many meals have been graced by delicious ratatouille…. Okay, I’ll admit that my family is getting a little tired of it, but that often happens when I discover some new culinary delight. I make it so often that everyone but me gets [...]
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