Can I Grow All My Own Food? A Diet is Born
If you’re here for the first time, Welcome! I am Candi, I write this little blog and I am attempting to grow/raise/pick/harvest/kill/ …
Category: Food for Thought
The benefits of raising, growing, preserving and making your own food
Homesteaders Food Challenge- Week 1
It has been quite a week. My brother called me a fake and said he wasn’t buying my book. No, I don’t …
How to Get a Bundt Cake Out of the Pan
If you are here, you may have a bundt cake stuck in a pan. I have been where you are. You went …
Should You Raise Your Own Meat?
I know that raising your own meat is not an option for many people. If you live in a neighborhood, or have …
Can You Eat Real Food All the Time?
Well, I suppose someone can….. but that someone is not me. The truth is that I have gone 101 days eating only …
Natural Home Remedies That Work
Natural Home Remedies That Work This is an controversial subject. People have strong opinions about medical treatments and choices. I am all for …
Can You Eat a Potbelly Pig?
Please don’t get mad at me for suggesting that you should eat your potbelly pig. I am not suggesting that at all. …
How to Buy Healthy Eggs
How to Buy Healthy Eggs. Between the low egg production due to winter (we don’t have a light in our coop) and …
Nothing is 100% Grass-Fed
** NOTE: Thank you to all the folks who have sent me info on the specifications of “grass-fed” animals. The guidelines for …
Fight Cancer With Food – What is CLA & How to Eat it
CLA was discovered in 1987 when scientists found it was able to fight cancer in mice. It’s true. CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) …
The All-Natural Health Remedy for: Indigestion, Heart Burn, Acid-Reflux & Sour Stomach
In celebration of Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and all things delicious I thought you could use a tip in relieving indigestion. Mamaw …
How to Pickle Beets & Why You Should Get More Pickled & Fermented Foods in Your Diet
Homegrown, Homemade, Pickled Beets Fermented and pickled foods are screaming-healthy, crazy-good-for-you foods. If you have eaten in a trendy restaurant lately you …
Health Benefits of Raw, Grass-fed, Milk & Dairy Products
Health Benefits of raw, grass-fed Dairy. If you are on the fence about cow or goat ownership I want to encourage you, …
How to Render Beef Tallow
How to Render Beef Tallow If you are: new to rendering things aren’t sure what “rendering” is don’t know why you would …
Buying Meat in Bulk – How to Buy a Cow – What to buy – What You’ll get
How to Buy a Cow (and other animals). Did you think that if you bought a 1000 pound cow you would …