Real Food Resources

I thought it would be nice to have a post listing resources for the Real Food Challenge. So I compiled a list of: links from our blogs and other blogs, websites for great shops to buy good stuff from, links to articles and websites that have tons of great info and an extensive book listing including cookbooks and more. Feel free to add any great resources in the comment section. I’ll keep adding links as I find them so keep checking back, the list will only get better!

A few Great Articles & Resources:
Drink that Milk, Eat those Peas – a great article from the Weston A Price foundation on transitioning your family to a healthier diet.
Against the Grain – great info about bread and grain
Mother Earth News Real Food Section – all kinds of good information on real food
Why Butter is Better – a wonderful article from the Weston A Price foundation about enjoying real butter.

How-To/Make Your Own Posts from Chiot’s Run.
Make Your Own: Brown Sugar
Make Your Own: Baking Powder
Make Your Own: Ghee
Make Your Own: Butter
Make Your Own: Preserved Lemons
Make Your Own: Ketchup
Make Your Own: Sauerkraut
Make Your Own: Canned Tomato Soup
Make Your Own: Sourdough Pancakes

A few links from Jennifer’s Blog:
Accepting the Challenge
Incorporating Family and the Challenge
Realities: Grains
Realities: Fruits and Veggies
Realities: Oils
Realities: Milk & Meat
Recipe: Skinless Sweet Potato Skins
Recipes: Yogurt, Cheese, and Whey

Sourdough and Wild Yeast recipes:
Wild Yeast Blog
Northwest Sourdough
Sourdough Recipes from Richard Packham
Make Your Own Sourdough Starter

Baking Artisan Bread:
Upper Crust Bread Recipe & How-To
Quick Artisan Bread
Easy No-Knead Crusty Bread from Mother Earth News
Peter Reinhart’s Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor
The Bread Baker’s Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread

Cracker Recipes from Jennifer’s link file:
Spelt Everything Crackers
Poppy & Parmesan Cheese Crackers
Sesame Semolina Flatbreads
Lavash Armenian Flatbread

Cooking/Baking Blogs:
Refrigerator Soup: has recipes from many food blogs, great place to find new cooking & food blogs
Smitten Kitchen
Nourishing Days: Nourishing Traditions recipes
Cheese Slave – blog about traditional food, slow food, and food politics
The Nourishing Gourmet – blogging about nourishing food
The Chicken Coop – a great listing of nourishing traditions recipe links
101 Cookbooks – a great resource for vegetarian & vegan recipes.

Cooking with Dried Beans:
Here’s some great info about soaking beans and grains.
The Weston A Price Foundation has a great in depth article on the healthfulness of beans and soaking methods.

How to Make You Own Milk Alternatives:
Making Rice Milk at Home
How to Make Almond Milk at Home

Organic Spices, Teas, Essential Oils, Bulk Ingredients and Non-Toxic Toiletries:
Mountain Rose Herbs

Bulk Nuts, Dried Fruits and other Staples both Organic and Conventional:
Nuts Online (contact me (Susy) and I can get you a 10% off coupon)

Finding Local and Non-Local Sources for Food from Small Growers/Producers including Farmer’s Markets:
Local Harvest
Eat Wild – find local sources of grass-fed meats
Eat Well Guide – type in your zip code to find local sources for healthy food

Places to find information on food, food safety, food legislation, etc:
Weston A Price Foundation – a wealth of information on healthy food.
Organic Consumers Association – information on processed foods, companies, and food legislation
Union of Concerned Scientists – great article on CAFO meats
Real Milk Campaign

Great Cookbooks:

For the More Adventurous/Advanced Cooks:

For More Reading about Food:

Other Great Reading:

Do you have any great resources to add?