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You Know My Family Hasn’t Always Eaten Healthy, Real Food – Right?

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When people read about the way I feed my family now, many assume I’ve known about healthy eating forever and that nothing about this is difficult for me.

Not true. We have not always eaten healthy.

Several years ago (when my blog was a baby) I wrote a series sharing my family’s healthy eating journey. Ugh, was it ever a journey. It still is.

All the fears and unknowns that many of you feel when you start reading about what is healthy and what isn’t – I totally get it. I’ve been there. Sometimes I’m still there. I haven’t arrived at perfect eating and never will. I’m pretty sure it’s not even possible.

So to encourage you to take some baby steps and to reassure you that you are not alone – I’d love for you to go back and read through this series of posts: Our Healthy Eating Journey. If nothing else, you’ll enjoy reading about how I  became completely convinced that I should be eating organic food and free range everything, but like a crazy lady, I still guzzled down a Pepsi to go with my meals. (I told you. I get it.)

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Our Healthy Eating Journey

If you’re interested, we have put together a simple eCourse to walk you through some steps to begin your Real Food Journey. You can tailor make this to fit your family’s needs. It’s called You Can Do This! Because truly, you can, do this. :)

What are some steps you’ve taken on your healthy eating journey?

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Peanut Butter and Ranch Dressing – But Not At the Same Time {You Can Do This! eCourse Bonus Tip}

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I am very excited that so many of you are taking part in our You Can Do This! The First Five Steps To a Real Food Kitchen eCourse!

As an added bonus – for those of you who are participating in the course and for those who aren’t – each Monday for the next few weeks, I plan to share a Bonus Tip to encourage you along in your Real Food Journey. Remember though, these are just bonus tips. If you take the eCourse, you’ll get loads more information, guidance, downloads, recipes, and worksheets – all for just $5! (Click here to purchase if you are interested.)

Today, I wanted to share a little bit about how my Real Food Kitchen works and how I manage to make healthy, whole foods in a timely way.

Last week, I found that I was out of two items that we eat often:  Ranch Dressing and Peanut Butter. Now, of course, we don’t eat the two together, nor would I recommend it to you. But I did make them at the same time, just as a way of being efficient. (I’ve talked about this a little bit already, and this new post is an example of how I put this method into practice.)

Side Note:  I had to be careful not to pour minced onions or parsley flakes for the dressing mix into the food processor with the peanuts. Wouldn’t that have been…icky. ;)

I first poured peanuts into my food processor, told everyone around me to plug their ears, and turned on the machine so that it could start to make peanut butter.

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While it was turning peanuts into peanut butter, I looked up my Ranch Dressing Mix recipe and began getting out the ingredients I needed. I then proceeded to go back and forth between the food processor and the ranch dressing mix until I had four jars of peanut butter and a triple batch of ranch dressing mix all ready to go.

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Beyond encouraging you to be efficient with your time in the kitchen, here is actually the main tip I wanted to share:

When working to develop your Real Food Kitchen, try to plan ahead and work ahead just a little bit as you have time. This will save you time in the long run.

I wasn’t actually planning to serve ranch dressing or peanut butter the day I made them. But I often do need them both, and since I had neither of them on hand, taking a few minutes to make them one afternoon will be very convenient for me later, when all I’ll have to do is reach for them at a moment’s notice!

What is one thing you can make this week that will help you to get ahead in your Real Food Kitchen?

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You Can Do This! The First Five Steps To a Real Food Kitchen eCourse?
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Are You Ready To Get On Track With Healthy Eating?

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

The fudge. The chips and dip. The pie. The mashed potatoes and gravy. The rolls with butter and jelly.

Going back for seconds…then thirds. Snitching another cookie in between meals. Snacking on the leftover ham and turkey. Grabbing just one more piece of candy.

It’s that time of year. 

We are likely all feeling it. In the midst of very much enjoying all of the delicious foods and treats this holiday season…in the back of our mind lurks the nagging truth that we really need to get back to reality and eat just a little bit (or a lot bit) better.

Are you ready to start eating healthier, but you’re not sure where to start? Do you feel overwhelmed with the loads of contradictory “health food” information out there? Are you reluctant to give up your favorite comfort food and treats?

What if I were to walk you through some simple steps you can take to get on track with healthy eating? What if I make your transition to a Real Food Kitchen simple and painless? What if I told you that you very likely can continue to eat many of your favorite meals and desserts – and that healthy, real foods are the most delicious foods you’ll ever eat?

I believe that everyone has what it takes to create and maintain a Real Food Kitchen. If you’re ready to make healthy changes that are affordable and realistic – at your own pace – I would be thrilled if you join us in taking the You Can Do This! The First Five Steps to a Real Food Kitchen eCourse!

Get ready for it! (And by get ready, I really just mean…enjoy the holidays and wait patiently for a few more days while we put on the final touches.)  This eCourse will launch on January 7. Cost will be just $5 for the entire course.

We can’t wait to walk with you through these steps to a Real Food Kitchen. You Can Do This!

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