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When I got married at 19 I knew very little about being a homemaker. I didn’t spend my teenage years learning how to cook and run my future household from my mother the way I should have. My mother is a great cook and yet I didn’t take the time to learn from her the way I should have.
So when I became a wife I had to have a crash course in being a homemaker. But I had a steep learning curve. While we were in college and working nearly full time, our diet consisted largely of pizzas and frozen burritos.
Then two years ago I discovered the real/whole foods diet and realized that even though we were trying to eat healthier, we were still not getting adequate nutrition such as five servings of vegetables or eating nutritious whole grains as opposed to refined white flour.
After many discussions with other homemakers, I realized that I am not alone in this!
It is really hard in our culture to know what is healthy and how to eat right. Even when we think we are buying and eating healthy foods we might still be pumping our families full of pesticides, chemicals, and lots and lots of sugar!
And now that I am a mother it’s more important than ever to feed my three boys healthy and nutritious meals!
Photo by NatShots Photography
So please join me on this healthy journey as I learn where and how to find healthy food…on a budget!
I don’t know about you but I didn’t like vegetables and didn’t know how to cook them. I thought whole wheat was often tough, chewy, and not worth the effort. But I have learned how important it is to get superfoods into our diet!
Join me this spring as we take a journey through this Homemaking Essential: Feed Your Family ~ Healthy Eating on a Budget. In this series we will cover:
- Where to buy good quality {and affordable} produce
- What’s the deal with organic?
- Many healthy and yummy vegetable recipes
- The best fruit for optimal health
- Other fantastic superfoods & recipes
- And More!
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Thank you Jami!! I am so excited for this series as I have been struggling recently with getting in all of our fruits/veggies – and expanding our palates! I too am learning how to be a homemaker and now a homesteader!! I can’t wait to see & learn what you are able to share!
Oh good! I’m so glad that you are excited for the series. Uuug we have such a hard time getting enough vegetables as well! So that’s why I am doing this series :)
I am so glad you are doing this series! I have recently seen/read lots of things that are rather disturbing about our food supply here in the states! My husband and I have been trying to eat better and know where our food comes from and whats in it. I’ll be following this series! :)
This would be great for the {Hope for the Home} linky party too! http://www.worthyoftheprize.com
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I am excited for this. I am not a big veggie fan either so finding ways to sneak those in would be spectacular! Eating real foods or even organic foods is something I have always wanted to do, but the cost is overwhelming to me. Can’t wait for that post!
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Just the kind of thing I am interested in!
Also I notised that in your post you said “my three boys” I thought you just had twins??
Yes, my twin boys and my hubby :) they are my three boys ;)
I am definably following this series and I am interested to providing my family healthy meals.
Oh, I’m really looking forward to this series. I eat real food at home…and it takes more time to prepare, but it’s so worth it…and eating healthy does cost a little bit more….but getting sick from eating the wrong things is way more expensive :) In any case, I’ll look forward to this new series from you :) Love and hugs from the ocean shores of California, Heather :)
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Looking forward to this series! Thanks for sharing. :-)
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