Simple Farmhouse Life

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8. How I meal plan- from scratch food the easy way! Jan 27, 2020

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Learn my 5 tips for having healthy meals every night without meal planning. Making 3 meals a day does not have to be complicated. In fact, it is super simple! I've noticed that when people want to start cooking from scratch, they think they need elaborate meal plans with dry erase boards neatly filled in with three meals a day.

Baked blueberry pecan oatmeal for breakfast, Asian pesto curry for lunch and almond crusted parmesan tilapia for dinner...

(I just made those titles up, by the way, but they really do all sound fabulous.)

Just do a quick Pinterest search for "Paleo Recipes" and prepare to be overwhelmed.

I love a good crispy coconut chicken with squash and parmesan fritters as much as the next person, but maybe for a Saturday night special dinner, or a night when I have a little extra time to spend in the kitchen...

Which is pretty much never.

I am a mom of six small kids!

If you think you need to make Paleo safe coconut tortillas for every meal, that plan isn't something sustainable . No wonder people limit their healthy eating attempts to 30 days.

Eating real food can feel so overwhelming when we hold ourselves to these standards!

What ever happened to good old fashioned meat, vegetables and herbs?

Back when my grandma was a mother of young children, I imagine she cooked a whole chicken, baked potatoes and maybe served it all with a biscuit and canned jam.

No fancy recipes. Just real food.

Recipes/techniques I mentioned in this podcast:

Instant Pot Pot Roast Recipe

How To Make A Perfect Roasted Chicken

Easy Salmon Burger Recipe

Where We Source Real Organic Food | TIPS FOR BUYING LOCAL FOOD

Healthy One Pot Meals- Sourdough Skillet

Grab my Sourdough Skillet Ebook HERE.

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7. Day in the life of a full-time blogger and homeschool mom of 6 Jan 22, 2020

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Our schedule is ever changing, as we have new babies, as the seasons change and depending on what projects we are currently working on. Join me as I walk you through an average winter Monday in this Farmhouse on Boone day in the life episode!

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6. Chatting the gut healing GAPS diet with my sister Laura Jan 20, 2020

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The GAPS diet played an instrumental role in reversing Laura's son Sam's dairy intolerance and gut related symptoms associated with it. Listen in as she shares her story with the GAPS diet, and I share our experience as well. It truly is amazing what our bodies can do when given the right foods to heal.

This is the GAPS book we referenced: https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Syndrome-D-D-D-H-D-Schizophrenia/dp/0954852028/ref=sr_1_2?crid=10NWM7KWIW3RA&keywords=gaps+diet+natasha+campbellmcbride&qid=1579558618&sprefix=gaps+natas%2Caps%2C176&sr=8-2

You can find Laura's healthy meal guide here: http://subscribe.ouroilyhouse.com/healthymealplan

Grab my '5 kefir smoothie recipes' ebook here: https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/kefirrecipes

Get started with your gut health journey with these healing foods from the Farmhouse on Boon blog:

Homemade sauerkraut- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/homemadesauerkraut

Homemade bone broth- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/make-bone-broth-in-the-instant-pot

Nourishing soup recipes- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/soup

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5. Cast iron in the kitchen- I could never live without it! Jan 16, 2020

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Cast iron has been my skillet of choice for many years now. There are only two things that get better with age in the kitchen. One is cast iron and the other is homemade sourdough starter!

WHY CAST IRON IS BETTER THAN NONSTICK

Reason #1, of course, is it doesn’t have all the bad stuff. Nonstick pans are coated with a carcinogenic chemical called perfluorooctanoic acid. Not only does it leech into the food when cooked at high temperatures, but also produces toxic fumes in the air. Not to be overly dramatic, but you need to get that stuff out of your house ASAP.

Although the health concerns with nonstick was what drew me to using cast iron in the first place, the ease and beauty with which they cook kept me coming back for more. A perfectly fried egg, potatoes so crispy you can hear the crunch, a carmelized sear on a roast to seal in all those delicious juices…I mean, if you aren’t cooking with cast iron is it even cooking? Give me that 20 pound skillet that gets better with use every. single. time. If I go on vacation, and the condo has a flimsy nonstick and a plastic spatula, I cook like I have one hand. Totally handicap.

Cast iron’s where its at, my friends.

From the blog:

How To Season Cast Iron And Cook With It Too- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/how-to-season-cast-iron-and-cook-with-it-too

How To Make Crispy Potatoes In A Cast Iron Skillet- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/make-crispy-potatoes-cast-iron-skillet

Healthy One Pot Meals- Sourdough Skillet- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/healthy-one-pot-meals-sourdough-skillet

How To Make Sourdough English Muffins- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/how-to-make-sourdough-english-muffins

How To Make Easy Sourdough Pizza Crust- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/how-to-make-easy-sourdough-pizza-crust

Sourdough Pancakes Recipe- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/our-favorite-sourdough-pancakes-recipe

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4. Take a walk through our from-scratch pantry- what we keep on hand Jan 13, 2020

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Grains:

I order organic wheat from clnf.org

I recently ordered einkorn berries from Breadtopia. It was the best price I could find!

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3. What did we spend on our farmhouse kitchen renovation? Jan 13, 2020

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In this episode, I'm sharing the total cost for our farmhouse kitchen renovation.

Get all of the before and after photos and all of the sources for items found in my kitchen here- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/victorian-farmhouse-kitchen-reveal

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2. Ten years in the making- the renovation story of our last farmhouse Jan 10, 2020

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Sometimes in this world of Instagram, Youtube and HGTV it might seem like everyone else is pulling off massive renovation projects in just a few months' time. Endless budgets (or unrealistic more likely) and several contractors make it all happen. The renovation story of our last farmhouse might be a little more relatable. We bought it for a super cheap price, lived with the ugly (other than a little paint) for several years until we paid it off. After that we used a modest budget to slowly finish the project. Our cheap little fixer upper was eventually featured in Do it Yourself Magazine and Flea Market Style!

The blog posts I referenced in this episode can be found here:

How we paid off our house in less than 5 years (before photos are in this post)- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/how-we-paid-off-our-house-in-less-than-5-years

Front porch makeover- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/lowes-curb-appeal-makeover-farmhouse-porch-reveal

Guest bathroom makeover- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/modern-farmhouse-style-bathroom-makeover-reveal

Master bathroom makeover- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/farmhouse-bathroom-remodel-reveal

DIY island makeover- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/rustic-farmhouse-style-kitchen-island-makeover-diy

Kitchen renovation- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/new-lights-from-lamps-plus

Full farmhouse tour video that I took right before we sold it- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnuQtTalhBI

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1. Five things you might not know about me- Lisa from the blog Farmhouse on Boone! Jan 09, 2020

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In this first episode of the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast, I'm talking about things you don't know about me and my family. As a full-time content creator, people make a lot of assumptions about us based on a very limited glimpse into our lives. It is time to set the record straight on a lot of these!

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