Real Food Forever

Real Food Forever

Category: Gluten or Dairy Free

Fresh ketchup in canning jar on Indian cloth.

Condiments

Last summer when I told my godmother about my blog, she asked if I’d seen the article in the New York Times Magazine about making your own ketchup and other

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Serving meatloaf with creamed spinach, potatoes, and a biscuit.

Back to Meatloaf

I went off on a little tangent since the last meat discussion but I’m back today with an American comfort food – meatloaf. It’s really one of the most basic

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Raw radicchio cut in wedges.

Radicchio

Yesterday I started talking about balance in diet and life, then forgot to make my point, which I so often do, then laid in bed dwelling on it much of

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Pretty tulip fingernails by Wendy at Nuvo in Frederick.

Roasted Garlic

  There used to be a restaurant called Red Rock Canyon by our old house that had the best carrots and roasted garlic smashed red-skin potatoes. I could always take

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Four root vegetables cut in half.

Eating Roots

Today we’ll eat our roots literally and figuratively. Although I try modern cooking techniques and recipes, most of this blog is about eating foods our ancestors ate. People with strong

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Giant serving bowl of hearty fish soup.

Seafood Soup

If you follow my blog, you know I have a heck of a lot of smelt in my freezer. Having vowed not to repeat the same recipe twice this year,

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Spinach salad with dressing in a bowl.

More Spinach

While I’m on the topic of spinach, last weekend I purposely bought an extra bag of spinach and I have no idea what I was thinking because it does not

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Wilted spinach served on polenta.

Polenta Wilted Spinach

My kids had a friend hanging out today and about five minutes before dinner, my daughter asked if he could eat over. We’ve asked the kids a hundred times not

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Serving cauliflower soup with sliced mushrooms.

Pureeing Soup

Now that we’re in the heart of soup season, let’s talk about blending soups. If you have a nice thick, flavorful soup, it can make a hearty main dish –

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