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What’s Rachel Reading? Unprocessed: My City-Dwelling Year of Reclaiming Real Food

Lately I’ve been balancing out some of my lighter summer cozy mystery and urban fantasy reading with books tackling weightier issues — among them, of course, being the topic of real food (because it meets real life!). This week’s real-food-read is Unprocessed: My City-Dwelling Year of Reclaiming Real Food by Megan Kimble. Ethical food choices Kimble’s …

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Refined Sugar and Me Week 25 — Real Food Meets Real Life

Welcome to week 25 of our ongoing series about refined sugar & me in 2017. This week I’m down another pound, for a total of 17 pounds less than when I first started avoiding most added sugars and processed foods at the end of December 2016. My comfortable capris from last summer are falling off me, …

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Refined Sugar and Me week 24 — Pizza Peril, Nutrition Labels, and Real Food Snacks

Welcome to week 24 of our ongoing series about refined sugar & me in 2017. This week I am still holding steady at a total of 16 pounds down from when I first started avoiding most added sugars and processed foods at the end of December 2016. Yesterday I was actually 17 pounds down and feeling pretty …

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Refined Sugar and Me week 23 — Unprofitable Comparisons

Welcome to week 23 of our ongoing series about refined sugar & me in 2017. This week I am holding steady at a total of 16 pounds down from when I first started avoiding most added sugars and processed foods at the end of December 2016 — it bopped around a bit with all of the Memorial Day/last …

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What’s Rachel Reading? Scraps, Wilt & Weeds: Turning Wasted Food Into Plenty

It’s a week of serendipity over here as we dive into Mads Refslund’s fascinating cookbook: Scraps, Wilt & Weeds. After I told you about Waste Free Kitchen Handbook last week, I randomly ran across this perfect companion volume on my library’s new book shelf. Not only that: Refslund references Waste Free Kitchen Handbook and its author more than once when talking about …

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Refined Sugar and Me Week 21 — Trust No One

Welcome to week 21 of our ongoing series about refined sugar & me in 2017. This week I am (somehow!) down three pounds from last week — for a total of 16 pounds down from when I first started avoiding most added sugars and processed foods at the end of December 2016. At least a pound of …

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