Who Has Time To Eat Healthy?

I believe in a literal interpretation of ‘you are what you eat’ – that what we put in our mouths is the single largest influence we can have on our health. From my own research and experience, I feel that the best thing to put in our mouth is food as close to the way God created it as possible.

Many would agree with this simple hypothesis, but it’s the “living it out” that gets overwhelming. To avoid all the over-processed, additive-laden packaged foods in the typical American diet means a lot of cooking from scratch. Who has time to spend all day in the kitchen?!

Very few of us–and that’s why I wrote this book. Even as I was becoming convinced of what I must do to feed my family well, that family was growing. We had one, two, then three children in less than 4 years. We moved twice. I wrote a blog, sewed, and pursued a passion-filled life all while trying to prepare most of our family’s food from scratch. Over time, I found many little ways to save time, and had the occasional brainstorm on how to better fit nourishing food preparation into our busy days.

You and I both know it’s not enough to be handed a recipe and be told “This is good for you—make this!” If it’s a new technique (like making yogurt) or calls for an ingredient we’ve never bought, we’re already overwhelmed. But the real challenge is figuring out how get the bread rising, stock simmering, and beans soaking, and still have a life not chained to your kitchen stove.

Real {Fast} Food was written for that very purpose—it’s not just a recipe book (though it contains over 50 of our family favorites); it’s a time-management book for the kitchen. I show you all the little ways you can save time as you prepare nourishing food for yourself and your family, minimizing hours of repetitive tasks and reintroducing you to the joy of preparing and serving good food to your family.

Many of my recipes go together as quickly as a mix or hamburger helper thanks to bulk food prep. Soaking, sprouting, drying, grinding grain and baking bread are all explained and fit seamlessly into days of homeschooling, appointments, and shopping trips. I show you how to make pantry staples from scratch to save trips to the store, how to plan once-a-month shopping trips and to create a month’s menu plan in a matter of minutes.

You’ll learn how to make a great BBQ sauce free of high-fructose corn syrup, homemade ice cream with nourishing, raw ingredients, your own seasoning mixes and salad dressings, and guilt-free, crave-able casseroles. With step-by-step directions, plenty of photos, and a friendly, casual tone, the book is like a friend coming alongside you in your own kitchen to help you feed your family well.

Real {Fast} Food is available on Kindle, Nook, and as an instant, PDF download. Visit my website for list of contents and to read reviews. Like the facebook page to ask questions and see what we’re having for dinner this week. Join the community of women cooking real food for their families–fast!