Richard and I typically go out to eat on Fridays while the boys are at school (it’s his day off). We love eating stuff I don’t normally make at home, like sushi or steak! Unprocessed sweeteners like honey, maple syrup, or unrefined cane sugar ( Sucanant is my personal favorite that I use in a lot of my recipes) Priorities are different for every family. Can’t live without steak? Then have porridge for breakfast! It’s all about balance. Read Next: 7 Simple Natural Living Changes You Can Make Today Nice-to-Have Foods for Your Real Food Kitchen I’m not a Type-A organized person, so I tend to bristle against planning. But the past couple weeks, I’ve started making a menu plan and it’s making dinner times a lot easier!

Real fats from animals (butter, lard, tallow) or plants (coconut, avocado, olive) that have been used for centuries. No newfangled processed rancid oils like corn or Canola oils. Breakfasts are usually boiled eggs with toast or soaked oatmeal, always with a fruit and kefir smoothie. We live by this principle in our home. Because let’s be honest – having a real food kitchen is more work than buying everything pre-made. But it’s sooooo worth it.

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Sundays and Wednesdays are always leftovers because of church services. This way we have the convenience of not having to cook, plus we can go home and rest and not spend extra money.

I learned about the importance of soaking grains and started soaking my own beans, rice, and oatmeal overnight. There seems to be so much confusion about this in the healthy living community, but let’s be clear – the term ‘real food’ does not refer to any specific diet. It’s not Vegan, Keto, or Paleo.One of the most fun ways to adopt a real food kitchen is to embrace what’s local. Find a farmer’s market near you and buy some veggies or meat. Did you know that animal foods are the most important to buy organic? That’s because toxins accumulate in larger proportions in meat/dairy products.

Okay, all these guidelines and tools are great, but what does real food eating look like on a day-to-day basis? I’m so glad a reader asked for a sample menu from our family so I could share with you! To make the work load lighter, I cook in big batches and freeze the rest. For example, I soak a huge pot of beans and and another of brown rice overnight, cook the next day, and divide into freezer bags to use in meals for the next couple of weeks. Having a real food kitchen is easier when you’ve got some trusty tools to simplify things. Of course, you don’t need fancy appliances to eat healthy – people have been doing it for thousands of years!When trying to decide whether something is okay to eat, use the great-grandma rule. Would your great-grandmother have recognized this as a food and eaten it? Then it’s probably okay to eat. Real food simply refers to food that hasn’t been processed, adulterated, or changed from it’s original form as God created it. It has everything to do with how the food is grown and prepared. It includes a wide variety of foods, as outlined below.