Okay, today I was going to post some other photo other then this one but sadly I didn’t take any other photos. I meant to but I didn’t. So this is a photo I took for another purpose.
This photo is to show a “before” photo of what our refrigerator looks like before we started our new diet. Tomorrow we are going to start eating the way described in the book Nourishing Traditions, where possible. There are going to be a few areas that we can’t do this in, as we still have a lot of conventional food around the house. Don’t want to throw it all out, so we will eat it. However my hope is to replace it with healthier alternatives as time goes on. In the days to come I will be starting another page to talk about how we are doing with this and more about this diet. It will show up in the link bar below all the photos in our header.
However for those who want to know the brief $0.50 version of what this diet is, here it is. We have switched over to “raw” milk. This is cows milk before it gets pasteurized and homogenized. So basically this is milk straight from the cow. Nothing added, taken away, or done to it. We are getting our milk from a farmer who lives about 3 hours away but who does “drop” points. We went today to get our milk and it is somewhat of a family atmosphere. He has his children helping him with keeping things organized and all. I am sure I will have this be a photo of the day soon. We will be getting our milk every 2 weeks.
We have also switched to pastured eggs. That is to say that these chickens are not just free range (which could still mean confined but access to the outside for periods of time) but chickens that live outside for the most part. Part of this will also be getting the side of grass fed beef, and the pastured pig. We also hope to get pastured chicken. The food is for the most part what everyone else eats, but we just change it slightly to be healthier. Fat isn’t seen as an evil thing but as a good thing, provided it is from good sources. This includes saturated fat.
We are also enjoying Kefir. This is a thin yogurt like product. However it isn’t just probiotic, it has some yeast in there too. You make this at home using Kefir “grains”. These are clusters of bacteria and yeast in a homeostatic relationship (hope I chose the right word there). We take this Kefir and make smoothies out of it. It is actually quite tasty! We are also making water Kefir. It uses different grains but same principle. With it you can make everything from lemonade to mild alcoholic drinks.
There are other things and changes that we are making as well however I will go into those later.
Jennifer