FAQs

We have compiled a list of frequently asked questions.  If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us.

Is There a Scientific Basis For This Way Of Eating?

Beyond the fact that people all over the globe have been thriving on whole foods prepared in traditional ways for millennia, more and more modern scientific research points to the obvious health benefits of eating traditional foods.  For more information check our Resources page.

How Much Time Will I Be Spending In The Kitchen?

There is now way around it (save for hiring a personal chef), eating whole foods is going to require that you spend some time preparing them.  However, our menus are set up so that that time will be minimal.  With each weekly mailer come a food prep plan.  We recommend that each week you spend some time (an hour or so) prepping food for the coming week.  That prep time often includes washing and cutting veggies, making fermented vegetables, making stock, yogurt, sourdough and cooking on or two main dishes for the coming week.  Not every week will you be doing all these things and with a bit of practice you will manage to do it in an hour or so.  Having all these things prepped makes cooking dinner super simple and fast.  If you have stock and cut up vegetables in your fridge, a dinner soup can be put together in less then two minutes, the same for a dinner salad, a quiche, an omelet, etc.

Each weekly mailer also includes at least one freezer meal, a dish that is perfectly suited for freezing.  We recommend you double or triple that recipe and freeze it to have on hand.

Is It Expensive To Eat This Way?

 Well, often pastured meat is more expensive then supermarket, feedlot meat.  Organic vegetables are sometimes more expensive then conventionally grown ones.  But vitamin supplements are more expensive then getting those nutrients in whole foods and who knows what doctor and dentist bills you can avoid by eating healthy whole foods?

Our website, newsletter and weekly mailings are filled with money saving tips and tricks to help you balance your checkbook while eating the best food nature can provide.  The recipes are organized to make the most of your purchases (the leftovers from Monday night's roasted chicken become the chicken salad for Wednesday's lunch and the chicken stock base of Saturdays soup).

And on the other hand, switching to eating a traditional foods diet has save people money as well.  Convenience foods are expensive, empty calories. Once your body gets the nutrients its needs from real foods, your cravings and potential overeating habits will diminish.

And our menus can be easily adapted to your personal preferences.  If you are not ready to switch to pastured meat, raw milk, organic vegetables, just use what you are familiar with and can easily obtain. 

Do I Need To Own  A Freezer?

Not all of us have the space for a full freezer.  It is handy to have at least a small freezer as part of your refrigerator so that you can take advantage of our freezer meals and any sales that are going on in the store.