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10/11/2026

🍂 Fall in the Kitchen: Homemade Chicken Meat Stock

As the weather cools down, I find myself turning back to the basics in the kitchen.

A pot of homemade chicken meat stock is one of those simple traditional foods I love having on hand. It starts with a whole chicken, a few vegetables, water, and time on the stove.

I like making a batch to use throughout the week in soups, sauces, and easy family meals. It's a practical way to bring traditional cooking into everyday life without making things complicated.

If you've never made your own, I've shared my recipe to help you get started!

Have you ever made homemade meat stock, or do you usually reach for the carton at the store?

I'll put my recipe in the comments!

10/02/2026

Let’s Talk Gut Health!

Before we start our 4-week Gut Health class series, I want to hear from YOU!

What is your biggest question about gut health?

Maybe it’s:

-Where do I even start?
- How do I add fermented foods?
-What’s the difference between meat stock and bone broth?
- How can I support my family’s gut health?
-What exactly is GAPS?

Or maybe you have a question I didn’t list!

Drop your question in the comments below. 👇

10/02/2026

Healthy babies begin long before pregnancy.

We spend so much time preparing for baby—but what about preparing before conception?

The health and nourishment of both Mom and Dad matter.

And you don't have to change everything at once. Sometimes it starts with one simple change.

💬 If you could go back and give yourself one piece of advice before your first pregnancy, what would it be?

Over the next few weeks, I'll be talking about Birth, Babies & Conception — Nourishing the Next Generation.

09/28/2026

Let’s Talk Gut Health!

Before we start our 4-week Gut Health class series, I want to hear from YOU!

What is your biggest question about gut health?

Maybe it’s:

-Where do I even start?
-How do I add fermented foods?
-What’s the difference between meat stock and bone broth?
- How can I support my family’s gut health?
- What exactly is GAPS?

Or maybe you have a question I didn’t list!

09/26/2026

🌿 Let’s Talk Gut Health!

I’m planning a 4-week Gut Health class series on Thursday evenings through Nourishing Modern Families.

We’ll start with the basics and keep it practical, approachable, and focused on things families can actually use at home.

Week 1 — Gut Health 101: Where Do I Start?

What is gut health, why does it matter, and what are some simple first steps you can take?

Week 2 — Fermentation & Probiotics: Food for Your Gut

Learn about traditional fermented foods and simple ways to bring more probiotic-rich foods into your family’s kitchen.

Week 3 — Meat Stock, Broth & Nourishing Foods

We’ll talk about traditional nourishing foods, the difference between meat stock and bone broth, and simple ways to incorporate them into family meals.

Week 4 — Understanding GAPS

An introduction to the GAPS approach, why gut health can be an important part of the conversation, and where to begin.

🌿 Class Options

$25 per class
$85 for all 4 classes

I’d love to know who would be interested in joining us!

Would you come to a Thursday evening Gut Health class?

Nourishing Modern Families
More details and dates coming soon!

Comment GUT below if you’d like to be notified when we set the dates.

09/25/2026

🍁Letting go is not always a loss.
🌲Not just the trees, but all of nature reminds us of this.
🍁I left Indigo over a week ago, probably forever.
🌲I let go of the house my husband and I bought that he said we would fix up together. The house is still half-finished.
🍁I let go of my dream of having a little farmhouse out on the Colorado prairie. I walked away and moved to the pine trees.
🌲That’s why I am now dancing in the forest.
🍁I am finally free, after 20 years of shattered dreams or having to do most of the work to make my dreams come true, while he sat by and did very little.
🌲I realized that I worked hard for what we had while he did his best to try and ruin it. He will ruin my plans and my joy no more.
🍁As the leaves fall, we enter my favorite season. A season of colors- reds, vibrant oranges, yellows, and golds. Colors that represent passion for life, vibrance, optimism, and the natural world.
🌲This entire week, as I left the neighborhood where I now live, I drove across the path where numbers of mockingbirds sat along the road and on the fences. They scattered ahead of me as I entered onto the main road, flapping their pristine black wings, reminding me of their wishes. “Go out into your life,” they said to me.
“Find your voice, my dear, and show your creativity, courage, individuality and wisdom. Sing your songs, like us, with cunning and playfulness.”
🐦‍⬛ They served as a reminder of a mockingbird who lived in the yard at Indigo. He would sing his own songs and then mock other birds and the cats and dive at my black dog and she walked along in the yard. He always made me laugh with his antics and admire the creativity of his repertoire of songs.
🎶 I will let my light shine and sing my own beautiful song, just like the mockingbird. I will never be silenced.
🍁🌲🐦‍⬛ Entering this new time of life with the mockingbirds and the colors that fall brings, I am thankful for this new beginning. Let the leaves fall as they may and the winter snows cover them to make room for a spring of new growth and new opportunities.


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09/19/2026

09/18/2026

Couple spots left!

🌾 Have you always wanted to learn how to make sourdough but didn't know where to start?

Join me for Sourdough Basics on Saturday, September 19 at 1 PM at S**g Valley Farms!

This hands-on class is designed for beginners. You'll leave with:
🥖 A loaf you've made yourself to bake at home
🌾 An active sourdough starter (a $30 value)
📖 The confidence to start baking your own bread

No experience needed—just come ready to learn!

Who would you bring with you? Tag a friend who has been wanting to learn sourdough!