Posts by Shannon

Shannon is a mama to two hungry little boys and wife to her favorite recipe tester. While her background is in chemistry, she has studied sustainable living since the birth of her first child. She spends much of her time growing, seeking out, and preparing nourishing local foods . Between the laundry, dishes, and snuggles she writes about it all at Nourishing Days.

Preserving

Lacto-Fermentation: A Healthier & More Sustainable Way to Preserve

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This post was originally published on July 16, 2010. Written by Shannon of Nourishing Days. In March we ate the last of 5 1/2 gallons of lacto-fermented vegetables. They stored for over six months in our refrigerator and I didn’t boil a single pot of water. I think everyone should try lacto-fermentation for three reasons: [...]

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Nourishment

How Meat Fits Into a Sustainable, Ethical Diet

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Written by Shannon of Nourishing Days. There is a scene in the film Food Inc. in which a seemingly nice guy is interviewed about his giant confinement feed lot. In that interview he states that if the consumers were to demand ethically-raised meat, the farmers would change their practices to meet that demand. In other [...]

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Nourishment

Healthy Fats Make Healthy Children

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Written by Shannon of Nourishing Days. Becoming a mother may just be the most intense and terrifying thing that I have ever done. There was that whole giving birth thing, which was supposed to be the hard part, right? But then you enter the world of breastfeeding, books, ideologies, and the tornado of information that [...]

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Bakeshop

The Health Benefits of Sourdough Bread (Recipe: Whole Grain Sourdough Bread)

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Written by Shannon of Nourishing Days I wish you could smell this bread. It smells of handmade farm tables and loaves shaped by the hands of our ancestors. It is the kind of bread that you slather thick with butter and eat with soup when snow falls and winds howl. This is sourdough bread – [...]

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Nourishment

Common Sense Seasonal Eating for the New Year (Winter Vegetable Soup)

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Written by Shannon of Nourishing Days So I wrote a big ol’ article about every nutrient you should eat during the winter to maintain optimum health. First I mentioned foods to cut out (like I did in the spring) and then I went on and on about enzymes and cod liver oil and fat-soluble vitamins. [...]

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