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Food Renegade
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by Kristen Michaelis CNC 11 Comments | Affiliate Disclosure
Tired of hot dogs full of additives, nitrates, or MSG? GMO-corn chips served with Velveeta dips? Want to eat or serve something you can actually be proud of this Independence Day? All you orthorexics out there know just what I’m talking about.
In the hopes of inspiring you to realize that you can eat FRUGAL, nutrient-dense foods that feed AND please a crowd, I’m offering you my July 4th menu, complete with recipes. This menu also happens to be grain-free for all you going low-carb, gluten-free, or primal.
Finger Foods
- Make Ahead Frozen Meatballs, served with Better Barbeque Sauce and Creamy Mexican Queso as dips.
- Mouthwatering Sweet Potato Latkes
Main Dishes
Choice of:
- Taco Bowls (taco meat made with Homemade Taco Seasoning, plus all the taco fixin’s, served inside bowls), OR
- Caveman Chili
Sides
- Farmer’s Market Salad Bar (i.e. whatever I pick up at this afternoon’s farmer’s market, chopped up and set out in individual bowls) served w/Hot Bacon Dressing and Pecan Garlic Salad Dressing.
Dessert
- Easy Chocolate Pudding!
Drinks
- Fresh, Natural, Healthy, Pro-biotic Lemonade
- Kombucha
What are YOU serving up this 4th of July? I’d love to see your recipes, too!
(photo by hryckowian)
About the Author
Kristen Michaelis CNC has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2008. Founder and CEO of Food Renegade, she's a passionate advocate for REAL FOOD -- food that's sustainable, organic, local, and traditionally-prepared according to the wisdom of our ancestors. She earned a Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude) from Dallas Baptist University in Philosophy and Biblical Studies, then began her post-graduate journey as a researcher in the fields of health and nutrition. While she adores hats & happy skirts, nothing inspires her quite like geeking out over nutrition & sustainable agriculture. Nutrition educator & author of the go-to book on nutrition for fertility, she's also a rebel with a cause who enjoys playing in the rain, a good bottle of Caol Isla scotch, curling up with a page-turning book, sunbathing on her hammock, and parenting her three children as they grow into young adults.
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- KitchenBuddy says
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Lots of fresh fruit and veggies from the farmer’s market! And I’m sure I’ll be eating my BLT in a Bowl at least once! It’s so fresh and delicious! (Also: BACON. Mmm. Ha!)
.-= AndreAnna (Primal Matriarch)´s last blog post …Eighty Percent =-.Reply
- KristenM says
Sounds yummy!
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- Motherhen68 says
I’m sure we’ll be having melon from my own garden & the farmer’s market as well as some sort of bbq’ed meat. I”m thinking a pulled pork butt or a brisket as well as bbq hamburgers and maybe a cut up fryer. We go big when we bbq, makes it easier the following week after the holiday. Happy 4th of July!
.-= Motherhen68´s last blog post …4th of July =-.Reply
- KristenM says
I brought my egg farmer a ton of empty egg cartons yesterday, and he paid me with lovely food — including the first of this year’s cantaloupe! So excited to try it!
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- Walter Jeffries says
And if you want Hot Dogs but without the hot additives, nitrates and MSG the look for a local brand. Our farm makes smoked hot dogs from our pastured pork. Another local farmer makes hot dogs from his pastured beef. Nothing but the good stuff in them. I’m sure there are many other small farms doing the same thing as well as linked sausages which are also great on the grill.
Cheers
-Walter
Sugar Mountain Farm
Pastured Pigs, Sheep & Kids
in the mountains of Vermont
Read about our on-farm butcher shop project:
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/butchershop
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- Sydney says
My favorite food for any kind of gathering is chili:
* 1 packaged serving of meat from Yves
* 1 large can of organic tomatoes
* 1 can each of organic black beans and organic red beans
* organic cumin to taste
* chipotle chili powder to taste
* sea saltI dump everything into a pot and cook it for about 30 minutes.
The great thing is that nobody knows it’s vegetarian. Last year my brother visited from NY and he wanted chili dogs like my mom used to make when we were kids. He and his wife talked about how dreadful vegetarian chili is – all the while they were scarfing down my veggie chili dogs. I didn’t say a word but I surely did laugh inside.
.-= Sydney´s last blog post …Happy Independence Day On This 4th Of July- 2010 =-.Reply
- sippitysup says
That’s quite a feat you present Thanks, GREG
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Lord knows I need this.
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