38: The Reality of Real Food

Have you ever met a friend online and had an instant connection? And then met in real life and realized that you could chat for hours over some healthy real food coffee?That is how I feel about today’s podcast guest, Kelly (the Kitchen Kop), author of the book Real Food For Rookies. Kelly and I knew each other online for a while before we met in person, and I am happy to now call her a real life friend too!In this episode, Kelly shares over a decade of practical tips and real food wisdom from her own journey and experience with real food.In This Episode, You’ll LearnAbout Kelly’s own journey to real foodWhat she learned when helping her kids learn to like real foodSome simple switches that instantly increase the nutrition of common foods10 common ingredients to avoid and 10 to consume more regularlyHer number one trick for taking Fermented Cod Liver Oil without gaggingKelly’s favorite “fast foods” that you can make at home using real food ingredientsWhy she chose the name “Kitchen Kop”Resources We MentionKellytheKitchenKop.comBook: Real Food for RookiesKelly’s RecipesKelly’s Real Food ResourcesSpiral Slicer Vegetable Noodle MakerKelly’s Healthy “Fast Food” ideasThanks for Listening!Thank you so much for joining me this week. Please leave any comments or feedback in the comments section below.If you enjoyed this interview, please share with family and friends via email or using the social media buttons at the bottom of this post.Read TranscriptKatie: Hi and welcome to the “Wellness Mama Podcast.” I’m Katie from wellnessmama.com. Just a quick thank you to the sponsor for today’s podcast, Vital Proteins Collagen Supplements. Vital Proteins have pasture-raised, grass-fed organic collagen and gelatin products that are made from all natural, high quality sustainably-sourced pasture cows. So, these cows live on a grassland. They’re not constrained, they’re not given hormones or steroids or antibiotics and they eat their natural diet of grass. They have lots of open space and sunshine, and you can really tell in the quality of the gelatin and collagen products that they offer. And if you’re interested in finding about their gelatin, go to wellnessmama.com/go/gelatin. And you can find out all about Vital Proteins there. Also, some random facts for your day. Did you know that some store-brought ranch dressings contain