Podcast

Live Simply, The Podcast explores practical tips for real food, simple living, and natural wellness. You can listen to the podcast on iTunes (Apple Podcast Player), Spotify, Stitcher, or right here on the blog. Click on a podcast episode below to find show notes (links mentioned in the podcast) and show information.

Live Simply Podcast: Episode 009

Live Simply, The Podcast Episode 009: Reader Question, “How Do I Get Started with Real Food When My Family Loves Processed Food?”

by Kristin Marr

Live Simply Podcast: Episode 008

Live Simply, The Podcast Episode 008: Seasonal Eating, Community Supported Agriculture, and Organic Produce Q & A with Little Pond Farm

by Kristin Marr

Live Simply Podcast: Episode 007

Live Simply, The Podcast Episode 007: Organic Produce 101 with Little Pond Farm: Farming, Organic Certification, Pesticides, GMO’s, and Keeping Organic Produce Affordable

by Kristin Marr

Live Simply, The Podcast Episode 006

Live Simply, The Podcast Episode 006: Practical Steps That Will Help You Make The Transition from Processed Food to a Real Food Lifestyle

by Kristin Marr

Episode 005 Live Simply Podcast

Live Simply, The Podcast Episode 005: Raising Kids Who Eat a Variety of Real Food, Picky Eaters, and School Lunch with Taesha from The Natural Nurturer

by Kristin Marr

Episode 004 Live Simply Podcast

Live Simply, The Podcast Episode 004: Making Real Food Work with Taesha from The Natural Nurturer

by Kristin Marr

Episode 003 Live Simply Podcast

Live Simply, The Podcast Episode 003: What Real Food Is, What Real Food Is Not, and What Real Food Looks Like (Real Food 101)

by Kristin Marr

Episode 002 Live Simply Podcast

Live Simply, The Podcast Episode 002: My Wellness Story, From Kool-Aid and Velveeta Cheese to Natural Wellness

by Kristin Marr

Episode 001 Live Simply Podcast

Live Simply, The Podcast Episode 001: Welcome to the Podcast

by Kristin Marr

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This basically sums up our entire trip to Italy, lol, or just life in general. ❤️🍎🍉🍌🥖🥞🧀🥚🍳🥙🍯🍻

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ITALY 🇮🇹 PART 3. Finally, we stopped off in Rome for a few days, where we would also catch a flight ✈️ and make our way home. Rome is fascinating and so rich in history (unlike anything I’ve seen before in one city). The history of this city can be seen around every turn. As our guides told us, Rome is built like a lasagna—which was clearly evident as we explored—the old Ancient Rome and new Rome built right on top of each other. While in Rome, we took a 3 hour street food tour which combined street food sampling and history in one—my kind of learning 🍕🍷🧀! We spent a day walking and touring by ourselves (30,000 steps later). Rome is super manageable for walking and sightseeing. And then toured the Vatican 🇻🇦 and Colosseum another day. Both places were a must for advance tickets if you don’t want to spend all day in line. Here are a few highlights from Rome —>📸 #livesimplyblog #rome #romeitaly🇮🇹 #vaticancity #italyfood #italyvacation #italyphotography #livesimplyblogtravels

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ITALY 🇮🇹 PART 2: After the Chianti region, we spent time in Florence, San Gimignano, and Siena. Florence was our main hub. I couldn’t help but stand in awe of the joy people find in food and their traditions around how and what they eat. This is something I find so beautiful about traveling outside the states. I truly believe that the reason we are so easily swayed by diet trends, government pyramids, marketing messages, and online diet influencers is because we’ve lost our roots in food. We’ve lost the word tradition. There seems to be an increasing fear and stress surrounding food in the States versus joy and respect. Italy abounds with wine, sourdough pizza, breads, pasta, truffles, local veg and fruits, cured meats (a lovely way to preserve meat—remember refrigeration and freezers haven’t always been around), organ meats and a way of cooking that respects the land and animals (as well as the body). This was seen the more we ventured out of Rome and into the smaller towns and cities. We have so many photos (thanks to @dmarr ), I have to break them up in multiple carousels. Here are some highlights from this region. #livesimplyblog #florenceitaly #siena #italyfood #florencefood #italyvacation #italyphotography #livesimplyblogtravels

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Oh Italy 🇮🇹, breathtaking and incredible at every turn! I’ll write up a post with what we did, where we stayed, and the tours we took (which were amazing). For now, here’s a highlight. Let’s start with photos of Chianti, the wine and olive oil region in Tuscany. I’ll have to post a few different carousels of photos because we have so many! #italy🇮🇹 #livesimplyblogtravels #livesimplyblog #florenceitaly #chianti #chiantilovers #walkabouttoursflorence #florencefood #italyvacation #italyphotography #madewelltote

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Bucket list destination! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Where is that for you? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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For me, that's going to New Zealand or Thailand!

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When it comes to dinner, I find the easiest way to simplify this area of life, particularly during the school year, is to use themes. For each weekday, we have a different theme for dinner. Here are our current themes:
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-Chicken ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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-Stir-fry or fried rice
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-Taco-style ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
-Instant Pot meal
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Themes provide a ton of structure to my weekly meal planning. When I sit down to plan out a week of meals, I’m not sitting in front of a blank calendar, scratching my head, trying to figure out what we should we eat that week. I have a list of our favorite recipes next to me and our current themes listed on paper. This means creating a plan for the week takes just minutes. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
#livesimplyblog #realfood #naturalliving #homemade #foodprep #mealprep #foodprepideas #mealprepideas #foodstorage #farmersmarket #freshingredients #organicfamily #naturalfamily #lunchboxideas #mealplan #mealplanner #simplifiedlife #simplifyyourlife #nontoxicliving #instantpot

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