iLiveLocal

Nourishing body & spirit with real, local food.

iLiveLocal began in 2012 as a motto and quest. Sourcing local foods around our south-western Ontario home led us on a journey to a more authentic life that we wanted to share with you.

In 2022, iLiveLocal joined Thrivival!

Grounding Down,

Grain-free Cauliflower Crust Pizza

The full pizza experience without the grain.
Our family avoids most grains. But, we craved a real pizza experience—pizza you could actually pick up in your hands! This recipe is absolutely delicious. I'm not going to lie to you, it's a LOT of work and pretty messy too. But, it's worth every minute of it!

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Making Cream Cheese

Real, unprocessed, raw milk naturally sours in about a week in the fridge. Unlike pasteurized milk that just goes rancid and must be tossed, raw soured milk is still good and very healthful. So, what to do with the sour milk? Here's an easy process for making delicious cream cheese.

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Rendering Lard

Contrary to what has been drilled into our heads by the diet dictocrats, lard from healthy, drug-free, free-range pigs, is full of nutrition and safe for cooking at higher temperatures. Unlike tropical oils like coconut oil, it is also local.

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What to Eat

Does your food come from a farm or a factory? If there is one food philosophy that I have embraced and fully believe, it is “eat real food”—real, natural, whole, traditional foods that our ancestors ate…that we are therefore physiologically adapted to eat. Sticking...

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