What We Actually Use
We get asked all the time: what do you actually buy? What's in your fridge, your pantry, your supplement cabinet?
This page is the honest answer. Every brand here is one we've personally vetted — no seed oils, no synthetic fillers, no greenwashing. These are things Christine and Corey use with their own families. Some are affiliate partners, which means we may earn a small commission if you purchase through our links. That never changes what we recommend.
Real Food Snacks · Grass-Fed · No Seed Oils
Paleo Valley makes the beef sticks we actually keep in our car. That sounds crazy but they are kid approved and great for hikes and long days when they are hungry for a "snack" (and what they really need is more protein!). Grass-fed and finished, fermented for gut health, no seed oils ... they're the only packaged snack I feel genuinely good about handing my kids on the road.
Their organ complex is also worth knowing about for anyone trying to work more nose-to-tail eating into their routine but not quite ready to cook liver on a Tuesday night. It's the real thing, not synthetic. Just desiccated grass-fed organs in a capsule.
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Mineral-Rich Sea Salt
Salt matters more than most people realize. Baja Gold is harvested from the Sea of Cortez and retains its full spectrum of naturally occurring trace minerals. No stripping, no processing, nothing removed. It's what I reach for every day at the stove.
Heirloom Corn · Masa · Tortillas
If you make tortillas, tamales, or masa at home, Masienda is the standard. They source heirloom corn directly from small-scale Mexican farmers and nixtamalize it properly. That part matters. This is corn the way it was meant to be eaten, before industrial agriculture flattened everything into commodity grain.
Sashimi-Grade · Sustainable Seafood
Getting quality seafood to your family is genuinely hard if you don't live near a good fishmonger. Seatopia ships sashimi-grade, sustainably sourced fish straight to your door. The kind of quality and traceability that's basically impossible to find at a regular grocery store. We eat more fish because of them.
Lard-Based Skincare · Traditional Ingredients
Farrow makes skincare rooted in ancestral ingredients — lard-based, simple, and nothing your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize. It's the kind of thing that makes you wonder why we ever moved away from it in the first place. If you're trying to clean up what goes on your skin the same way you've cleaned up what goes in your body, Farrow is the answer.
Beef Sticks · Organ Meats · Actually Taste Good
Wholestix solved the problem we thought didn't have a solution: beef sticks packed with organ meats that kids will actually eat. Liver, heart, and more — hidden inside a snack that tastes like... a snack. If you've been trying to sneak more nose-to-tail nutrition into your family's diet without a fight, this is the shortcut you've been waiting for.
Grass-Fed Organs · Nose-to-Tail Nutrition
If our ancestors ate liver every week and we're not, we're leaving real nutrition on the table. Ancestral Supplements makes desiccated organ capsules from 100% grass-fed, pasture-raised animals — liver, heart, kidney, brain — so you can get the benefits of nose-to-tail eating without having to cook it. This is the supplement we recommend to almost everyone starting out.
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