As the Editor in Chief and Editor of the real food section of Scratch Mommy, I am so thrilled to be creating content with such an amazing team of writers. The real food section will be a devoted space to make your mouth water and want to eat the screen. Hehe, no but really. We’ll use the finest, wholesome, most natural and organic ingredients as possible — you’ll never need to worry about processed foods, GMOs, or any other yucky ingredients in our recipes. Just delicious and nourishing *real* food.
If you’re on a specific food allergy diet, you can count on those recipes being on Scratch Mommy. You’ll be able to find recipes of all skill levels because I want anyone and everyone to feel like they can cook from scratch!
With that, let me introduce you to the second part of our Real Food Team!
Ritu Sundaram
Blog: Happy Blurry Beautiful
Bio: Ritu lives in the small coastal city of White Rock, BC with her husband, son, and fur baby. She has had a lifelong passion for food, which started as a child between helping her family prepare dinner and watching her favourite cooking shows as a five year old. While many were playing with Barbies, Ritu pretended to star in her own cooking show as a child. When Ritu is not cooking or eating or thinking about cooking or eating, she enjoys hiking, yoga, reality TV, and writing.
What does food from scratch mean to you? Food from scratch is food that is made at home, with wholesome, real ingredients. This is food that is prepared with love and thought and uses ingredients that we can understand, not ingredients with complicated chemical names that we can’t pronounce. Food from scratch means bringing a family together, not just to consume a meal, but to participate in the whole experience. Ultimately, to me, food from scratch means that we gain a full understanding of what we are putting into our bodies, therein contributing to greater control of our lifestyles and bodies.
Favorite food from scratch post from Happy Blurry Beautiful: Healthy Chocolate Coconut Cream Mousse
Favorite Scratch Mommy Post: Ultimate DIY Detoxing Salt Soak & Scrub
Amy Knight
Blog: A Blossoming Life
Bio: Amy is a full time Registered Dietitian and the author behind the creative lifestyle blog A Blossoming Life. Her goal is to encourage others to create things homemade, eat real food, enjoy life, and encourage a faith filled life. On the blog she shares bits of her craziness like crafts, tasty recipes, DIY projects, furniture makeovers, fashion, and all things frugal!
What does food from scratch mean to you? Living on 0.17 of an acre and using what we have. We have a big garden, 10 chickens, 6 fruit trees, strawberries, etc. You don’t need to have a lot of land to homestead, but rather use the land you have wisely!
Favorite food from scratch post from A Blossoming Life: Vanilla Bean Coconut Frozen Custard (Dairy-Free)
Favorite Scratch Mommy Post: Smooth Finish DIY Organic Foundation with Sunscreen
Anne Radcliffe
Blog: Food Retro
Bio: Anne is the mom of a boy with severe food allergies, and this started her scratch food journey. When not talking about herself in the third person, she frequently attempts to explain the laws of physics and high school chemistry according to the kitchen on her home blog FoodRetro. If you want to know why ice melts or pretzels turn brown, and you want to make foods that you never imagined could be made from scratch in the process, she’s your blogger.
What does food from scratch mean to you? It means that I’ll never have to worry about my son eating something that he’s allergic to. It means that traditions are not lost to convenience. It means that I know that what I’m putting in my mouth is something that I have qualified as food, and it’s not full of random additives that someone who doesn’t have my best interest at heart says food is.
Favorite food from scratch post from Food Retro: The Quest for the Best Smooth Hummus
Favorite Scratch Mommy post: Homemade DIY Deodorant
Claire Trost 
Blog: Bloom
Bio: Claire is a City Girl Transplant that now lives on eighty panoramic acres in the country and writes for Bloom. Bloom is a local food and backyard gardening blog full of recipes and humous realities of what life is like when you own chickens… and designer shoes. Through the sarcasm and the dirt, there is an underlyng theme of growth in every sense. Claire is a longtime foodie with a career in the food industry and a passion for wholesome, home cooked meals.
What does food from scratch mean to you? Food from scratch is not just giving my body the best nutrients possible with food in it’s most authentic state, but also an ability to get creative and express love for the special people in my life.
Favorite food from scratch post from Bloom: Black Raspberry Pie with Heart Crust
Favorite Scratch Mommy Post: DIY Sunscreen- Easy to Make (and why you NEED this recipe)
Chloe Breczinski
Blog: How We Flourish
Bio: Chloe is the writer behind How We Flourish. Recently married and graduated from college, Chloe is always searching for ways to create healthier people and a healthier planet without breaking the bank. She writes about green living, homemade products, and her own health journey. When she is not writing or cooking healthy meals for her husband, Chloe’s latest adventure is teaching herself to sew her own clothing.
What does food from scratch mean to you? For me, food from scratch is cooking and eating healthy meals as a family. What is a healthy meal? One that makes your body, your mind, and your spirit feel good!
Favorite food from scratch post from How We Flourish: Nomato Sauce – A Nightshade Free Marinara Sauce
Favorite Scratch Mommy Post: Smooth Finish DIY Organic Foundation with Sunscreen