A-Z Veggie Scramble
Yesterday was a mind numbing day for me. I was caught in carpool hell between school and activities. At one time I had kids from four different families at my house all wanting snacks and discovering every toy in my house. Why, again, do you need to get out the dominos? A few years ago [...]
Three Downsides to Buying Local, Farm Fresh Meats
Ever since the Food Inc. movie came out I have been slightly obsessed with feeding my family high quality local meat. It has been quite an education process to figure out how to go about it. Wouldn’t it be nice if our local farmers could have a little section at the Hy-Vee butcher area…. Since [...]
Could you Identify a Turnip?
Opening my CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box is like opening a hand-made Christmas present from one of my kids: it looks beautiful, you know it was made with love, but it is sometimes random and unidentifiable. This week, however, even my kids could name the contents (except for the eggplant, which they thought was a [...]
