I’ve been blessed with a relatively well-behaved body that treats me well. In return I try to reat it well. However throughout my 30s I’ve struggled with emotional instability during the last phase of my cycle. I have so much more empathy for men who don’t get to enjoy the beautiful balancing effects of female…
This Christmas you may have noticed that charcuterie boards, grazing boards and snacking plates were all the rage. I jumped on this band wagon because it meant that I didn’t have to cook meals that may or may not be eaten. Also it let us be more flexible with when people ate. Being the cheap,…
Breakfast: Eggs & Greens on Toast Lunch: Shelling Peas & strawberries, ceasar salad Dinner: Potato Salad Tonight we were invited to a potluck at the beach. I will be honest I am not really a fan of potlucks largely because the food can be less than appetizing but tonight I wished I had a camera…
Tomorrow is market day which means that I go through my produce drawers and clear out my veggies to make way for the delicious new produce that awaits me in the morning. In the summer this usually means a huge salad and tonight is no exception. I was already out of greens so I sent…
Today I worked through lunch. I really enjoy not working through lunch but it is just not always an option. Today I ate a muffin while in a meeting and drank a smoothie while I did my various desk activities. Our muffins my kids made on the weekend. We made a double batch and filled them with…
We’re running low on eggs and market is tomorrow. My daughter took two hard boiled eggs to summer music school this morning and I had our version of cereal and milk. I make granola almost weekly for the better part of the year. You can find the recipe recipe below it is one that’s been kicking around…
This is a staple breakfast of mine largely because it is so simple and all of the ingredients are always in my home. [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:2] Today the greens were rainbow chard from my CSA box from Golden Ears Farm in Chase BC. My eggs were from there as well. Salt and pepper are from The Gathering Place…
Where I live every night of the summer we have Music in the Park from 7-8:30pm. It is such a lovely way to spend a summer evening that I find I am constantly trying to make portable easy dinners so that we can enjoy the spontaneity of all summer has to offer. I cooked a…
[amd-zlrecipe-recipe:1] This recipe is adapted from The Recipe Boy Blog where he adapted it from The Fruit Orchard cookbook he scored from a local orchard in Virgina. The tasty crisp in this picture is the one he made for his family.
After we roast our chicken I make broth from the carcass in the same roasting pan. I recently learned that adding salt too early in the broth process is crazy bad for you and so now I don’t add salt to my broth until it goes into the jars for the fridge or freezer. Here…
A huge salad for lunch has got to be one of my guilty pleasures in life. Curling up into a chair with a book, a bowl and a fork is a daily source of joy and nourishment. Today my salad consisted of baby greens, salad turnips, radishes and carrots from my back yard and my…
Tonight we made a belated Father’s Day dinner. I had wanted to finish it off with a cherry pie ironically I’ve been too overwhelmed with cherries to accomplish it! Our roasted chicken cost $16 at the market this weekend. I cooked it in a roaster with about 1/4cup of water in the bottom and sprinkled…