A few weeks ago, we received two large bunches of rhubarb in our C.S.A. share. I had seen rhubarb in the store (where it’s very expensive!), but never knew how to prepare it... Read More
Archive for June, 2010
Try a New Food Tuesday: Rhubarb
On June - 29 - 2010
Try a New Food Tuesday: Pea Tendrils
On June - 21 - 2010
It’s pea season! The peas are ready to be picked, which means our C.S.A. sent us home with snap peas, snow peas, and even something called pea tendrils!.. Read More
Eat Local – Join a C.S.A.
On June - 11 - 2010
In researching eating healthier, there’s lots of advice to consider: eat organic, eat whole foods, eat low-carb. It can certainly get confusing! With all of that conflicting information out there, it can be hard to know what to do. But the best advice I’ve heard is to eat local. Food is most nutritious when it’s just picked, and getting it local assures you of getting the freshest possible food. While farmer’s markets provide good access to local farm produce, an even better way to get fresh local food each week is to join a C.S.A... Read More
Wordless Wednesday – Kids can do Kettlebells
On June - 9 - 2010
We’ve finally found a good use for those tiny little “mini kettlebells” sold in some of the local stores. Turns out my 7 year-old is a budding kettlebell enthusiast! Here she is this past weekend, taking some basic instruction from my RKC instructor on how to deadlift and swing. (She’s asked for her own 10lb kettlebell so she can train like mommy.).. Read More
Try a New Food Tuesday: Kale
On June - 8 - 2010
This year, we were looking into joining a C.S.A. (community supported agriculture). We started off on the wait list for one of the local farms, but I was excited to receive an email two weeks ago offering us a share of this summer’s fruits and veggies! (Not familiar with C.S.A.s? Look for a post about them later this week.) So, instead of finding a new food at the grocery store, this week, I took our new food out of our weekly share of food from the farm. In this case, I decided to find out how to use the lovely bunch of fresh kale in my basket... Read More
Try a New Food Tuesday: Coral Red Jasmine Rice
On June - 1 - 2010
Well, it’s Tuesday again, and that means there’s another new food to try! We’ve been doing fruits each week, which has appealed well to my 7 year-old, but I’ve still been unsuccessful getting my carnivore 4 year-old to partake in our weekly experiment. So this time I scoured the grocery store, looking for a new whole food that would appeal to my son’s palate. On my third trip to my store’s organic section, I found it: Fair Trade Coral Red Jasmine Rice. My son LOVES rice. He eats it whenever offered, and it’s also one of the foods everyone in the household enjoys... Read More
