It’s not often that a meal FULL of veggies elicits a, ‘We LOVE this meal!’…from every member of the family. But that’s what happened last night. Bonus: we had just received a bunch of kale from our CSA (community supported agriculture) and it’s taken off in the garden. Kale chips Read more…
If you’ve ever fed a child over 6 months old you’ve been involved in a ‘eat your veggies’ show down. I’m not going to pretend to know the ‘best’ way to handle that war, but we have found a way to launch an effective sneak attack to circumvent that battle. Read more…
Welcome to summer! First of all, I’ll let you in on a little secret. Those of us who home school…and therefore have kids around all day every day…snicker a bit when public school parents spaz in the summer. Before you get offended, know that you get to snicker at us Read more…
We hear a lot about ‘whole foods,’ there’s even a grocery store named after them…but what ARE they? After a term has been out there for a while…and we’re still not sure what it means…admitting our ignorance can feel like those situations where we’ve asked somewhat their name is. And Read more…
Yep, it’s possible and, no, it doesn’t have to be stressful or consist of a bowl of rabbit food. Travel food is on my brain as we make our way across the country. Packing some of our food is helpful, but packing ALL of it gets crazy and it takes Read more…
Those are the stats for our annual trip to visit family in Texas (we did 486 of those today!). Even in good weather, with no flat tires and everyone old enough to (mostly) not have accidents in the car, that’s still enough to push anyone over the edge and right Read more…
As a parent I expected to receive push-back from our kids about vegetables. I’ve become almost immune to that look of horror when a new veggie shows up at dinner and the kids are all sure they’re going to HATE it. But they try it and, most of the time, Read more…
‘What’s In Season?’ is a lot easier to write this time of year! The stores are packed with fresh goodness from all over the country. In case you haven’t noticed, that includes a bunch of berries. Blueberries are packed with vitamin C, A & K, folate, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and Read more…
This weekend I encouraged us to set some boundaries so we could approach Mother’s Day with a bit of self control. How did it go? Did you meet your expectations? What choices did you make that were awesome? What choices make you cringe this morning? If you’re like most of Read more…
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day…a holiday that can make us sing with gratitude or cry in frustration depending on what we expect and what actually happens. I still remember the first year I thought my kids were old enough to ‘get it’ and I was hoping they would at least make Read more…