I went gluten-free 11(ish?) years ago. I’m not allergic, I just feel better when I don’t eat it — less bloated, no cystic acne, etc. I have been eating it while pregnant, because…I’m pregnant? And anything goes right now. One of the things that C and I have always had in common is a desire … Continue reading
There were years that I weighed my spinach. Looking at every gram and sticking it into an app to determine my calorie content. I am not kidding about this. I weighed spinach, carrots, and tomatoes. If the calorie count got too high, I took some out. There was a year that the only thing I … Continue reading
Today was the second Monday in my “make dinner four Mondays in a row” goal! I’ve been thinking about what I would make today for over a week. I wanted to make something that felt like a treat, but with much better ingredients. My daughter loves French fries, but we never give them to her … Continue reading
The last time I attempted to roast a chicken, C and I were newlyweds and we realized it was raw after we had carved it, and had to put it back in the oven. I never got over it and haven’t even dared to touch a whole chicken since. But I’ve been really goal-oriented lately, … Continue reading
I’ve been wanting to make my own kombucha for a very long time! I actually began a batch late last year – I grew my own SCOBY (that’s a symbiotic culture of bacteria & yeast, for the newbs) from scratch and had transferred it to sweetened tea and was just days away from taking my … Continue reading
I wrote in Small Life, Slow Life: Becoming Hippie-ish, Part 1 about how I’d gone crazy for fermenting things and was even making my own sauerkraut. Since then, said-sauerkraut has come out from its ferment-y dark place and was totally delicious! I hinted at the end that I’d tell you about the time I gave … Continue reading
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