A Crunchy Life

I know I’ve told you before about how I’ve used Pinterest in a practical way rather than just a time suck. That was my practice this past week, to get out of time suck mode and either avoid Pinterest as a time filler or use it more. Above you can see one of the recipes [...]

I love to feed people.  I love finding new recipes and thinking, “Oh, I can’t wait to make this for Person X who will love it!”  I love mixing and forming breads and crackers, pies savory and sweet with music playing and me dancing in my kitchen. It’s no surprise, then, that I spent time [...]

Farmama has been sharing weekly, “Around the Farm” posts lately and I love seeing & reading about all they do each week.  She has invited people to share their own “Around the Farm/Garden” posts and this week I thought I’d join in on the show & tell. Each year we add a bit more to [...]

About a month ago we acquired Super Natural Every Day by Heidi Swanson of 101cookbooks fame.  I was excited for its release, but even more so after seeing Annie’s new favorites and the thing that a certain Rooster has made, too. This cookbook does NOT disappoint. A list of what has been made so far: [...]

Starting and ending the days with mindfulness as I prepare food has been my practice this week. Now, to extend that awareness to when I’m actually eating it! That is the hard part for me, to actually pay attention when I eat. Life at meal time around here is full, and distractions abound. Do you [...]

It’s Monday and I’m writing about food again. I’m sure many of you either know of someone or went through a time when what found its way to the dinner plate was met with derision. If you were on the receiving end of such unhappiness from said particular consumer, you know my frustration. In trying [...]

It started out with breakfast.  I decided to forgo my usual egg whites. (Note: I am not a fan of yokes save in baking.  As part of “growth” this year I continue to try to like them). I made them as close to an omelette as I dare, with feta cheese and spinach down the [...]

We do!  Even though it wasn’t as much as we usually make, we have a lovely stock for the coming year, with fruit set aside in the freezer for various other good eats.  Plus our raspberry crop is just starting to take off, so we’ll have all of that to create good food with, and [...]

Our evening meal has so many intentions wrapped up in it. Creation, nourishment, togetherness, tastiness… all are in the back of my mind. Images of idyllic scenes of family camaraderie flit through my mind as I chop and mix, saute and bake. Sometimes we have a few moments of that. Most often, though, dinner is [...]

Last semester I invited my students in my Psychology of Gender class to discuss the negative impact of stereotypical gender roles on us all.  One of the young men in the class commented that not learning how to do laundry or cook a meal made living my one’s self as an adult difficult because the [...]