Welcome back! Yesterday I wrote about my new food journey into a lifestyle of mostly raw, mostly vegan foods. While I am feeling great, I have noticed two things about this lifestyle that are potential problems. First, it can be expensive. As Dr. Fuhrman would explain in Eat to Live, this is largely due to … Continue reading
A New Way of Looking at Food
Welcome, friends! Today I want to share with you some thoughts on healthy cooking and eating. I Thought I Was Doing Alright… I’ve generally thought of myself as a pretty healthy person when it comes to food. I don’t overeat very often, don’t eat a lot of junk food, and I like vegetables. I don’t … Continue reading
Fall’s Best Soup
Confession: I’m not a big fan of soup. Specifically, I don’t think soup counts as a meal. As a first course, or with a serious sandwich or salad, maybe. But in general “soup for dinner” is a big rip-off. It’s like a n0-cheese egg white omelet, not really food. However, there is one soup that … Continue reading
Kitchen Tool of the Week: ZOKU Quick-Pop Maker
Kitchen tools – we can’t live without them, but we can end up with a whole kitchen full of things that we can’t even remember using. I love a good kitchen tool or gadget, but I have a few rules they must follow: 1. They should be high-quality, made to last and work well. 2. … Continue reading
The Best and Worst Things About Living in a Small Western Town
Well, It’s been exactly a year since my sweet husband and I moved to the West. It’s been a year of ups and downs, but through it all, we’ve fallen in love with our little town. In honor of our Western anniversary, I’ve compiled a list of the Best and Worst things about living in … Continue reading
Homemade Raw Trail Mix
Welcome back! A while ago, I promised you some economical, healthy snack foods. One of my favorite snacks is raw trail mix. I used to love the prepackaged peanut, chocolate and raisin mixes. That is, until I realized how terribly unhealthy they were. I might as well have been eating candy bars. But the flavor … Continue reading
The Return of Summer…and of Little House!
Yes, I have broken the chief rule of blogging. I have gone two months without a single post. I’ll be pleasantly surprised if anyone even reads this! Shame on me. I admit, I got completely bogged down in finishing of the year of teaching, and then needed a couple of weeks to decompress. But here … Continue reading
A Penny Saved: How to trim every area of your budget, Part 3
Welcome back! I want to share some more of my ideas on saving money with you. Today’s topic? Saving money on feeding your family. I love to cook, to use quality ingredients, and to try new and unusual (and often expensive) things. But my budget can only handle so much gourmet experimentation. I’ve learned a … Continue reading
Smoked Trout Spread
Prepare yourselves for yumminess. Today I’m going to share with you a great way to use one of my favorite local natural resources – Rainbow Trout. Of course, there are as many ways to prepare trout as there are cooks: broiled, grilled, steamed, pan-fried, stuffed, etc. I will happily eat each and every one of … Continue reading
A Penny Saved: How to trim every area of your budget, Part 2 – Around the House
Welcome back, readers, for the second installment in our series on easy ways to save money. Today we are going to talk about several ways that you can cut your home maintenance budget. You can save a great deal of money on cleaning and maintaining your house, all without hours of coupon clipping or sale … Continue reading