Our Share of the Harvest

When I was wedding planning, I was blessed to find a group of women who were also planning their weddings.  Greg and my already-married friends were also blessed because it meant I had other people to talk to about weddings who cared about it as much I did.  That is a magical thing.  And, as [...]

I told my last primary care physician that I’ve never had serious health problems, my parents were healthy and all four of grandparents were alive and alert.  Most people would respond to this by saying “That’s wonderful!” She responded to it by saying “There must be a lot of outbreeding in your family.” …? I’m pretty [...]

People with pets can often be a little ridiculous.  The voices, the nicknames, the outfits, the jokes, etc.  Admittedly, Greg and I can be these people on occasion and one of our favorite lame jokes is to say “The cats made us dinner!” when we come home to something simmering away in the Crock Pot.  [...]

Like many children of the ’80′s, I grew up eating lots of Wonder bread.  Toast for breakfast, sandwiches in my Barbie lunchbox, buttered bread with dinner.  And, like many 20-somethings of the 2010′s, I’ve now switched over to completely 100% whole grain bread. The problem with that is that, sometimes, you just want white bread.  [...]

A number of people tell me they wished they liked vegetables but they just don’t.  Or they’d like to cook with more vegetables but their husband or kids just don’t like them.  I personally don’t think the solution is as simple as sneaking pureed veggies into their favorite foods and not telling them about it–how [...]