Free. I  love free.  Especially something of value for free. This week, I twice mentioned my favorite cookbook Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats.  The author, Sally Fallon is also a co-founder of The Weston A. Price Foundation,  a foundation that is “dedicated to resorting nutrient-dense food to [...]

Intense workouts?  Vintage inspired Tulle clothing?  C.S. Lewis?  Beef heart?  Liver? Yes, yes, yes, yes, and I guess…well..yes. I wasn’t surprised when I found out blogger buddy, Charlotte from The Great Fitness Experiment (who happens to be one of the the funniest and most talented writers I know) and I had “matching organs” in our freezers.  After [...]

Feeding my family high quality food is a priority.  Even on a budget. Enter the humble legume. Cheap, easy, versatile? Check. Protein, vitamins, minerals, fiber? Yep, it’s all there.  Thank you, little beans. I buy beans in bulk and cook big batches at a time.  It’s easy and saves me a lot of money and [...]

It’s time for my How to How I Make series.  First off, kombucha tea! How to How I Make Kombucha Tea The first time I tried kombucha tea from a store bought bottle I shuddered.  Not only was a taken aback by the taste, I couldn’t believe I was paying $2+  per bottle. Yikes! Over [...]

Tuesdays are one of my favorite days. Tuesday mornings I pick up my CSA produce box and my raw milk. After I get my produce box I lovingly lay it out on my table and take a million pictures from every angle as if I have never seen a piece of fruit before plan my menu for [...]

Whole chickens are one of the most economical sources of protein. I buy them in bulk every few months from Azure Standard. To get the most out of a single chicken, I’ll first, cook and serve it as the main course.  Then that night I’ll make chicken broth from the bones.  The next day, I’ll [...]

Last week, I showed you my weekly meal and workout plan.  Those plans are usually scribbled on scrap paper which is good.  It’s good to save trees. But… It’s also good to have something pretty, fun, and organized.  (Ahem) So my beloved webslave Brent, (often known as Grill Hero) made me a kick ass sweet [...]

Our CSA box this week. Seriously, 24 artichokes, albeit, they are small but still…24! We also got English peas, apricots, lettuce, bell peppers, Tokyo turnips, cauliflower, potatoes, parsley, and  summer squash. It’s the Motherload. Today, I made the English Peas recipe that I had on my meal planner for yesterday.  I’m all about flexibility. First, [...]

You know the saying, “the cobbler’s children have no shoes”? In my case it would be, “the swinger’s children have no…” Oh never mind. What I’m trying to say (and failing miserably) is that I don’t want to be an out of shape trainer.  I want to be a trainer that walks the talk. While [...]

A few weeks ago, I was on a list to take a meal to a friend who had a baby.   As I was skimming the list to make sure I wasn’t bringing a duplicate meal, I saw “sloppy lentils”.  Since, I already had a bunch of lentils from my last Azure Standard order, I [...]