What’s the Mission?
We got our first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box this past Thursday! It’s exciting, because we’ve never belonged to a real CSA before. We’ve gotten produce from the farmers’ market, and from a couple of different food-buying clubs, but never through a CSA. Our first box included garlic chives, garlic scapes, broccoli raab, arugula, several [...]
You can feed your kids up with good home cooking, and they’ll thrive, but what about when they get out on their own? Will they be able to feed themselves for life? Kim Painter wrote about this recently in USA Today. She points out that teens and young adults today often have no idea how [...]
I think I’m a pretty good cook. But sometimes I mess up, or stuff just happens, and we have to deal with it! Here are a couple of examples in which we did NOT deal with it by getting takeout. Pease Porridge Hot, Pease Porridge Cold I thought I’d throw some split peas, rice, and [...]
No, we did NOT get Chinese take-out! Chicken Fried Rice was actually a great way to use up leftovers and things we already had on hand. I used the remains of a roasted chicken, some long-frozen carrots, homemade chicken broth, and fresh green onions and zucchini from the garden. Here’s my recipe, adapted from an [...]
After making my strawberry freezer jam, our neighbor (a young, single lady) came over with two more bags of strawberries! She also gave us some strawberry plants, as hers are spreading too far. I decided to try the Small Batch Strawberry Jam recipe that I’d seen at Cooking Up a Story, and made three jars [...]
I was immediately drawn in by the first episode of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, and have been equally captivated by each episode. Of course, I’m totally on board with his mission to bring real, wholesome food to the people of Huntington, West Virginia and elsewhere, but the series also features good storytelling! I encourage everyone [...]
In my previous post, I described how my family uses The Six-o-Clock Scramble meal planning service to help maintain a balanced, healthy life. Today, we find out more about Scramble founder Aviva Goldfarb and her family. As a busy mom, what’s a typical day like for you? I’m really disciplined about my time which helps [...]
This is the first of two posts on The Six-o-Clock Scramble and its founder, Aviva Goldfarb. Read part 2 here. Here’s how our evenings go: I leave work somewhere between 4:30 and 5:00. I weave through neighborhoods and past traffic on my Xtracycle (rain or shine), and pick up my two older daughters at their [...]
