From the monthly archives: November 2009

Weekly Menu Plan

by Shannon on November 16, 2009 · 1 Comment · in cooking & recipes

I am excited to have a baking day planned for today. My husband and sons love their bread, but I haven’t been buying too much of it lately because of my own personal health concerns. After seeing them devour a loaf  of sourdough bread this week with no ill consequences I realized it’s time to [...]

Sweet & Sour Braised Kale with Pomegranate

by Shannon on November 12, 2009 · 5 Comments · in cooking & recipes

I don’t usually have juice in the house. It is not a whole food and can shoot your blood sugar up like no tomorrow. So when the POM Wonderful people sent me some pomegranate juice I wasn’t really sure what I would do with it. Because I am so sensitive to sugar I use juice [...]

The Importance of Seafood

by Shannon on November 9, 2009 · 16 Comments · in nourishing food, real health

photo credit There is so much mixed information out there about seafood. Some say that it is the healthiest form of protein because it is "low in saturated fat" and high in omega-3 essential fatty acids. Of course I don’t really buy into the idea that saturated fat is the villain (here’s why). So that [...]

Weekly Menu Plan – Slow Cooker x 3

by Shannon on November 8, 2009 · 7 Comments · in cooking & recipes

This week I will be out of the home Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for at least part of the day. Because this is unusual for us I am a little afraid that I will be tempted to opt for take out or nothing at all. So what better than three slow cooker meals to keep [...]

Experimenting with Growing Food Indoors

by Shannon on November 5, 2009 · 21 Comments · in sustainability & gardening

We put our garden to bed a couple of weeks ago by planting garlic in our tomato beds and more recently mulching with great numbers of leaves. It was kind of sad when I realized that it was over for the year. I am still so new to this plant-grow-harvest-eat concept that I keep asking [...]