I would much prefer that I or my husband were sick rather than our little ones. There’s something about a sniffling, hacking child that makes one feel so inadequate. Perhaps that is why our children get colds. Nonetheless, they seem so much more resilient during the process than we do. Granted, at 6, 4, and…
Bread is such a divisive thing these days. What once was considered the staff of life is now either a wonder food or a wicked indulgence. I’ve been on both sides of that fence and I’m happy to be back smack dab in the middle where bellies need to be filled, bodies need to…
The early morning was gray and overcast, but late morning brought sunshine and a sky with a shade of blue you only see the day after a rain. It had rained four inches that Sabbath and by Sunday our land was soaked, muddy, and puddled. The ground was perfect for planting. There was a cool…
In our kitchen these days you’ll find… a wooden bowl full of eggs – some ours, some our neighbor’s, all fresh and yummy. some quick lacto-ferments. These days I am not fermenting for food storage so much as to have a quick high-enzyme addition to our meals on hand. These southwestern fermented carrot sticks were…
