All summer long I opted out of my weekly delivery box of farm fresh veggies and fruit. During the late spring and summer it is all too easy to make a weekly trip to the farmer's market instead but I have missed that delivery box sitting on my step every Friday afternoon. When it arrived my kids would dive in and exclaim over everything in it. Its just food (and we pay for it) but it really feels like you got a wonderful present. We are lucky that we have this option because there are any who … [Read more...]
The Feast Nearby
As is normal this time of year, I am completely head over heels in love with local food. My garden is coming along nicely and I have tiny cauliflower, tomatoes, and sugar snap peas already. My city's farmer's market starts this Thursday and my organic delivery box is ripe with farm fresh produce and pastured eggs. It is about this time that I like to re-read my fave local food memoirs like This Organic Life, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. So of course when I saw a local foodie book at my … [Read more...]
Going Green Saves Money
The belief that green living is expensive is not always so. Sure there are some green products and processes that are very expensive, but green living does not always constitute a lot of money. There are MANY ways to live naturally and green AND save money. Grow Your Own -If you love to get your hands dirty, starting a garden will save you enough money to go on a small weekend getaway by year's end. With the price of food and gas today, if you have a garden you have your own fresh produce to … [Read more...]
Avoiding E-Coli
Since E-coli is being talked about so much in the press lately I thought I would share an article that my friend Susanne of Healthy Menu Mailer wrote about the topic of E-coli and keeping yourself safe. Vegetables Health Food Or Killers With the recent outbreak of e-coli traced back to bagged spinach of all things, the FDA now suggests consumers thoroughly wash all bagged produce (including salad) before consuming it to avoid the extreme diarrhea e-coli bacterial can cause. The e-coli … [Read more...]
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