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CSA 2012: Week 3 — One Tired Salad Spinner

May 16, 2012 at 10:21 pm in CSA Boxes

More spinach! The early part of the season is a bit tedious with all the greens. There, I said it. I’m hoping to raise a lettuce lover in my son by starting early, but I have to confess that I have to work to like eating lettuce — even this high quality organic lettuce. I [...]

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Guest blog: French Kids School Lunch Project

May 14, 2012 at 9:57 pm in Guest Blogs, School Lunches

There is no kids’ food in French school lunches. Don’t believe me? I’m not surprised—given what most people believe to be the average school lunch that our kids eat. French kids eat very differently at lunch: tasty, healthy, scratch-cooked, three or four course meals every day. And they do this for an average of $3 [...]

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CSA 2012: Week 2 — Little White Orbs of Yum

May 3, 2012 at 8:26 pm in CSA Boxes

More lettuce! We hadn’t even gotten a chance to get through all of our previous greens and now we have more! I’ll tell you everything’s official name at the bottom of this post. It’s a challenge to use up all the food and a reminder that if you eat seasonally, you will eat more healthy [...]

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2012 CSA: Week 1 – Lettuce Tsunami

April 26, 2012 at 8:48 pm in CSA Boxes

The first CSA of the year arrived! Seeing the box made me happy I decided to do go for it again this year. I think this year’s CSA is going to suit us well. First, it’s getting delivered to our house. Going to a drop off point was fine last year, especially since the CSA [...]

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Guest blog: How to Make Flowers Edible (and Which Flowers One Can Eat)

April 23, 2012 at 10:07 pm in Gardens, Guest Blogs

Just wanted to introduce a guest blog about something you may have never even considered before: eating flowers. Please exercise caution when eating flora and discuss this with a medical professional if you have health concerns. Since some flowers are toxic, this is something not to be taken lightly. However, if you are at a [...]

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Last year’s garden

April 20, 2012 at 9:50 pm in Gardens

Carrots from our garden Sorry for my absence, I’m getting back on my feet after a debilitating stomach bug. Maybe it was the 24 hour flu, but whatever terrible thing it was, I’m so grateful it’s over. I feel human again. But I’m behind on emails and responding to comments because of my illness. I [...]

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“Just pack!” and other ridiculous notions

April 16, 2012 at 10:37 pm in Packed lunches, School Lunches

Turkey burger with daiya cheese; bread and ketchup; brownie; pears; carrots and broccoli; fruit smoothie When people oppose school lunch reform, one of the comments I hear is “Parents should just pack a lunch for their kids.” If I hear that in the next week, I will have to hold myself back from laughing maniacally in [...]

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Guest Blog: French Kids Eat Everything

April 10, 2012 at 9:04 pm in Guest Blogs, The Food

To start with, I never intended to write a book about children’s food! The idea for French Kids Eat Everything emerged from our experience of living in France for a year (in 2009). In 2008, soon after the birth of our second daughter, my husband and I decided to move back to his hometown in [...]

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