Life Is A Whirlwind Last Saturday Gray and I ventured out to downtown Milwaukee to celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary (without the kids, yeah!). Our date began at one of our favorite brunch spots, Cafe Benelux, and ended at the Milwaukee Public Market, sitting together at a quaint little table with some coffee (to help us […]

Nourishing Their Bodies We began eating real food shortly after the birth of our first son. He turned our world upside down. With his arrival came a whole new realm of things to consider. How will we raise this tiny being? We began looking at our lives with much more scrutiny. One of the areas […]

I Learned A Few Things About Road Trips With Kids… We took a road trip to Kansas City this past weekend. It was a little bit of a last-minute decision, made upon the realization that since we are moving there on October 1st, we should probably find a house to buy–our very first house. Oh, […]

How To Eat Out The Wholesome Way – Dining At Locally-Sourced Restaurants I was recently asked by a friend for suggestions on where she could eat out while still remaining true to her whole food diet. This got me thinking about how to eat out the wholesome way. Gray and I believe in moderation. Since […]

An Unfamiliar Ingredient While my mother-in-law was visiting with us last week to help me with the boys, she asked if I knew much about quinoa. I didn’t. In fact, I had only eaten it a handful of times, and only ever cooked it once, and not very successfully. The next day, Grayson and I […]

Connecting Our Kids to the Roots of What We Eat I believe that it is very important to involve children in the how, what, and why of the foods we eat. I desire to connect my children to the roots of the foods they enjoy eating. I hope to do this by involving them in […]