You Don’t Have to Eat Everything Organically! Have you ever wondered what the most important foods to eat organically are? Organic produce costs an average of 29% more than conventionally grown produce (Tracie McMillan 2012). And so with every type of food– from a head of lettuce to chocolate syrup– now boasting that “USDA Organic […]

We Don’t Eat Organically Some people think that we eat “organically”; and ok, I guess we do–sometimes. But what does it really mean to eat organically? The “organic” label adorning many food items is a strictly regulated label; farmers and producers must jump through many hoops and pay their fair share of time and money […]

My New Monthly Simple Kitchen How-To Posts! Throughout this year, in addition to my regular weekly posts, I will be publishing a monthly Simple Kitchen How To post. These posts will be aimed at enabling readers with some very basic but transformational know-how and skills that they can utilize in creating their own wholesome recipes. […]

A Conviction Put to Words I have a conviction. It’s one that I never intended to share on the blog. It’s personal; convictions often times are. It’s a conviction that has stirred deep down in my heart since we began this whole food journey almost 2 years ago, but one that I’ve only recently been […]

That Looming Hour at the End of a Day Looming at the end of our day’s to-do list, dinner often evokes a slight sense of both panic and dread as the hour grows nearer and prep time grows shorter. Time originally planned for dinner’s creation is increasingly swallowed up by the tasks preceding it. Hours […]

The Most Hilarious Meal Of The Year If I were to ask you to recount to me the most hilarious meal you’ve sat down to in the past year, would it quickly come to mind? For me this is easy. Dinner on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Every year. Preserving Thanksgiving In a society where Thanksgiving […]