My family has a slight fixation with peanut butter. Ever since I made my first attempt at throwing some on-sale roasted peanuts into my food processor, we’ve been hooked on this wholesome treat. Homemade peanut butter is a permanent inhabitant on our refrigerator shelf. I began making peanut butter when I found coupons for Planters […]

I realize that some people may classify us as health nuts. Urban dictionary had some interesting definitions of the term. “A health nut is a person who is obsessed about his/her health.” and “He who LOVES veggie dogs”. Neither of these definitions remotely begins to describe how we feel about or approach our health. Obsessed? […]

First off, welcome to the new From Famine to Foodie Blog home! This has been some weeks in the making, mostly in my head, but now on your screen! It was time for an update, some cosmetic work, and some technical updates. One of those technical updates is the correction of what many of you […]

Grayson, Zeke and I have spent the past 5 weeks with my parents in their “off-grid” home in the magnificent Ozark mountains. A couple of weeks ago I wrote in my first “off-grid” post that dad and mom have been treating us to some great food here in the Ozarks, not only in their own kitchen, but also out […]

First-Trimester Hiatus Blog 2:  “Onions, hormones, and soup….”Blog Written at 10 Weeks pregnant, November 5, 2012 The onset of hormones and related nausea make for a quick transition from home-cooked meals every night, to no dinner on the table. Needless to say, we’ve had a lack of meals from scratch lately. I’ve managed the occasional home made […]

As promised, from time to time I will post a blog I wrote during my first trimester of this pregnancy. My hope is that these posts may both cause a laugh and give a little insight into how to handle life when circumstances call for us to make allowances, for a time, in our goals […]