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, […]

What Does a Food Blogger’s Kitchen Look Like? Are You Ready For This? Here It Is! I don’t want to boast, but that is an entire three feet of usable counter space to prep food on! Sometimes I don’t know what to do with it all. That is, until I bring out the bread maker, […]

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 […]

Waking up Right A Couple of weeks ago, we were headed downtown to meet some friends for coffee. Two minutes into our 20-minute drive, Grayson flipped on the turning signal and began to turn the car for Starbucks. I gave him a silly look, “You know we’re going to Alterra for coffee, right?” He sighed, […]