I’ve never put greens in a quesadilla before. Then again, I’ve never participated in a Community Supported Agriculture program before where I eat what I’m given. The rainbow chard is something I have never had. I’ve been on a kale kick for the past couple of years and have always had turnip and collard greens. …
Posts from: May 2012
Look what was waiting for me! This week we had: rainbow chard strawberries lettuce greens dill sweet onions and…..beets…..sigh The beets are going to be put off until next week and maybe the onions. These are a different variety than Vidalia, so I’m thinking of making and herbed onion/fennel gratin. The first thing I …
This post is a day late because I was waiting to see what will be in our first harvest basket from our CSA, Snow’s Bend farm tomorrow. I’m way too excited about this. After getting some good produce from the Farmer’s market Saturday, I was trying to use up that food and incorporate a few …
After the trip to the farmer’s market and Whole Paycheck, the only difficulty in planning dinner was deciding what to make first. I had a lot of vegetables from the market. And this from WF. That corn was going in the pot tonight! I had some kale that needed to be used soon so I …
I’ve mentioned before that I’m not crazy about cold cream based salads. So when I made some a few weeks ago, I made it and put the bowl in the fridge so it would cool off and kept a bowl of warm pasta on the counter for me. I don’t need it real hot, I …
This year, I’m not waiting until JULY to go to my favorite market. Pepper Place is in Birmingham so I have to drive a little over an hour but I usually make a day of it and get my staples from Whole Foods as well. Today was a great day for the market. It was …
I really do not like chocolate and bananas together EXCEPT in my morning protein shake. I’ve had chocolate dipped bananas, banana chocolate chip pancakes, and other various ways to mix chocolate and bananas. I haven’t found any of these to work for me. I do, however, like a little chocolate chips in banana bread. So …
This was my first week with tracking every tiny thing that I ate or drank. It was interesting to say the least. This was also Teacher Appreciate Week and I felt REALLY appreciated, to the tune of desserts, tons of carbo-licious-ness, and maybe two cokes (for the WHOLE WEEK!!!!) . But I tracked everything. By …
The garden is slowly growing! We really need the neighborhood cats to stop digging up the plants if we want food. Frankie’s species doesn’t seem to be as well-behaved as he is. He wouldn’t dare do anything so tacky as to dig in a garden that wasn’t his. I’ve seen the glares he gives them …
How about a little Friday alliteration? What am I loving about this week? 1. F is for FitFluential Ambassadors. I got a much-anticipated email from Danielle at FitFluential notifying me that I’ve been accepted as an Ambassador. So what does this mean? FitFluential is a network of fitness enthusiasts created by Kelly Olexa in 2011. …
I can’t believe how fast it’s moving. My teacher friends would hang me by my toenails if they knew what I was about to type: I really need the days to slow down. We are in the home stretch before the Colorado trip and every year, I wish away the last 4 or 5 weeks. …
One year after the storms destroyed our church building, we broke ground on our new one. Shovel-ready the way we do it in Alabama. . . immediately. This man deserves way more than he makes. Our mayor Walt Maddox. He was great before the storms. His leadership after the storms is nothing short of …
You’ve trained hard. You’ve posted the Couch to 5K plan on your fridge and gleefully crossed off each training run. Each week that you added more running time than walking time is circled or highlighted. There may even be a few squiggles of writing on there with thoughts like “wow! I did it!!”. You’ve shared …