Yawwwwwwn...so tired. Need more sugar in diet, or maybe i don't! At this point i'm not sure what i need...our children have taken a turn for the worse tonight. Not food related, age related. The girls are just going to bed now, 10:00pm, Yikes no wonder they are hairy canary!!
Today was pancakes with local organic Bison breakfast sausage. heavy cream on top, so good. Lunch was basically leftover chicken on greens with a slab of bread with butter. Blueberries from B.C. with the house favourite Bles world vanilla yogurt. Also had Highwood Crossing's sunflower granola to snack on...dinner was great, everyone loved it, homemade fresh spaghetti meat sauce. Local tomatoes, mushrooms. Onion, garlic, basil, oregano and parsley out of our garden. Also made REALLY great homemade pasta. So easy too! Thank you mom for planting such a lovely herb patch! Side salad with dill/garlic dressing again! Blueberries again for dessert. Also went picking at our local bank today, they have 2 choke cherry bushes that were ripe with fruit...kids came back covered in juice! Jonathan and i are really feeling like this may be leading us somewhere major in our life. The more we talk about all aspects of this and the benefits, we feel like we could make a huge lifestyle change. Not sure what that means quite yet, but is always exciting taking on a project with my family. I am so blessed to have them and feel like together we really can do anything!
Welcome to my Blog! This is a first for me as i am generally computer illiterate. But with a little persuasion from friends and family and some help from a more computer savy comrade, i am well on my way to becoming part of the 21st century.
I lean a little towards the side of "hippy" when it comes to my lifestyle. People often raise their eyebrows when my husband Jonathan and I say we don't have cable television, iphones, or internet. Mind you we did have to cave and get an internet stick for Jonathan's business and this does seem to make more sense when one wants to start a Blog.
Fresh food has always been an issue for me. I'm sure it drove my mother crazy when i would constantly check expiry dates and refuse leftovers as a kid. My first five years were spent on a farm in Saskatchewan. My biggest memories seem to be of time spent raiding the crisp carrots and sweet peas from mom's garden. The smell of fresh buns filling our house. And of course, riding my horse in the wheat fields.
Warp ahead 26 years and i find myself wanting these very things for our three children. I find it crazy that I buy Canadian beef from a very American COSTCO. How many miles has that beef travelled to get on to our plates. Eating local seems to solve many problems occurring today. Of course environmental; the fewer miles travelled=smaller eco-footprint. It also supports producers who could be our friends, family or neighbors. And most importantly, for me, i know what I am putting into our children's mouths. Growth hormones, chemicals to promote longevity in food, and god knows what else is "added" for travel/taste. These things actually scare me. It was a little different when we didn't have kids. But now? now i am hypersensitive to what is in our food and how it affects their health, growth and behavior.
Having a background in Disability Studies, I worked with children of varying disabilities within their home and school environments. I really found that the parents who did their research and promoted healthy eating habits had better results with their child's behavior and overall health. This sometimes included limiting processed foods, removing sugars, and being generally more aware of food allergies occurring. I was able to SEE the difference with the children whose parents did the above and those who did not. This was one tidbit( along with many others) i chose to store for when i had my own children.
This will be an exciting journey for me. I look forward to all the ups and downs as well as the learning curve that is bound to happen.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
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would you accept farm grown raspberries from Sask if there is no cost in transport since I am coming that way anyway.
ReplyDeleteAll of your food sounds amazing. I haven't done so well yet. But I will start as soon as possible.