Posts Tagged ‘Real Food’

On Trusting Our Kids (and Their Candy)

This is the candy Zeb got from two trunk-or-treat events and one night of trick-or-treating. Or I should say it’s all the candy he has left. From Friday through Tuesday he probably ate another grocery bag full. Because of all the sugar in his system he ate little else during that time. Was I worried? [...]

Real Food On The Road

Breakfast of Champions I’m not into food dogma, the “rules” that say if you eat this you’ll be healthy and live longer and if you don’t eat it you’ll live a miserable, disease-ridden life. And sadly, I’ve heard nearly those exact words. What I am into is “instinctual” eating: tuning into your body and eating [...]

Skillet Tostadas

I’ve found that the fewer dishes we use in food prep the better, so I’m all over “skillet” meals right now (which aren’t always made in a skillet, but should always be made in one pan). I found this recipe in my Anyone Can Cook* cookbook. (Yes, I have a cookbook named Anyone Can Cook; [...]

Happy Kids Make Healthy Choices

Between Halloween and the upcoming holidays, my thoughts are currently revolving around food and dietary choices and instinctual eating, especially in regards to Zeb. We do not restrict his diet in any way. Nope, not even a little bit. We shop at all-natural stores and fill the house with whole foods. But when we grocery shop [...]

I just want to feel good.

It’s not something I’ve really blogged about because it’s been something I haven’t wanted to focus on myself. But it’s one of those constantly infiltrating facts in all I do. I don’t feel good. Increasingly so over the past few months. And the excitement of moving has really drained me empty. I wake up exhausted, [...]