Slowly but surely…

So I took a little break… I bet you all thought I keeled over after trying the kale pesto, right??  Actually, it was REALLY good!  One of the steps is to par-boil the kale (I never knew what that meant), and for the first time EVER I was able to appreciate the beautiful, healthy, green color it turned after being in the water for a couple of minutes.  Since then, I have definitely had some more veggies go bad in the fridge…what DO you do with artichokes anyway??  I bought one, but that was a victim to my procrastination as well.  Step by step I will get the hang of this!

I also had the really good fortune to attend the Wayland Winter Farmers’ Market at Russell’s Garden Center again, this time as a vendor!  I read my book to a group of children, and had a great time.  I also started to appreciate (again) the pure beauty of the market.  I really do want to start shopping locally more and more.  The more I am learning about food and the way it is processed, the more I have decided that I want to make a genuine effort.  I have tossed around the idea of a CSA (community shared agriculture), but I am a little intimidated with the amount of vegetables you get per week.  I think my smaller step of committing to going to a farmers’ market once every other week or so is a much less daunting and more do-able.

My daughter is learning about healthy eating in school, so lately she has been asking to drink water, and told me not to give her Gatorade (I don’t on an everyday basis!  Just occasionally if there isn’t anything else around) because it isn’t healthy.  My son is in the process of getting braces, so he is not able to have any sticky, chewy, gummy things.  He didn’t eat stuff like that every day, but if he was getting some kind of a treat, he would most often choose something gummy and sweet.  But, now that he can’t, he is choosing other things like strawberries, crackers or grapes.  Again slowly but surely.  My goal with this blog is to take itty bitty baby steps to being a very healthy, local eating family.  I hope you all join us!