Do you feel overwhelmed by the tasks in your kitchen? I know I often have… With all that we have on our plates these days (pardon the pun) it is no wonder that many people feel overwhelmed by the time it takes to make wholesome food from scratch. All these years I have been stepping into each day looking at …
Do you ever have this feeling that you could be getting MORE from your food? Maybe a tear rolls down your cheek as you scrape yet more veggie odds and ends into the compost. Or maybe you regularly find rotten something-or-anothers way back in the fridge or crisper… Maybe, you just want to make sure you are really getting the …
I tend to be a bit of a gypsy. The truth is, since my son was born 10 years ago, our family of four has moved 10 times from Manitoba to the west coast and back again. I have had this ‘thing’ that happens in November when the snow starts to fall, and I suddenly feel ‘possessed’ to move …
I just read an article somewhere where a mom of 2 young children was seeking ideas for how to cope with being overwhelmed with cooking, cleaning and nap time. She said she felt sad that she couldn’t just enjoy her kids with the domestic workload. One of the responses that came from another mother was “I just hire someone 5 …
(photo of ferments lovingly and joyfully made over great conversation while the children played!) Many years ago when when my son Isaiah was young, I remember spending many an afternoon at a friends home having play dates only to come back to my own abode just after 4 pm starving and frantic about what to make for dinner! I also …