Doing the Next Thing

Post-run breakfast (ran 3 miles in 32 degrees. brrrr!) (egg scramble {b/c i stink at omlettes} with shallots, tomatoes, and crumbled goat cheese - cooked in coconut oil and real butter; green tea with coconut oil and raw local honey. yummy.)

"Real Food" Fried Chicken & Waffles with Mashed Taters & Gravy

After dabbling (very casually) in healthier eating, organics, and a natural lifestyle for 13 years, we recently made some radical - and permanent - changes to the way we buy food, cook, and eat. I'm working out a post with more on that for later. And I know I'm not done with the photo series. But I just had some Random Kitchen Thoughts to share and get them out of my system. As if anyone out there cares. But that's ok . It's called venting. Here goes:  “traditional”, “nourishing”, “slow”, “whole”, “ MOKO ” (Meat Of Known Origin) – I don’t care what you call it, cooking this way is all-consuming and makes a BIG mess! Every pan I own, and several appliances are dirty – and the dishwasher is full and running.  When you’re hungry, and in a hurry, it’s sometimes frustrating to look in the cabinet and only find … ingredients . Yesterday I licked a pinch of kosher salt, right out of my hand b/c there were no quick snacks. (and my tamari almonds were in the car) I kid you no...

sorry to post another food pic! we are on a quest around here to, as a friend says, "ban food-like substances." i couldn't find hamburger buns at the regular grocery that i could accept, and the stores with the ones i will accept are too far away. so ... i made my own! like the little red hen, i ground the flour, made the dough, and baked the bread. the fam said they like them better than storebought. happy me. :)

a dozen farm-fresh free-range eggs, gathered by M(10) herself, right out of the hens' nests. she went with a friend to an organic farm about an hour outside of town. (good field trip since her science this year is from the apologia animals series.) *those are blue , not white. not sure what kind of chicken they came from, but aren't they pretty? they're tiffany blue, M's fave shade. there were 3 blue ones, but i dropped one styling the photo. so it went in the breadmaker to become part of our dinner. i'll let ya know if it tastes any different. ;)