Last summer I wrote and received a grant for my kids’ co-op preschool to fund a new program promoting the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables.   The program is called “Try It Day”.   Once a week, another parent or I bring in samples of a given fruit or vegetable.  The kids all get a chance to try it before snack time.   If they try it, or even just lick it, they get a sticker...

Before I started eating primal, I used to sit down with my cookbooks on the weekend and plan out each meal for the upcoming week.  I would make a detailed grocery list that included every ingredient I didn’t already have.  Then I set out on a mission to buy everything I needed as cheaply as possible.  In retrospect the meals seem disjointed.  They were not only disconnected from each other but totally...

I think cardamom is an under-utilized spice.  If you’re not familiar with cardamom, it has a slightly sweet, pungent flavor that can be used in savory meat dishes, curries, and baked goods.  You can also add some to your coffee grounds.  My mom makes a cardamom braid at Christmas so I always associate cardamom with a colder season. I was thinking about how I might use cardamom more often and decided it...

I heard that it might actually snow over the weekend. Even though it is much much too early for snow, I suppose this means we are officially headed into the dark months. I am always lured in by the cheerful promise of the upcoming holidays. Then, after the anti-climax of New Years, I’ll find myself standing on some bleak, windy hill pretending that sledding is fun and wondering if I’ll ever be...

Pardon my absence as of late.  I haven’t been feeling like posting much mainly because I haven’t been cooking much.  Here it is the fall harvest season and I’ve done little more in the kitchen this last week than whip up a few meals for the kids and cut up a rotisserie chicken.  The reason?  In a very un-primal manner I have been drinking protein shakes for breakfast and lunch followed by a simple...