We spent Boxing Day with family and good Irish/Scottish imports. Ryan’s Dad and Kenda came to Missouri to visit Kenda’s family, so we met them in Kansas City for lunch. Sadly, it was our shortest visit with them ever, but we made the most of it by having lunch together at the Irish Pub O’Dowds [...]
Yes, this is a picture of American children eating lentil stew…and loving it! Who knew? Sunday’s lesson was on Jacob tricking Esau out of his birthright using a bowl of lentil stew as leverage. Esau had just returned from a long hunt and was so famished he thought he might die! Jacob took the opportunity [...]
…because making butter at home takes less than 10 minutes with a Kitchen Aid stand mixer and tastes 10 times better! I can’t believe how easy it was, and it tastes amazing. I used heavy cream from the Iwig Dairy that’s a few miles from my parents’ house (note: yes, I do know they make [...]
So now that we’ve transitioned to juiced fruit in the mornings, we’re working on making the afternoon snack a juiced vegetable. Today’s was green lemonade. It contains celery, kale, apples, and lemons. You might think it tastes terrible, but the apples bring a light sweetness and the lemons go a long way to covering the [...]
One of the desserts listed in our Raw Food Detox book is “Coconut Cleanse.” All you do is drink the water of a young coconut. We decided to try it and found one at our local grocery store. Opening it was quite a feat, and we weren’t expecting to have to work that hard. After [...]
I made a comment a few posts ago about how pricey our grocery bill has been since we started eating more fresh produce. I read an article today that made me grateful that we can even afford to eat fresh fruit and vegetables. The NY Times article discussed the rise in healthful food costs as [...]
When we started eating more raw food it didn’t occur to us that there would be waste from stalks and stems and peels. Eating fresh fruit every morning, salads at lunch and dinner, and snacks of fruits and veggies in between means way more kitchen waste than we’re used to. At first we threw it [...]