If I had time and maybe more help than just myself, I would do a video once a week. Text based instructions have never been my strong area. When I learned to sew, I would end up crumpling patterns be...
While summer doesn’t officially start for another few weeks, in Illinois it feels like summer decided to come early. Usually it’s a bit iffy if the pools should open on Memorial day. Some...
I always feel lost during the first few days of summer break. I would have thought that by spending so much time in academia, my body and mind would be use to the transition. For the first few days, ...
Rhubarb holds a strange place near my heart. My family has two topics of conversation during the spring/summer: rhubarb and tomatoes. The rhubarb that grows in both my grandfather’s backyard an...
To this day, there are some things that I still am slightly afraid to make. Things that seem complicated or things I’ve messed up on a few times in the past. For some reason, tortillas and I we...
At the CSA, what’s available is written on a dry erase board when we first arrive at the entrance. This tells us what’s available along with how much of a given thing we can take. Occasio...
I feel like there are no words today. I used them all yesterday. So, I give you something that’s so easy, it doesn’t need many words. I’ve been sitting on this recipe for awhile, wa...
(This post is in reaction to watching The Weight of the Nation. The direction in which I’ve been taking my blog is in direct correlation to how I feel about the current state of our society and...
Something magical happened here. I created this dish as part of a “hooray I got the bulk bin resource section done” and to show you a recipe that used both bulk bin and seasonal items. Bu...
I’m really excited for this new section. I know that not everyone loves the bulk bins as much as I do, but I truly believe that you can save a bit of money and a whole lot of packaging by using...
I wish I could have come up with a better name for this but any name I thought of didn’t do this meal justice. The slight earthy taste of the radish lightly cooked in butter and thyme, topped w...
Happy Mother’s Day to the three women who have inspired me most in life.
I’m craving something a bit different today. I’m craving simplicity. I feel on life and technology overload. It’s such a strange time to be a blogger (either big or small.) There ar...
Classes end today. I made it through my first year as a professor. It’s all still slightly overwhelming. A year ago I was headed on a completely different path and applied to this job as a real...
Somewhere along the lines I lost my taste for big, doughy pizza crust. My pizza became all about the toppings and the crust, as long as it was crispy, became a great accompaniment. When I saw amazing...
*These are students who all live at an educational garden house on campus. This was their first big planting day for the food that will be harvested throughout the summer/fall. During the summer/fall...
It seems I have been a woman of few words this week and I think sometimes that is alright. I have not felt the greatest and classes are chaotically coming to an end for the semester. Neverthel...
I feel like I went a bit theme crazy with extravagant post the past two Thursday. So instead I wanted to share a few recipes (and blogs) that I find absolutely lovely. I’m pretty sure if I coul...
Poor beets. Often the shunned child because of the “canned beets” stigma and to my mother (sorry mom), a taste that is akin to dirt. I feel that the color alone should reclaim beets from ...
Sometimes I’m not sure how I get from point a to point b. Today’s Food Matter’s dish was actually a white bean and asparagus soup. I just wasn’t in the mood for soup, so I too...
It’s always amazing what people think with first impressions. I was speaking with a friend one day and he happened to mention that when he first met me, he didn’t think we were going to g...
Chocolate. I feel like when it comes to fresh, healthy eating, chocolate sometimes gets thrown by the wayside or even gets a bad name. As if sweets in general will destroy everything healthy eating h...
This is one of those weeks that food becomes unimportant (shocker, I know.) My mind if swirling with the end of the semester, concerts, finals, and the musical. I’m in and out the door faster t...
I swear, I really didn’t mean to have shaved asparagus for three out of the four recipes I’ve posted in the past week. I was really planning on topping these little guys with something el...
Before I give you the photos, I wanted to tell you a bit about these students. The college where I teach has a “Garden House” in which seven students live. These students grow, can, and...
While it still continues to be a cool spring in the mid-west, I know that some of the more fortunate people have moved on to a full swing of summer produce (which I can tell you after staring at it f...
I think it’s become obvious that I love eating seasonally. There was a point in my life that when asked, I couldn’t tell you when asparagus was in season (because in the store, it’s always “in season...
Pizza. The Food Matters Project tackled the dough but there were some seriously great topping combinations out there which made me realize, it is time to spotlight pizza. Not only am I including so...
Sometimes I know I am going to fail. Something happens and I try and fix it, but, gut reaction knows I should stop and start over again. Unfortunately, I usually don’t follow my instinct and tr...
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