Posts Tagged ‘fun’
Camping: 101
I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this before, but I love camping. And when I say “camping,” I don’t mean sleep-in-a-bed-with-the-windows-open glamping, I mean back in the woods, far away from human civilization, no-running-water camping. Myself, Pat, and Jonah atop a fin in Arches National Park My first time to go backpacking – where you’re really far…
Read More10 Tasty Road Trip Snacks that Won’t Clog your Arteries
Bring these Healthy Road Trip Snacks for Kids and Adults on your next Long Flight, Train, or Automobile Ride Baby Ann, back home after a 3-week trip to Asia in 2014 I’ve been on the road a lot this summer: to the farm, to the mountains, to conferences. In trains, planes, and automobiles (but not…
Read MoreDietitian Eats
Every day I talk with people about food. How to balance healthy eating vs. living in the real world. And it’s hard. Girls’ night eats. “It’s basically Paleo with wine!”For me, food is about health + culture + enjoyment. I am always striving for this balance. Believe me, I know – I also live in…
Read MoreHealthy Halloween Treats
I haven’t been this excited about Halloween since I was a senior in high school when my parents finally let me dress up and go trick-or-treating for the first time since I was a kid, thus breaking their strict big-kids-don’t-beg-for-candy rule. I deftly talked my way into this by arguing that Halloween was an important American…
Read MoreA Butternut Sonnet (or Three)
As the autumn leaves set fire to the skythe garden now begins to fade away.A tale that tells of summer drawing nigh,kids back in school, no longer out to play. Amongst the dying vines of summertimefall and winter treasures speckle the earth.The vision of these is simply sublime;it’s hard for me to even count their…
Read MorePickles, Sauerkraut, & Preservation
If cooking is a giant chemistry experiment, fermentation is a lesson in biology. Preservation is a happy marriage of these two sciences. Easy Counter-Top Pickles Lately, between the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) basket I purchased for the summer (check out Miller Farms if you live in Northern Colorado!) and a very generous co-worker (THANK YOU,…
Read MoreHow to Cook a Vegetable if you’ve Never Seen it Before
I was introduced to Kohlrabi when I moved to Colorado and found it at a local farmer’s market. Here how to prep and enjoy this veggie! A How-To Guide for Beginner (and Expert) Cooks One of the most intimidating things about cooking to me is trying something new – a new cooking technique, a new…
Read MoreWine Camp
Good food, good drink, and good people. Three of my favorite things in the world collided last weekend at my very first year of participating in Wine Camp, an annual tradition which I was invited to by my dear Leanna and her mother, Lanette. We spent last Saturday hopping between local wineries sampling the local fare.…
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