CHEESESLAVE

We are going away for a few days tomorrow. Just to Palm Springs. Seth is staying here. Kate and I are going with my mother, sister, and my two nieces (they are all flying in). We’re going to swim in the pool and relax.
We are celebrating Kate’s first birthday (a little early — her birthday [...]

Kate in her brand new Radio Flyer wagon. She got it from her grandparents for her first birthday (we opened it early). She loves it! Smiles the whole time she’s riding in it.

Kate’s been such a messy eater lately, I figured it was just easier to feed her naked. She had duck liver pate and avocado — and yes, it ended up in her hair.

Sometimes I’m so busy, I don’t even have time to fry eggs or make a smoothie.
Here’s an extremely fast, very healthy breakfast you can make when you are on the run:
1 cup raw milk, kefir or a combination
2 egg yolks
Just mix the egg yolks in with a fork. If it is not sweet enough for [...]

OK this is crazy. About six weeks ago, I buried a bunch of vegetable scraps in the garden. I didn’t have a compost bin set up yet, so I was just burying my scraps directly into my beds.
Look what happened!

I accidentally grew beets and what looks like some kind of onion.
I always joke about how [...]

Here’s the soup:

Sprouted lentils (soaked overnight in warm water, whey and sea salt), a whole lot of homemade chicken stock, a little water, about a pound of ham, plus onion, carrots, turnips, celery and a bouquet garni of thyme, oregano, and Italian parsley from the garden.
The marrow bones are defrosting. I’ll roast them when we [...]

Kate clowning around on our morning walk:

Kate’s watching Charlie & Lola. When I finish my cup of coffee, I am going to take her for a walk this morning (before breakfast even!) — to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air. I’m not even going to change her out her jammies. Who’ll know?
I decided to make lentil soup for dinner. [...]

Seth and I are both under the weather. Sore throats, tired. Not full-blown colds, but just feeling kind of bleh.
Not sure where we picked it up. We have both been working very long hours. Any time you work too much, you are more susceptible to getting sick.
Kate’s fine — although she has had diarrhea for [...]

I’ve been trying to cut back on coffee. No, not trying. I have been cutting back. I’m pretty proud of myself!
Sally Fallon said that cutting out coffee was the hardest thing she ever did. I’m not trying to cut it out completely (yet) but I am trying to cut back. For the sake of my [...]