Getting Started

I'm new to Blogger (I'm still working out the details of how to build a blog!) and I'm new to many of the cooking and prepping techniques discussed on the blog. I've always been interested in healthy eating but my understanding of healthy has slowly changed over the years.

I guess I've been slowing waking up to some realities. Issues that some informed and concerned people have been talking about for years are really sinking in. Maybe it's my advancing years (I'm in my mid-thirties haha!) or maybe it's watching my children grow... but something has changed in me.

These are the things I find myself thinking about...

1) I am in charge of my own health and well being. No one else is going to do it. Whether or not I am healthy is largely in my own hands.

2) I am also in charge of my children's health and well being. At least while they are young. Not only am I responsible for nourishing their bodies so they can grow and develop I am also responsible for teaching them. I am setting patterns and teaching healthy eating behaviour as well as passing down knowledge of proper food preparation.

3) Like many women, I am the (health) protector of the whole family. As the primary cook, gardener, and shopper, I am the one who has been given the task of watching out for the whole family's nourishment. My dear husband who works long hours and also spends most of his free time with our family and working on the house is counting on me in this area.

4) I cannot count on some mystical notion of a health "watchdog" to ensure our family's food is safe. It's up to me to look into what I feed my family. The more I've learned, the more I know how naive I was.

5) As a community member, I have a role to play in supporting local farmers, especially those employing organic farming methods.

6) As a member of the human race, I have a role to play in learning about sustainability and supporting groups that are trying to make a difference. I can also learn to waste less food with better meal planning.

So, with those things in mind, I endevor to provide healthy meals for my family :)


This site is a place for me to post recipes that are tried and true, newly learned, and everything in between. So I can...

Find my favourite healthy recipes easily!

No more digging through notebooks and scraps of papers or reading scribbles in the margins of old recipe books with details on changes/substitutions I've made.

Post my own creations! 

The best part of learning to cook is being creative! I have had a wonderful time trying out ideas and building confidence with making my own recipes.

Communicate with others!

I'm hoping to hear from those of you who know better than I about homemade goodness. I'd love it if you could offer tips and tricks that I haven't yet learned.

I'm also hoping that those who are just learning like me will share their experiences.

And maybe, just maybe, I can be of service to others who would like to try some homemade, whole food recipes and who are in need of some inspiration.