In January, we almost mostly completed a Whole 30 reset together as a family. We’ve been here before, a couple of times, and although there were fewer bad habits to break this time, it’s always good to reassess and begin better habits over again. Looking back on these various endeavors, I think my most favoriteContinue reading “Priests and Prophets… and Eating Paleo”
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Little Joys—From Scratch
Sometime in the last decade, cooking became less of a chore and more of a pleasure. I have a poem, “A Liturgy for the Preparation of a Meal” by Douglas McKelvey framed on the wall in our kitchen. Its words are in my view while I chop vegetables, measure spices, and stir pots of soup.Continue reading “Little Joys—From Scratch”
The Things We’ve Lost and Where They’re Found
The pancake batter bowl is missing. I have twice opened and shut every kitchen cabinet drawer it could have been stuffed into by one of three children annoyed by the daily chore of unloading the dishwasher groooooan. Maybe it was the jesterly husband with all his high-minded opinions about where and how certain dishes oughtContinue reading “The Things We’ve Lost and Where They’re Found”
A Christmas Poem
I remembered this poem this Christmas Eve morning as a I cracked an egg from our friend, Bill’s, chickens to make cinnamon rolls as part of our family tradition of cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning. There are so many little miracles every day, the holy incarnate among us, if we just keep our eyes andContinue reading “A Christmas Poem”
Food Anxiety
God of Paleo eating, forgive me for I have sinned. About four years ago, Brandon and I embarked on a month of Whole 30 eating in an effort to figure out what was destroying his digestive system. The Whole 30 cuts all added sugar, alcohol, grains, beans and legumes, soy, and dairy products for 30Continue reading “Food Anxiety”
A Case For and Against Detox
As you might know, Brandon and I planned to detox throughout the month of January after happily indulging in all things sweet and fermented for the month of December. It only seemed right to respond with the same or more fervor about diet as we had given toward gorging ourselves with holiday treats. We startedContinue reading “A Case For and Against Detox”
Flavor Enhancement
One of the benefits of cutting down or eliminating added sweeteners to food and eating mostly natural ingredients is that everything tastes better. It isn’t necessarily that the food itself changed, but the palate that is receiving the food is cleansed and ready to taste fully whatever it is that it is about to consume. It isn’tContinue reading “Flavor Enhancement”
Eating Good Food
So I started a catalog of all the foods we love to eat so that I don’t have to keep googling recipes I’ve had before. I’m cooking-dumb when it comes to common food preparations, like how to make chicken broth or how long to roast chicken, things like that. The list isn’t very long yetContinue reading “Eating Good Food”
Paleo Parenting Update
It’s been seven solid months since we dramatically changed the way that the Wells family eats, from a primarily grain-based diet (cereal for breakfast, sandwiches at lunch, pasta/rice at dinner) to a more fruit, vegetable, nuts, seeds, and meat focused diet, with an emphasis on food that is not processed or packaged. If it comes in aContinue reading “Paleo Parenting Update”
Life with Kids, Diet, and Exercise
I like to challenge myself occasionally to see just how much we can jam into a few hours or a few days and still survive. In order to prove to myself that I can and WILL continue living life with three kids and a husband away for the evening, I think, “Hmmm, what would myContinue reading “Life with Kids, Diet, and Exercise”
Sarah Marie Wells 