Kara & Michael’s Blog

Inari often does very irritating things because she is smart. Do not ask me how she does some of the things that she does because I do not know. But yesterday evening I came home and she had managed to get a Tupperware container of shortbread cookies open and pull out ONE cookie, only one, [...]

Last night, after an evening meeting and super-late bus for Michael and a load of errands for me, we decided to deviate from our scheduled meals and eat out at a  local chain restaurant. We were seated next to a mother, father and their two children (a daughter of about 6-8 years, a son of [...]

Michael has a philosophy on weight loss that goes like this, “Live like you are the weight you want to be, and gradually you will move towards that weight.” It makes sense, no? So yesterday, he asked if I would walk the 2.something miles (one way) to the dollar store with him. It’s an [...]

Strawberries, 1 pint
Cabbage, one ginormous head
Chard, a bunch of stems
Collard Greens, a bunch of stems
Random Lettuce, two heads
Spring onions, another bunch
Garlic Scapes
New Potatoes, a few
Mint, a bag
Snow Peas, 3 sandwich bags
Tiny beets, bunch

I think that’s all, but I could be wrong. Our box was stuffed! I know a lot of people complain about [...]

I’ve been doing a lot of reading and thinking about diets and being fat and all that jazz. Readers have been privy to it. I think no one will be surprised when I say that I am offended by folks on both sides of the fence - folks who simplify the relationship with food [...]

I try to live a reasonably calm life. I try not to stress about too many things. The one consistent thing that stresses me out is driving.
Now, I love driving when conditions are optimal. If I have space to maneuver and enjoy my music or even enjoy silence and the thrumming of an engine. That [...]

Snow Peas, one sandwich bag
Baby Bok Choy, one head
Bibb Lettuce, one head
Spring Mix, one gallon size freezer bag
Kale, one head
Chard, 12 stems
Spring Onions
Strawberries, one quart

Meal ideas for the week: tonight we’re appending the VeganYumYum recipe for chili lime tofu and kale by replaced quinoa with rice, so we’ll have rice for a few other meals [...]

I took some pictures yesterday of what has been sitting in our parking lot since Tuesday or Wednesday morning. The remains of an engine fire. Let me show you… I think it’s pretty neat.

Before it seems like I’m taking joy in someone’s misery, let me assure you, I’m not. These have been sitting outside, [...]

We’ve been focusing on using up a lot of the leftover produce we had from last week and before. Last night, we started into the spring mix from this week and there is some sort of purple-y green that hits like wasabi.  Mustard greens, maybe? That stuff does not play. Michael made the salad from [...]

The box this week brought us:

Very ripe Strawberries, two pints
Spearmint, one bag.
Spring mix, one bag
Bib? Lettuce, one head
Spring Onions, one enormous bunch
White Potatoes, 6
Collard Greens (by our estimates), one bunch

Michael has made me spearmint tea, and I think I’ll go drink it now, while I try to think of some moderately healthy way we can [...]