About the Blog: This blog started as a way to share my experiences cooking through all the recipes in Simply in Season, which was part of my quest to discover simple ways of preparing local, healthy foods and to learn more about nutrition, sustainability, and how our eating choices impact the world.
I’ve cooked most of the recipes in Simply in Season, and still hope to finish them all one of these days, but my focus has expanded.
Some of the topics you’re likely to find:
- Recipes, from the simple to the complex. Mostly healthy, mostly using local foods. Sometimes not. I work full time, so I’m realistic and non-judgmental. In real life I have friends who are vegan, vegetarian, follow Nourishing Traditions, make everything from scratch, make nothing from scratch, are professional chefs, and who never cook if they can help it. I like good food and like to support local artisans. I try to include nutrition info and tips and tricks along with reviews of the recipes.
- Exercise and My weight loss journey. DH (Dear Husband) and I love food, wine, and beer, and although we’re pretty active we both need to lose some weight. I’m on a journey to lose 100 pounds, so I post about my journey.
- Simple Living. My work has given me firsthand experience in developing countries, and I’ve developed a sense of biblical justice and a desire to “live simply so that others may simply live.”
- Sponsored Posts, on occasion. Also, sometimes companies send me things to review that fall into the category of cooking/frugal/green/health/fitness and these are always disclosed and all opinions are always my own.
- Misc. I have a ton of interests, from cheesemaking to triathlons to sewing, so although most posts are about the above topics, you never know what I’ll post about next!
About Me: I’m a 30-something DINK who grew up in a farming community as the daughter of a potato and onion farmer, and ran away to the big city only to find myself working for an international relief and development organization that specializes in food security and helping farmers in developing countries. Since then I’ve been rediscovering my roots by learning to cook delicious food featuring products from local farms.
I work full time at a job I love, doing public relations for aforementioned international relief and development organization. I have a great husband whose hobbies include homebrewing and triathlons. Our “kids” include two Italian Greyhounds and two cats.
John Longhurst here . . . I direct communications for Mennonite Publishing Network, publisher of Simply in Season. This is a great blog, and I’d like to do a story about it. Is that a possibility? Please contact me to let me know.
Thanks!
Good job on supporting your local farmers by being part of a CSA! Love that! My hubby is a homebrewer, too; he also makes wine. Friends love us because husband makes the good fermented beverages, while I make all the good food.
that sounds like our friends!
I’ve enjoyed your posts today and I thought..I think I’d really like her. So I checked your information and you know what? You ARE in my neck of the woods!
I wonder if I’ve bumped into you at Harvest Health?
would be funny if you did! I love Harvest Health.
So glad I discovered your blog. We belong to a CSA here in Florida (St. Augustine) and are great supporters of local business. It is a wonderful challenge to find/create ways to cook and use the delicious veggies that we get.
We are also blessed with citrus that comes along with the veggies in December, January and February. Provided the winter is kind (not always) here in North Florida, we get veggies all winter . There is something so special about the people that farm – their devotion to their labor of love to grow the food. May I share some of your recipes with members of my CSA? We are always looking for and sharing ideas and recipes.
Feel free to share!
I loved your comment today about things tasting better that Mama or Daddy made. So true. I have cooked things over the years that my Mom made and somehow they just didn’t taste the same as she made. Funny how that is. Guess our taste buds have a more vivid association with Mama or Daddy than with ourselves. Hope you are enjoying your warm spring in Michigan. You are as warm as we are here in north Florida.
I am SO happy I found your blog. I was immediately inspired. I would love for you to link up to my CSA link party sometime. Check it out if you like…http://inherchucks.com/2012/04/12/whats-in-the-box-21/
Look forward to following your blog
I am SO glad I stumbled upon your blog. I am completely inspired.
I would love it if you would link up to my CSA link party one time. Check it out if you wish! http://inherchucks.com/2012/04/12/whats-in-the-box-21/
Looking forward to following your blog and learning more
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I just discovered your blog when my sister googled “winter vegetable crumble” which I was making Wednesday night. I’ve been a More With Less, Extending the Table, Simply in Season cook for over 25 years. I still draw on these resources, but watching the Forks Over Knives documentary this past June had a profound impact on my wife and me. It makes a very compelling case for adopting a completely plant based diet for health and planetary reasons. There’s a Forks Over Knives website, but I really recommend the movie for someone who thinks about food choices and has a global perspective like you do.
Sure! I’m traveling today but will be available next week.
– Wendy
I thought that you would be interested to know that I wrote to our local food writer who appears every Wednesday in the Greenfield Recorder, the hometown paper in Greenfield, Massachusetts. She includes a paragraph in her upcoming column about my contact with her, mentioning your blog, as well as the Nutty Pumpkin Bread recipe from SiS:
[Baked goodies make great gifts and potluck dishes. I received a kind message from Matt Howell of Greenfield appreciating my mention of “Simply in Season” cookbook. Matt has been cooking from “Simply in Season” and its companion cookbooks “More with Less” and “Extending the Table” for over 25 years. I asked Matt for a favorite recipe from “SiS.” He said, “The Nutty Pumpkin Bread has become a well-received standard contribution of mine to potlucks (gotta use those pumpkins and butternut squash sitting on my dining room table!).” Also, Matt’s sister found a food blogger (thelocalcook.com) whose mission is to try out every recipe in “SiS.” World Eye Bookshop carries “Simply in Season” and can order the two companion books.]