The Last Dance with Kale (weekly menu 27)

Kale. Kale. Kale.

I love you so much and you leave me so soon. It feels like yesterday when you arrived out back on our raised bed. And now you look so frail, so overly-eaten and enjoyed. It’s only a matter of time before we consume you completely and await your return in the early winter. I know we could spend our lives together. I know you grow year-round, but there’s something about you that screams “winter.” So forgive me for skipping over your summer season. Consider it an act of joy and appreciation that we feast upon you all week long!
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Winding Down Winter (weekly menu 26)

Eating seasonally provides each and every one of us a cornucopia of awesome fruits, vegetables, fungi, meats and herbs. There is a spectrum of course. Some folks avoid “fresh” tomatoes in the winter and others dry their summer herbs to use the rest of the year. I would put us somewhere in the middle. We freeze summer produce and herbs, and never buy “fresh” summer produce in November or February. Though, with winter winding down here in the Northwest, I must admit I am truly tired of winter’s offerings.
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Reality Check – where is weekly menu 25?

It is often the case that this blog looms over me like a disgruntled parent. Yes, I do love writing and I enjoy my stints of novice journalism. At the same time, I’ve set such high expectations for posting regularly that the slightest miss of an entry leaves me reeling with pain and discomfort. Since January 1st (of this year) I committed myself to writing 5 entries a week. Ideally these posts would occur Monday through Friday. But this simple proposition has become a growing pain in the arse.
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No Idea (weekly menu 24)

It is true – I have no idea what we will eat in the coming week. Most of the time I have an eagerness to eat certain meals or try new ingredients. But I think the post-elimination diet process of introducing new food items (or items I used to eat but then ceased) has challenged my meal planning visions. It is with this lack of direction that I address today’s “weekly menu.”
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Eggs (weekly menu 23)

Eggs!

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