Is Home Cooking a daunting chore that you dread? Or are do you find cooking for the week comforting, something you look forward to? We’d like to know how often you cook at home! Click on the link to take a quick survey, Thanks! http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e504yfumgtelxib6/start
Fix America’s Broken Food System.Eat Real. Sounds really simple, but unfortunately it’s not. Tastes great; but it takes some effort. Effort? Yes, effort. Effort to walk away from an easy to heat up and quickly-ready-to-eat processed meal. Effort to buy whole food ingredients, take them home and cook them. This is what being real means.… Continue reading Support Food Day October 24, 2011
Stock up on fresh produce whenever it is available. Local markets usually state on the sign in the produce section where it’s from. Farmers markets are filled to the brim at this time of year with locally grown, organic produce. Utilize your freezer and freeze as much fresh produce as possible. Be sure to get… Continue reading How do you save money on healthy food?
I’ve been researching a lot about organic and sustainable farming. On the flip side I have also been reading about how to make it on a minimal food budget, of which I have experience. When you’re on a budget, there really is no being choosy. Unemployment is at an all time high, not including many people not… Continue reading Organic Foods vs. Food Budget
It’s not rocket science cooking at home. It does take a while to adjust your taste buds to your own cooking when you have a taste for a fast quick burger or pizza on the way home from work. In starting to cook meals at home, it’s wise to start cooking with just a few… Continue reading Starting Out
How many meals a week do you cook in your home kitchen? I’m talking about actually chopping the vegetables and cooking them using your hands and taking the time. No opening of bags or boxes. No heating in the microwave. No pre-prepped grocery store helpers. What do you prepare and cook from whole foods for you and… Continue reading Quick Survey
An overabundance of appliances and gadgets gets in the way of cooking in a lot of kitchens. There must be a whole heckuva lot of good sales people in the world that get us to buy these things that we think we need. Infomercials, anyone? A few years ago, I moved out of my condo… Continue reading Small Appliances and Gadgets Gone Awry?
There’s a great post on CNN’s Eatocracy on weird sandwiches. I must be weird because I seem to go for the out of the ordinary. One I haven’t tried is PB & Bacon, for some reason I have a taste for it right now. However, I can do without the onions and pickles! Here are… Continue reading Weird and Wacky Sandwiches
I’m a little late in getting this out but I found this great story about Holly Hirshberg in San Antonio, Texas. She started The Dinner Garden, an organization that sends free packets of seeds to families that will actually grow to feed a family of four. It brought to my attention something called food insecurity,… Continue reading The Dinner Garden – Inspiring Story
Have you got to the point yet where you are able to drive past a fast food place and not crave it?Do you truly believe that you and your home kitchen make your best meals and nourish your soul? I know it takes time. I’ve been doing this for 15 months now and I will tirelessly… Continue reading Keep Moving Forward
We’ve all been on road trips, and if you grew up before McDonald’s was at every exit on the interstate, you’d know that quarter pounders and mcnuggets have not always been around. There were always highways cafes to stop at for a good homemade burger, hot roast beef sandwich, fresh pies and one of my… Continue reading Truck Stops & Highway Cafes
I love popcorn…I am certifiably nuts about popcorn!! In the past year I have finally been able to rid myself of microwave popcorn. I have an easy, foolproof recipe that tastes fantastic. Try this and you’ll never buy a box of microwavable bags again. I got the brewers yeast addition on a trip to visit my brother… Continue reading Popcorn Junkie
Simplicity is one of the most wonderful things in life. I am always looking for ways to simplify…simplify…simplify. In ways that are not only economical but make me feel really good, too. Beauty products are outrageously expensive. And while I do not intend to let myself go and look like a man, I do want… Continue reading Simple Beauty Products
My name is Julie Noble. With a last name like Noble, you might think of a pillar in the community or a good deed doer. I like those things and try to aspire to them because Noble is a nice name to have, it’s my dad’s name and I appreciate it. But, I like to think it has… Continue reading A ‘No Bull’ Approach
Inspired Home Cooking 