So when I created this blog I had big aspirations that I would be all witty and everyone would read my blog because it was so amusing and maybe, just maybe, a few people would feel inspired about healthy eating. Yeah, well, clearly that isn't going so well. While I think I have the ability to be fairly humorous at times, I just am too busy. So, instead, you'll have to deal with some fairly boring posts about what I ate, or gave my kids, etc. I understand if you want to de-friend me (or whatever you call blowing me off in blogger speak). Oh, and you'll have to forgive the typos and grammatical errors...I'm writing these things on the fly between tantrums and questions about why a butterfly can't fly after you touch her wings and not going back to proof. Too bad bloggers don't come equipt with spell check.

So. Here goes.

Now that I'm in school and reading all about food, I realize that I'm not nearly as healthy as I thought I was. *gasp* So I'm trying to make improvements here and there. I started by drinking more water (now I have to pee all the time...kind of annoying, btw) and signing up for an organic vegetable box delivery from local farmers. http://www.washingtonsgreengrocer.com/ I signed up once before but they sent me all kinds of "wierd" vegetables that I didn't have the time or energy to figure out what to do with. So here was my latest recipe pulled right from my text book. Gotta love that!

Beet-Carrot-Parsnip-Fennel Extravaganza

5 small beets
3 big carrots
2 parsnips
1 fennel bulb
2 T olive oil
1/2 t sea salt

scrub veggies and chop into 2 inch pieces (fennel bulb should be finely chopped). Mix veggies with oil and salt and baked covered on 425 for 30 minutes and then 15 minutes uncovered.

The 3.5 year old turned her nose up (though I did manage to convince her to try the fennel and parsnip..neither of which she liked) but the baby gobbled it all up. Of course.