Raising a healthy Jane (or just being a healthy grown-up Jane) comes from good food and proper nutrition. Grab your aprons, I’m on kitchen duty with food to spare and recipes to share! When time allows, here’s where you’ll find one of my how-to-convert-to-an-organic-diet recipes.
Darlene Ricotta says: Beauty in the drops of rain.
I love to see the rain on the leaves and things it is like a glitter from God.
Thanks
darlene
The salad greens are going crazy in the greenhouse at the farm right now, so Mom and I make big salads every day for lunch. I’m known for my love of salads. Whenever I go out to eat in a restaurant, the waiters always look at my mom for confirmation that yes, indeed, the salad I just ordered is actually the only thing I’d like for dinner. I inherited my passion for salads from NannyJane and Mom!
Winnie Nielsen says: Good for YOU StellaJane!! Salads are a great way to stay healthy too!
Hot on the heels of my recent peek into the peculiar genius of the Gleaner’s Kitchen,
I find myself facing another burning question about our food boundaries …
Would you eat
( . . . . . )
bugs?
Before you answer, let me qualify my query.
I’m not asking if you would pluck a beetle from your yard and …
C-R-U-N-C-H it.
Photo by Bob Peterson via Wikimedia Commons
It’s okay; I’ll give you a moment to recover before I move on …
Ready?
Atta girl.
The bugs that beg the question emanate from a more elegant field of entomology.
Actually, Ento for short.
Winnie Nielsen says: Uh, my response is still EWWWWW! I think I will stick to sushi with avocado. California style, I think it is called. I cannot think of a better way to push me toward being a complete vegetarian, but including eggs from properly raised hens and organic cheeses. The whole insect eating thing gives me the creeps. As my friend’s grandson says when he doesn’t want to eat something,” Mimi, I can’t want it!” .
Eileen Stone says: Blech!
Terry Steinmetz says: Actually, I’ve eaten some bugs that my aunt brought home from Africa. Of course, they were chocolate covered grasshoppers & ants. (no pun intended). And as I think over the years of gardening with my family, I know we’ve eaten a few bugs from cabbage heads & broccoli heads. A regular part of my diet? Probably not!
Ace says: I love this MJ! I took an entomology class in college and the culminating event was a huge bug BBQ. Turned out the eeber-jeebers I came with were all in my head!
The cricket chili tasted just like normal chili and the chocolate covered grasshoppers had a nice crunch. 😀
Once I got my mind over the matter, it turned out to be a pretty tasty event!
It, of course, is VERY DIFFICULT to get over the fact that they are “bugs”, but perhaps if one did not know and ate some of the dishes it could be done.
It’s true, we do eat many things that others would “EWWW!!” over, so we should not be so quick to judge.
And, one must admit there are certainly more “bugs” than any other animal protein source out there.
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Beautiful picture. Hope you have a wonderful birthday tomorrow :). Always Michele Hieb
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I love the flower photos from the farm nestled in vintage equipment. There is something about a bunch of colors all placed together against an unlikely vessel that makes for a blue ribbon combo! so pretty!
Love the dandelions! I have beautiful sage flowers going into my daisy mixed-bouquet today. “Native” flowers!
very lovely! My favorite is lilac, but I love all flowers, no matter how small or how lowly.