The idea that men can’t cook for the family seems archaic and ridiculous, particularly since there’s a long-standing flip side of that sexism where the top chefs in the world have been men – since the beginning of Top Chef-dom. They can’t cook at home but they can dominate the commercial kitchen? That’s just…
Tag: healthy eating
How Our Family Started Eating Healthy-ish
I don’t know how it happened, it was a slow process, but over time we became… healthy-ish. When were first started our lives together 20 years ago, Jessica and I had come from backgrounds that were considered healthy-ish, depending on how you define healthy. Jessica’s family didn’t eat any refined sugar or processed grains…
Mediterranean Quinoa Salad Recipe
With having a teenage ballerina in the family, we’re regularly looking for high protein, whole food, tasty options for her to pack up and take with her to dance. One of our favorite staples is quinoa (made more affordable by purchasing in bulk at a discount grocer) often turned into a salad chuck full of…
Ophélia’s South of the Boarder Quinoa Salad
This is a post about food, you have been warned. We have a teenage ballerina. Our 15 year old, Ophélia, spends most of her time dancing and squeezes in time to eat, sleep, do school, and see her family when she can. Feeding a ballerina is more challenging than you may think. It turns out,…