Eating our Values

For the Greener Faster Challenge we are still focused on eating local/organic.

This is the area that we have made the most changes and are settling into a routine.

Willy Street West has made this part of the challenge a "piece of cake."

Mark shops at Willy St once a week. It means he gets to take the car to work which is a treat for him and means no big shop on the weekends.

The boys and I stop at Bagels Forever ( for 2 dozen bagels...I have to growing boys remember) on the way to church on Saturday. And if we have forgotten anything we can stop at Whole Foods on the way home.

We are eating at least 1-2 meals with root crops and most weeks at least one meal bean/grain. This weeks menu is potpie ( turnip, parsnips, celaric, yellow and orange carrots and potatoes...a family favorite with some new veggies thrown in) and split pea soup.

We are experimenting with one big cook on Sundays making two dishes which will each serve two meals...that way we are pretty much done cooking for the week. Loved it last week.

Our national association for our church published our Statement of Conscience for Ethical Eating.

It's a little long ( OK a lot) but that is pretty typical of Unitarian Universalists...but if you scroll to the end you can see the part where there is a list for what families can do.

We are living up to our part of bargain!

Shopping for food has become easier...and even more enjoyable! And we don't have to do any other shopping for a whole year...so life's pretty good.