The more I grow as wife and mother, the more I crave simplicity.
I dream of getting all our food directly from farmers (knowing their names!), making most of our food and drinks from scratch--all in order to avoid unnecessary and potentially harmful ingredients that are added to most processed, store-bought foods.
Even Ben is on board and keeps saying "I can't wait until we can make all our own bread."
Lately we've really started kicking our healthy eating habits into high-gear.
We've joined a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) where we get in-season, local fruits and vegetables directly from a farm. I like knowing exactly where my food comes from.
And we're going in with a group of friends to buy half a cow. We'll be storing about 40 or so pounds of meat in a deep freezer to eat on for a year (we don't eat much meat, but like it occasionally.)
I don't like ranting about health stuff (I know I have me tendencies!), but I'll just say that the nutritional benefits of pastured, grass-fed beef who are slaughtered in a humane way doesn't compare with the products of industrial farming feed lot meat found in most grocery stores and restaurants.
But I have been able to find grass-fed butter in my local grocery store (although strangely enough it's with the cheeses in the deli and not even with the organic butter...odd!).
We also joined a natural and organic foods co-op where we order (online) with a group of people from our town to have foods delivered once per month. This where I get things in bulk! Everything from oats, quinoa, beans, nuts, raw cheese, frozen fruits, etc. and many things (like organic raisins) that can be pretty pricey in a grocery store are much more inexpensive when bought in bulk through this co-op!
So, yeah, maybe it seems like we're becoming Amish or going back in time and, in a way, that's the goal.
