A Year Of Urban Foraging

January 12th, 2016 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

Beach picnic with beautiful, vibrant prickly pear, passion fruit, and figs, all gathered on the 7-block walk from my house to the beach. (summer 2014) 1. urban foraging The practice of foraging for free fruits, vegetables, and other “wild food” around the city. Urban foraging is one of my very favorite hobbies, and it’s something [...]

Sustainable School Lunch – Early October

October 10th, 2015 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

Hellooooo autumn! Er, I mean . . . hello? Autumn? Hmmm . . . Okay so it’s not quite acting like autumn around here. We’re still getting temps in the high 80s and even into the 90s, and our local produce is still pouring in like it’s midsummer. I’m not complaining though. Farmer’s Market strawberries [...]

Sustainable School Lunch – Late September

September 25th, 2015 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

Hello friends, and welcome to another round-up of healthy, vegan, eco-friendly school lunches! But before we jump in — on the last post I got quite a few questions about the quantity of food I was sending. Mostly along the lines of, “Does he really eat all that??” And the answer is yes, but not [...]

Sustainable School Lunch – Early September

September 11th, 2015 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

Hi guys, and welcome to the first post in our Sustainable School Lunch series! These photos were taken during the first week of September, which means here in California, we’re still feeling the full effects of summer. That translates to hot hot days, fresh fruit overflowing in our CSA box, and leftovers from low-maintenance, no-heat [...]

Introducing: Sustainable School Lunch

September 1st, 2015 - posted under: The Food » Food and Health

Waits is in kindergarten! Which means (among other things) that we are now sending complete lunches to school every day (as opposed to one big “share snack” like we did at preschool). So you guys — I’ve been having SO MUCH FUN planning and preparing for this exciting new lunchboxing adventure! And of course, I [...]