Friday, April 23, 2010
6:57 PM | Posted by
LibraryKerri
Welcome to Green Bag Special! My family is changing the way we eat, and this blog will be a place to share some of those changes as we go through this evolution.
Our thoughts and course of action are being influenced by various media. We are reading books by Michael Pollan, such as In Defense of Food. We are watching Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution on television, and we viewed the movie Food, inc.
Why? First and foremost is health. We were shocked to learn that this generation of children may have as many as 1 in 3 become diabetic. As parents, we have scrutinized almost every decision we made regarding our children's care; however, we didn't deeply scrutinize our diets. Now, we want to dig a little deeper to lead our children down a better path. We also were concerned about our own health as we head toward middle age (maybe we're already there--yikes!). When you start having your cholesterol and blood pressured scrutinized, it becomes real that our diets influence our health.
We are also heading down this path to help ourselves lose weight. My husband and I have struggled with weight for most of our adult lives. We know what we need to do: eat less and move more. However, in the day-to-day struggle to keep up with our jobs and families, those simple lessons are hard to follow.
This spring, we are making a major change to our diet, which leads us to the title of this blog: The Green Bag Special. We have joined a CSA (community support agriculture) farm, which allows us to receive a bag of locally-grown organic veggies each week. The contents of the bag of veggies will vary based on what's in season. I have always enjoyed a wide range of vegetables, but I can't say the same for my family (especially my youngest child, who only eats a range of about five-ten foods). The weekly Green Bag Special will encourage me to find new recipes to enjoy the wide variety of vegetables we receive. I plan to use this blog to share what's in the bag and what I plan to do with it.
So, welcome. I hope to make this an interactive blog where others can share their recipes and thoughts, so feel free to share.
Our thoughts and course of action are being influenced by various media. We are reading books by Michael Pollan, such as In Defense of Food. We are watching Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution on television, and we viewed the movie Food, inc.
Why? First and foremost is health. We were shocked to learn that this generation of children may have as many as 1 in 3 become diabetic. As parents, we have scrutinized almost every decision we made regarding our children's care; however, we didn't deeply scrutinize our diets. Now, we want to dig a little deeper to lead our children down a better path. We also were concerned about our own health as we head toward middle age (maybe we're already there--yikes!). When you start having your cholesterol and blood pressured scrutinized, it becomes real that our diets influence our health.
We are also heading down this path to help ourselves lose weight. My husband and I have struggled with weight for most of our adult lives. We know what we need to do: eat less and move more. However, in the day-to-day struggle to keep up with our jobs and families, those simple lessons are hard to follow.
This spring, we are making a major change to our diet, which leads us to the title of this blog: The Green Bag Special. We have joined a CSA (community support agriculture) farm, which allows us to receive a bag of locally-grown organic veggies each week. The contents of the bag of veggies will vary based on what's in season. I have always enjoyed a wide range of vegetables, but I can't say the same for my family (especially my youngest child, who only eats a range of about five-ten foods). The weekly Green Bag Special will encourage me to find new recipes to enjoy the wide variety of vegetables we receive. I plan to use this blog to share what's in the bag and what I plan to do with it.
So, welcome. I hope to make this an interactive blog where others can share their recipes and thoughts, so feel free to share.
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