Posted by Kelby Carr in consumer BS, food on 10 7th, 2008 | 16 Comments

Reverse Grocery Shopping List

For the past three weeks, I have spent about 25-50 percent more than I normally do for groceries. And this isn’t indulging in gourmet items, or even getting anything beyond the essentials. There’s a post that’s been rattling around in my head and I just hadn’t gotten around to...
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Posted by Kelby Carr in food, mommy blogging on 09 11th, 2008 | No Comments

My Martha Stewart Guest Post

You can find me today on the Martha Stewart Dinner Tonight blog. Yes, you read that right. The p erson whose life was once about finding the cheapest Happy Hour booze has, like, grown up or something. Scary, really. Here is a blurb: I am all about the speed dinner. In fact, I will be so bold as to declare...
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Posted by Kelby Carr in food on 09 7th, 2008 | 6 Comments

Fall and Winter Vegetable Garden

I have had a lot of fun with the gardening part of my sustainable kitchen project. I haven’t had huge yields or anything (maybe a tomato here or there, peppers that I’m still waiting to see grow, and a ridiculous amount of basil). Still, there’s something amazing about eating something...
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Posted by Kelby Carr in food on 04 19th, 2008 | 12 Comments

Sustainable Kitchen Project

When I decided to work at home most days, a major MAJOR factor was having more time to make good food for my family. I wanted to use more fresh ingredients, and make more things from scratch. Oh, in my mind, I would be the uber foodie mom, baking and creating and freezing and canning and doing various...
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Posted by Kelby Carr in food on 04 16th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Review of Amy’s Organic Kids Meals

The odds were stacked pretty well against Amy’s Kitchen before I even opened the first box of the company’s new organic frozen kids meals. For one thing, two out of three of my kids have a distinct distrust of new foods. Those two girls also have an uncanny sense for knowing when something is organic...
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