tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755692534702822364.post2290415011403030208..comments2023-10-26T02:49:02.775-07:00Comments on City Peasant: Challenge Report for Day 1Matriarchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11626790347402266263noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755692534702822364.post-86241705734751226002011-10-28T15:14:09.840-07:002011-10-28T15:14:09.840-07:00Exactly, about the lost art of cooking from scratc...Exactly, about the lost art of cooking from scratch. I love that you called it "grandma food", because that's exactly what I think of it. My grandma cooked very simply, but it was real food and it was tasty. We need to go back to Grandma's ways!Lisa Zahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491596171533559615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755692534702822364.post-27484581978982320952011-10-28T15:13:26.176-07:002011-10-28T15:13:26.176-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lisa Zahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491596171533559615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755692534702822364.post-11726306252500510452011-10-28T09:31:12.118-07:002011-10-28T09:31:12.118-07:00She does eat better, some days. Hopefully, one of ...She does eat better, some days. Hopefully, one of these days I am documenting! In the summer when fruit is cheap and plentiful, she does a lot better. She has been a strange eater since she was 5.<br /><br />I still crave commercial Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey, but the caffeine makes me sleep poorly. Or coffee shop Chai Latte. I love frozen Green Tea Frappuccino from Starbucks, and they sell them in our Target, damn them!<br /><br />I have read Hillbilly Housewife, and she has good tips. I find her website hard to navigate, and she uses more canned food than I would like.<br /><br />Really, the stuff she ( and you and I) do is not rocket science. It is just that many families have come to rely on convenience food, and their kitchen setup and habits are not focused on the rhythm of scratch cooking.Matriarchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626790347402266263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4755692534702822364.post-4494192361871491752011-10-28T06:59:14.735-07:002011-10-28T06:59:14.735-07:00Oh, I love that your daughter chooses that stuff--...Oh, I love that your daughter chooses that stuff--only because it makes me feel better about what my daughter prefers...hah! You are not a bad mom; you give her a great example of what real food and cooking is and that's more than a lot of kids get these days. And I bet a lot of days she chooses better, right? Right? I have to cling to those thoughts with my own sweet-addicted DD12. :)<br /><br />I love that you're taking the time to price out everything. I do hope it gets easier, soon. Your pork-fried rice looks amazing. <br /><br />Do you read Hillbilly Housewife at all? I love her meal plans for certain budgets, though when we can afford more (which is usually, these days) I would eat a little more nutritiously than she plans for. Making your own tea and depending on that for a regular "treat" beverage is a big one for her, and we use that stuff daily too. I'm so glad I got my kids used to drinking brewed tea at a very early age.Lisa Zahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491596171533559615noreply@blogger.com