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By: Real Food Challenge Recap – Week 1 | Openly Balanced

Real Food Challenge Recap – Week 1 | Openly Balanced — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:43:39 +0000

[...] first week of the Nourished Kitchen 28 Day Real Food Challenge is complete and I survived! (Mostly due to rampant cheating.) Good [...]

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:44:06 +0000

Ooh! Thanks for the tips. I can’t decide if it will be easier or harder. I have way fewer mouths to feed, but I’ve found that I there is less incentive to cook actual meals when it’s just me. At least there will be no pickiness to contend with!

By: Sustainable Eats

Sustainable Eats — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:39:10 +0000

Good for you! I found in the beginning that my French & Italian cookbooks had the most seasonal combinations of food and then something like Alice Water’s The Simple Art of Cooking has many great from scratch recipes. It will be so much easier for you to feed just one this way too! Good luck!

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:02:54 +0000

Hah! I can so tell that is going to be me when DH gets back. “Here is your glass. Forever. Deal with it.” When I think of how many passive aggressive battles I have had with roommates over who was going to empty the dishwasher… maybe I should have given it up long ago!

By: Heather Lackey

Heather Lackey — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:27:54 +0000

When my husband and I moved last year, we also gave up using the dishwasher, completely without intending to. I don’t know why—we had a dishwasher there, we have a dishwasher here, in both places conveniently located right next to the sink. We used the dishwasher here once to make sure it worked, and then we just never used it again. Like you we re-use our glasses, mugs, and the spoons we use to stir our coffee and tea with. It’s so nice not to have to face unloading the dishwasher anymore!

When my son came to stay for the summer, I handed him a glass and said, “This is yours. Don’t lose it.”

I’m going to have to start making extra tea water–that sounds a lot better than standing around waiting for the water to get hot from the tap. I mean, if I’m having tea anyway…why not?

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:04:41 +0000

I’ve noticed that too! I have a much cleaner kitchen these days. Isn’t it weird how little things will change our behavior in unexpected ways?

By: Jenny @ Nourished Kitchen

Jenny @ Nourished Kitchen — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:01:07 +0000

You know, we gave up our dishwasher too. It was 30 years old so definitely NOT efficient like the new ones and I’m confident that we’re using less water by hand-washing, and definitely using fewer dishes too. What actually surprised me was that the dishes are much less likely to pile up now than they were when we used the dishwasher.

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:29:48 +0000

I would love food book recommendations! I have a very long (and ever-growing) book list, but I’m slowly making headway.

I thought I was pretty good about food, and I think I am compared to most people. But cleaning out my cupboards sure was a bit of a shock!

By: Beth Oppenheim

Beth Oppenheim — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:44:14 +0000

Loving your food challenge. I have found that with my own food rules, the more I understand, the better it is. Let me know if you’re interested in any food book rec’s. I have read way too many of these things

Good luck!! I’ll be rooting for you

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:19:11 +0000

Thanks for stopping by! I’m already crying over this task. Day #1 — go through your cupboards and throw out anything that remotely resembles processed foods, including refined sugar, white flour and oils and any reduced fat dairy. Argh, my cupboards! What am I going to eat??

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:16:43 +0000

I would definitely be hesitant with five people’s dishes! I live in a world where sanity counts for a WHOLE lot. If mom is happy, everyone’s happy, right? And particularly with that many people and depending on your dishwasher, your dishwasher is quite likely better than hand washing, environmentally speaking.

By: Hip Mountain Mama

Hip Mountain Mama — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:46:26 +0000

This sounds really cool! The benefits of being aware and conscious of everything you eat is going to be amazing. I look forward to hearing more about it!
Suzy

By: Kathleen McDade

Kathleen McDade — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:03:26 +0000

Cool! I look forward to hearing more about it.

This reminds me that a good challenge for me would be to work on reducing water usage. With a busy schedule and family of 5, I am hesitant to give up the dishwasher, but I can certainly think of other ways to save, like keeping a pitcher to catch running water.