My name is Kate. I live in the country with my husband and our two year old daughter. I have two cats, and way too many cookbooks. Shelves of cookbooks, some of them proclaiming to give me the ability to put a healthy, family-friendly meal on the table super fast. Others focus on the "locavore" fresh garden recipes and canning. Still others are healthy, low-cal "chick food." And then there are the ones that are all about simple, delicious food (with lots of butter, cream, steak, and chocolate). Sigh.
What I want (and my goal on this blog) is to find dishes that are quick, healthy, fresh, delicious, but won't necessitate my running 5 miles on the treadmill every day to earn my dinner. Oh, and they also need to be approved by my military husband and my picky two year old. I'm kind of high maintenance with my food :)
We recently moved to a new house with a few acres of land, and I am attempting to garden for the first time, to grow fresh veggies and hopefully learn the art of canning and preserving.
Typically, I go the quick, healthy route during the week, then make one yummy meal from farmer's market ingredients on the weekend. Oh, and once (or twice, or three times when I'm feeling especially devilish) a week I allow myself to cook from the "purely delicious but soooo unhealthy" cookbooks.
Welcome to my country kitchen!
