Nothing feels more like spring to me than when strawberries and asparagus start popping up at the market or in my CSA delivery. Well, the tree outside of our dining room window beginning to bloom comes pretty darn close. And the part where I can start driving with my sun-roof open is pretty great. Oh, … Continue reading »
This time of year, we get a lot of different types of greens in our weekly CSA delivery. I’m not complaining- I love my greens! Kale, chard, collards, spinach, mustard greens, arugula, cabbage, and more- I love them all! The problem arises when I get more greens than I have time to eat. I put … Continue reading »
Do you know what’s awesome on a dreary winter day? Yes, okay, warm soup. And a fireplace. And a warm blanket that your mom crocheted for you (maybe that’s just me). And hot cocoa. I get it- warm stuff is really nice on a cold day. But do you know what will brighten your day … Continue reading »
Do you ever look back at different times in your past and think “That seems like another lifetime ago?” It happens to me all the time. It sometimes feels like I’ve lived at least seven other lives. There was this one life when I lived in an apartment complex (the kind that’s spread out over … Continue reading »
Over the summer, I became pretty attached to my morning acai bowl. When I began working again, I realized I had forgotten how to make the breakfast I’d made every morning for about four years prior to the acai bowl: oatmeal. Making oatmeal felt strangely foreign to me and I had to struggle to remember … Continue reading »
I have to commute pretty far to and from work for the project I’m on right now. After working all day and then driving over an hour to get home, cooking an elaborate dinner is not something that interests me. I would much prefer that I had a 1950′s housewife to have dinner ready and … Continue reading »
There is just something about the word “flatbread” that makes me drool. It’s very Pavlovian, actually. At the mere mention of the word, I am dreaming about warm, doughy bread, slathered with yummy things like hummus or tapenade. When I read the lovely Shira‘s post on Chickpea Flatbread & Basil Pistou, I was mesmerized by her recipe. … Continue reading »
My current love affair just got pretty hot and steamy. He managed to wow me by bringing along a couple of his friends, The Black-Eyed Pea and The Green Pea. Things got pretty exciting… And by “exciting”, I mean “I made some chili!” Then I ate that chili with some Chickpea Cornbread Biscuits! This recipe … Continue reading »
Is anyone as excited as I am about it being okra season? I have to admit, I’d actually never had okra until just a few days ago and now you can safely call me an okra enthusiast. You probably could have safely called me an okra enthusiast before a few days ago, but I would … Continue reading »
Before we joined our CSA, we stuck to buying the same fruits and vegetables, week after week. Even at the farmer’s market, if I had time to go, I knew which items I wanted and stuck to those. I didn’t bother trying to learn what those “mystery greens” or what that “unidentifiable tubular-shaped vegetable” was. … Continue reading »
I’m going to come clean about something. Until I became vegan, I did not entirely understand the concept of blogs. I rarely looked up recipes, and if I did, I certainly didn’t take note of what blog it was on. I would just make the same few dishes and occasionally wing it and make something … Continue reading »
One of the small joys I get every day is reading the search terms used to find Keepin’ It Kind. The lovely and humorous Abby, of Abby Has Issues, sometimes reveals on Facebook the wild search terms used to find her site, and though mine are not nearly as crazy as hers, they do put a … Continue reading »
So, apparently there is a “blog rally” going on. A rally which requires the blogger who is handed the baton, to write about hope. My wonderful friend, Cara, handed me the baton on Friday. I had something completely different written for this post, but deleted it all in the name of “hope.” The word “hope” … Continue reading »
When I was a personal trainer, I had a client who was very dear to me. Kim was one of those people who I immediately hit it off with and every session (three times per week) was spent catching up on each other’s lives (what we’d done recently, new things we’d cooked, vacation plans, family … Continue reading »
In the summer, I crave anything lemon-flavored (which you’ve likely already guessed from this post or this post). One day, I was in the kitchen, making hummus (what else is new?), and what was going to be a simple fresh herb hummus, was somehow transformed into something different. I was squeezing a lemon for fresh … Continue reading »
I never ate a fresh green bean until I was about 24. Until that glorious day, I had only experienced the canned variety (my family was big on canned food). The age of 24 is when I first became interested in farmer’s markets and fresh foods. I would buy mostly just fresh fruit, with the … Continue reading »
This last Saturday, on queue for Family Movie Night was Auntie Mame. This movie takes me back to my childhood, as it was always one of my Dad’s favorites and I watched it several times as a child. I hadn’t seen in it about 20 years, and Chris had only seen parts of it, so … Continue reading »
Recently, I was reunited with an old friend. After becoming vegan, this particular friend was not too happy with my decision. She felt like I had abandoned her and after a few failed attempts at trying to make things work, we parted ways. We just didn’t see things the same way anymore, and though I … Continue reading »
Want to read more about the delicious soup behind these photographs? Head over to Vegan Bloggers Unite to see my guest post! All Photos taken by Chris Miller © Kristy Turner and Keepin’ It Kind, 2012. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material (content and images) without express and written permission from this blog’s … Continue reading »