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Recently an article was written about Kerrygold. In case you don’t know, they are an Irish company that produces grass-fed dairy products, shaming them for not feeding their cows grass 365 days a year and feeding them supplemental feed that includes soy and corn. I’m sure the author of this article was very well-intentioned when writing it, so I don’t want my response to come off as an attack; it’s not. I just want to clarify a few things and throw in my two cents. Kerrygold’s cows are not on pasture 365 days a year. They are on pasture roughly 312 days out of the year. This means about 10% of their diet is supplemented. Of this 10%, the majority is made up of GM-free wheat and barley. This is completely normal for cows. Many pastured based farms in the US do this too. You can double-check this information on…

Scott and I spent the weekend in Rehoboth Beach. We had an awesome time and headed back pretty early on Sunday. Throughout the week we eat a lot of salads, eggs, rice and/or potatoes as a safe starch, and other various proteins. We made a quick stop at the grocery store and here is what I prepped for the week. Last week I made a new recipe I came up with, Asian eggplant and chicken. It was so good. I’ve been craving it ever since I made it. I got one really large eggplant at the store and cut it into cubes to make the recipe this week. It doesn’t look like a lot, but the tupperware it’s in is really deep. It will be enough for Scott and I for dinner and lunch the next day. I grilled 4 chicken thighs and cut them up. I can add to…

Over July 4th weekend Scott and I went to Chincoteague, VA. Chincoteague is a tiny island adjacent to Assateague Island which has an awesome beach with wild ponies! It’s such a great place. It’s beautiful and not over developed like most beach towns. Many of the people that live there (which ain’t a lot) are fishermen. They crab, catch oysters and wrangle up local fishies. I was in seafood heaven. When we got there we immediately hit the beach. Even though it was 5pm. I love the beach! We then went to dinner. I crushed some oysters. We walked around the quaint beach town. I thought this was the sweetest mural ever. Miss Ruby Lee! I ate crabs. They were DelMarValous. Which is my new favorite word. If you don’t get it…you don’t get it (which is the slogan the Washington Post). We found a bar/restaurant on the water. On…

I’ll be honest, I didn’t make a ton of food yesterday because I was feeling super lazy. Scott and I went on a really long walk earlier in the day (in the hot sun and humidity) and I had been on the go all weekend. The last thing I wanted to do was spend hours cooking and chopping food, but I knew this week would be busy so I didn’t want to be completely unprepared either. Meal plan life doesn’t always go as planned. I decided to stick with the basics: I chopped one whole head of romaine for salads. Also chopped two whole cucumbers for salads. Even though I didn’t chop the tomatoes in this picture, I sliced ’em up for salads. At the farmers market on Sunday I got a TON of basil for $4. It was insane. The bunch of basil was bigger than Scott’s head, which is really…