subURBAN homestead class

 

Once upon a time there was a little boy who didn't like salad. He would eat it with begrudgingly and only with ranch dressing on it. One night he went to a subURBAN homestead class at his mom's CrossFit gym and he watched Amy make a funny looking salad. The salad had some of Charlie's favorite things in it like apples, walnuts and paleo granola. The little boy ate the salad and went back for seconds. He then talked to his mom all the way home about the fun salads they could make on their own. 

Yes a funny little story above but so very true. As part of the 8 Week Paleo Challenge at our gym it was arranged for Amy with subURBAN homestead to come and talk to us about different herbs and what we can grow and how to use them. subURBAN homestead offers classes and lectures on "healthful subjects". Whether its a farm tour, organic growing techniques or a cooking class there are plenty of options to choose from. With wanting to grow more of our food / herbs I'll be checking out some of the upcoming classes. I'll also be reading up more on herbs!

Now for the awesome salad that Amy made the night of our class, if I remember it correctly. She used mixed green, delicata squash sautéed in bacon grease, some fresh herbs from her garden, fresh diced apples, and Paleo Granola from CJK Foods.   

 For the dressing she used a mixture of 2/3rd olive oil and 1/3rd of this great orange vinegar from Trader Joe's. I now have this Orange Muscat Champagne Vinegar in my cupboard! Yum! The bonus is Charlie honestly liked the entire salad and the dressing. So he'll have another option besides ranch. 

Thanks again to Craig for arranging to have Amy visit our gym. Eating real food is a constant learning experience. It's not just boring chicken breast and a salad. There are so many flavors to marry, techniques to try, and foods to experience. So get out of your boring box! I encourage all of us to learn more and act on what we learn. It's for our health and to make fuel fun and yummy! 

Enjoy!

Yvonne