If you are wondering what the starving time or hungry gap is, it’s the period of time between when fresh foods have been eaten and gardens and crops have begun to grow. Where I live, it’s the period between February and June. Sometimes it’s shorter. Sometimes it’s longer. It doesn’t mean that there isn’t food.…

In the past few weeks, we’ve learned many lessons. Here are some of them: Those are a few of the things we have learned so far. I am sure there will be more as this experiment unfolds. By the way, I have changed the rules for this challenge just slightly. I am going to allow…

Yes, I know that it should be several days later in the challenge, but we’ve been attending to some family matters and haven’t had time to do the challenge. I realize that if this were a real challenge that we wouldn’t have that option. Many lessons have been learned. Here’s what we are planning to…

No, there is no day 14. It’s a long story that I will keep to myself for now. Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with spinach, tomatoes, and red onion, Parmesan cheese; Wheat Toast with peanut butter Lunch: Taco Bell (Yes I know we are eating out too frequently, but we had an appointment and it was lunchtime.)…

Breakfast: cup of herbal tea Lunch: glass of milk and a sourdough blueberry muffin, leftover roasted sweet potatoes Dinner: Chicken Taco Soup (Can of Chicken, 2 can kidney beans, 1 can black beans, 1 large can tomatoes, 1 can corn, spices) In the Kitchen: DD 18 made sourdough blueberry muffins

So I wrote another post about quitting soda and stated that I would follow up later with how I’m doing it. I am happy to report that today is day 12 and I’m still soda free. I feel so happy and proud (in a good way) that I’ve been able to do this. I couldn’t…

Breakfast: cottage cheese (now I’m out of the store bought sutff) Lunch: 1/2 bacon, egg and cheese hand pie from a local coffee shop Dinner: Hamburger patty, roasted sweet potatoes, southwest salad (romaine lettuce, tomato, cucumber, avocado, black beans, corn and ranch for those who wanted it) In the kitchen: Kitchen was closed except for…

Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs, bacon, cottage cheese, apple Lunch: hodge podge of leftovers Dinner: Zucchini noodles or spaghetti noodles with bolognese sauce. In the Kitchen: I need to make sourdough bread tonight. I think I will make some cinnamon rolls Update on our fresh food: We have: bag of romaine lettuce 3 tomatoes cucumber 2/3 purple…

Breakfast: 1/2 cup cottage cheese, glass of milk Lunch: Beef Stew or veggie stew, glass of milk (The stew had potatoes, carrots, parsnips, onions, celery, and butternut squash. Those who wanted it could have beef.) Dinner: YOYO a hodgepodge of leftovers from lunch and leftover bread, etc. In the Kitchen: Kitchen is closed for the…

Breakfast: 2 over easy eggs, glass of milk Snack: spoon of peanut butter, hot chocolate Lunch: Leftover turkey chili, milk Dinner: Choice of cheeseburger or hamburger patty, roasted sweet potatoes or white potatoes, steamed broccoli with butter, green salad with zesty Italian salad dressing In the Kitchen: I made the dinner for this night and…