Little Local Lunches

School lunches have a bad reputation. And, generally speaking, they deserve it, considering that congress just two weeks ago refused to approve new rules proposed by the Agriculture Department that would have added more fresh fruits and vegetables to American kids’ plates every day, while cutting down on the overwhelming prevalence of pizza. Evidently swayed [...]

Pie Fixes Everything

Little things get me all excited, especially locally owned food places that use local ingredients.  We were at the farmer’s market this weekend and saw some delectable looking quiches.  We tried some samples, and they were all delicious.  For $5 if I remember right, we brought home a personal size artichoke feta quiche.  If I [...]

Holy Cacao’s Frozen Hot Chocolate (south Austin)

It’s pretty rare for me to taste something at any eatery and walk away thinking that I have to figure out a recipe like what I just tasted because it was that good.  Hello, Holy Cacao’s frozen hot chocolate.  Seriously…wow…yum. One, you have to love chocolate. Two, you have to love hot chocolate. Three, you [...]

Fresh Cup Frozen Yogurt (north Austin)

We have taken a hiatus from the frozen yogurt scene since last summer, but seeing as how it is already miserably humid and warm on some days, my older one has been asking when we can go to an “ice cream place where I can put something on it” again.  (If it is frozen and [...]

Cedar Park Farms to Market

Oh, hallelujah! As much as I love downtown Austin, trekking there with two kids in tow is always a major event (even with hubby’s help) so I can’t tell you how excited that I am with the new Cedar Park Farms to Market. Though the Brushy Creek farmers market had been available to the northwest [...]

So Delicious coconut milk ice cream bars

I’m so glad that my kids don’t yet question me when I come home from the grocery store with another “strange” product. They simply eat what is in the house. Hubby though groans and rolls his eyes whenever he’s digging for a frozen dessert and finds yet another “strange” product in the freezer. Call me [...]

Kim’s Magic Pop, freshly made puffed cakes

We were making our way around the Central Market maze, and when we rounded the corner from the deli there was a crowd of people hovering around a stand.  There was a man operating some machine like this was a circus sideshow act.  Of course, the kids, hubby, and I had to stop and rubberneck. [...]

Mambo Berry, frozen yogurt and wholesome goodness from a trailer

Mambo Berry was voted the “Best Tasting Frozen Yogurt” by Fooding Blog.com so says the hand scrawled sign above the trailer window.  I see a sign like that, and it becomes a challenge.  Oh, reaallllly?  We had ordered more than enough food at Mighty Cone, but this sign at the Mambo Berry trailer two over [...]

Elgin Christmas Tree Farm fall festival (2009)

It’s that time of year again where local farms sell gorgeous Cinderella pumpkins, carving pumpkins, pie pumpkins and gourds.  Parents scramble to find a good pumpkin patch to take the obligatory yearly pumpkin picture, and posts start popping up all over parenting boards asking if anyone has spotted a good pumpkin patch.  We make our [...]

Greenling.com – local, organic food delivery service

A little while ago, I saw for the first time, zipping down Mopac, Greenling’s delivery van with its tagline for organic food home delivery, and it made me curious to look into it though I never did use the service right away.   We would go to the farmers’ markets to pick up what we needed on [...]

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