Member: blackcatknits

Hi, Nancy

You've shown up again on my connection news with a bunch of new books. I added "Homegrow Whole Grains" to my wishlist, and the other grain book looks good, too, but my library doesn't have it. They do have a bunch of other books by the same author, though. Have you read anything else by him? I took a couple of hours this afternoon and drove around in the country over in the next county (away from the city) daydreaming about the time when we'll be able to move away from town (3 years or so). I came home all excited about planting fruit trees and putting in a big garden. A grain garden is a fantasy I've had for years - most people snicker at it - then I logged on here and found all your great new books. What a great day this has been! :-)

Sandy

posted by sjmccreary at 4:49 pm (EST) on Nov 10, 2009

Nancy, Thanks so much for the recommendation. I think I've heard of either the place or the book - it sounds familiar in any case. I'm off to find it now!

Sandy

posted by sjmccreary at 6:33 pm (EST) on Mar 10, 2009

Nancy

I'll appreciate any help you can provide. We do the pasta/marinara thing quite a bit - but I actually like this better than my son does! We also keep Bocca burgers and ravioli in the freezer for him, and salad in the 'fridge for all us us, but he eats more than anyone. Sometimes, he just eats our meals except the meat. If we're having a casserole, I'll scoop out some out into a smaller dish for him before adding the meat for the rest of us. We eat too many eggs, just because it's easy and fast.

I don't envy your moving - what an enormous chore! But I hope your new place will be worth the effort. Don't rush getting back to me. It sounds like you have plenty going on just now. It's nice to meet you.

Sandy

posted by sjmccreary at 11:02 am (EST) on Mar 8, 2009

Hi, BlackCat

I've added you as an interesting library. A couple of your books showed up on my "nonfiction" tag watch today, and I've already ordered a copy of "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom" from the library as a result. I love your eclectic taste, especially in nonfiction. I see you have lots of vegetarian cookbooks and am assuming that you are vegetarian. Maybe you can give me some guidance? My 15-year old son is vegetarian, but no one else in the family is. I got him a copy of the "Cooking Vegetarian for Dummies" that you also have in your library. However, he does not do a very good job of planning ahead for meals. Do you have any recommendations for cookbooks or other resources that I should look for about feeding a vegetarian in an omnivorous family? As much as possible, I try to give him a variation of whatever the rest of us are having. I don't run a diner and refuse to fix him an entirely different meal. There are several meatless meals that I enjoy, but my husband, especially, wants meat most days.

Thanks for any guidance you can offer. Welcome to LT - hope you like it here as much as I have.

posted by sjmccreary at 12:53 pm (EST) on Mar 5, 2009