Approved!

Recently I stepped out of my comfort zone. I have been linking to more blog sharing events and thought I would take it a step further. I signed this blog up for Real Food Media and I was approved!

I'm very excited about it. I hope it will help me stay more on task and in turn try harder in my life to be more focused on nourishing my family with real foods, supporting small farmers and greening our lives. I know I could not even do this without my online support community and I thank you all for your part in my growth :)

I am not feeling well today so it was nice to get good news. I had planned to make a turkey dinner tonight for supper but instead we're having hamburgers from our grass fed freezer supply and caesar salad. Mark and I had donair sausages from Meadowbrook Farms with eggs and veggies for lunch.

We have been pretty heavy in the Halloween stash so it is nice to eat real food. I have been hinting to the kids I'm willing to buy their candy but they would rather have the candy. It has been making them pretty cranky and hard to put to sleep. I've been helping them a bit but I know it is making me feel bad too. They have way too much stuff, even without trick or treating.

Happy Halloween!

Now, for something different, here are the kids and I enjoying some homemade honey popcorn. Please excuse the picture; I took it with my webcam and it was night but at least you get to kind of see me and my cute kids :)

It was supposed to be popcorn balls but it cooled off too fast and was too hard to form into balls. The kids were bringing it to a party so we broke it up and put it in little baggies. It was still very yummy and I will probably make it to put in the kids lunches for a treat sometime. It was quick to make and I know the kids like it. I may also try it with vanilla some time.

Honey Popcorn (Balls)

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup honey

2 tablespoons of butter

10 cups freshly popped popcorn (remove any unpopped kernals)

salt to taste

Bring the sugar, honey and butter to a boil. Pour over the popcorn with salt to taste (if you want a bit of salt, which I find makes it a bit tastier) and stir it around. When it is cool enough to handle (but not set!), butter your hands and form into balls. Place on parchment paper covered cookie sheets and wrap as desired when cooled. If you don't want balls, it would be best to spread on cookie sheets when coated and break up when hardened.