For about a year I have been writing on this little blog covering topics related to health, parenting and green living. Figuring out your “voice” in the online world is a strange and mysterious thing and through this site I feel as if I was only tittering on the surface – never giving too much and never even offering anything new to the green world. I was interested but I found it difficult to translate my passion into the blog, which left me drained and unconnected from the site. A few days ago I spent part of my afternoon cooking with my daughter where we created hummus, salad and falafel- a brand-new creation to wake up the dull-drum of dinner. I was amazed at how my daughter knew what ingredients went in the hummus and even more so how she was really into the process – the mixing and mashing and tasting of our homemade dip. This, I realized, was my passion. Cooking, cooking with my daughter, has been an incredible bonding experience that actually gets her excited as we create, cook and of course, eat together. As she was making the hummus and eating, I realized that the new focus of the blog, should be about cooking and cooking with kids.

At the same time that she is excited about cooking with me I can’t forget that she is still a picky kid who doesn’t like her food to mix or one who doesn’t really like to try new things. She challenges me daily with saying “I’m not hungry” or “I want dessert” (after eating a few bites of her dinner), so with the good there is the frustrating, and that too will be covered as I try to figure out how to get her to eat better while also wanting to eat healthy.

This will also include more cooking, more recipes, more kid-friendly cooking ideas, more nutrition and exercise, more about organic eating and health all within the context of children and green living. I’m still going natural, but now I’ll be doing so with a focus on health and wellness. Until next time…