a reflection of our journey

I am sitting at my dining room table where we have enjoyed our LOCAL meals over the last year, preparing to share my journey with whomever might be interested. first lets go back to the beging..... It all started a year ago when I read Animal Vegetable Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver. I was inspired by her passion and commitment to eat only local foods. So inspired, that I too had to give it a go. Unlike Barbara I do not live on a productive farm, quite the opposite. I live in a town, an expanding town called Aurora Ontario. on a street lined with houses, schools and plenty of shops near by. fortunatly there are farms and orchards close enough to be considered "local" and a summer market and organic CSA farm to buy from. I have a pear tree, and sometimes a potted herb or two! I am a foodie. I have transformed a teenage weight obbsession and eating disorder into a healthy passion for good wholesome food and an interest in the cultivation there of. My life changed dramatically during my education in nutrition college. I learned more than I ever thought there was to know about food, and them some. I learned of its effect on the body, soul and spirit. I learned about healing and herbs and about the power and bounty of Mother earth. I learned to love food. Enough said. My name is Lora and I am a foodie! As a nutritionist for the last 11 years, I have tried plenty of Diets and I dont mean just weight reduction, but food combining, vegetarian, vegan, whole, macrobiotic, raw,liquid, high carb, low carb....... but it wasn't until last winter after reading animal vegetable miracle that I tried "local". It all seemed to make sense. It made eating and preparing food simple: if it doesnt grow hear, don't eat it. Eat raw in the summer and cooked in the winter. Enjoy completely each friut or veg when you can. It was asthough I had found the key to it all. whatever that means. and hear I am a year later ready to share my thoughts, stories, adventures and some recipies on Eating Local. Because I am a mother, a proud stay at home mom and because these children, my family and friends are everything to me I thought Id through in some random, maybe unrelated stuff too!!