Fresh kale salads are so easy to make and incredibly nutrient-dense. Pictured here is kale I have growing in my garden. Kale is a cruciferous vegetable. It has the ability to speak to our genes and upregulate numerous detoxification and antioxidant enzymes!

It's spring and the salad greens are luscious and sweet. Our garden is filled with as many varieties of greens as we could fit. Spicy and mild salad mixes, arugula, spinach, romaine lettuce, butterhead lettuce, bok choy, kale, collards, cilantro, and more are growing out our back door.

I know I have been a bit absent here lately. Life is busy with projects, walks outside, and the never ending mountain of laundry! A simple little cake seems to be in order tonight. The original recipe comes from The Waldorf Kindergarten Snack Book. This lovely little book is filled with all kinds of nutritious, wholesome snacks. Although many of the recipes omit sugar and eggs, they do contain gluten.

Rhubarb is not difficult to come by during this season. In fact, you probably have neighbors or friends begging you to haul some away.

The phrase "Be a Yocal, Buy Local" still rings in my head from my Bozeman, Montana days. Yes I used to live there and loved it! The co-op there had stickers with the above phrase that I had plastered on my Nalgene water bottle. (No, I do not use a Nalgene bottle anymore....stainless steel for us now!).

What a gorgeous day here in Bellingham! I think it hit 75 degrees—at least on our thermometer. It was the perfect way to welcome May Day. Our 4-year-old daughter, Gracie, danced around the May Pole at her preschool celebration and made flower garlands with her friends.

Spring is here, hurray! Spring is a time of change, a time to detox, and a time for greens. How fitting that after a long season of warming dense foods one of the only fresh things available at this time (if we just reverted back to the pre-industrial era) are bitter greens.