As a vegetarian parent (and married to a vegan), it was interesting to read about your struggles to explain your vegetarianism to your girls. My oldest is only five, and he’s been vegetarian his entire life, so we haven’t had any difficulty yet -- when we talk about why, we just explain our environmental and health concerns around meat. Eventually we’ll add in the ethical problems with the meat industry. I hope it stays simple! :-)

Ha! My two and four year old do the same thing so regularly to me! It sounds like it was a lovely soup, and thank you for writing about the beauty of cooking everyday. :-)

Couldn’t agree more! I’ve been a CSA member for four years now, and I love the challenge of eating all the produce. The variety keeps me on my toes, and I eat far more greens than I probably would have on my own. You are more in touch with the impact of the weather on the farm -- the first crop of strawberries was ruined by the series of storms we just had, so now we must wait a couple of weeks to taste them.