This post is going to be hard for me to write because it's one area in my life where I'm still learning - eating green. What does it mean to eat GREEN? Does it mean eating locally? Does it mean to eat organic? Does it mean that I have to be a vegetarian? Do I have to shop at a natural food store? Do I have to eat raw food? Do I have to eat only fresh food? Eating green is actually all of those things - and you may incorporate some or all of the aspects of eating green - I don't believe that there is a right or wrong way to eat green. My history- I come from a family who likes food, a lot! I can remember many family reunions with everyone huddled in the kitchen cooking for hours, making more food then we could eat in a week. My fraternal grandmother was a tiny frail lady who knew how to cook - she didn't have a choice with 5 hungry kids and a husband. My favorite family memories as a child involve turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, gravy, gravy, gravy, and ... [ Read More ]