Eating right...well...tryin'...

I've been on a healthy eating kick. I'm always fighting extra weight (which at 46 and on so many hormones is a full-time job) but I'm trying to balance that out with eating in ways I've heretofore been fearful of for one reason or another.

I'm home roasting veggies. I'm waiting to put them in the oven. This is a "before" pic:


The thyme sitting on the veggies looks kinda gross in the picture...but trust me...they look fantastic in person!!

I'm cooking sweet potatoes right now...and they take a full hour...so I started those while I cut up all these gorgeous vegetables.

Life has a richness that it didn't before Victoria died. I have such gratefulness for my life and to have the opportunity to be here on a Monday afternoon with this lovely food.

We also finally have some tomatoes from our upsidedown garden. The cherry tomatoes are more plentiful than the larger ones...but here is the first of our harvest: