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The few of you who actually read full tummies on a regular basis will no doubt have noticed a dearth of new posts in recent months. There...

First of all, let me say that I don't usually identify myself with "the rich." (And certainly not, "the rich and famous...

If you're a gardener, CSA shareholder, or avid farmer's market customer, your children have likely had exposure to more types of veg...

I'm not one of those who gets dietary recommendations from the Bible, but I do think there are many helpful principles in Scripture th...

A new season begins for full tummies in more ways than one! I graduated yesterday from the University of Tennessee with my master's in...

It's officially here: the school year starts Monday. MONDAY, people.  Which means I need to get my little lunch-making and speedy-brea...

Last year, I did some quick reviews of food-related books I'd read during the summer. I think I'll make this an annual feature! Thi...

My family and I recently got back from a crazy road trip to Texas; we're from East Tennessee, and we ended up in San Antoni where we p...

After diving in head first into our loosely formed and ill-conceived "real foods" challenge (which is weak, I admit, since we...

Hind sight is 20/20. Look before you leap. Count the cost. All those pithy warnings mean the same thing: take a minute to analyze whatev...

I don't know about you, but my family had a VERY busy, stressful spring. What happens when we're stressed? Our food gets junkier (...

I don't know about you, but sometimes it's hard to think of what to do for dinner. And sometimes, honestly, wrapping little things...

We'll start picking up our weekly shareholder basket from the Colvins soon, so I'm getting my ducks in a row, as it were. (The se...

Strawberries and Chicken Korma might be a weird sounding combination, but they represent two significant events for the full tummies house...

My " couple of weeks of spring break " turned into almost two months! Thanks to my faithful readers for being patient with me. Bef...

[We interrupt our spring home improvement break to bring you this newsflash. Otherwise entitled: "What doesn't belong?!"] ...

Here at the full tummies household, we are hard at work--and I do mean HARD AT WORK--on some much needed home improvement for our beloved 80...

full tummies is 5 years old this month!! Hard to believe, I must say. So, what's new? How have "we" grown in the last 5 year...

We've had our fair share of tech troubles this spring--no small stress given that ALL of my library science grad school work (including ...

Mmmm... I don't know about you, but I had a most tasty day yesterday with promise of similar comestibles awaiting me in my fridge toda...