We're All Busy Chicks!

When I finally moved back to Austin, after being away for 18 years, my mother presented me with a few boxes that I'd apparently left behind. In it were pictures, a tattered copy of Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God", pom poms and the world's very first organizer...with Velcro.

I remember using it religiously during my senior year of high school to keep track of all of my activities like Student Council meetings, football games, test schedules and library due dates. I'd also recorded the day I first kissed a guy I liked that year, college application deadlines and graduation day. There are very few days that were left blank. I was one Busy Chick...even in high school!

When I think about it, most of my friends are and have always been Busy Chicks too. We are all actively trying to balance work, family, friends, community involvement, spirituality and all those other things that pull each of us in a zillion different directions.

My mom was Uber-Busy Chick back in the day. She was a single mother with 2 kids who was fortunate enough to have a great network of support in her family and friends. From her I learned how it is possible to get a whole lot done in a day, if not everything. Jan taught me how to create a healthy and balanced meal out of staples in the freezer and pantry in 30 minutes.

This blog is for women (and men) who may not have learned how to shop on a budget at the grocery store. Maybe you need to help learning how to cook simple, healthy meals for just yourself or for your entire family. I wanted to start this blog to share all the little tricks I learned over the years in terms of staying organized and sane at the end of a long and busy day.

This is a place for sharing recipes, helpful hints and maybe even a raging vent.

I look forward to blogging for and with y'all!


DISCLAIMERS:

*  I am not a professional.  I  am simply a chick who likes to cook at home.  I don't use professional techniques.  I don't know how to "chop" properly, so it may appear that I am about to cut off my fingers.

*  I don't shop for organic or even local products.  It would be nice if I had that kind of money, but I don't.  Most of my food items come from the local grocery stores. 

*  I don't do a lot of boxed or prepared frozen foods.   Too many preservatives and sodium.  And I can season food like a pro.

*  The only things I grow are a few herbs (basil, rosemary, parsley and the like).  My thumb is more of a yellowish-brown...not green.

*  We are carnivores.  We eat meat.  Lots of it.  We do eat a lot of vegetables, but know there will probably be some form of dead animal in the food I cook.