The Sustainable Living Podcast

Episode 95 - Healthy, Handmade Food As a child, my experiences with healthy, handmade food were few and far between. My mom would be the first to say that cooking was not her forte'.  But , thankfully,  Mr. Swanson, Mrs. Stouffers and many others provided pre-cooked meals that could be bought at the super market and stored in the freezer until needed. So, for many of us, cooking amounted to opening a package and heating a frozen or canned meal up on the stove or in the oven. Hey, it was the "modern" way, wasn't it? The Allure of Handmade Food Women had entered the workforce and needed a quick and simple way to ensure their families were fed. Convenience foods fit the bill.  And when the freezer was empty, there was always McDonalds! I experienced handmade food when I spent the night at a friend's house or on visits to my grandparents' farm in North Dakota. Because it was so rare in my world, it always seemed special to me.  And it always tasted SO good! Thus began my fascination with handmade food and from-sc