My favorite time of year is when we can start picking our veggies from the garden! There's just something special about knowing you grew the food on your plate yourself. I'm super excited this year because Jordan expanded the garden so that we'll be getting even more goodies! We always plant our favorite herbs, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash/zucchini, eggplant, strawberries, bell peppers, and hot peppers. We also have been growing horseradish for a few years. This year, in our expansion, we added spinach, kale, and pickling cucumbers! My parents also have a garden so we're lucky to always get produce from them too! We always get SO many tomatoes! We love sharing with our friends but I also try

This is one of those dinners that you could really feel good about eating. Lentils and mung beans are a great source of fiber, high in protein, and are loaded with B vitamins and other important nutrients! They are also very inexpensive! We buy our dried beans in the bulk section, so we only need to pay for the amount we need. The great thing about the bulk section is that you can either just buy what you need or stock up on things to keep in your pantry that you use frequently. We also purchase nuts, seeds, nutritional yeast, and occasionally dried fruit through the bulk section. Always check out your store's bulk section if they have one. Sometimes you discover things you never even knew t