this has been a long time coming

i have been trying to get a food blog up and running for a long time. the thing that kept me from doing it was my obsessive need for a good name for it. i tried french titles, which is funny, as i have no idea how to speak or even pronounce french. i tried latin. none of it made sense. so i had to sit quietly with myself for a coupla minutes to figure out what my real goal is for this blog. what i realized is that it is entirely for me to have a creative outlet. not to be flashy and showy. so who cares what the title of the blog is? i needed to find something that i found inspiring.

what i find inspiring is food. cooking it, eating it, shopping for it. i am completely devoted. so i have named my blog "purslane chronicles." if you have spent time with me in the last coupla weeks, particularly if you have eaten at my house, i am sure i have shared this magical plant with you. its a weed. an edible weed. not just edible but completely delicious. so far i've only eaten it raw in a salad but apparently you can sautee it too, like spinach. what may be even more exciting than how tasty it is, is how good for you it is. it has tons of antioxidants and omega 3s. and it only has 7 calories in a cup of it. anway. that's the inspiration.

purslane