I had a short shift at work today and stopped at the food co-op on my way home to pick up some yummy ingredients for supper... Some organic carrots, potatoes, onions and tomatoes, and grass fed hormone-free beef and beef broth.. Combined in the slow cooker, and the smells are making my mouth water.... Beef stew for dinner..................... YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday my grandma and I hung out, and she brought me a jar of pickles that she had planned on giving to my Poppa's nurse but the nurse was not there. So I was given the homemade pickles. I LOVE pickles, but am a VERY picky pickle eater and am brand loyal. Needless to say I have never even tried homemade pickles. When I got home from work I was craving some pickles, but the only ones to be found were the homemade ones that I was leary of trying. But my stomach wanted a pickle, and th...