It’s really hard for my heart to comprehend that we — a group of people living on a rock that is hurtling through space at 1.3 million miles per hour — would ever choose hate over love. Especially knowing that we are somehow living each day while our planet spins on its axis, orbits the sun, and exists in a galaxy. It’s hard enough to comprehend all of that, isn’t it? We are living in this one moment in time — together — and figuring out life as we go. That’s not an easy task, so maybe that’s why we turn to incredibly simplistic human ways? My heart tends to stay in the big terrestrial-type wondering, which can feel quite heavy at times. My…

Waaaaaay back last week (when we didn’t have three days to plan and live our lives), I forgot to harvest the kale and collards from Jones Valley Teaching Farm that I wanted to use in this recipe. HOWEVER, I remembered the half-used bag of Brussels sprouts just sitting in my fridge. Waaaaaaaay back last week, I had plans to come home and shave them, toss them with toasted walnuts, pecorino, and a pancetta vinaigrette. Did that happen? Nope. There they were all week just staring at me. As I was prepping this morning and feeling guilty about the Brussels sprouts, I decided to get rid of the guilt and just slice them very thin and pretend they are the kale and collards I forgot to harvest.
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