Eat Local Skagit is off to a great start - it's best time of year in one of the best places on earth!

Just finished a delicious Sunday family dinner which included fresh foods straight from the garden and our oven! Tonight's menu included my husband's famous burgers on his homemade French-bread buns.

You will need: Ham, Swiss cheese, sourdough bread, eggs and butter.

You will need: Green tomatoes, flour, cornmeal, milk, bacon, Thousand Island dressing, chili powder, lettuce and sourdough bread.

I'll just say:  This is what they're talking about when they say local food tastes better.

You will need: Day-old bread, tomatoes, red onion, garlic, Italian dressing, fresh basil and Romaine lettuce.

You will need: Ham, Swiss cheese, sourdough bread, eggs and butter.

Between the garden and other activities around the house, writing this blog is proving more difficult than I would have thought!

I keep thinking that so much of the food our family eats isn't local. It may just be when I compare myself to my mystical ideal (who has local tea and chocolate, too!). As I am the one in the house who handles most of the food purchases and the only one for whom buying locally is really important, I often feel burdened with the work of sourcing most of our food locally.