I’m still at it and thought you all might want to know how it is going. Keep in mind that I am doing how my grandmother has taught me, which likely isn’t FDA approved. I live life on the edge, though, with all my ferments and such(which also are not FDA approved.)
This is my learning [...]
Archive for the ‘food’ Category
Preserving the Harvest
Posted in food, food storage, tagged canning, garden, pepper jelly, pickled beets, preserving, tomato juice, tomatoes, zucchini relish on September 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Steel Cut Oats
Posted in food, recipe on August 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Mmmm, I love steel cut oats! Unfortunately, my family eats breakfast at all different times. Forest is out the door by 6:30 so his breakfast is usually on the go and I have a bit of guilt about that. I would love to have a hot breakfast for my husband, but the thought of cooking [...]
Canning season
Posted in food, food storage, tagged beets, canning, green beans, pepper jelly, Pomona's Universal Pectin, preserving, tomatoes on August 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have never canned much. A bit of tomato sauce last year, some bread and butter pickles a few years back. The process is daunting to say the least, but a grocery budget for 6 is even more daunting.
I had decided this summer that in the fall I would try my hand at serious canning with the [...]
grilled pineapple and salmon
Posted in food, recipe, tagged grilled, pineapple, recipe, salmon, supper on July 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yes I am still cooking.
No, it hasn’t been very inventive.
I actually have photos to share this time, and recipes too!
Grilled Pineapple with glaze (an easy summer dessert)
whole pineapple
3 Tbsps Butter
1 Tbsp Honey
Cut off the top and bottom of the pineapple. Slice off the brown skin (is it called a peel or skin on a pineapple? Lay [...]
Lavender Lemonade
Posted in food, fun, recipe, tagged 4th of July, cookout, lavender lemonade, recipe on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am doing my first C25K today, not yesterday…not sure what I was thinking as we had a cookout with friends last night and I don’t think running with all four girls would be very productive when trying to follow a program. I will post my torture reportprogress post-run.
A food post! Yes, a real food [...]
temptation
Posted in food, tagged boule, sourdough on June 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This is destroying my diet. All the running I am doing has been counteracted by crusty sourdough with homemade apple butter. I’ve been working with cheap white flour until I get used to how it is supposed to work, then I will start grinding my own whole wheat and start all over experimenting again. Why is it, again, that [...]
real food
Posted in food, fun on June 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Jenny over at the Nourished Kitchen recently cited me as one of her top ten under-appreciated real food bloggers. (blush) Me? I really just started with an adoption blog and fell in love with the flavors of real food along the way. Then the real foods started making us feel better and healthier so I write [...]
salmon supper
Posted in food, tagged fish, salmon, sea salt, stove on June 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We love to eat fish…well, everyone but Jane. She finds that if she puts a piece of fish with a vegetable or two on her fork it is tolerable. Yeah, my kids mix things with vegetables to make them tolerable.
We usually have fish once a week and this week we had salmon. I tried to cook it [...]
blog reading
Posted in food, random, tagged GMO, links, nourishing on June 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After a vacation, it is always nice to read through some of my favorite blogs. Here are a couple things that caught my eye..sharing is nice, right?
An good read on the basics of GMO’s. I plan on reading more on the topic as it interests me. I found the PLU# guide to be helpful and will look [...]
fresh eggs
Posted in food on May 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I love getting farm fresh eggs. It’s the simple things in life that often give us pleasure and this is just one of them for me. A gift of a dozen eggs from roaming chickens makes me smile!
My kids love it just as much. This picture is a bunch my cousin brought by for us. [...]
