In February my fancy turns to sprouts. The seed catalogs are busy teasing us with their endless varieties of tomatoes and basil and I'm itching to grow (...)
Chocolate pots de creme dairy-free and date sweetened
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My foray into non-Whole 30 foods didn't go quite as well as I previously reported. A few days after my "cheating" I had a few break outs and gained back a (...)
For this week's Dark Days of Winter Challenge I give you a cell phone photo of a potluck dish-- not my best entry but at least it's something. To the potluck (...)
To complete this week's Dark Days challenge I made lunch today using turnips, kale and onions from my9 Bean Rowswinter CSA share. I saw this recipe for Smoky (...)
Db scones/biscuits: three gluten and dairy free versions
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Audax Artifex was our January 2012 Daring Bakers’ host. Aud worked tirelessly to master light and fluffy scones (a/k/a biscuits) to help us create delicious (...)
If you are a fan of food media you couldn't have missed the adoration that has been heaped upon pork belly in the last few years. So when I made bacon this (...)
I've passed the halfway mark for my January Whole 30. Here are some notes on the experience so far:-After the first couple of days I decided to give up dried (...)
We were invited to a Chinese New Year celebration yesterday and I was determined to bring fortune cookies that Alex could safely have. Friday night I fought (...)
It's hard to put into words what raising your own animals for meat is like. There is a sense of pride but also a weighty feeling of duty. The excitement of (...)
We were given an extra challenge for this week and it was to make a soup or one-pot meal. This was timed well to coincide with the snow and drop in (...)
Indian curry dishes with cauliflower are a favorite of mine, but sometimes their saucy goodness isn't what I'm looking for. After my Aunt Barbie shared the (...)
It wasn't easy to pick a mealthis weekto dedicate to the Dark Days Challenge. For some reason I kept changing my plans at the last minute and adding in an (...)
More snow today. From the signs in the coop, I think the weather was bad enough that even the ducks slept inside and it has to be pretty bad out for them to (...)
In addition to following the Whole 30 rules for January I also pledged to eat at least one meal a week with organ meats. Why should you consider eating organ (...)
We're finally getting some snow, so we took a walk at the farm with visiting family. Alex loved the ice and Penny even tolerated her new snow suit. New (...)
Our Daring Bakers Host for December 2011 was Jessica of My Recipe Project and she showed us how fun it is to create Sour Dough bread in our own kitchens! She (...)
This week's Dark Days meal is a holiday detox one. Even though I didn't eat huge amounts, the refined sugar and rich food I did eat have me reaching for (...)