I never realized how busy I get sometimes! But, here it is, a couple weeks after my last entry, and I don't even know where the time has gone! I have been crazy busy at work doing our physical inventory and valuation...fun stuff let me tell you. So, by the time I get home at night, I have no desire to even look at the computer, or do much else for that matter!
I haven't even had a chance to post last weeks OLS meal, which we had! I don't even know if I took pictures of it...I made pizza. I have never made pizza dough from scratch, but it was really easy. I think it was just flour water and yeast (the yeast was not local). I didn't have any pizza sauce, so I just sliced up some yummy tomatoes from the garden and put those on the pizza dough, with some olive oil and salt. I didn't have local cheese either, just your everyday shredded mozzarella...I still can't find milk that isn't "ultra-pasteurized", and am not sure I am ready for actual raw milk, is there something in the middle? Then on the cheese, green peppers from the garden, and also some shredded chicken that I had roasted up the day before. It was really really good. It also made more pizza then I knew what to do with. I think next time I will freeze half of the dough so that it is available to me later on for an easy pizza...I think I can freeze the dough, does anyone see a problem with that?
This week's local meal, also no pictures, I took all the many veggies I had in the fridge...ok so it was zukes, onion, peppers from the garden...not as much variety as I thought. Then I just put them on the grill. It was delicious, that's for sure. I have never had grilled zucchini, I have to say it really brought out some amazing flavor. Seasoned with just a bit of (non-local) olive oil and salt and pepper. Yum!
I'm hoping that I can get back on track with posting, although I don't know what I want to post about now. I am still concentrating a lot on getting the house finished, and just settling into a normal life...It's really nice to feel slightly settled.
Showing posts with label One Local Summer. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
One Local Summer Week 7
This week I decided to try making tortillas. I had seen the recipe on Liz's site, and figured I would try it. I have been in a bit of a baking mood recently. It was actually really easy. Of course I didn't take nearly as many pictures as I should have. So I made the tortillas with King Arthur flour, non-local oil, and some local (tap) water :-) Can't really beat that!
I also decided to start picking the jalapeno peppers that are growing on my plant on the deck. I wanted to make pico de gallo, and of course wanted it super hot, but since Matt wasn't in the mood for hot, I made a nice mild pico de gallo (no seeds or ribs). I picked up some organic tomatoes and onions at the Farmers' Market (Hallowell, 6 miles) and used a bit of non-local lemon juice and some salt. Yum! I love to just put this over salad greens as well.
And for the filling, we scrambled up some free range eggs, also from the Farmers' market. This was the point at which we forgot to take pictures. Matt is almost finished with his here :-)
Mine were closer to being whole when I remembered to take the picture. All in all, really a great meal!
I hope to make these again soon, and the next time I think I will probably try and bake them to make nacho chips.
I also decided to start picking the jalapeno peppers that are growing on my plant on the deck. I wanted to make pico de gallo, and of course wanted it super hot, but since Matt wasn't in the mood for hot, I made a nice mild pico de gallo (no seeds or ribs). I picked up some organic tomatoes and onions at the Farmers' Market (Hallowell, 6 miles) and used a bit of non-local lemon juice and some salt. Yum! I love to just put this over salad greens as well.
And for the filling, we scrambled up some free range eggs, also from the Farmers' market. This was the point at which we forgot to take pictures. Matt is almost finished with his here :-)
Mine were closer to being whole when I remembered to take the picture. All in all, really a great meal!
I hope to make these again soon, and the next time I think I will probably try and bake them to make nacho chips.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
One Local Summer week 6
OK, so I feel really bad about not posting an OLS meal last week. We did eat some local food, but not primarily in a dinner, and I didn't have time to post or take pictures of anything not wedding related. So this week I would like to do two meals, but not promising that either. To start, we will have one, and see where it goes from here :-)
And there you have it, fresh tomato sauce.
I thought I should also add something else to the sauce, so I chopped up the zucchini and squash that I had (from Waterville 32 miles), and sauteed them with a little olive oil, salt and pepper.
Here is the finished product. Yummy if I do say so myself. Matt really likes the homemade pasta as well. I think I would like to try making ravioli at some point...I don't think I can do a local one unless I don't use cheese. I haven't been able to bring myself to try making cheese yet. Well part of that is the fact that I can't find any non ultra-pasteurized milk...maybe someday :-) For now, I have to just try and buy cheese that is in my region. Does anyone have any idea on a New England ricotta?
I can't believe that OLS is almost done! Just a few more weeks. I just have to say that I am really thankful that I found Liz's website. She has really helped me look more closely at the food that I am eating, and where it comes from. Plus, it now gives me an excuse to spend hours in the kitchen, which to some may seem like a chore, but to me it is like heaven!
I was really in the mood to have pasta again. My last attempt...well it was less than stellar to say the least. Not that it didn't taste great, but I eat with my eyes first, and the strange pasta shapes I came up with...well not the best. So this time I borrowed my mom's rolling pin. I think I need to work in smaller sections though, because I ran out of space to roll on the counter, and ended up with thicker pasta again. It was still good though, and it actually resembled those wide noodles when you order drunken noodles at a thai restaurant...mmmm drunken noodles.
With the pasta I decided to make fresh sauce again from some Backyard Beauties. They really work quite well in the interim, and I find them to taste really good as well. I just chopped up the tomatoes, threw them in a pot with some olive oil and the rest of the garlic I had gotten at the Farmer's market. Add some oregano and salt and pepper...
And there you have it, fresh tomato sauce.
I thought I should also add something else to the sauce, so I chopped up the zucchini and squash that I had (from Waterville 32 miles), and sauteed them with a little olive oil, salt and pepper.
Here is the finished product. Yummy if I do say so myself. Matt really likes the homemade pasta as well. I think I would like to try making ravioli at some point...I don't think I can do a local one unless I don't use cheese. I haven't been able to bring myself to try making cheese yet. Well part of that is the fact that I can't find any non ultra-pasteurized milk...maybe someday :-) For now, I have to just try and buy cheese that is in my region. Does anyone have any idea on a New England ricotta?
I can't believe that OLS is almost done! Just a few more weeks. I just have to say that I am really thankful that I found Liz's website. She has really helped me look more closely at the food that I am eating, and where it comes from. Plus, it now gives me an excuse to spend hours in the kitchen, which to some may seem like a chore, but to me it is like heaven!
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
One Local Summer Week 4
Today I decided to make my OLS meal, and after this dreary cold and rainy day I figured soup would be perfect! My old standby is my take on the Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana soup. Usually I start out with some onion, but I didn't see any at the Farmers' Market, so instead, I just took my organic local hot sausage (Snafu, 15 miles) and sauteed it with a little non-local olive oil and red pepper flakes.
Then I took some of the chicken stock I made and froze from my roasted chicken a couple weeks ago, and threw that in the pot after the sausage was browned. Add a little salt and more red pepper flakes...I really do enjoy spicy food, have I mentioned that before? Anyways, in went some sliced up local Maine potatoes, from the Fish and Produce guy in Hallowell. I didn't realize that all of the produce they sell comes from his father just a few miles away. They aren't certified organic, but they don't spray and seem to farm organically. It's amazing what a few questions will tell you! Let the potatoes cook, and then add some Kale, and maybe a little more salt (I am a firm believer in seasoning every stage of the meal.) When the kale is wilted, just add a little heavy cream, or in our case half and half from Oakhurst farms, then the soup is done. Although it tastes much better if you let it sit overnight. Usually I add a little cheese to top it off, but since I didn't have any local cheese, we skipped that :-)
So here it is in all it's glory, my lovely soup, and probably one of my most favorite meals. And pretty easy to make. I have enough for tomorrow's dinner as well. In my original recipe I also add a little bacon which I could have done if I had thought far enough in advance and bought the bacon at the farmer's market on Saturday...but, overall not bad at all!
I am really enjoying putting together local meals. I really want to thank Liz for getting me to think about my food and where it comes from. I feel so much healthier eating this way as well. I have also found that I tend to have more local meals during the week, although we still do buy lot of stuff too. But, it is all about baby steps and that is what we are trying to do.
I am really enjoying putting together local meals. I really want to thank Liz for getting me to think about my food and where it comes from. I feel so much healthier eating this way as well. I have also found that I tend to have more local meals during the week, although we still do buy lot of stuff too. But, it is all about baby steps and that is what we are trying to do.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
One Local Summer Week 3!
This week for our local meal I was finally able to take something from my garden. It was very satisfying to run up the stairs and pick my first green pepper! Of course, if I had left it on much longer obviously it would have been bigger, but I just couldn't wait anymore! I also used some of the basil. I have been picking basil about every couple of days off my little basil plant, it seems to enjoy growing, and I am certainly enjoying eating it!
What One Local Summer is allowing me to do is be more creative with my meals. I have said before that I love cooking, so to have to figure out what to make with what is available...well it is interesting to say the least. I have baked biscuits, bread, and a chicken. This week? I decided I would try my hand at making pasta. I mean, how hard can it be? Some flour, and some eggs, check and check. I had both of those local, eggs from Monmouth and flour from King Arthur in VT. I am still using up the last of my VT flour, and then will be buying the "Maine milled" flour that is at the health food store. I put the ingredients into my lovely green kitchen aid mixer (my favorite appliance by far, if only for the color) not quite sure what would come out.
I made the dough, and realized I now needed to roll it out with a rolling pin, or put it through the pasta attachment...it was at this point that I realized that I had neither...so what did I do? Well, being oh so creative, I just stretched and stretched the dough...yeah...and then I attempted to cut the dough with a butter knife...we are still unpacking the kitchen stuff :-P
The above is what I came up with for pasta...I named it heathernguine. Although from the picture it appears more like funnel cake with confectioners sugar...
I then let my heathernguine sit while I made sauce. I chopped up some local tomatoes, Backyard Beauties, and put them in a sauce pan with some non-local olive oil and garlic, let it cook down and simmer. While that was simmering, I browned my organic and local hot sausage from Snafu Acres with my fresh picked green pepper and some hot pepper flakes (non-local). Then I put the sausage mixture in with the tomatoes...it was at that point I realized even if the pasta sucked I could totally eat the tomatoes and sausage...yum!
The above is the final meal, with Gritty's to wash it down with :-) Overall it got the "my favorite meal ever" award from Matt, and that makes me happy. Now...the next time I make pasta...I will have a roller...or better yet...the kitchen aid pasta attachment :-)
What One Local Summer is allowing me to do is be more creative with my meals. I have said before that I love cooking, so to have to figure out what to make with what is available...well it is interesting to say the least. I have baked biscuits, bread, and a chicken. This week? I decided I would try my hand at making pasta. I mean, how hard can it be? Some flour, and some eggs, check and check. I had both of those local, eggs from Monmouth and flour from King Arthur in VT. I am still using up the last of my VT flour, and then will be buying the "Maine milled" flour that is at the health food store. I put the ingredients into my lovely green kitchen aid mixer (my favorite appliance by far, if only for the color) not quite sure what would come out.
I made the dough, and realized I now needed to roll it out with a rolling pin, or put it through the pasta attachment...it was at this point that I realized that I had neither...so what did I do? Well, being oh so creative, I just stretched and stretched the dough...yeah...and then I attempted to cut the dough with a butter knife...we are still unpacking the kitchen stuff :-P
The above is what I came up with for pasta...I named it heathernguine. Although from the picture it appears more like funnel cake with confectioners sugar...
I then let my heathernguine sit while I made sauce. I chopped up some local tomatoes, Backyard Beauties, and put them in a sauce pan with some non-local olive oil and garlic, let it cook down and simmer. While that was simmering, I browned my organic and local hot sausage from Snafu Acres with my fresh picked green pepper and some hot pepper flakes (non-local). Then I put the sausage mixture in with the tomatoes...it was at that point I realized even if the pasta sucked I could totally eat the tomatoes and sausage...yum!
The above is the final meal, with Gritty's to wash it down with :-) Overall it got the "my favorite meal ever" award from Matt, and that makes me happy. Now...the next time I make pasta...I will have a roller...or better yet...the kitchen aid pasta attachment :-)
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
One Local Summer Week 2
Here it is week 2 for One Local Summer. I am having so much fun with this challenge! And actually, I am trying to eat mainly local food...of course there are a lot of ingredients that are still not really local, but I am paying a lot more attention to labels, and asking a lot more questions. It definitely pays to be an informed consumer, especially with all the recalls going on...toothpaste? What?!
This week I roasted my first chicken. It's funny because I absolutely love to cook, and I love making homemade meals, but I never make normal family meals, ie the meals my mom used to make for us. Instead I do a lot of mexican, a lot of thai, anything and everything spicy. But, roasting a chicken seemed to be the perfect fit for this week, since I had an organic chicken from Snafu Acres in the freezer, and because Maine decided it was fall instead of summer ;-) A little heat in the house can't hurt!
Along with the roasted chicken I made potato salad. I was able to get some potatoes from Denis at Long Meadow Farm, in West Gardiner, and eggs were also from Snafu Acres. And thanks to Wendy for posting on her site that Cains Mayo is from Mass...I'll take it! I did put in some non local celery, but wasn't thinking about it at the time. Just chopped, dropped...and then realized. But, I am going to just go with it this week. Does celery grow in Maine? And to round out our dish, I bought a ton of peas at the farmer's market this past weekend and shelled them right before dinner...yum!
Breakdown as follows:
Organic chicken - Snafu Acres, Monmouth 15 miles
Organic Potatoes - Long Meadow Farm 3 miles
Free Range eggs - Snafu Acres, Monmouth 15 miles
Cain's Mayo - Ayer, MA 163 miles
Organic peas - I can't remember what this farm was called...but they are 21 miles
Non-Local:
Celery - the package says Chelsea MA, which isn't too far off, but who knows where the celery actually came from...
Matt wanted me to take a picture of him with the chicken...of course we had already started carving it at this point...what a goofball
Here is a lovely picture of our meal...I still need to work on the garnish :-)
And for dessert...the remainder of our strawberries...man...I went through those pretty fast! Oh! And the strawberries are about 17 miles away from a pick your own farm. Fun!
This week I roasted my first chicken. It's funny because I absolutely love to cook, and I love making homemade meals, but I never make normal family meals, ie the meals my mom used to make for us. Instead I do a lot of mexican, a lot of thai, anything and everything spicy. But, roasting a chicken seemed to be the perfect fit for this week, since I had an organic chicken from Snafu Acres in the freezer, and because Maine decided it was fall instead of summer ;-) A little heat in the house can't hurt!
Along with the roasted chicken I made potato salad. I was able to get some potatoes from Denis at Long Meadow Farm, in West Gardiner, and eggs were also from Snafu Acres. And thanks to Wendy for posting on her site that Cains Mayo is from Mass...I'll take it! I did put in some non local celery, but wasn't thinking about it at the time. Just chopped, dropped...and then realized. But, I am going to just go with it this week. Does celery grow in Maine? And to round out our dish, I bought a ton of peas at the farmer's market this past weekend and shelled them right before dinner...yum!
Breakdown as follows:
Organic chicken - Snafu Acres, Monmouth 15 miles
Organic Potatoes - Long Meadow Farm 3 miles
Free Range eggs - Snafu Acres, Monmouth 15 miles
Cain's Mayo - Ayer, MA 163 miles
Organic peas - I can't remember what this farm was called...but they are 21 miles
Non-Local:
Celery - the package says Chelsea MA, which isn't too far off, but who knows where the celery actually came from...
Matt wanted me to take a picture of him with the chicken...of course we had already started carving it at this point...what a goofball
Here is a lovely picture of our meal...I still need to work on the garnish :-)
And for dessert...the remainder of our strawberries...man...I went through those pretty fast! Oh! And the strawberries are about 17 miles away from a pick your own farm. Fun!
Monday, June 25, 2007
One Local Summer Week 1
Yay! I did it! I made my first local meal...of course I guess I better start with what I consider local. I consider Maine local, as well as part of NH, and VT, well at least for this meal :-) My flour is from VT, but as of Sunday I have found a wonderful organic wheat flour that is milled in Maine, and for me, that works!
OK, so here goes :-) I grilled pork chops with some onion salt, garlic salt and pepper. I made a salad with fresh baby spinach, mesclun mix, peas, tomatoes, and some wonderful feta made from sheep's milk. And the biscuits I made myself also...first time! Yay! We were even able to have a lovely local beer from Gritty McDuff's.
Here is the breakdown:
organic pork chops - 15 miles
baby spinach - 2 miles
mesclun mix - 2 miles
peas - 37 miles
tomatoes - 52 miles
sheep's milk feta - 2 miles
flour for biscuits - 220 miles
milk for biscuits - 150 miles
butter - 45 miles
beer - 45 miles
non-local ingredients:
baking powder, salt, onion salt, garlic salt, pepper, olive oil, vinegar
Overall the entire meal was great! Matt really liked everything as well. And it wasn't even that hard, I guess I could have omitted the biscuits and had a completely 100 mile or less meal. But, I had the biscuits left over from strawberry shortcake we made last night, finally was able to pick up some fresh strawberries at the Farmer's Market and I had to take advantage. I can't wait to see what everyone else made. And next time I think I will clean off my kitchen table before taking a picture ;-) And some garnish perhaps?
OK, so here goes :-) I grilled pork chops with some onion salt, garlic salt and pepper. I made a salad with fresh baby spinach, mesclun mix, peas, tomatoes, and some wonderful feta made from sheep's milk. And the biscuits I made myself also...first time! Yay! We were even able to have a lovely local beer from Gritty McDuff's.
Here is the breakdown:
organic pork chops - 15 miles
baby spinach - 2 miles
mesclun mix - 2 miles
peas - 37 miles
tomatoes - 52 miles
sheep's milk feta - 2 miles
flour for biscuits - 220 miles
milk for biscuits - 150 miles
butter - 45 miles
beer - 45 miles
non-local ingredients:
baking powder, salt, onion salt, garlic salt, pepper, olive oil, vinegar
Overall the entire meal was great! Matt really liked everything as well. And it wasn't even that hard, I guess I could have omitted the biscuits and had a completely 100 mile or less meal. But, I had the biscuits left over from strawberry shortcake we made last night, finally was able to pick up some fresh strawberries at the Farmer's Market and I had to take advantage. I can't wait to see what everyone else made. And next time I think I will clean off my kitchen table before taking a picture ;-) And some garnish perhaps?
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Warm up OLS
OK, so I made a practice OLS meal...and I didn't use local onions. I couldn't wait to make it until this weekend AFTER I went to the Farmer's Market for some green onions, which I could have used in place of the onion I had from who knows where. But, everything else was local! Spinach from W. Gardiner, 3 miles away; butter from OOB, 50 miles away; Chicken from Monmouth, 13 miles away; Tomatoes...well they are from somewhere in Maine, and I count Maine as local. I was pretty happy with how it turned out...not so happy with the picture, but so is life I guess. Oh, spices and olive oil definitely not local, but since those are allowed, I think I did pretty well for my practice meal.
And I also made bread, which I already wrote about I think. I am very happy with how it tuned out. Mostly local, since the flour is from VT, butter from OOB, water from the tap. Yeast and brown sugar...not local. Not sure what I would sub for that either...may have to research that...oh and the oatmeal was not local either. I will get there eventually though!
That is about all for now. I am heading to the Farmer's Market in a little while, and hopefully will be able to find all kinds of good things for the week. Oh! And, I have my first pepper growing, it is about the size of a dime right now, but it's something! Now if I could just remember which type of pepper plant it was...yeah...definitely didn't keep those little description tags. Next year I guess ;-)
And I also made bread, which I already wrote about I think. I am very happy with how it tuned out. Mostly local, since the flour is from VT, butter from OOB, water from the tap. Yeast and brown sugar...not local. Not sure what I would sub for that either...may have to research that...oh and the oatmeal was not local either. I will get there eventually though!
That is about all for now. I am heading to the Farmer's Market in a little while, and hopefully will be able to find all kinds of good things for the week. Oh! And, I have my first pepper growing, it is about the size of a dime right now, but it's something! Now if I could just remember which type of pepper plant it was...yeah...definitely didn't keep those little description tags. Next year I guess ;-)
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
craziness!
Apparently Liz over at pocketfarm.com has been bombarded with entries for One Local Summer! So she has actually had to shut down the registration. That is nuts to me. All of a sudden there are all these people that want to join! I think it is great :-) To know that so many people are willing to make the commitment to eat locally this summer, well for at least one dinner a week.
I am still nervous though. I love cooking and making fancy meals, but will they be pretty enough to take pictures of and post for all to see? And will I be able to find all the ingredients locally? That is a big one. Last night I was thinking about what my first meal could be, and I thought about this Israeli Spice Rub Chicken, that I absolutely love. Chicken local? Check! Tomatoes local? Check! Onion local? Nope...I don't even know when I can buy an onion in Maine. Apparently I have a lot to learn about when things are in season. So do I modify my recipe? No, the tomato salsa definitely needs the onion, but I can put it in the back of my mind for later in the year. And the tomatoes...well they are local "Backyard Beauties." But, they aren't *really* in season. Now I am kind of at a loss as to what I will make. I'm sure it will still be chicken of some sort...but what kind of chicken...and if I use tons of spices are people going to get mad? The stress! And about something like food?! Just breathe Heather...everything will be fine :-)
Another in season question, when the heck can I pick strawberries? My mom is going to show me how to make strawberry jam...so I need to make sure I have tons and tons of strawberries. It must be about time by now. I guess I will have to keep my eyes open for signs on the streets for Pick Your Own. I love my mom's strawberry jam, my brother and I used to take it out of the freezer and eat it by the spoonful when we were growing up, yum!
I am still nervous though. I love cooking and making fancy meals, but will they be pretty enough to take pictures of and post for all to see? And will I be able to find all the ingredients locally? That is a big one. Last night I was thinking about what my first meal could be, and I thought about this Israeli Spice Rub Chicken, that I absolutely love. Chicken local? Check! Tomatoes local? Check! Onion local? Nope...I don't even know when I can buy an onion in Maine. Apparently I have a lot to learn about when things are in season. So do I modify my recipe? No, the tomato salsa definitely needs the onion, but I can put it in the back of my mind for later in the year. And the tomatoes...well they are local "Backyard Beauties." But, they aren't *really* in season. Now I am kind of at a loss as to what I will make. I'm sure it will still be chicken of some sort...but what kind of chicken...and if I use tons of spices are people going to get mad? The stress! And about something like food?! Just breathe Heather...everything will be fine :-)
Another in season question, when the heck can I pick strawberries? My mom is going to show me how to make strawberry jam...so I need to make sure I have tons and tons of strawberries. It must be about time by now. I guess I will have to keep my eyes open for signs on the streets for Pick Your Own. I love my mom's strawberry jam, my brother and I used to take it out of the freezer and eat it by the spoonful when we were growing up, yum!
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Farmer's Market
So Saturday the husband and I went to 2 farmer's markets. It was a lot of fun to see what people had available, which isn't all that much unfortunately right now. I heard one of the ladies say that the vegetables have been really slow this year. I think it is the lack of rain, and the cold temps at night. Well, just my opinion anyways. Here is the run down of what we were able to pick up:
1 big bag baby spinach
1 big bag regular spinach
1 bunch of swiss chard
1 lb honey
1 jar strawberry rhubarb jam
a dozen free range eggs
a lb of boneless chicken breast
2 lbs of blade chops
So I think that we did quite well to tell you the truth. All of the above is organic, which makes me happy. The price of everything...well the produce was comparable to the regular grocery store, since I typically buy organic there. The meat...well that was a tad on the expensive side. And now I realize it makes much more sense for me to just buy the entire chicken, rather then chicken breast. Much cheaper per pound. I think that we will have plenty to have our "preparation week" for One Local Summer.
I also went to the regular grocery store and bought tons of baking stuff. I found some nice unbleached flour from VT, whether or not it is that good, well it is yet to be seen. I have a bunch of organic bananas in the freezer, so I plan to make some muffins. I also am planning on making some granola for the husband to take to work with him. Since he is in carpentry, he tends to eat A LOT of food :-) I am just trying to find ways for it to be a little more cost effective. Baking bread seems to be one of the ways, now if I can just find the time to bake the bread, that would be lovely.
1 big bag baby spinach
1 big bag regular spinach
1 bunch of swiss chard
1 lb honey
1 jar strawberry rhubarb jam
a dozen free range eggs
a lb of boneless chicken breast
2 lbs of blade chops
So I think that we did quite well to tell you the truth. All of the above is organic, which makes me happy. The price of everything...well the produce was comparable to the regular grocery store, since I typically buy organic there. The meat...well that was a tad on the expensive side. And now I realize it makes much more sense for me to just buy the entire chicken, rather then chicken breast. Much cheaper per pound. I think that we will have plenty to have our "preparation week" for One Local Summer.
I also went to the regular grocery store and bought tons of baking stuff. I found some nice unbleached flour from VT, whether or not it is that good, well it is yet to be seen. I have a bunch of organic bananas in the freezer, so I plan to make some muffins. I also am planning on making some granola for the husband to take to work with him. Since he is in carpentry, he tends to eat A LOT of food :-) I am just trying to find ways for it to be a little more cost effective. Baking bread seems to be one of the ways, now if I can just find the time to bake the bread, that would be lovely.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
One Local Summer
Well, I guess I didn't even think about others finding my blog...but then I went and posted some links, and of course people can track links. You would think that I would think of things like that before I just put it all out there, but maybe it is better this way. It can be a way of keeping myself accountable.
Speaking of accountability, Liz left a comment to see if I would do One Local Summer. I can't really think of a good reason not to, to tell you the truth. Although I don't have nearly as much knowledge of local food as Liz, I have to be able to find one meal a week that is local. So I will do One Local Summer, and hope for the best.
Now, hopefully people won't view me as crazy and fanatical if they do happen upon my little blog. It is still in it's beginning stages, and like I said, I have so many thoughts going through my mind, I just can't keep up with at all. So, thank you again Liz for pulling me out of the woodwork :-) I will gladly do your One Local Summer, and hope to not fail miserably. Now off to post a comment on her site to really sign myself up :-)
Speaking of accountability, Liz left a comment to see if I would do One Local Summer. I can't really think of a good reason not to, to tell you the truth. Although I don't have nearly as much knowledge of local food as Liz, I have to be able to find one meal a week that is local. So I will do One Local Summer, and hope for the best.
Now, hopefully people won't view me as crazy and fanatical if they do happen upon my little blog. It is still in it's beginning stages, and like I said, I have so many thoughts going through my mind, I just can't keep up with at all. So, thank you again Liz for pulling me out of the woodwork :-) I will gladly do your One Local Summer, and hope to not fail miserably. Now off to post a comment on her site to really sign myself up :-)
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