The give-away winner and a couple of recipes
In the midst of packing and getting ready to go on an unexpected trip to Gramma's house, I almost forgot about the give-away. So here it is.........no pictures because both my babes are asleep (oh wait, I hear the eldest singing) and frankly, I don't think that a...
Latkes
We haven't tried making latkes since going gluten free, not because it would really be a challenge just never really thought of it. Last night on a whim, I just decided to throw these together. So easy and tasty. Served with yogurt or sour cream and some of the crab...
Amazing Pancakes
Because I am on such a recipe roll, I thought I would also share this pancake recipe that a friend so kindly shared with me. She also has a few recipes on her blog. I have tried several pancake recipes because Aneliese loves them and they have been good or okay...for...
Resolutions and Recipes
12- The number of times I worked out.8- New recipes that I tried. 3- the weeks that I had and followed a meal plan. Too Many- the minutes that I spent doing things like facebook when I could have been doing something else. Thoughtful- my husband who allows me to spend...
Christmas cookies
Aneliese and I made our first cookies together and had so much fun! I made the dough while she napped and was ready to go when she woke up which meant all that we had to do was roll and cut out, bake and decorate....you know the fun part. We used at sugar cookie...
Gluten free Goodness
I needed to make a cake for Cecily's birthday party yesterday and I haven't attempted one since we started going gluten free. I thought brownies would be pretty forgiving, really chocolate covers a lot. I think that they turned out really quite decadent. And they...
Adventures in Lard: A continuation
I blogged a week or so ago about rendering pork fat and how it was going. So for a little background; We rendered 15 lbs of free range, antibiotic/hormone free pork fat into lard. The first batch we tried in the crock pot which worked very well but didn't turn the...
Adventures in Gluten-Free: including Recipes
We decided to take the plunge and do something that I have been thinking about for a while. A gluten free diet. I find it intimidated and potentially expensive but possibly worth it. Mostly this comes because Aneliese has not been as healthy as I feel she should be...
All of this to make a pie? Rendering Lard
Update: In the almost three years since I wrote this, I've learned a lot more about rendering lard. There are all kinds of great tutorials on it so I won't bother adding another; instead I'll just add this note. First, get pastured (not to be confused with free range)...
After nap snack
Aneliese always likes to have a snack right after nap, usually frozen blueberries, and today she thought corn would taste good. So we made popcorn. Today seemed special so I decided to make a treat for her. I have made homemade kettle corn a few times now and it has...
Community Shared Agriculture (CSA)
Community-supported agriculture (in Canada Community Shared Agriculture) (CSA) is a socio-economic model of agriculture and food distribution. A CSA consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farming operation where the growers and consumers share...
Food on the brain
It is a cool, drizzling morning and we are headed to our local CSA farm to collect our first vegetable pick-up. I am excited to find out what I get to cook with this week. I feel like I finally gotten some of my cooking inspiration back that left me in the last seven...
A Tasty Salad
I made this salad a couple of days ago to use up some more spinach and we all enjoyed it. Any salad that has goat cheese in it pleases my taste buds. Fresh and delicious! Blueberry Spinach Salad* About 2 c. Baby Spinach ( or torn) 1 c.Fresh Blueberries ½ c chopped...