Kale chips have been all the rage for a few years. And why wouldn’t they be? Salty. Crispy. Can’t Stop At Just One. And (semi) nutritious. What could be better? They’re super easy to make, and it’s fun to play with different seasonings and flavorings. I like cracked pepper! Ingredients:A bunch of kaleOlive oilSaltSeasonings ofContinue reading “Salty and Crispy: Kale Chips”
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A Feast for Our Chickens, 2015
This New Year’s Day, we decided to celebrate the lives of our backyard flock chickens. Inspired by Heartland Farm Sanctuary’s Feast for the Turkeys event, we made up a meal in which the chickens were the honored guests rather than the main dish. We halved a few Delicata squashes and filled them with a mixContinue reading “A Feast for Our Chickens, 2015”
Salads in Jars
Yumminess before the jars. A couple of years ago, I made my first set of salads in glass jars for lunches; they were convenient and delicious, but I fell into my old habits and reverted back to leftovers and soups. This past week, our CSA box contained a bag of spinach and another bag of salad greensContinue reading “Salads in Jars”
CSA: A Bi-Weekly or Weekly Venture?
Everything consumed in time for Box 2! For years, we’ve picked up a weekly CSA box on Saturday mornings from the first weekend in May to roughly the end of January. As our farmer predicted, by year three, we had a system to either eat everything or freeze or can that which we did notContinue reading “CSA: A Bi-Weekly or Weekly Venture?”
A Ratatouille of Sorts
My last post was based off of another person’s recipe. This post is based off of another person’s recipe. Apparently, I’ve been more into reading recipes than I have been into whipping up original creations lately. That said, this ratatouille feels like the answer for every overzealous gardener who finds him/herself with an abundance ofContinue reading “A Ratatouille of Sorts”
Swiss Chard Rolls
The recipe I want to share with you all today is not my original recipe; it is stolen, but it makes such a delicious and healthy product that I feel compelled to write about it. And it was “stolen” from our CSA newsletter, which makes me feel a little bit more okay with my almost-recipe-plagiarism.Continue reading “Swiss Chard Rolls”
Date Balls
Yesterday, in my blog post about chocolate-covered peanut butter balls, I mentioned that I don’t get too into baking for the holidays. Yet, here I am, about to write about another holiday sweet. Today’s delight is a bit healthier. It’s entirely vegan and raw. I’m writing about date balls! Medjool dates arrive to our houseContinue reading “Date Balls”
Peanut Butter Balls: A Yummy Tradition
We don’t get too into making Christmas cookies here at our house. There is an annual tradition in our extended family for all the ladies to get together a few weeks before Christmas and turn the kitchen into a bakery, so the family as a whole is plenty stocked come Christmas Eve. However, here atContinue reading “Peanut Butter Balls: A Yummy Tradition”
Squash Curry
Something that I make quite often is Squash Curry. It’s so simple, and doubling the recipe makes it great for potlucks or packed lunches. Plus, between our gardens and our CSA box, we usually have squash growing out of not only our ears, but our toes and nostrils too. Ingredients:1.5 lbs. of cubed squash1 14-ozContinue reading “Squash Curry”
An Under-the-Weather Thanksgiving Weekend
All of our plans after a family Thanksgiving on Thursday have been thwarted by illnesses. Bright and early Friday morning, we realized we’d have to cancel my family Thanksgiving, and by last night, it became clear any plans of Christmas-tree shopping or friendly gatherings at our place would have to be postponed. So much forContinue reading “An Under-the-Weather Thanksgiving Weekend”
The Poquette Zoo and Kitchen 