Mother’s Day is nearly here. Moms play a big role on our lives and shaping who we are. How much has your mother influenced how you keep your home? Do you save things just like she did? Do you leave things a mess because she made you clean your room all the time? Do you keep a super tidy, clean, clutter-free home because it is your space now? Or are you just “your own person” as my aunt says? -Jill
Spring is unfolding everywhere. Summer is on the way and the weather is warming up (more often that it is cooling off!) Yippee! Tomorrow the Havre de Grace Farmer’s Market opens from 9am-12pm on Pennington Avenue. It is not as big as the Bel Air market but still a great place to go! Check it out. Also, I drove by Harman’s Farm on Rt 22 in Churchville and saw that it’s sign was hung out, “OPEN.” So, there are LOTS
On Saturday evening we roasted the chicken that we brought home from Rumbleway. Big J and I agreed that it was very juicy and flavorful. We have leftovers that need to be frozen from that meal and just this morning I used the carcass and a handful of veggies to make stock. It is already frozen and waiting for the next soup night. Having your own stock on hand is a great money saver and ensures that they base of
Here’s what’s on the menu for this week: Monday: Spanish Tortilla (eggs) and a mesclun saladTuesday: Black bean burgers, roast asparagusWednesday: Homemade Pizza with very veggie sauce, cheese, fresh sausageThursday: Curried Goat (need to find a recipe) Friday: Spaghetti with meat sauceSaturday: Chicken…TBASunday: Probably Leftovers
So, I am a bit behind the times. I heard about the movie Super Size Me when it came out and even listened to radio commentary about the documentary at the time. This morning, we watched the movie. Little J wanted to watch the movie about McD’s. We decided it wouldn’t harm anything if he saw it. Had you shown me this film a year ago, I may have been surprised by some of the information. But now, several months
Today and every other Friday after 3pm, Rumbleway Farm will have chickens available. They are fresh on the weekend and frozen in between pick up days. Rumbleway Farm is a grass farm and certified organic. If you are looking for sustainable agriculture, this is it. Visiting the farm is a lot of fun as the animals are just wondering around. There is a farm store that is open year ’round. Check it out! Yesterday, we picked up our first early
Today I picked up the bookThe Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food from the library. I have had it on reserve for a while now and have just been waiting anxiously for it to arrive. Now all I want to do is dig right in and devour all it has to offer! Food books have become a bit of an obsession. I am empowering myself with information. In every book, I have found something.
Last night’s dinner was the quintessential hamburger. I was looking for a simple burger recipe and I found it here Basic Grilled Burgers The recipe calls for ground beef, salt and pepper. The instructions for cooking them are simple and create absolutely delicious burgers. I topped mine with mayo, ketchup and mustard. The beef was from Sunny Hill Farm (pastured) and shined through. Along with the burgers we had over fries cut into sticks (like “real” french fries) tossed with
Tomorrow, April 22, is Earth Day. Going “Green” has become the newest fad, if it can be called that. The idea for Earth Day actually started nearly 50 years ago in 1962. You can learn more about it’s history here earthday.envirolink.org. Earth Day, a priority day for earth related issues, came before our excessive shopping habits, mass amounts of plastic bags, daily mountains of papers and phenomenal food surplus. In some ways, now that folks are focusing on the environment,
I love pureed vegetable soups. My kids tend to eat them more readily than chunkier counterparts and they can be made with just about any vegetable in any season. We had asparagus soup last night, blueberry muffins and local cheese. The biggest fan was E, she had not yet tried asparagus but gobbled up the biggest bowl of all the children. Here is recipe I used from gourmet magazine: cream of asparagus soup (creme d’asperges) Gourmet | March 2001 Active
