I was searching for what specific topic to post on tonight and it arrived in my facebook message box. The topic is, Fresh, a documentary on food. As you may know already there are several documentaries on food already exposing the ugly underbelly that seems to run our food systems these days. I have not actually watched this documentary, yet. However, there is a trailer on the website and what I took away from that brief screening was that Fresh

Our food for the past several days has been tasty and simple. Here are the recipes: soupzuchini bread au gratin potatoesoven baked chicken

Today was a cooking day in spite of being busy. It rained, which kept us inside, but even still there were things to cook for dinner and snacks. It is time again to make granola bars but that will be on the list for tomorrow. Maybe in the morning while the kids are eating breakfast. I made 2 qt of yogurt, 7 cups of garbanzo beans and a pot of soup (with some of the beans). All of these items

I would love to garden. I do love to garden. My attempts often fail but it doesn’t stop me from dreaming every spring that this year will be the year I have a fabulously beautiful, or fabuluscious as I like to call it, garden and enough vegetables to maybe put one meal on the table from my own garden. This year I decided to leave the growing part to the farmers who seem to do it so much better than

The tv show WAS very interesting. The interactions were obviously dramatized as they are on all of the reality shows. But, I love that someone is getting out there and trying to put a face on these food issues. It is sad when a classroom full of children does not know a fresh vegetable from a bottle of ketchup but that is our fault. How did we get so distracted? When did we lose site of teaching our children the

I was tipped off to ‘Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution’ on ABC by my sister and I am watching it now. Has anyone else seen it? I’ll let you know my thoughts when I am through watching it. Until then, a little food for thought. Two cookbooks to recommend that help you eat seasonally. The first I used last summer to figure out what to do with all the fresh veggies I was getting. It is organized by season. The second

In January we placed an order for a quarter of a cow with Sunny Hill Farm. I have gotten some strange looks and comments for this. It is easier for people to pick up meat at a grocery store where the meat comes in neat little cellophane packages and no resemblance to an actual animal. Don’t get me wrong, I am not likely to be out hunting anytime soon but it is reassuring to know where my meat comes from.

This morning was a typical morning for breakfast. Oatmeal. I don’t know why I have become cold cereal averse in my old age. I just don’t find it filling enough. On industrious days I will make pancakes, eggs or muffins but most mornings are just oatmeal. It is tasty though and I have come up with lots of concoctions to keep it interesting. Here is my basic recipe with a few adaptions listed below. Quick Microwave Oatmeal 1/2 c. quick

It’s Easter season and eggs are everywhere but are all eggs created equal? You know the answer to this or I wouldn’t be asking the question. No, they are not. Try this little experiment. Buy three dozen eggs: 1 doz regular, grocery store eggs; 1 doz eggs marked free range; 1 doz local, farm fresh eggs. Crack one of each egg in a bowl and notice the differences. I am no egg expert but in the last year I have

I had the experience last week of eating out a lot more than I have in the recent past. It was fun, as it usually is, to go out (especially to have someone else cook AND clean up!) But, I found myself scouring the menu for the right thing to eat. We lucked out with the one Italian restaurant that I posted a few days back in that it served local and free range foods. However, that is not the