Wholistic Woman
Embracing a whole life approach to wellness
Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/ / CC BY 2.0 I picked up my first winter CSA last night. Unfortunately, I think they forgot I was a late addition because when I arrived all that was left was carrots, potatoes, onions, and turnips. I was also supposed to get leeks, collards, kale, and rutabagas. Anyhoo, there are only …
This challenge was more difficult than I though it would be. The idea of the Dark Days Challenge is that you try to have one meal per week be almost entirely of local ingredients. Here is what I came up with: Rump Roast – from Grassfields, where I have a herdshare. I put it in …
I started this blog in August, as a way to keep me accountable and motivated to cook all the recipes in Simply in Season by August 2010. This cookbook focuses on local, in-season ingredients, and also includes essays and articles on issues related to food. So how am I doing, and what have I learned? …
Ok folks, this is heavily adapted from Simply in Season. I started with a 3 lb stewing chicken, the one left from last week’s farm pickup. At about 7 AM this morning I put it, along with 9 cups of water, an onion cut in wedges, 2 peeled whole cloves of garlic, 1 stick of …
Those slow foodies, what do you get them? They are often environmentally conscious and shun materialism. While the other people on your list might appreciate some sort of useless gift set from Wal-Mart, wrapped in oodles and oodles of tree-killing wrapping paper, there is a better way to your local cook’s heart. Below are some …
