Our Blog
Welcome to our blog. To make things a bit easier to navigate we’ve divided up the posts into Recipes and Cooking Tips from the farm and Farm News, Musings, and Stories from our every-days on the farm. Enjoy!
RECIPES FROM THE FARM
"Good to the Grain"
If you enjoy baking with whole grains and enjoying fresh seasonal food like we do, you will love Kim Boyce's excellent cookbook Good to the Grain: Baking with Whole-Grain Flours. Boyce is a trained pastry chef with experience at famous restaurants like Spago and...
Break Out the Grill!
...or not. Just when we thought Spring had really arrived, we got hit with another cold snap. Hopefully it's warmer where you are! Still, I had summer food on my mind and so I used a grill pan to cook up some delicious Korean Barbecue Burgers. If you're a fan of...
Milk Consumption Tied to Lower Risk of Breast Cancer
A study published in the International Journal of Cancer has shown that childhood and adult milk consumption can protect against breast cancer.Women who drank more than 3 glasses of milk per day had half the risk of breast cancer compared to women not drinking milk...
Maple Syrup Restocked in the Store!
This season's REAL maple syrup is in stock now at the Farm Store. If you've never tried real maple syrup on your pancakes or as a sweetener in recipes you are in for a treat. Don't miss these posts on maple syrup from the archives: A discussion of maple syrup versus...
Soaked Grain Pancakes
Pancake breakfasts are a solid staple in our home and have been for years. I think that of all the meals I love to share, breakfast is the fast winner. I just love to invite people over for breakfast. I will squeeze fresh orange juice, make toast from homemade bread,...
Soaking Grains
Here is a cereal I could eat everyday. It is quick, nutritious, filling and a very healthy alternative to boxed cereals. I first tried this super granola in Italy and then feasted on it again in Switzerland and I have been hooked ever since.It is always so interesting...
Tomato Sauce, Fresh from the Freezer
This past summer was crazy. I started a new life in Tennessee, moved my farm, opened a shop while continuing to homeschool and trying hard not to disrupt life for the kiddos as much as possible. Maintaining our normal lifestyle meant I still baked bread, made all of...
Organic Cooking: Stew, French Style – Part 2
This dish comes from the the Carmargue, French cowboy country, and is traditionally made with bull's meat which is somewhat tough but extremely flavorful. In the US, we can only dream of the day when the palette of the people, even only a handful of people, will...
Organic Cooking: Stew, French Style
Once winter sets in for long haul I head to the bookshelf for Patricia Wells' Bistro Cooking. It stays with me until the first of my veggies come out of the garden and I tend to let the garden dictate my meals. I first learned of this treasury of savory dishes from...
A Warming Soup
As the weather is colder and I have a freezer full of pumpkin puree (having roasted six already and two more in the cupboard!), I find myself making this delicious warm pumpkin soup weekly. Paired with a loaf of fresh bread and some cheese, it makes a good simple...
Farm Stories, Musings, and Farm News
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