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
The Early Turkey
I cooked a turkey for the first time yesterday (I'm not sure what's going on with the wings, they are askew and it makes the turkey look like a cross between a bird and a crab!) and it was not terribly difficult, just time consuming! I used sage and rosemary from my...
Organic Cooking: What’s for breakfast?
Looking for a way to use your pumpkin puree, raw milk yogurt, fresh ground flour, homemade vanilla, cage free eggs and real maple syrup? Try these delicious Pumpkin Yogurt Pancakes!Pumpkin Yogurt Pancakes2 cups flour4 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/4...
Bread in a pinch
Ideally we would always move with the rhythm of regular bread baking. Ideally we plan in advance and let our sponge rise properly and knead until we get the windowpane effect as Debbie so beautifully demonstrated. Ideally we get this accomplished in time to pack...
Eating the Decorations
One of my favorite things about Autumn is that the seasonal food is excellent for decorating! I love to find interesting looking edible squash and use it to make my home look seasonal until I'm ready to use it to make my dinner taste seasonal. This year I found some...
Book Review: Chez Panisse Cookbooks
Cookbooks are always interesting to read because they spark the culinary imagination and give new recipes to try, but some go far beyond simple cookery and offer a wealth of information on food history, living by the seasons, eating locally, and natural health. The...
Traditional Bone Broth – Food or Medicine?
When the cold weather creeps in it is time for me to make broth. The warmth and nourishment seem to fit well with my quest toward natural and seasonal living. I used my last quart of beef broth last week for the sensational, crowd pleasing Shepherds Pie (recipe...
Homemade Bread Baking 101
I have been grinding grain and making whole wheat bread for 15 years and throughout the years I have learned many, many lessons. I believe these tips will work for bread no matter whether you use freshly ground flour or store bought flour but the comment I get over...
Autumn Comfort Foods
One of my favorite things to do in the fall is make applesauce. I wash and slice enough apples to fit in my stock pot, add a little water and a cinnamon stick, and simmer it until the apples are falling apart. I then stir it together and, depending on if it's intended...
Organic Cooking: Fresh Raw Milk Bread
Of the several yeast bread recipes I've tried out over the past two weeks, this recipe from the Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book has been the biggest success. It's not as time intensive as some of the other recipes out there, and the results are wonderful. Best of all,...
Baking Homemade Bread
There's something about Autumn that turns the hearts of bakers to bread. In the past week I've heard from three people that they unaccountably feel like baking bread now, after taking time off from it over the summer. As Debbie pointed out in her post on living by the...
Farm Stories, Musings, and Farm News
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