I am delighted to publish this guest post from Sally Kuzemchak, the registered dietitian behind Real Mom Nutrition. When she asked if I had anything specific in mind, I pounced with my standard question to nutritionists: ‘What do you think about fat?’ what follows is her reasoned and helpful response. An occupational hazard of...
Read more →Ingredients and Inspirations: Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday = great food traditions! We care little for the various religious meanings; we adopt the recipes we love. Dine Originals Restaurant Week = date lunch and maybe dinner out Mashed potato leftovers from my sister’s birthday dinner = potato pancake makings March Charcutepalooza challenge = home made...
Read more →Yesterday we collected the first egg from our backyard chickens!! Our guess is that one of the Buff Orpingtons laid it, as they were particularly vocal yesterday. Today we collected another egg. This time we saw an Orpington in the nesting box so it surely came from her. We scrambled the two smaller than...
Read more →We receive 1 1/2 gallons of un-homogenized whole milk every week from a local farmer. Every week we skim the cream. A few nips are used in coffee, but the rest is dedicated to butter. While at first I thought making butter might be a chore, I remain amazed every week at the transformation...
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