REVIEW: Recipes from the Herbalist’s Kitchen by Brittany Wood Nickerson

RECIPES FROM THE HERBALIST’S KITCHEN by Brittany Wood Nickerson is a gorgeous book filled with sensible advice and tantalizing recipes for novices and experienced cooks alike. I highly recommend this book for a philosophy that satiates your well-being. The photographs in this book are enough reason to buy it. We all need a pick-me-up in…

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End of Winter Farm Share Living

I’m always happy for winter to end, but it’s even more joyous when I know it’s the end of winter farm share living. Don’t get me wrong. I love getting a farm share, but it’s not easy to resist the temptation of fresh veggies from elsewhere. Those pretty red tomatoes that don’t taste as good…

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January 2017 Farm Share

Our January 2017 farm share was just enough to eat in-between our travels. Winter share is a bit harder to split in half, and that’s probably because I want the carrots all to myself! HA Carrots go fast in our household in the winter, especially when we have colds. That homemade chicken noodle soup isn’t…

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New Year / New Challenge with a Capital C

I like goals and usually set them in January. This year is different. My pursuit of a zestful life has challenges. It’s the New Year / New Challenge with a Capital C. It has roadblocks. It prevented me from my posting goals. And — it sucked the joy right out of them. Not that I’m…

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Ohio Farm Share Winter Week 5 2016 Omnivore share lasts 2 weeks until Christmas

Winter Farm Share Week 5 until Christmas

Winter Farm Share Week 5 was supposed to last until Christmas since we’re on a two week pick-up schedule until the end of the season. That’s a bit harder to figure with some things like eggs and baking. But we landed perfect by buying two half gallons of milk. We dined out several times so…

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Ohio Farm Share Winter Week 4 2016 before Thanksgiving includes fresh and frozen veggies, canned fruit, bagged corn chips and frozen beef plenty of variety.

Winter Farm Share Week 4 plus Thanksgiving

We enjoyed our Winter Farm Share Week 4 plus Thanksgiving, so this post covers the what, the how and photos! I planned all the food we’d need for ourselves, to share at potlucks, as well as the food fest for Thanksgiving around both shares. There wasn’t time to take pictures of the Thanksgiving share which…

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Ohio Farm Share Winter Week 3 2016 includes Tart Apples and Veggies plus Hamhock and Beef for the Omnivore selectino

Winter Farm Share Week 3 – tart Apples

Although Winter Farm Share Week 3 brings us many delights, it’s the tart apples bursting with flavor that excite me. Many winter share weeks we receive a different variety of apple and I can’t wait to taste each one. We aren’t always told the names so I called these speckled apples because they’re greenish yellow…

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Ohio Farm Share Winter Week 2, 2016 Omnivore includes Pork spareribs with veggies.

Winter Farm Share Week 2 – Pork Spareribs

Winter Farm Share Week 2 surprised me with a huge rack of Pork spareribs. We couldn’t figure out how to split them for the two families so mom took them home to her freezer. Getting together and roasting them for one of our card playing nights sounds good. I think I have some sauce here…