Category Archives: local food

Winter Food Challange Week 1 an 2

The 4th Dark Days Challange Basic Rules are simple,  Make four meals per month out of sustainable, organic, local, ethical food. You can eat any and all local foods from within 150 miles of your home, my extra’s are olive … Continue reading

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Soon, just another few weeks

An new lambs and fresh milk will be on the farm, Our first lambs will be coming by the end of the month, and while most of our girls are getting a bit wide, some of them are looking downright … Continue reading

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Cream of Mushroom Soup Recipe

2 pds of mixed mushrooms-Sliced 2 Onions -Peeled and Diced 2 Garlic Clove -Peeled and Diced -Cook these up with just a tiny touch of olive oil to start it. Then add the following and heat up till thicken’s but don’t … Continue reading

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Peach Pie O My

I love making pies when the fruit is in season an then freezing them and baking them off when it gets cold outside.. This one was made with fresh ontario peaches, in my homemade pie crust, but as you can … Continue reading

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ABC Soup Recipe

Now you all know that Campbell’s ABC soup, its the one in the can with a little yellow chicken broth, a bit of tiny pasta and if you look hard enough one tiny piece of chicken in it LOL Well … Continue reading

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Turkey Bone Broth Recipe

1 Cooked Turkey carcass and all the drippings from the pan 1 Lg Carrot- Cut into Chunks 1 Lg Onion-Cut into Chunks 1 Lg Celery- Cut into Chunks 3 cloves of garlic 1 Bay Leaf 1/4 cup of any of … Continue reading

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Elderberry Syrup Recipe

We are blessed to have wild Elderberries growing on the farm when we moved here, we have since given a helping hand to create another 15 plus bushes to grow at different spots on the farm. I made a number … Continue reading

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Celery Soup Recipe

Well, its been a morning of hop-a-long with my foot still quite sore with its lovely nail hole in it, but its healing Wanted a hot breakfast, and I decided a number of years ago that soup was a good … Continue reading

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Winter Eating Challenge

DH and I have taken on the challange of eating one meal per week of made totally of local food, the basic rule is all parts of the meal must be grown/produced from within a 150 miles of where you are … Continue reading

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Turkey Talk

Well, I went to town a on the weekend, and one of the stops was at the human food store, I was standing going up around the outside of the store, no requirement for any bad food side trips.. in … Continue reading

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