Eating and living locally . . . mindfully . . . simply.
Seems that everyone is doing it, so I’ll jump in. Keep reading, though, I have a fun announcement at the end. My Foodie Resolutions I will eat as locally as possible within my budget. I will drink only local wine even though the three buck chuck is so very tempting. I will plan ahead so [...]
Simply in Season says this can be made with fewer apples (it calls for FIVE cups), but if you’re making APPLE cake, I say go for the whole enchilada. So yeah, you’re going to need to get out three bowls. In one, you’ll need to put 5 cups of apples (unpeeled and chopped; it didn’t [...]
Carrots: Not just for veggie trays anymore! Souper healthy, souper good. (Get it? Soup?) Another home run from Simply in Season. I only had 1 1/2 pounds of carrots left, so I adjusted the quantities accordingly. In a large soup pot, saute’ 1/2 onion (chopped), 1 clove garlic, and a stalk of celery (chopped, optional) [...]
Can I just say, my new food processor is wicked fast? This recipe was perfect for testing it out. I was a bit skeptical when I saw this recipe in the Main Dishes section of Simply in Season. Potatoes, butter, cheese . . . didn’t really seem like a main dish. So I decided to [...]
I was so excited to try this dish from Simply in Season, because I LOVE the sausage from Cresswick. I decided to make this my Dark Days Challenge post for the week since almost all the ingredients are local. Begin by piercing 4-6 links of sausage, and brown in a wide saucepan on medium-high, turning [...]
In the Sausage and Apples post, I mentioned that I had made Hot Pepper Jelly at my CSA’s canning class. I forgot to post it at the time (actually, not sure I had started the blog then), so I’m including the info here. This is a bit larger recipe than the one included in Simply [...]
Update 6/2: Now that strawberry season is upon us, why not go berry picking with the kids? Then have fun making yummy desserts and breads. I recently discovered a couple of sources for locally grown, frozen fruit. When I first started learning about the benefits of eating local, I thought that for sure I’d have [...]
For those keeping track of which Simply in Season recipes I’m making, I’m counting this towards the “Spring Greens Salad” recipe, which is a great template for salad. It suggests starting with 8 cups of leaf lettuce, baby spinach, or other salad greens, gives a list of potential toppings (note: I’m quite disappointed that mushrooms [...]
It’s Christmas Eve Eve. While you may have had every intention of baking up a storm for gift baskets or making homemade liqueurs/mixes in a jar/homemade spice mixes, the bare-faced reality of it is that There. Is. Not. Enough. Time. Never fear, The Local Cook is here. Below are some ideas that don’t require exorbitant [...]
If you read a lot of food blogs, like I do, you have probably come across all manner of cookies, cakes, candies, breads, drinks, and whatever else you can do with flour, butter, sugar, and cream these past few weeks. Like most Americans, you probably plan to make a New Year’s resolution to lose weight, [...]
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