Eating and living locally . . . mindfully . . . simply.
Sometimes people hear “eat local” and they picture expensive, fancy food. I went out to dinner the other night with friends to a burger joint that we like because they source some things locally. “It doesn’t have fancy buns, does it?” they asked the waitress. While made on site, I’m not sure one would consider them “fancy.” But I digress. This week’s Dark Days Challenge entry is most definitely not fancy, but is fast, easy, and–local.
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Today I’m posting a beef stew recipe, even though it’s soup week, because I ended up making this more into a soup. Regardless, it tasted great and features local ingredients.
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I missed a couple of weeks in the Dark Days Challenge, I’ve been so caught up with the Back to Basics Series here at The Local Cook! But I’ve returned this week with a flavorful dinner that features local ingredients.
Believe it or not, I’ve only made one other meatloaf (Mediterranean Meatloaf). However, we have a lot of ground venison/beef to use up so I thought I’d give this recipe a try.
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Leisurely Sunday breakfasts are a treasured tradition for me and DH. Today’s doubles as this week’s Dark Days Challenge entry and features nearly all local ingredients.
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I’ve never had chicken fried steak before, although I’ve seen it in restaurants. I always wondered why it was called chicken fried if it was steak. When I received a couple of cube steaks in my meat box at the co-op, I decided to give it a try. Pin It
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I realized today that the deadline for the Dark Days Challenge is upon me and I never ended up posting my second Dark Days Meal. I posted the Peanut Soup with Cabbage and Chicken the other day, but never posted about my favorite local food meal – scrambled eggs and toast.
For this week’s Dark Days Challenge, I decided that I had better start using all the rutabagas that I’ve been amassing from my winter CSA. I started by looking through the recipes that Eater’s Guild had sent me. In the interest of full disclosure, I should state that DH was highly skeptical. He hates rutabagas and turnips, or so he claims. So he did go out and buy very un-local, un-environmentally friendly salmon and made it in his smoker thing {Read More}
