Tag Archives: Farmer’s Market

The Seasonal Joy of a Locavore

I have been trying to eat only locally grown sustainable foods since last Autumn.  I am not quite ready to go on the 100 Mile Diet yet because I am still using a few things that aren’t local, like canned … Continue reading

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Reinforcing my Commitment to be a Locavore.

This opinion piece came out in the New York Times this week    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/opinion/kristof-arsenic-in-our-chicken.html It discusses several studies that were conducted by analyzing chicken feathers (like human hair analysis) for drugs and heavy metals.  The findings were quite disturbing.  They strengthened … Continue reading

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Our Paleo Thanksgiving Menu-The Final Cut

TMOTH (The Man of the House) and I have finalized the menu for our Thanksgiving Feast next Friday (We have celebrated on Friday ever since the year my parents were stuck in a traffic jam for 8 hours and my … Continue reading

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Foraging for Food: The New Strategy

As part of our Paleo diet and lifestyle, TMOTH (The Man of the House) and I have been shifting our food purchasing and consumption to locally produced items.  Initially the reason for the shift was to obtain higher quality foods, … Continue reading

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My Paleo Plate: 11/11/11

I like the symmetry of the date today.  🙂  It’s not very often that anything in my life looks as organized as the date today. I thought I’d give everyone another glimpse at a typical day of food.  I know … Continue reading

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Paleo Recipe: Pumpkin Sausage Soup

I created this recipe to make use of some ingredients I had on hand from the Farmer’s Market forage.  I had several small pie pumpkins and some Calabrese Sausage from Franco’s Sausage.  The Andouille Sausage is my absolute favorite, but … Continue reading

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Farmer’s Market Forage

Today TMOTH (The Man of the House) and I went foraging at the local Farmer’s Market.  I had made arrangements with John Ford Ranch of Willets to pick up a 50 pound box of his FABULOUS grass fed beef.  Here … Continue reading

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Foraging at the Farmers Market

On Saturday we like to go to the local Farmers Market and forage for the food we will eat during the next week.  It’s a lot of fun to see what everyone has brought to the market.  There’s live music … Continue reading

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Paleo Recipe: Farmer’s Market Pico de Gallo

Every weekend during tomato season I make a batch of Pico de Gallo from the tomatoes I foraged that week from the Farmer’s Market (I would use the tomatoes from TMOTH’s garden, but he had a bad year with tomatoes).  I … Continue reading

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