Veal gets a bad rap. We all can’t help but to equate any veal with industrial veal. We imagine cute black-and-white calves, chained in a box, their faces forlorn as they lonesomely moo for their mothers. Yeah. It’s a grim thought. For that reason, I’d never really consumed veal until this summer when a box [...]
Salmon Baked in Cream and Herbs
January 28, 2010 By 26 Comments
Swimming a pool of fresh cream and seasoned with fragrant herbs, baked salmon makes for a satisfying and deeply nourishing supper. Simple food is often the best food. Indeed, good food needn’t be complicated. When you rely on wholesome ingredients of the best quality you can reasonably afford, the simplest of preparations will illuminate their [...]
Beef Pot Roast with Winter Root Vegetables
January 18, 2010 By 16 Comments
Beef pot roast – classic comfort food – offers that lovely warmth one needs most during the darkest days of winter. A good beef pot roast satisfies and nourishes on an almost primal level. The savory, fork-tender beef falls apart with gentle ease while winter root vegetables (carrots, parsnips and turnips) swim in a combination [...]
Red Chili Pork with Pineapple Habanero Salsa, Guacamole and Fresh Corn Tortillas
January 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Hi, folks, this is Ren from Edible Aria, covering for Jenny as she winds up a much-deserved vacation. Local, pastured pork is pan-seared then braised until tender in a thin paste of red chilies, garlic, Mexican oregano and pineapple juice before being served on top of fresh corn tortillas, silky guacamole and fresh pineapple habanero [...]
Cottage Pie with Mashed Yams
January 8, 2010 By 22 Comments
This post was generously contributed by Emily of Minneapolis Real Food Lover – one of my favorite blogs focusing on real food. Over the coming week Nourished Kitchen will feature more guest posts by some of the best, but most undersung voices in the real food community. What will I be doing? Why sipping fresh [...]
Slow-roasted Duck with Spiced Sour Cherry Sauce
September 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Elegant, nourishing and easy to prepare, slow-roasted duck with sour cherry sauce is one of those simple dishes that can speak volumes. A good, local, pasture-fed duck is a hard item to find – at least it was for us. A pasture-fed poultry operation is difficult to manage. Predation, in our area, [...]
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