Reviving Traditional Foods
Easy roast chicken, using the most minimal of ingredients and techniques, has found its way into our kitchen more than once in the past month. When time is limited, as it has been for our family lately, nourishing foods become ever more important, and while we strive our best to eat well and to celebrate [...]
Black bean soup – warm, spicy, brimming with chicken, beans and vegetables – is a dish that everyone can appreciate. There’s nothing quite like a nourishing black bean soup on a cold winter’s afternoon, that, when paired with a salad of fresh winter greens and full-bodied unrefined olive oil, makes for a fully satisfying meal. [...]
Let’s face it: good food costs good money. In my area, a nice pasture-raised broiler fetches between $4 and $5 / lb. I count my stars that it’s this low considering that some national retailers of pastured poultry get away with charging twice that to their customers. It’s expensive, especially when you can [...]
Cold and flu season has already hit – and it seems early. My coworkers have been sniffling, sneezing and hacking their way through the workday since late last week. And while my first line of defense is to limit exposure, try as I might, I can’t control the behavior of other people. [...]
In the heart of ski country, spring replaces late winter slowly–so slowly that when most gardeners around the country are celebrating the season with the first shoots of asparagus or tender salad turnips or sweet peas, we’re still struggling under several feet of hard-pack, glacial mounds of snow. It is a barren and desolate [...]
Rich in vital minerals, glucosamine, chondroitin and gelatin, bone broths are nutritional powerhouses. They’re inexpensive to make, richly nutritive and deeply flavorful. We try to incorporate broth into our daily diet for its many benefits. The cider vinegar used in this recipes helps to release more minerals from the bones. This version [...]
This is part of 2009′s series The Traditional Foods Primer. January focused on sweeteners, and February’s focus is on the nutritive power of bone broths. Earlier this month we addressed the Benefits of Bone Broth. Chicken soup is known for its curative properties. And anyone who has ever been tucked away in bed, [...]
This is part 5 in the year-long series on Traditional Foods. January focused on sweeteners, and February focuses on homemade, old-fashioned, nutrient-dense bone broth. And, my apologies for posting this section of the Traditional Foods Primer a touch late, There is nothing like a homemade broth – rich, fragrant and glistening with [...]
Everyone needs some comfort food from time to time. On those occasions, I like to make my version of chicken nuggets or chicken tenders. Using wholesome ingredients like pastured organic chicken breasts, sprouted grain flour, almonds, herbs and spices can improve upon this fast-food classic. While we sometimes serve them with homemade [...]
When I heard that Real Food Wednesdays was going to focus on fast food, I considered posting about our favorite pseudo-fast food stop. Of course, there truly isn’t any fast food in our town. You’d literally have to drive 58 miles roundtrip to find a nationwide fast food chain like McDonald’s, Sonic or [...]
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