My Favorite Things in December: Hot Springs, Magnesium Oil and Site Updates

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It’s hard to believe it’s the end of the year already. Sometimes, I feel lost amid the rapids of life – the work, the emails, our farmers market and real food bank, the everything.  Seriously, it seems that everything I do to simplify my life leaves me open to complicate it further.  Which is why this [...]

Immediate Action Needed: Support the Colorado Local Foods, Local Market Bill

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Colorado residents who value agriculture within the state and who cherish local foods movement have an opportunity to act now in support of local farms and increased visibility for Colorado farmers markets.  The Local Foods, Local Markets bill introduced by Colorado senator Gail Schwartz, will be voted on today and your immediate action is needed. [...]

A Recipe: Melted Apricots with Fresh Raspberries

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I like my desserts simple. So simple that it almost pains me to share them – as though you might read this post and think to yourself, “Apricots, butter, cinnamon and raspberries? Really?  That’s all? Man, I could have figured that out!” What can I say, I like simple food.  The summer season is in [...]

Farms, Markets, Gardens: Our Week in Pictures

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You may have noticed a distinct lack of posts recently at Nourished Kitchen, but we’ve been busy here in the high country – gardening, marketing, visiting farms … laying in hammocks.  But rather than tell you just how overwhelming our week has been and just how overworked we are (read: unbearably), I thought I’d give [...]

Real Food Solutions: How WIC Found Raw Milk & Grass-fed Beef

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What do soy milk, Honey Bunches of Oats, grape juice and Wonder bread have in common? They’re all listed among the Women Infants Children (WIC) Program’s allowable foods list.  WIC, a federal program whose mission is, “To safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk [...]

10 Ways to Grow Your Foodshed

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1. Start a community garden. Gather a group of friends or like-minded enthusiasts of local food with the goal of creating a community garden.  Together your group can begin the planning and eventual execution of a community garden.  First select a series of potential sites.  Consider petitioning your local government for space.  Next, develop your [...]

Voodoo Stock: Chicken Feet & Chili Peppers

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Chicken feet – gnarly, repulsive and disturbing – make for the very best stock. Devoid of little else but tendons, bone and cartilage (sound appetizing yet?), chicken feet produce a fine golden broth that’s rich in all those obscure nutrients that make a good stock so nourishing: glucosamine chondroitin, collagen and trace minerals.   Moreover, [...]

The Sunday Farmers Market Table

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Sunday is market day and it starts very, very early.   My husband rises at about 5:30, makes breakfast and packs up his truck.   I wake a little later, get our child ready for the day and pack my car and we head down to town together.   From there, we unpack the vehicles [...]

Growing a Market

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You may have noticed the lack of posts over the last week or so, but rest assured – while I may have neglected to send out new recipes or other goodies – it’s for good reason.   Any spare glimpse of a moment has been otherwise preoccupied with growing our little market.   The work [...]

Beyond the Veggie Box: 10 CSAs You Don't Know About

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We all know about the classic CSA:   a box of fresh vegetables and fruits from   a local farm delivered once a week to your home.   Paying in advance of the season in most cases or even on a monthly or weekly basis, a CSA participant is then entitled to a portion or [...]