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Our Dark Days meal for the week was something that we have already posted, so we decided to post a strategy instead. Eating locally sometimes means having limited options and learning how to deal with what you can get. In our case, we can’t find (or afford when we find it!) user-friendly, pre-wrapped packages of local chicken breasts. So, we buy a whole chicken and do some work ourselves. Yep, it’s kind of gross. But . . . → Read More: Dark Days Challenge Week 4: How to Cut Up a Whole Chicken  5 comments - (Comments are closed)  Techniques, Why Buy? D-I-Y!  chicken, Dark Days Challenge, how to, how to eat locally, local food, Why Buy? D-I-Y! Happy Sunday to you all! My parents are visiting for the weekend, so we had a lazy morning. After a huge feast last night of braised chicken and parsnips, a riff on this macaroni and cheese, and a kale salad with toasted almonds and dried cherries, we only needed a nibble for breakfast. Muffins! About two weeks ago, we ordered a five-pound box of fresh cranberries from Cape Cod Select. Take a look at that . . . → Read More: Dark Days Challenge Week 3: Cranberry-Carrot Muffins 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Breakfast, Dark Days, Recipes All-Natural Breakfast, brunch, carrots, cranberries, Dark Days Challenge, eggs, how to eat locally, local flour, local food, Recipe, Root Vegetables I have learned that there are two things in life that impress people way more than they should. (1) An undergraduate math degree and (2) homemade marshmallows. I know you mean it as a compliment, folks, but girls are good at math, too. Even ones that no longer have bad perms and pink plastic glasses (childhood friends – you know what I’m talking about). Now on to number two…also unreasonably impressive. I took . . . → Read More: How to Make Chocolate Peppermint Marshmallows (with Local Honey) 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Desserts, Recipes chocolate, dessert, honey, local food, marshmallow, peppermint, Recipe It’s a bold statement. I’m not shy about it. It could be the best salad salad ever. I’ll leave it up to you, dear reader, to decide for yourself. There’s a great restaurant near where we used to live in NYC called Northern Spy. Definitely give it a try if you’re in the area – it was one of our favorites. They make a kale salad for dinner that’s really simple, but almost perfect. . . . → Read More: Is this the best kale salad ever? 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Salads All-Natural Breakfast, brunch, cheese, dark leafy greens, egg, farmers' market, how to, how to eat locally, kale, leftovers, local food, nuts, pumpkin, Recipe, Root Vegetables, salad OK, this isn’t much of a “recipe”, but it was a dark days dinner that we had this week. We keep this in our bag of tricks for when we are feeling tired and lazy and are not too hungry but need to eat a meal. It’s quick and easy and the ingrediens are available all year ’round (and all are the ingredients are 100% local). It’s also nice to prove that we don’t . . . → Read More: Dark Days Challenge Week 2: How to Make Popcorn, Apples, and Cheese |
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