We have really been evaluating the foods we eat. Although we are on a budget, we find we save a lot of money by avoiding the grocery store as much as possible. Instead, we are localvores, eating from farmers markets and local farms. I've discovered a lot of packaged foods that I use to by are pretty simple to make. I am cooking with the seasons, which is stretching my cooking "hammies." Here's a few of the dinners we've made...
Artichokes, red wine and sweet pea risotto with grass fed steaks
Local balsamic strawberry salad with Oregon spuds, grass fed whole chicken and a hunk of homemade French bread.
My fridge has lots o' jars! My canned food and my organic raw milk from a local dairy.
Aren't the eggs from my farm beautiful?
Full of Life Farms in St. Paul Oregon, where I get my meat, eggs, and milk.
Bow tie pasta in a creamy-morel mushroom sauce with local asparagus, wild caught scallops, and some of my homemade artisan bread.
Local grass-fed lamb, slow roasted all day on a bed of couscous with local (cold storage) acorn squash and swiss chard on the side.
Josie, our cow! Provider of raw milk, yogurt, and if I really get adventurous someday, cheese!
In order to buy the food I want, I have to be a bargain hunter...
Yay! For Dave's Killer Bread being local, organic, and having a bakery in Milwaukie, OR
If I take the time to drive out there, I can buy a "Frozen Dozen"..12 beautiful loaves of bread for only $2 a loaf!
Ode to Roots!
Kim, Becca and I had a lot of fun shopping for Japanese food at Uwajimaya.
We ended up cooking a lot of new (to us) roots...they were delicious!
(below) Gobo, or Burdock Root
Daikon(Top right), Gobo, Locus Root (bottom right) and Sushi!
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