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July 26, 2010
We started this challenge a couple years back, and it was very popular and successful in getting folks to eat closer to home. With more and more folks growing their own food, we figure it’s about time we revive and relaunch this challenge!
April 27, 2010
I admit, this is rather pathetic attempt at catching up to the last few weeks worth of eats. In truth, it should be 4 weeks, but with outreach, Amy and other stuff I lost one week’s meal entirely! We ate well from the garden, but I just didn’t get a chance to write it down. [...]
March 7, 2010
by Anais in 100 Foot Diet, Challenges, Community, Garden, Garden, Liberate Your Yard, Posts by Anais, Production: Harvest Tally
Sorry, a little tardy on posting our harvest totals for February.
Here they are
Produce (fruits, veggies, herbs) 138 lb 13 oz
Eggs Chicken 63 Duck 19
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March 7, 2010
Well, I definitely did a better job at taking photos of the last two weeks worth of meals. Now that I am finally caught up, I hope to go back to just ‘Weekly Meal Wrap Ups’ minus the x2!
There’s new things in season and that means new eats to enjoy – like peas, mushrooms, cabbage [...]
March 2, 2010
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Weeks are going by so fast, by the time I turn around I am already behind in posting our week’s worth [...]
December 14, 2009
Last weeks our meals were altered a bit due to the frosty veggies and downpour (we got over 4″ of rain here at the urban homestead!!!!) We dug into the pantry and used up some of the dried beans we had stocked up.
Despite the rain and cold we did, though, enjoy a winter treat of [...]
December 9, 2009
I certainly didn’t do a good job taking photos from last week’s meals here on the urban homestead. Guess I was too busy taking photos of other things!
With the garden in a semi hibernation, we are enjoying more simple “one pot” meals like soup. And with an arsenal of trombonico squash stored in the garage [...]
December 8, 2009
“The Freedom Garden Harvest challenge was started to get more people growing food and also adding up what they grow and harvest, instead of going to the store. Many are surprised by the amount of food that they can actually grow in a small space.”
From our 1/10 acre plot, our November harvest weighs in at
Produce [...]
November 29, 2009
Since I am like a week behind in posting meals that we’ve enjoyed on the urban homestead, am going to combine the week before and last week’s meals. aka “two weeks’ worth”
Enjoy!
Summer vegetable medley
SATURDAY
Breakfast – homemade pancakes
Dinner – homemade flour tortillas, homemade rice (homegrown peppers, tomatoes) with homegrown red peppers and cheese
SUNDAY
Breakfast – homemade [...]
November 22, 2009
The cooler temps (just had our coldest temps last night – 30 degrees) shorter days have got the guys digging in fall crop and me digging through my stack of favorite recipes to deal with the (coming) onslaught of fall veggies and trickle of summer veggies that are still holding on.
Living Like Little House on [...]
November 13, 2009
Arsenal of Tromboncino squash from FreedomSeeds.org
Rosa Bianca eggplant from FreedomSeeds.org
Red Marconi peppers from FreedomSeeds.org
Fall garden
Rouge D’Hiver Lettuce greens galore from FreedomSeeds.org
Dwarf Grey Sugar peas from FreedomSeeds.org
Cabbage and onions
The year is slowly coming to a close and with the cooler weather we enter a new growing season here on the urban homestead.
October was a busy [...]
October 27, 2009
SATURDAY
OUT
SUNDAY
OUT
MONDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – homegrown winter squash topped with homegrown pomegranates with homegrown green beans
Dinner – homegrown winter squash topped with homegrown pomegranates with homegrown salad greens topped with homegrown pomegranates
TUESDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – homegrown vegetable soup – green beans, squash, tomatoes, greens
Dinner – homegrown vegetable soup – green beans, squash, [...]
October 6, 2009
by Anais in 100 Foot Diet, Brewing & Fermenting, Challenges, Community, Kitchen, Menu Planning, Posts by Anais
It’s starting to FINALLY feel like FALL! To celebrate the change in season we cut open one of of our first winter squashes (Burgess Buttercup) yum!
SATURDAY
Breakfast – homemade/homegrown pancakes topped with homegrown strawberries
Dinner – homemade flour tortillas, homemade spanish rice (homegrown onions, peppers, tomatoes) with homegrown sauteed pepper and local avocado and onions with raw [...]
October 1, 2009
Like I said with Amy’s injury the WMWU went on hiatus. I did jot down what we ate the week prior to the incident and hope to have the WMWU back this week sharing with you what we ate here on the urban homestead.
So here’s a list of meals we enjoyed before we all got [...]
September 9, 2009
by Anais in 100 Foot Diet, Brewing & Fermenting, Challenges, Community, Kitchen, Menu Planning, Posts by Anais
The ash, smoke and heat are finally gone – for now. What a difference a week makes! These last few mornings and evenings have been cool – cool enough for a light sweater in fact. So much more comfortable weather wise and not to mention one is now able to breathe better.
Lots of goings on [...]
August 31, 2009
The summer garden is still puttering along and providing us with a bounty of good food.
SATURDAY
Breakfast – homemade/homegrown blueberry pancakes
Dinner – homemade flour tortillas, homemade spanish rice (homegrown onions, peppers, tomatoes) with homegrown sauteed pepper and local avocado and onions (from Farmer S) with raw cheese
SUNDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – leftovers from Saturday dinner
Dinner [...]
August 25, 2009
Digging for our dinners and still eatin’ good in our neighbor with fresh homegrown veggies and fruits from the garden.
We enjoyed some delectable dishes last week – fried squash blossoms and fig tacos! No not fish tacos but FIG tacos and they are sooooo yummy. They’ve become one of our favorite summer dishes.
SATURDAY
Breakfast – homemade/homegrown [...]
August 16, 2009
The meals last week were certainly very colorful and tasty. We are still working on using up the huge bag of carrots we harvested a few weeks back so we enjoyed an easy and very delicious carrot salad with almost each one of our meals.
The tromboncino squashes are young and very tender and sweet – [...]
August 8, 2009
The weather is still cool for this time of year. I have to pinch myself – can’t believe it’s August!
I’ve noticed too that there’s not been many June bugs either. Spotted only two this week, last year we had a whole army of ‘em – it was like an invasion!
Well, we are just going to [...]
August 4, 2009
What’s with the weather? Today and yesterday morning it feels like fall? I know the coolness will burn off once the sun comes out but it really doesn’t feel like the August we are so used to.
Jordanne and I were commenting on the sound – it changed. Yeah, sounds funny but it’s not. We can [...]
July 27, 2009
If I had but a handful of foods to eat before, well you know, one would be a sun ripen tomato. Heirloom tomatoes especially – their flavors are so incredibly intense. Having waited months for fresh tomato, it’s such a treat to have tomatoes back on the menu and we are loving every juicy [...]
July 19, 2009
by Anais in 100 Foot Diet, Brewing & Fermenting, Challenges, Community, Kitchen, Menu Planning, Posts by Anais
Really eatin’ good in the neighborhood last week from our garden’s bounty. What a blessing to have food that’s grown right in our backyard…. or close by!
SATURDAY
Breakfast – homemade/homegrown blueberry pancakes with homegrown strawberries
Dinner – homemade flour tortillas, homemade spanish rice (homegrown onions, peppers, tomatoes) with homegrown sauteed pepper and local avocado (from Farmer S)
SUNDAY
Breakfast [...]
June 22, 2009
Thanks to FreedomGardens.org we been able to barter with a local farmer in the area. The most recent trade was for a couple pounds of cabbages for a few ollas and a couple jars of finished sauerkraut.
Have you hooked up with a FGer in your area and swapped yer crops. If not what are you [...]
June 19, 2009
I really enjoyed meeting you all and writing the story. I must say your food and cooking was among the best I’ve sampled in my 7 years as a food writer. –LY
We got this in an email (above) over the weekend and was slightly flabbergasted at the praise and though proud of the food we [...]
June 12, 2009
You know once you get behind in something just a wee bit then the next thing you know whoosh weeks pass and it’s not just one weekly meal wrap up but three! Jeepers.
So without further interruptions the urban homestead’s weekly meal wrap up from the last three weeks.
MAY 18
SATURDAY
OUT
SUNDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola, organic yogurt [...]
May 19, 2009
Over the years we’ve made, remade and tweaked our basic “grocery list” of things we can’t grow here on the urban homestead and for the most part we pretty much stick to the list week after week, month after month. When I say “stick to the list” we don’t buy outside the list which helps [...]
May 11, 2009
Last week we enjoyed the garden’s blessings of bountiful produce along with other locally grown treats that were gotten in a swap with a local Freedom Farmer
Also there’s one day that we enjoyed breakfast for dinner. It was one of those busy days – garden, hive and other work and one needing something filling and [...]
May 7, 2009
With all the activity here on the urban homestead, I am finally getting around to posting what we all ate last week.
I can’t wait to share with you what we ate this week, but that’s a post for another time. Stay tuned.
SATURDAY
out
SUNDAY
out
MONDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – homegrown potatoes, locally bartered avocados on toast
Dinner – [...]
April 30, 2009
Though our schedule was slightly interrupted with a slew of different community events, here’s what we enjoyed eating last week.
SATURDAY
out
SUNDAY
Breakfast – out
Dinner – homemade pizza topped with homegrown, marinated peppers, homegrown-made tomato sauce, organic cheese and homegrown salad
MONDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – homegrown-made kimchi (made with homegrown daikon, carrots and locally bartered cabbage) raw [...]
April 23, 2009
I am combining two weeks worth of meals in one entry.
Enjoy!
SATURDAY
Breakfast – homemade pancakes with homeraised eggs
Dinner -homemade flour tortillas, homemade spanish rice (homegrown green onions, preserved peppers) topped with organic cheese, black beans and cilantro
SUNDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Dinner – leftovers from Saturday
MONDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – homegrown snow peas, homegrown sorrel and [...]
April 6, 2009
The Oregon Giant peas are prolific not to mention HUGE! And we’ve been enjoying them for lunch and dinner here on the urban homestead. Yep, meal after meal of just pasta and peas is simply divine. Not tiring of the dish anytime soon. I guess it’s one of those things you enjoy to the fullest [...]
March 9, 2009
Making meals here on the urban homestead is all about using what’s growing in the garden, preserved (canned) in the pantry along with a few basic staples that we have to purchase.
Over the last decade we’ve been able to whittle down our shopping list to a handful of a few basic “necessities.” Of course, we [...]
March 4, 2009
Wow the day/week is flying by so fast. It’s time once again to highlight what we ate last week. The weekly meal wrap ups have certianly turned into a popular thread here at LHITC. They say what you eat determines a lot about you and these photos and lists of meals certainly give you a [...]
February 24, 2009
The rains have stopped for the time being. The rainy season is slowly coming to a close here in SoCal but we are hoping to get a few more storms before we go into the long hot summer.
The peas are ready for pickin’ and we have been enjoying another seasonal vegetable to grace our [...]
February 8, 2009
Note this is not a photo accident. We had the 007 Soup for three meals in a row!
Sprouting seeds in our handy Food PANtrie
Last week we enjoyed fresh homegrown broccoli. Since we strive to eat low on the food chain with homegrown vegetables as our main food source this recent article shows [...]
February 2, 2009
The garden is growing considerably well – for such an odd winter we’ve been having. I’ll post picture of the garden soon.
In the kitchen, though slightly dwindling, the shelves are still stocked with homegrown goods that were preserved during the summer. We even have a box of meyer lemons that a friend of ours brought [...]
January 28, 2009
Still eating “good in the neighborhood” with lots of homegrown veggies and a few basic staple ingredients. Oh and did I mention still eating tomatoes!
SATURDAY
Breakfast – homemade apple fritters with leftover apple pomace
Dinner – gathering, potluck
SUNDAY
Breakfast – homemade stove top granola made with homegrown honey
Lunch – homemade tortillas, spanish rice (homegrown tomatoes, peppers, green onions) [...]
January 21, 2009
One Trowel Revolution
Freedom Gardens is declaration of independence. It is all about taking back responsibility and control of our own food supply and out of the hands of corporations. And Freedom Gardens are sprouting up all over!
With the launch of Freedom Gardens just about 1/2 a year ago I am excited to say that we [...]
January 20, 2009
After being gone for four whole days last weekend, arriving back home we had a hankering for a huge bowl of salad. Having eating nothing but carbohydrates and “square meals” (another word for “energy bars” which Justin has dubbed his “square meal for the day”) our stomachs were a bit out of sorts.
Up at the [...]
January 15, 2009
I didn’t have a chance to post what we urban homesteaders ate last week before hauled off to Nevada City.
Last week we feasted on green tomatoes and I couldn’t resist and went to the “dark side” and made some absolutely delicious apple fritters with the leftover apple pomace from the cider pressing event. By the [...]
January 4, 2009
Fried green tomatoes
This is the last weekly meal post for 2008. Sniff. Sorry shouldn’t be so sentimental but I just refuse to believe another year has passed so fast. Time flies when you are having fun, or, that’s what they say anyway.
Our winter meals are very simple and we try to stretch meals out with [...]
December 31, 2008
Wow, it’s mid week already and 2009 is just hours away. Not that I care about all the hoopla that goes over a flip in the calendar or a tick of the clock. What is important that we have the urban homestead in order for another year of growth and learning.
Finally getting around to posting what [...]
December 22, 2008
Another pathetic job of taking photos of our meals last week. I guess I just can’t get excited over pictures of creamed green soup or even pumpkin soup for that matter. Soup is soup is soup – or that’s what I tell myself.
Anyhow, enjoy another meal wrap up of what we ate last week.
SATURDAY
Breakfast – [...]
December 16, 2008
I’ve said it before but I am (sorry) going to say it again. We are still enjoying fresh beans and tomatoes. Of course this recent cold front could take away my bragging rights.
Since last week was crunch time for the HGR film to be submitted meals were simple and a bit repetitive.
SATURDAY
Breakfast – homemade acorn [...]
December 10, 2008
It’s that time again for us to post what we ate last week. This is getting to be a regular feature here on the journal and quite a popular one too. I think it’s because people like it when you keep your life real.
By posting our weekly eatings we are giving you a sense or taste [...]
