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REAL FOOD, REAL SIMPLE: Weekly Meal Wrap Up
Whew doggie! It’s been a busy week here at the urban homestead. Busy with bees (getting ready to harvest some honey!), battling bad bugs, moving the tender greens to cooler spot in the yard and getting things ready for a major can-a-thon.
WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP x2
Our readership is growing by the day, so a warm welcome to all you new readers. For those of you who are internet savvy you can follow happenings on the urban homestead on FACEBOOK and TWITTER! Weeks are going by so fast, by the time I turn around I am already behind in posting our [...]
WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP x2
Whoosh. That’s the sound of time flying by! Where does the time go? One week, turns into two and I am already behind in putting up our weekly meals. Father time is going to need to slow down a bit. Given that we are smack dab in the middle of winter and enjoying fresh tomatoes [...]
WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP
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 [...]
WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP
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 [...]
WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP
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 [...]
WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP
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 [...]
WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP
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 [...]
WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP
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 [...]
WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP
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 [...]
