Tag Archive for ‘pantry’

HOMEGROWN POTATOES

Time to harvest our Po-ta-Toes!

Here in So Cal, where we have a to be desired growing season, started the potatoes back in December.

TEA TIME!

With the cost of gas and food going up, it’s becoming more economical to throw your own parties at home.

SOMETHING NEW

Anticipating the time in the future of adding some fish into our diet (see ETHICAL EATING) we have been adding tuna to the menu.

NAMASTE AMERICA

I can’t believe it’s already a year since our family visited India as urban homestead ambassadors. It was truly an amazing trip, made even more special by the fact that we got to stay with wonderful families. (read our India adventures)

CORN VS POTATO?

Taking stock of what we have here in the urban homestead’s pantry for our next co-op order, a recent comment from a friend got me thinking. Been doing a lot of that lately, especially when it comes to our food staples that we don’t grow. Now, I am all for choices but sometimes I think Ma Ingalls had it, well, “easier.”

FOOD NETWORK: IT AINT EASY BEING GREEN

On a cold, drizzly, gray day in February two chefs were dropped off at the Urban Homestead.

See what happens when they have to whip up a tasty meal with ingredients from the garden and pantry in this “foodie’s” drama.

ECOFARM CONFERENCE, ASILOMAR CA

Now to the biggest, best farming conference in the West! Monterey Bay/Asilomar, EcoFarm Conference Jan 20-23 Before the conference started, we needed a place to stay for night or two before we were given our designated rooms on the conference grounds and were blessed with a place to stay beachside. (A big thanks to the [...]

MEADOW VISTA, FREEDOM GARDENS

Meadow Vista Jan 17-18 Saying our goodbyes to all the wonderful folks at Nevada City Wild & Scenic Festival (read all about it in case you missed it!), it was time to mosey down the mountain to a little one stoplight town nestled amongst the pines, Meadow Vista, where we were to meet up with [...]

WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP

Even though it feels like fall (for now) we are still enjoying fresh tomatoes and peppers from the garden.  Actually, Justin commented today that we are harvesting more tomatoes than we got all summer!  He’s right ya know, it’s been a terribly odd year. Summer still lingers on down on the farm. As you can [...]

WEEKLY MEAL WRAP UP

With little or no surplus for our clients, we’ve been concentrating on just feeding ourselves and cutting back on unnecessary store bought food items. We’ve cut out buying raw or organic milk (operation goat milk in the works, but that’s for another post) instead buying organic milk powder.  We don’t use much (‘cept for baking) [...]