On the food front… The figs are finally ripe so we devoured our first fig quesadilla of the season. I know, sounds odd but it’s soooo delicious!
Tabbouleh was what’s for lunch/dinner most of the week. No “007″ complaints on that one. Absolutely love this summer salad. It’s so simple and tasty and uses a good handful of mint that’s growing like gangbusters and needs to be “controlled.”
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.
The garden is growing into an edible jungle! And what a feast to be had – there’s fresh veggies and fruits to be savored and soon saved. As we head into summer our meals are changing along with the season. Here’s last week eats on the urban homestead for you to savor with your eyes!
Homegrown, homemade – meals. Weekly eats from the urban homestead.
Ok, I am going to have to do a better job of taking photos of the meals. Funny how you get out of routine for just a bit and, well, it’s a struggle to get back!
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. [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
Yesterday it rained (at times torrential) buckets, we got over 2 inches! What a tremendous blessing – great for the garden!
Around the urban homestead we’ve been busy. There’s so much to do, I can’t even begin to start. Spring is so about “happenings” don’t you think? And we are ready to roll… are you?
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Here’s a two week worth rundown of meals we enjoyed here on the urban homestead
SATURDAY
Breakfast – homemade buttermilk pancakes with homepreserved strawberry sauce
Dinner – homemade flour tortillas, homemade spanish rice with organic black beans
SUNDAY
Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – homemade vegetable soup (homegrown lima beans, broccoli, greens)
Dinner – homemade vegetable soup (homegrown lima beans, broccoli, [...]
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 [...]
On a weather note. We got some rain yesterday. Pretty much rained/drizzle/misted all day. What a blessings.
Ok now to what we urban homesteaders have been eating.
I’ve been behind it the meal wrap up so going to combine two weeks worth in one. Though our plates our not as bleak as Laura’s in the Long Winter, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 – [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Last week we got a treat!
Freedom Farmer S brought over some ears of corn which we immediately enjoyed for lunch the next day. As for me I didn’t/couldn’t wait. Seeing there was corn in the box he brought filled with other farmgrown goodies I immediately forgot my manners and shucked one right then in there [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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Breakfast – homemade skillet granola, organic yogurt [...]
Another busy weekend!
Later on going on a picnic with friends and our goats – yep another local “home holiday”!
I have a bit of catching up to do, not only here (like with the weekly meal wrap up post) but around the urban homestead. One friend commented to me yesterday when I was running around organizing [...]
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 [...]
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.
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Breakfast – homemade skillet granola
Lunch – homegrown potatoes, locally bartered avocados on toast
Dinner – [...]
Through the posting blitz. Whew!
Hope you are enjoying reading up and viewing the photos. Still to come out & about at the eco fair at Universal Studios, garden and urban homestead photos, weekly meal wrap up and more!
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s broccoli time here on the urban homestead and our meals reflect what’s growing in the garden and what home preserves are stashed in the pantry.
While our home canned goods are getting lower and lower the days are growing longer and hopefully warmer. With only a few short weeks of winter left another canning season [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
