moving always sets me back. it's exhausting, everything gets put on hold, moved to the back burner, delayed. now that we have been in our new (virginia) home for a month we are getting back on track. that means eating at home more, getting to know our local farmers' markets and grocery stores, and continuing on our path to feed ourselves and our kids well.
those of you who saw me at los tios last night, shhhhhhh...
what we're getting out of our local markets and stores:
4 Mile Run Farmers and Artisans Market
we scored some awesome okra there. some of the pieces were too big and hard to eat. no need to throw them away, though! i learned from one of our favorite magazines, Mother Earth News, that you can just scrape out the tasty and very healthy seeds, rinse them, and throw them on top of a salad or veggie sautee. done. the rest of the pod goes straight into our worm bin.
Del Ray Farmers Market
best find was the Bolivian woman who makes saltenas. delish!
Giant:
yes, I said giant. turns out they carry the very necessary ingredients for our homemade laundry detergent: washing soda and borax. who knew.
Moms Organic Market:
have loved this place for a while, and now we live just a few blocks away! for now we get our milk there (until we start drinking raw milk, hopefully very soon!) because it is grass-fed and low-temperature pasteurized. we also get cod liver oil, coconut oil, and pure shea butter there, all things i eventually need to find cheaper elsewhere. i use the shea butter mixed with coconut oil instead of conventional lotion and i can't get enough of it. we cook with and eat the coconut oil (i'll have to save that for a later post.)
a friend of mine, whose incredibly cute blog you can find here gave me a recipe for homemade deodorant the other day, and i'm dying to try it. i just have to buy some cocoa butter and mix it up. in case your interested here it is, from a blog called Angry Chicken.
finally we're sprouting again! i was reminded of the need to keep eating healthy, crazy healthy, by my friend jennie
who fought off her cancer like a madwoman and is an inspiration to me. so to that end, we are soaking seeds today for sprouts in a few days.
moo mix from sprout people, a mix of alfalfa and clover. ironically, the very thing that cows SHOULD be eating if they are producing milk. also delicious for us humans.
another tasting something-buckwheat.
seeds in the mason jar, ready for soaking.
i'll post photos of the spouts as they appear and let you know how we ate them.
amelie and i got outside yesterday and worked on our container garden, transplanting lavender from the community garden in dc, removing dead leaves from our tomato plants so they keep producing, and watering the basil. we'll start adding new plants soon.
so that's what's shakin' around here. we are quite literally counting down the days (23) until we close the restaurant for a week and head out west to oregon. this is a vacation that we all need, and we look forward to finding more inspiration from our time away.
see you soon!
those of you who saw me at los tios last night, shhhhhhh...
what we're getting out of our local markets and stores:
4 Mile Run Farmers and Artisans Market
we scored some awesome okra there. some of the pieces were too big and hard to eat. no need to throw them away, though! i learned from one of our favorite magazines, Mother Earth News, that you can just scrape out the tasty and very healthy seeds, rinse them, and throw them on top of a salad or veggie sautee. done. the rest of the pod goes straight into our worm bin.
Del Ray Farmers Market
best find was the Bolivian woman who makes saltenas. delish!
Giant:
yes, I said giant. turns out they carry the very necessary ingredients for our homemade laundry detergent: washing soda and borax. who knew.
Moms Organic Market:
have loved this place for a while, and now we live just a few blocks away! for now we get our milk there (until we start drinking raw milk, hopefully very soon!) because it is grass-fed and low-temperature pasteurized. we also get cod liver oil, coconut oil, and pure shea butter there, all things i eventually need to find cheaper elsewhere. i use the shea butter mixed with coconut oil instead of conventional lotion and i can't get enough of it. we cook with and eat the coconut oil (i'll have to save that for a later post.)
a friend of mine, whose incredibly cute blog you can find here gave me a recipe for homemade deodorant the other day, and i'm dying to try it. i just have to buy some cocoa butter and mix it up. in case your interested here it is, from a blog called Angry Chicken.
finally we're sprouting again! i was reminded of the need to keep eating healthy, crazy healthy, by my friend jennie
who fought off her cancer like a madwoman and is an inspiration to me. so to that end, we are soaking seeds today for sprouts in a few days.
moo mix from sprout people, a mix of alfalfa and clover. ironically, the very thing that cows SHOULD be eating if they are producing milk. also delicious for us humans.
another tasting something-buckwheat.
seeds in the mason jar, ready for soaking.i'll post photos of the spouts as they appear and let you know how we ate them.
amelie and i got outside yesterday and worked on our container garden, transplanting lavender from the community garden in dc, removing dead leaves from our tomato plants so they keep producing, and watering the basil. we'll start adding new plants soon.
so that's what's shakin' around here. we are quite literally counting down the days (23) until we close the restaurant for a week and head out west to oregon. this is a vacation that we all need, and we look forward to finding more inspiration from our time away.
see you soon!
1 comment:
Glad you're lovin' life in the Commonwealth! It was great visiting with the whole gang last night. xoxo, J.
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