Fresh Ginger

Unfortunately, being further North than the rest of the GF bloggers leaves MI peachless right now.  We need about one more month before they start showing up at the farmer’s markets.  I don’t have any frozen right now and I don’t care for canned peaches, so perhaps I will sub with a mango - which […]

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I plant a garden every year. Some years I have planted one at the community garden too. This year, since we took our house off the market, we are making some big plans : raised beds and a small green or hoop house. The garage/shed will come down and […]

I believe I have previously mentioned that my house is for sale right now. We put quite a bit of mola into redoing the kitchen floors and painting the kitchen cupboards and three rooms in the basement. (I will get around too blogging about cooking and knitting in a bit, hold on) Ah, […]

I have been missing the quickness and versatility of couscous lately. So I decided to try a few things. First, I broke up some GF spaghetti noodles and put them in the spice mill. Not gonna work. Second, I did a search for GF couscous online. There was one recipe […]

I felt as if I short shifted organics a bit yesterday and was writing a reply to one of my comments so long, that I figured I should add it to the blog instead.
In Michigan our seasons are shorter, so I of course have to rely on non local groceries, but I do make […]

Organic food is a really interesting topic. Let me say right now that I don’t seek out organic produce. Especially when the organic produce comes from California and I live in Michigan and I can buy locally produced goods or veggies. I seek out sustainably grown and raised food as much as possible […]

Finally, Pancetta gets her own post. Thanks to Amborosia and Nectar for reminding me and bringing me back on track!
It all started with mortadella strangely enough. Last Fall friends of ours in Leelanau were too busy to hang out over Thanksgiving when we were in town. Their excuse? They were busy […]

Over Memorial Weekend my favorite boyfriend and I went up North to visit the family and our new pig Pancetta (Pancetta will have her own blog day soon). My bro has recently moved back to the farm and begun adding on to the farm business with his own enterprise Leelanau Farm and Game (I […]