April 2012

What else would you do with bok choy but make it into an Asian style dish? Bok choy is one of the vegetables that is grown by my CSA farmer and I get plenty of it in early summer. I really like the baby bok… Click to Continue →

Welcome to Sunday Snippets. This is a weekly feature that allows you to take a quick peek at posts that I loved from my FAT TUESDAY carnival this past week. I'll also summarize some posts from my blog from the past week. If you missed… Click to Continue →

This Home on the Range series celebrates all kinds of homesteaders, from urban rooftop gardeners to rural ranches and farms, from beekeepers to goat herders, from container gardeners to egg gatherers. All are welcome. To kick off the series, today's feature will be from Chandelle… Click to Continue →

The headline reads... "Chinese scientists have cloned a genetically modified sheep containing a "good" type of fat found naturally in nuts, seeds, fish and leafy greens that helps reduce the risk of heart attacks and cardiovascular disease." This is getting serious folks! Misguided public food… Click to Continue →

I was listening to a lecture given by Howard Vlieger from Verity Farms which was given at the WAPF conference this past November. I listen to these recordings while I ride the bike at the gym and I almost fell off listening to this one… Click to Continue →

It's that time of the week when real foodies come together for a food festival! Fat Tuesday is the official end of Mardi Gras and here at Real Food Forager we are having our own Fat Tuesday Forager Festival! Every Tuesday come join in this… Click to Continue →

Let's be more exotic and call these cacao butter cupcakes. But whether you call it cacao or cocoa, it is still the same -- the pure fat from the cacao bean. The fibrous part of the bean is the powder. When you put both together… Click to Continue →

This icing tastes amazingly like a chocolate frosting and will satisfy you. Additionally, it is really healthy with no additives, refined sugar, high fructose corn syrup, colorings, caffeine or any other chemical additive. It is so simple yet so satisfying. This recipe take just a… Click to Continue →

Welcome to Sunday Snippets. This is a weekly feature that allows you to take a quick peek at posts that I loved from my FAT TUESDAY carnival this past week. I'll also summarize some posts from my blog from the past week. If you missed… Click to Continue →

I love reading the homesteading blogs. The self sufficiency, the ingenuity, the audacity and the critters all engage my interest. I get jealous when I read about folks with large gardens and chickens, goats, cows and horses. Don't get me wrong, taking care of farm… Click to Continue →

I attended the first screening of the movie Farmageddon in my area and I am still getting chills up and down my spine.  Farmageddon tells the story of small family farms that were providing safe, healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop… Click to Continue →

I am fascinated by the Homestead Movement. Young educated people are forsaking their corporate jobs, leaving the cities, buying land and going back to traditional lifestyles. I get envious when I see this and read how these people have learned how to farm the land… Click to Continue →

It's that time of the week when real foodies come together for a food festival! Fat Tuesday is the official end of Mardi Gras and here at Real Food Forager we are having our own Fat Tuesday Forager Festival! Every Tuesday come join in this… Click to Continue →

It's almost an oxymoron to say healthy chips, but wait until you see what these chips are made from and how they are cooked. Appropriate for SCD/GAPS, Paleo,/Primal, we don't use potatoes which are a nightshade vegetable and dangerous for people sensitive to solanine. Oh… Click to Continue →