Our weekly CSA box has been overflowing with spring vegetables, and I have been scrambling for recipes and ideas for what to do with all the goodness. Sadly, I didn’t make it to some bok choy and other greens in time. I’m determined not…
I am crazy for Jeni’s Salty Caramel ice cream sandwiches. They are the perfect combination of not-too-sweet and completely satisfying. There are two downsides to loving Jeni’s ice cream sandwiches, though. One is the distance from my house to her one and only shop…
This weekend’s meal planning was a little haphazard — we tried to squeeze too much into our Sunday — but I think we’re pleased with it overall. We went to the strawberry festival at the Franklin Farmer’s Market on Saturday and already had two…
One of my simple goals from my urban homesteading list was to make our own breads and granolas. We don’t eat a lot of loaf bread these days, but I do make our tortillas, pizza dough rounds, pastas, and pita breads. Sometimes we buy…
Back in February I stumbled across The Homestead Experiment. JulieAnn and I share a lot of the same philosophies and goals relating to modern living and living slowly. It’s a challenge sometimes to marry the two, but like JulieAnn and her family, Chris and…