Of Goats and Greens
A blog for food and cookery and discussions of weird things like nutrition, restaurant excursions, growing food in my own garden, DIY, and farmsteading/homesteading. But, mostly food. Mostly harmless...
I definitely steer to a preference for Real Food. (Would someone's great-grandparent somewhere have recognized that item as food?) Otherwise, I'm an omnivore who travels the world (gustatorially). Yes, I also make use of "odd bits". No, I don't bake desserts much -- I really don't have much of a "sweet-tooth". Nearly all of my recipes in recent years are gluten-free. And other than coconut, my recent and future recipes are tree-nut free, as I have digestive issues with those. There's a strong Paleo influence here.
I try to post recipes every Friday, with potential supplemental posts on Tuesdays.
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Category Archives: Food Markets
Bitter Melon Stir Fry. Visiting the Korean Supermarket, H-Mart. Blue Zones.
I’m currently in a local book discussion group, where monthly for four or five months, we are meeting to discuss the book by Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World’s Healthiest People. The Blue … Continue reading
Brussels Sprouts, Shallots and Pacific Salmon
I fell down a week ago and badly bruised my right, dominant hand, forearm. This has limited my cooking and eating. My knife work is down to about zero, unless what I’m chopping at is already tender. I’m eating Brit … Continue reading
Baba Ghanoush
When life gives you eggplant… make Baba Ghanoush! I did grow (one) of my own, and that was great, but it was only one. Saturday I went to the Farmer’s Market, and one vendor was having a fire sale (er, … Continue reading
Grain-Free Meatloaf?
Yep, meatloaf. I have never liked the generic dish called “meatloaf”, but I just got involved in a Farmer’s Market sort of pastured “Meatshare”, and close to half the meat is.. ground meat. I don’t want to stuff peppers or … Continue reading
Farmers’ Marketing
I hit up two of these today: I would have preferred to have visited my favorite, the one in Litchfield, but I had to go into work this morning and that’s the wrong direction. So… I visited both the Danbury … Continue reading
Beef Short Ribs
I don’t usually purchase beef, as I can get it from the farm in Virginia, and I don’t eat as much of it as I do things like lamb or seafood, because beef definitely needs to be grass-finished, but as … Continue reading
Popcorn on the Cob
I hit up the Bethel Farmer’s Market this morning, and on a lark bought a cob of corn for popping. The instructions posted there included the note that you could pop your cob in your microwave. Holy moly, I thought, … Continue reading
Discovering Squash Blossoms
Stuffed Squash Blossoms Last year I bought a huge squash blossom, which promptly got lost in the fridge, and was not re-discovered until Too Late. Anyhow, this year: Ingredients: 4 of the lil devils, clean them out from within because … Continue reading
Farmers’ Market Update
I’ve been a repeat offender at the Bethel, New Milford, and Litchfield farmers’ markets in Connecticut. Litchfield has by far and away the largest number of farmers present, but they all seem to have their own specialties. Heirloom tomatoes seem … Continue reading
Sea Vegetable
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Freezer Death: Ground Goat Patties, and Stuffed Peppers
Last Thursday (a week ago) I came home from work, and decided to be pro-active with regards to Friday night’s dinner, since I was going to be home late from work on Friday, and no doubt stuck in weekend traffic … Continue reading →