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.
Please leave me comments! Interacting with folk drives me forward!
Tag Archives: homesteading
Bugs in Your Flour & Grains? And, a Removable Label Idea
Not going to be-labor this post. If you live where winter is a thing – with degree days below freezing – here’s a handy hint: Collect your flour and rice and meal (including tapioca and arrowroot flours you have for … Continue reading
Thai Soup: Tom Kha Gai (Chicken Coconut Galangal), for Asian Lunar New Year – Whole 30
Contains: Fish sauce, coconut, optional nightshade. Is: Whole 30, Paleo, gluten-free. Prepared for the start of the Asian Lunar Calendar, Year of the Rat. I absolutely LOVE Tom Kha style soups. I’ve finally made one that I’m happy to bring … Continue reading
Raising Chickens, Part VIII: Is Organic the Way to Go?
I’d hoped to run this essay past Kat Hosinski before posting it. Most of this was written near the end of October. Unfortunately my Compatriot in live homesteading discussions passed away November 1st. I’d seriously like to hear from … Continue reading
Refinishing/Refurbishing Old Wrought Iron Lawn Furniture
Yes, it’s October here in the north-east states of the US, and winter is indeed coming. I didn’t get around to doing my planned refinishing of the patio furniture until just about now – please don’t wait as long into … Continue reading
Winter Is Coming: Autumnal Prep for the Homestead Garden
While I already had a surprising and unpredicted temperature drop to 34 degrees Fahrenheit about a week prior, which did some crop damage, we’ were predicted to have 31 degrees by morning on Saturday October 5th. It turned out we … Continue reading
Growing, Harvesting & Cooking Your Spuds (Potatoes)
(oh, with notes on the purslane, basil and delicata squash growing here as well.) Alas, I got my potatoes in the ground late this year – the raised beds weren’t ready until late June. At any rate, yes this late … Continue reading
Sea Vegetable
Massachusetts Winter Conference, Northeast Organic Farmer’s Association (NOFA MASS)
Worchester State University is about an hour and forty minutes from here, and was the host on Saturday to the 2020 Winter Conference of the Northeast Organic Farmer’s Association (NOFA), Massachusetts’ chapter. This is the first year I’ve attended this … Continue reading →