No, I’m not tokin’ it up today at all, but I always just giggle a little when this day rolls around. 😉
Completely unrelated to my post title, what I really wanted to do here was brag about my husband again and his ridiculous cooking skillz. What was on the menu last night, you ask? Oh, just some more homemade brisket/green pepper/Colby jack burgers with 25 year balsamic vinegar ketchup and a side of mushroom/peppers risotto (grated parmesan on all, yum!). We were out of buns so the toasted bread ended up being a tasty touch. What was the occasion? Tuesday. 🙂
I really am spoiled by R’s cooking. I wasn’t lying when I said if it were up to me we’d be living on bowls of cereal and pb&js, so I totally lucked out in the culinary department with this guy. He’s trying to clean out the fridge and get all of our meals back to basics – meat and potatoes (or veggies of some sort), nothing fake or phony, little to no processed foods, local ingredients as often as possible.
R grew up on a dairy farm, so he’s 100% a meat and potatoes guy. He loves making his mom’s recipes on which he grew up too, and I have come to fall in love with pretty much all of them. They’re delicious, hearty, healthy, easy – what more could I want? Their farm is no longer a functioning dairy producer, but his dad still butchers hogs every so often, so we reap the benefits of that as well. 75 lbs. of fresh pork from your home for free? Sign me up! I’ll make room for it in the basement freezer amongst all the bags of breast milk. 🙂
Are you familiar with Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution? It’s a campaign to get America to eat healthier, fresh not processed, specifically targeting kids and schools. Now with D in the mix, the importance of good food and proper nutrition is even more in the forefront of our daily lives. R has taken his cue largely from Jamie’s show, and it’s fantastic. Check out his site and sign the petition – it really is an awesome idea and cause: http://www.jamieoliver.com/us/foundation/jamies-food-revolution/home
Oh yeah, I almost forgot the best part. R declared yesterday his personal spring break, so he opened a bottle of my favorite wine to go with dinner. It was a heavenly treat for a plain ol’ Tuesday night.
i applaud you guys for making the commitment to go ‘natural’! we too have been making a bigger effort over the last year or so. I have seen an increase in our grocery bills (which is a bit frustrating) but over all, I feel so much better for it!
Nice! I can’t wait for farmer’s markets and our gardens this summer too.
me too! we’re pretty boring with what we usually plant in our garden, mostly just cucumbers and tomatoes. but i make a mean spaghetti sauce and attempted pickles last year which was fun! I’m going to have to tweak the pickle recipe though, it wasn’t exactly they way I like it, but still good.
what do you guys normally plant?
That’s right, I want to try your pickles! We’ve done tomatoes (all varieties), peppers, beans, squash, and pumpkins. And of course Ryan’s hops. Tomatoes by far have done the best. Last year they went wild and we ended up w/huge bushes of them. It was really too many, and we even froze a bunch. I start them from plants, not seeds, too. This year we’ll do only 1-2 Roma tomato plants, green beans (those do awesome from seeds), and probably peppers. I think I’ll do the peppers from plants too. I can’t remember if I did those from seeds or plants last time, because last summer all we did was different kinds of tomatoes (cherry, beefsteak, Roma, yellow, and purple striped ones).