garden carrots - is there anything better? in my opinion only tomatoes... this salad is all about the dressing... and it is a strange dressing so I was nervous to send it out but I wanted to try it myself... this dressing is so delicious... not exactly sure what the farmers thought but I could... Continue Reading →
taco quinoa salad, greek fried chicken with parsnip puree and new potatoe wedges and beet cake
oh my word, here we go... harvest 2020... some absolutely gorgeous hot weather (the farmer told me that it felt like the hottest day he has ever combined on... not fun to work in but great for drying out crops) has us able to get combining the peas we truly feel like a 'family farm'... Continue Reading →
listening to teacher
new shoes... birthday shoes... these beauties might only ever see my treadmill... I'm not fast enough or pretty enough to be wearing them but here we are... what inspired you, Catherine, to make such a healthy meal and run in your fast shoes and shave your legs? was it the super sexy farmer you've been... Continue Reading →
I wanna hug with somebody
I was walking with a friend the other evening... as we were saying our good-bye's, a strange feeling came over me... I have been close friends with this person for over twenty years now and this was a new feeling I had never experienced around her... I found my arms raising, my heart pulling me... Continue Reading →
goose for dinner
goose hunting... the farmer has been up at 5 am a few mornings this week to head out and hide in this little shelter and attempt to shoot the poor geese flying overhead... a rule we have around here is that you must eat what you shoot... so I used my father-in-law's recipe for what... Continue Reading →
meatloaf & potatoes
"modern love is the enterprise that everyone wants to be a part of, yet there's a fifty percent divorce rate in round one and a sixty-five percent divorce rate in round two." (Esther Perel) I was sick of listening to my normal podcasts that deal with running and vulnerability... so I ventured out of my... Continue Reading →
have you ever compared yourself to Kate Hudson
Kate Hudson and I share a birthyear... 1979... that's not where the comparisons end... blonde - check... three kids (2 boys and 1 girl) - check... amazing mothers (her's a strict Buddhist and mine a strict Christian) - check... love for stretchy, yoga style clothing - check... this is where the comparisons start to take... Continue Reading →
football party in the field
NFL is back!!! the kids and I decided the farmers needed some football party grub in the field to kick things off... so I dug out the Pioneer Woman's Cookbook and made some football food for the field my daughter and I prepped for the seven layer dip the night before the next day... Continue Reading →
pesto potato salad, teddy bear chili and blueberry polenta scones
the farmer's alarm clock goes off at 3:40 am... then 3:45... then again at 3:47... he gets out of bed, gets dressed and brushes his teeth using the flashlight from his phone so he doesn't wake me up... I consider that I should tell him that I am totally awake due to his three alarm... Continue Reading →