I dug carrots today.
Thats correct
I dug carrots on December 14th in MAINE!
We had a warm spurt and remembered that our carrots weren't all dug. So that's what we did. It took us abotu half an hour and we got 55 pounds of carrots out! So glad this happened and it didn't all go to waste!
The soup thing was about the yummy soup I made out of these fresh carrots.
I actually did it yesterday, when I went and dug carrots for about 5 minutes before it started pouring.
The power was out so I had to come up with something that I could cook with no power.
So I got some rain water I'd collected, put it in a pot, and cranked up the wood stove.
Then I dug around for some left over veggies, I ended up with onion, and a some corn. and then I chopped up LOTS of my fresh carrots! I added a veggie bullion cube for some added yumminess to my broth.
Now, I am one of those crazy people that completely hate runny broth. It HAS to have something to it.
I was planning to add rice, but then discovered I didn't have any.
So my soup was about ready and I remembered this fact. I didn't feel like corn starch just to make it thicker. So, rolling with the corn theme, I decided on corm... MEAL!
I love corn meal!
It is in I think all of my favorite recipes except for these brownies I really really like :)
So I added some corn meal in, cooked it for a while, added some garlic and sea salt.
And it was SOOOO YUMMY!
I just really felt the urge to share.
Just in case I don't post again before Christmas
Merry Christmas!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Well MY body cares. Thats why.
I recently discovered that along with life lessons and making things, I have a lot I can do about my future right now.
One of my most recent ( I guess) things is switching to as much all natural as I can.
It started because a friend of mine and I were eating carrots we had picked from my garden. We got to talking about how we loved how you can actually taste the earth in fresh carrots vs. store bought. From the saying "Taste The Earth" We started a little "Clan" if you like, of a few of our friends.
We want to knock out as much store bought as we can, starting with stuff that will benefit our health first.
My first BIG knock out. Deoderant. I hate the stuff. I am allergic to Nickel and Aluminum, so that right there is a big enough reason to hate it. If I used it to often it would get quite uncomfortable. I also just hate the idea of what its doing.
So I started making my own. Simple ingredients: Corn Starch, Baking Soda, and Coconut Oil. You can add essential oils to make it smell however you like. But I really like coconut. So I am sticking to that for now.
After that we switched to homemade shampoo, conditioner, face wash, lip balm, hand lotion, And I feel like I am missing a few others. I will probably remember them 10 minutes after I post this and be frustrated with myself. But oh well.
You do get the picture.
I hope.
I had a booth at a craft fair yesterday. Hallee and I met some seriously fantastic people. One woman who makes her own soap, perfume, chapstick, lotion, all sorts of things! And invents her own scents from different combinations of essential oils too.
We also met an artist who was really kind! I ended up swapping a picture he made for a pair of gloves I am making him and mailing to him. Both people were very encouraging to meet. I think we will be going to more things like these in the future. A license would help I suppose.
OFF that rabbit trail. Back to
Taste The Earth
Pretty much we are a bunch of young women that want to NOT continue screwing up our bodies to the best of our abilities.
We want to learn to cook, make clothes for ourselves and others, grow our own food and herbs, learn to make everything we put on our bodies so we actually know it isn't junk, not just read it from a bottle.
I mean, who can REALLY trust all the mumbo jumbo in the ingredients lists. Maybe a genius that knows all the scientific names for everything. But I am not one of them. So I will stick to my baking soda and olive oil thank you :)
Well thats all I have for now. Hopefully I will get the hang of this blogging thing a little bit more and actually update a little more often!
One of my most recent ( I guess) things is switching to as much all natural as I can.
It started because a friend of mine and I were eating carrots we had picked from my garden. We got to talking about how we loved how you can actually taste the earth in fresh carrots vs. store bought. From the saying "Taste The Earth" We started a little "Clan" if you like, of a few of our friends.
We want to knock out as much store bought as we can, starting with stuff that will benefit our health first.
My first BIG knock out. Deoderant. I hate the stuff. I am allergic to Nickel and Aluminum, so that right there is a big enough reason to hate it. If I used it to often it would get quite uncomfortable. I also just hate the idea of what its doing.
So I started making my own. Simple ingredients: Corn Starch, Baking Soda, and Coconut Oil. You can add essential oils to make it smell however you like. But I really like coconut. So I am sticking to that for now.
After that we switched to homemade shampoo, conditioner, face wash, lip balm, hand lotion, And I feel like I am missing a few others. I will probably remember them 10 minutes after I post this and be frustrated with myself. But oh well.
You do get the picture.
I hope.
I had a booth at a craft fair yesterday. Hallee and I met some seriously fantastic people. One woman who makes her own soap, perfume, chapstick, lotion, all sorts of things! And invents her own scents from different combinations of essential oils too.
We also met an artist who was really kind! I ended up swapping a picture he made for a pair of gloves I am making him and mailing to him. Both people were very encouraging to meet. I think we will be going to more things like these in the future. A license would help I suppose.
OFF that rabbit trail. Back to
Taste The Earth
Pretty much we are a bunch of young women that want to NOT continue screwing up our bodies to the best of our abilities.
We want to learn to cook, make clothes for ourselves and others, grow our own food and herbs, learn to make everything we put on our bodies so we actually know it isn't junk, not just read it from a bottle.
I mean, who can REALLY trust all the mumbo jumbo in the ingredients lists. Maybe a genius that knows all the scientific names for everything. But I am not one of them. So I will stick to my baking soda and olive oil thank you :)
Well thats all I have for now. Hopefully I will get the hang of this blogging thing a little bit more and actually update a little more often!
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