dark days challenge

Haven't put up one of these in a while. But here is one for ya. But again I have no pic of it. It was gone before I even remembered I could post this. You'll have to envision it all in your head. Try not to drool on the keyboard though ;
We had The Best Pork Chops You'll Ever Taste is what they are called. No really. But according to my husband they were not the best pork chops he's ever had. But he still liked them. I found the recipe on Pinterest. The seasoning on them was not local, but the pork was home grown! We had green beans that were from our garden last year, and baked potatoes from a local farmer!! And in the process of cooking the pork, I had my potatoes on the stove in a plastic bowl, to keep them warm...you see this coming right?! I mean it's happened to all of us...right?! I managed to melt part of my bowl, but thankfully not enough to ruin my potatoes! Then to top it all off we had pie, raspberry blueberry pie! I think the pie was the best part! I'm just a pie kinda gal though!  Both berries are from local farms too!

Today was a typical Monday for me, but other then that it was Monday! Cold and windy on the hill. But all the critters are done for the night and I don't have to go see them until tomorrow morning!
Have a great night all!

dark days challenge

SO here is another dark days challenge. I missed last week, and almost this week. I've been cooking with local stuff and all that, I just don't remember the pics!!! My husband always looks at me like I'm crazy whenever I get the camera to snap a pic of the food on my plate, or the table or wherever it happens to be strategically placed for it's photo shoot! I'm always surprised how many photos of food I take and again my husband asks what I'm doing. I just smile at him and say for the blog of course!! DO you find lots of pics on your camera of your food?! I do. Hence the rambling of this post.
So what did I make that was wonderful? Well it all depends on how you look at wonderful. I call it Hash. Breakfast for supper. What is it??
Home fries from local potato folks, bacon and or sausage from our pig, eggs from our chickens. All cooked up and throw one pan and served to my hungry family. The only seasoning I use is bacon fat to fry the potatoes, eggs and sausage in and some salt and pepper. SO you know it's all very healthy and good for you...
Here tis

Pardon me it's not the best food pic I've ever seen, but there it is. I usually cook everything separate, but in the same pan, then throw it in one and it's gone in no time!
There is another local meal on our table!!
Have a great day all!!

dark days challenge

So here it is. Another dark day food challenge. I'm going to try to find and put in the link if you want all the nitty gritty details of it. But in a nut shell here they are..
Only local foods within 150 miles of you. From your farm or others. With the exception of spices and coffee and baking necessities. Take a pic and post it on your blog or leave a comment on my blog of what you had!  It goes from now until April. Boost you own economy and buy local, shop local if you really want to make a difference with your money! It surely does talk!

So we had pork chops from a pig we raised, green beans from our garden, baked potatoes from a local farmer, and milk from our cow. But last night we ate and I forgot the pic. So you'll have to take my word for it. Everything was gone, nothing left, so it must have been good!!!
Have a great day all!

dark days challenge

OK, so here is my attempt at the dark days challenge.
Basically I have no idea how to add the link to the blog, to the blog that started it, so if you do leave me a comment and clue in this tech-no savvy farm gal!! ;-)
But the rules are once a week you make a meal from only locally grown foods from 150 miles of you. Take a pic and share it on your blog or leave a comment about what you had to eat. Can be from your place or a local farmer. That is the jist of it. Oh and it goes from now until April I think. Correct me if I'm wrong. Just to support local and I think fun to see what others are making locally in their areas. Also there is the exception of using spices, coffee and that sort of stuff, you know some cooking necessities!
So here is my first local meal, for this challenge anyways.
 We had just a down home Pot Roast and a Blueberry Pie.  The pot roast was from a local farmer who raises beef. The potatoes were from a local farmer, the carrots were from my garden, and the milk from our cow! The blueberries were from a local bee keeper that has blueberry fields too!
So there you have it. Farm supported, local, homemade meal! What about you?! What's on your tables?

 Mmmmmmm yummy pot roast!!

Mmmmmm yummy blueberry pie! Why yes, yes I did eat that whole piece of pie right there! It were good too!!
Have a great night all!