Not much. We went out this weekend (we as in husband and I on a much needed day of together time!) Found some wonderful mushrooms, some gouda (raw milk) that I brought home for on eggs and what not, and some more honey…we really are going through the honey. I tried toasting nuts, but that didn’t go so well. I did it once before, but this time it was a total flop…not sure what I did. We had the Nourishing Tradition’s pancakes this morning. Very good, though I felt like the batter needed a bit of sweetness to it aside from just pouring maple syrup over the finished cakes. They take awhile to cook, so make sure you don’t have your burners up too high or you have goo in the middle and toasty outsides.
Things I plan on cooking this week include cabbage and beef casserole (trying to get the family used to cabbage before springing saurkraut on them), bread (my rye starter is bubbling and brewing up a storm), liver (shhhhh, don’t tell the family this!), and lots of fresh veggies like sweet corn, green beans, onions with mushrooms, and whatever else I can get my hands on.
It’s getting easier to work in the kitchen. I’m much more automatic now in grabbing and doing what needs done. Soaking things is something I am actually remembering to do ahead of time and meals are starting to form in my head well in advance instead of an hour or two before meal time. I like this part of our culinary adventure. The twins are starting to drink milk and our milk useage is likely to double. I used to think that we would never go through three gallons in a weeks time, but the two I got last week will just make it to the one week mark. I know our herdshare (hoping to start with that next week) will be able to get us 3 gallons a week, but I need to check with out Amish family until then. I don’t want to take all their milk as they have a large family (10 children.)
Getting the twins off formula is important to me right now, they are eating table foods (without teeth!) right along with us and with gusto, they like the milk…why again am I paying so much for a canister of powdered chemicals? So thankfull that all four of my children have always been good eaters, quick to try something new. If I had one that was picky it would make this whole change quite a bit more stressful. Meanwhile, I am enjoying our new foods that we are trying, liking the new way of cooking, feel like I am drowning in dishes at times but thankful for what we have, what we’ve tried and where we are going.
