Having just had our second child, I seem to have babies on the brain. We had our second successful home birth and could not be more happy with our experience, in both instances. This time around, labor took me by surprise and from start to finish it was all over in under 6.5 hours, a far cry from the 44 hour labor I had with Rowan. As such, here are a few articles that have resonated with me the past few days.
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Soup: It’s What’s For Dinner
Soup is one of those remarkable dishes that is simple, generally healthy, and an excellent way to keep your New Year’s resolution to eat more vegetables. According to the Chinese, soups are a great way to keep your immune system healthy.
What You Want In Your Milk
We are big fans of raw milk around these parts. Short of that, we’ll take regular pasteurized milk. There has been a recent crackdown in California regarding raw or unpasteurized milk, and where I live in Ohio, you basically have to go underground to get access to raw milk.
In The Garden
Even in November there is plenty going on in our garden. Here are a few images that we especially appreciate.
In The News
For those of us in Ohio, we received some good labeling news recently. The Ohio Department of Agriculture agreed to withdraw a dairy labeling rule that prohibited milk from being labeled as produced without the use of the artificial growth hormone, recombinant growth Hormone (rbGH).
Cold Weather Cooking
When the weather changes and temperatures start dipping, we tend to gravitate towards comfort foods and meals that stick to our ribs in the cold winter months: soups, stews, and casseroles. I generally try and avoid turning on my oven during the hot summer months so I especially look forward to our winter meal routines. We go from eating an abundance of tomatoes, peppers, berries, and stone fruit to root vegetables, squashes, leeks, kale, and a multitude of others.
Holiday Herbs
I can hardly believe that Thanksgiving is just weeks away. Here is an excerpt from Martha’s book, A Pocket Full of Posies on the focus of herbs during the holidays. Enjoy!