The Farm Report

Category: cooking

  • Groovy smoothies

    Groovy smoothies

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    As of late, Shep has really been into the show The Fresh Beat Band. Don’t get Tom started on the topic, trust me. It’s a bit like nails on a blackboard, but Shep loves it.

    One of the places in the show is the Groovy Smoothie shop, so the website contains lots of smoothie recipes. This afternoon, Shep demanded we make them. Of course, we didn’t have any of the right ingredients, but we kind of made them up.

    A bonus? This is an excellent way to slip in protein powder for a child that…ahem…barely eats a single food with protein. (Shep, I’m looking at you.)

  • Christmas Eve: Cookie making

    Christmas Eve: Cookie making

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    I kind of forgot that Neko had her heart set on baking cookies for Santa.

    I hope Santa appreciated these cookies with whole wheat flour and year-old decorations, because, um, some parents didn’t have time to go to the store and get three bonkers-excited kids in bed at a reasonable hour.

  • Applesauce day

    Applesauce day

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    Apples are $12 for a half bushel at the Farmer’s Market. I can make about 12 jars of applesauce from that, which is a pretty good bargain in my book.

    This photo looks a bit like these little fruits are lambs marching to the slaughter. I swear it was nowhere near that sinister around here. Really. Except for all that chopping. And grinding. And boiling. But other than that, totally not sinister.