The past month has been tough work. We are still jumping through hoops and unraveling the red tape involved in the purchase of our farm. It’s a good thing we are committed to the idea and are passionate about our family business or we would have have given up on this idea a long time […]
Protein Packed Mashed Potatoes with Cottage Cheese
I’ll admit, I barely know what cottage cheese tastes like. I buy it, put it in the fridge, and then my husband sits down and eats the whole tub with a spoon. In order to share this recipe I had to sneakily buy and mash potatoes during a baby nap. If Ryan had the chance […]
spring time potato salad
We’re up at the farm planting/weeding this week. I’m supposed to be taking advantage of the quiet to work on some material for BlogHer Food’13 since baby Robin and I are leaving for Texas in a little over a week to talk crowd funding with food bloggers. Naturally I’m totally procrastinating and spending all my time […]
Easy Instructions to Grow Organic Potatoes in Containers
I’ve talked about growing potatoes here before and recently was invited to write about the topic for Kaia magazine. It’s the first time I’ve had anything I’ve written published in print so check out pages 40-43 as well as the other excellent gardening and eco-friendly articles. Last year’s potato post was the most popular post […]
Recipe: Potato Salad with Yogurt, Dill, Curry & Mustard. Lots of Mustard.
We’re busy preparing for Rebecca’s 2nd birthday party by making some of our favourite salads. I am a strict mayonnaise hater and mustard lover so this is our family’s version of potato salad. It’s made with new Ontario potatoes, herbs from the garden and a hearty amount of yogurt and mustard. 2 pounds of potatoes […]