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Margaret Hochla
El Reno, Oklahoma
I have been married for 27 years to Victor and have 4 children. The two girls and two boys range in age from 25-10 years. We are pleased to still have one grandparent from each side of the family ... More about Margaret
Sareen Dunleavy-Keenan
Minneapolis, Minnesota
I live in Minneapolis, in 1.5 story craftsman bungalow with beautiful woodwork, but a tiny lot. Sharing this space is my husband Brendan, 'baby' (5/07) and 'new baby' who is expected to join the fold in August. More about Sareen
Gina Keenan-Klages
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
My name is Gina, and my husband's name is Patrick. We have three children, ranging in ages from 1 to 5 years. Our household also includes my mother, who is living with us from September to May. More about Gina
Donna McClurkan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Early January may seem an inauspicious time to begin an "eat local" project in Southwest Michigan. As if to underscore that point, nearly a foot of snow fell in Kalamazoo on January 3. More about Donna
Cher Stuewe-Portnoff
St Louis, Missouri
My first father-in-law taught me to garden in the mid-1960s. Over the next few years, with a family of five to feed, I read everything I could find about nutrition ... More about Cher
Vera Schabicki
Ashland, Mississippi
Four years ago my five children, one husband, two dogs, one cat and I moved to the rural South from a large northern California city. We went from .12 acres to a rambling 57 acres. More about Vera
- oh yeah
- Love
- successes and failures
- Hurrah for (kind of) local juice!
- Wow, it has gone fast!
- You must be brave
- Perhaps to give you some insight
- Finale: The Meaning of Life
- Meeting Joel Salatin ... and other posts from the cutting room floor
- The snack that does what?
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Pies
Posted at 5:51 PM on July 15, 2008 by Sareen Dunleavy Keenan
We spent the weekend making pies. It is kind of a funny thing because we are not the type of people to fuss with meals and make things pretty. But... the ingredients called for delicious, wonderful pie.
The first was a cheese and arugula pie. This was made for baby at the last moment because we realized that the Napa cabbage slaw probably wasn't a great food for babies. The pie (torte really) was a great solution for baby, and a vegetarian solution that Brendan eats. It is darn tasty and is a perfect breakfast food on the go. As far as i know, crust w/ some rosemary, arugula, good melting cheese and eggs to bind and away you go. It is loosely based on a recipe from The Silver Spoon cookbook, but those cheeses could not be had locally.
The second pie is a no brainier - Strawberry. Not only could we find local strawberries, but we could find local too-ripe-to-sell-at-a-great-price strawberries. Aren't we spoiled? It turns out that we were able to buy a bunch of these strawberries and many were a-ok for the week. I have to admit that baby got a huge bounty because it is impossible to resist positively responding to baby sign language. I have never imagined that the sign for more could touch me as much as it did on Sunday. "more" "eat" over and over and over again.
I think the most fun about eating locally right now is the diversity of meals. I keep getting questions... you can't eat that can you? Well yes, yes I can! There are so many options that it is amazing to think about a time when we worried about what to eat for dinner!