And a wave of the antlers goodnight!
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Overnight Baby Chicks and Farmers' Market Preparation!
Getting ready for a new farmers market tomorrow. We will be at Dove Mountain! This will be just off Tangerine, and while it is a gated community, all are welcome to join in on the Farmers Market fun!
I am so excited to meet new folks, and am finishing up some lotion bars to take along (cannot seem to keep them in stock right now). This batch has Shea butter AND Cocoa butter. I work with a variety of recipes, as so many of our regular customers have sensitivities like our Bailey, who was the reason I began making soaps and lotion bars and lip balms and more. And it never hurt that Wyatt loved the all natural product line!
Ingredient costs are going up markedly, though. I am sorry to say that the lotion bars price will be going up a tad. For those of you with outstanding orders (including all of you who called today), I will honor the current price through the end of the year. For all markets beginning tomorrow, however, and moving forward, the cost for lotion bars will be $5.00 each or 3 for #13.00. Soaps will remain $4.00 each, the bulk price will change, however, to 3 for $11.00. We sure appreciate your continued support of our local business and know you will continue to expect the same quality products and quality ingredients we expect from ourselves.
Funny, someone knows I am up because there is another new voice in the incubator! This one is another from a Brahma egg, looks like a rather dark buff, or maybe there is something in the lineage of our heritage birds that is adding to the color! Sorry for the poor image quality, still learning to take pics through the incubator window!
I am so excited to meet new folks, and am finishing up some lotion bars to take along (cannot seem to keep them in stock right now). This batch has Shea butter AND Cocoa butter. I work with a variety of recipes, as so many of our regular customers have sensitivities like our Bailey, who was the reason I began making soaps and lotion bars and lip balms and more. And it never hurt that Wyatt loved the all natural product line!
Ingredient costs are going up markedly, though. I am sorry to say that the lotion bars price will be going up a tad. For those of you with outstanding orders (including all of you who called today), I will honor the current price through the end of the year. For all markets beginning tomorrow, however, and moving forward, the cost for lotion bars will be $5.00 each or 3 for #13.00. Soaps will remain $4.00 each, the bulk price will change, however, to 3 for $11.00. We sure appreciate your continued support of our local business and know you will continue to expect the same quality products and quality ingredients we expect from ourselves.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Sunday Dinner
Heritage chickens are more sustainable for the environment and the food supply, but they can be a little trickier to cook. Trickier still, in that I am the family vegetarian. I know that sounds weird, a vegetarian on the chicken farm, but I stopped eating meat back in college, and while I eat eggs and dairy, I have never returned to eating meat. I am not morally opposed to it (obviously), though I do believe that animals should be raised naturally and with compassion and a good life. But at the end of the day, that makes the whole cooking meat for my family, all of whom have very different tastes- tricky indeed.
I have been working on getting better with my recipes. I stuff the cavity full of cut up lemons and spices, and roast it. Today, I thought I would roast one with some potatoes and eggplant, and stopped on the way home from work for a couple ingredients for later in the week. Got home and realized there were no more lemons. Oops.
Well, I went on line and looked around at the recipes from other folks. So I am trying one that involves lots of savory spices and a extra virgin olive oil rub and drizzle. So I used those same things on some eggplant and baby red potatoes when I roasted those too. So we shall see! Wish me luck so that everyone wants to eat! (And eat the leftovers too!)
I have been working on getting better with my recipes. I stuff the cavity full of cut up lemons and spices, and roast it. Today, I thought I would roast one with some potatoes and eggplant, and stopped on the way home from work for a couple ingredients for later in the week. Got home and realized there were no more lemons. Oops.
Well, I went on line and looked around at the recipes from other folks. So I am trying one that involves lots of savory spices and a extra virgin olive oil rub and drizzle. So I used those same things on some eggplant and baby red potatoes when I roasted those too. So we shall see! Wish me luck so that everyone wants to eat! (And eat the leftovers too!)
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