Between our signature sea salt chocolate chip cookies, the flavored butter that we serve with homemade bread and jam for breakfast, or just that perfect pat of salted butter that frizzles the edges of a fried egg; butter is more than an ingredient, it is a statement of comfort and care to us. A way of saying we are happy you are here and we only serve the best things in life to our friends.
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Read MoreThen while dining at one of our favorite lunch spots in Des Moines, I had a perfectly paired grilled cheese with smeared with savory tomato jam. I nearly fell out of my seat. While we had been eating tomatoes on everything, nothing I made tasted this beautifully intense. I had to figure out how to make it, and keep it on hand all year round, botulism be dammed. Thus my foolproof recipe for Tomato Jam was born.
Read MoreA significant part of our Homo-Steading journey has been practicing self reliance in all forms. When Marti contracted a spot of poison ivy earlier this Summer, she took to the woods (but first to Google) to harvest some jewelweed to apply to her itchy skin. When we have needed a little pick me up and have run out of coffee, we have sipped on Nettle tea, fresh from the woods. Using herbs for cooking and for medicine is part of our daily life and will continue to be more significant, as we plan to repurpose the vast majority of our backyard as a small speciality herb farm in the summer of 2020.
Read MoreThe green oblong beauty begs me to turn it into fritters or a beautiful shaved salad dressed lightly in a garlic lemon vinaigrette. It calls out to be paired with a grilled pork chop, or even sautéed in a pan with minimal effort. SOMETHING! ANYTHING!
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