by Millie Copper | Dec 20, 2010 | Cooking, Recipes
Last week was an odd one. Monday morning I was feeding the chickens, went to move a bag of chicken feed and hurt my back. I spent most of the week on the couch or in the bed. It was not very fun. Today I’m much better but being very careful. Last night we had an...
by Millie Copper | Jan 24, 2012 | Cooking, Recipes
When I’m looking at little bits of leftover meat and a small selection of vegetables (either raw or previously cooked) Hash immediately comes to mind as the perfect meal. Especially if I just happen to also have leftover gravy made out of nutrient dense bone...
by Millie Copper | Mar 20, 2012 | Cooking, Recipes
A few weeks ago I made a double batch of muffins. I realized as soon as they were in the oven that I’d forgot to add any baking powder or baking soda. Oops. I expected to end up with stones instead of muffins. I was super surprised to pull beautiful muffins...
by Millie Copper | Nov 18, 2009 | Cooking, Recipes
I thought I would share with you how I make broth. If you are a broth/stock purist, you will not want to read this post. If you are a busy, slightly scatterbrained person (like me) that’s working with a tight food budget (also like me) then this might interest...
by Millie Copper | Nov 22, 2009 | Cooking, Recipes
One of the early changes that we made to our food was to soak our oatmeal. Why? In a nutshell, oatmeal is high in phytic acid. Phytic acid blocks the absorption of some minerals in the body and is basically an anti-nutrient (you can read more detailed information here...
by Millie Copper | Dec 18, 2009 | Cooking, Recipes
Last winter we lived in Northern California (after our house in Oregon sold but before we could move to our land in Wyoming) and we had access to an amazing array of different fruits. Joe’s parents had a grapefruit tree and to be honest we ended up with...