It's that time again! Everyone fervently making lists of things they promise to do on January 1st, but forget about by January 10th. Since this is a food blog, I am interested to see if anyone has made any food resolutions for this coming year. Remember though, I don't want to hear anything about diets! :P
My resolutions are:
1. Stop buying traditional, non-organic, CAFO-type meats at the grocery store, even if they are cheaper. Organic, humane meats only.
2. Patronize farmer's markets and u-pick farms more frequently.
3. Learn more about home canning to make use of all of my u-picked goodies.
4. Purchase a water-filtration system to reduce my use of plastic water bottles.
5. And finally, attend more local food festivals and become more familiar with the foods in my area. I recently moved from south Florida to Portland, Oregon, and they have fruits and vegetables there I've never even seen before, let alone tasted. I may find something new that I really like!
What about you guys?
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And maybe to get together a recipe binder instead of having a mess of magazines, scribbles, and web-bookmarks.
nice! i'm in portland as well. we'll have to keep each other updated on any new/interesting things we come across. fyi, new seasons (the one on division anyway) has cherimoyas right now. if you haven't had one before, go get one now! they are very delicious fruits.
I looked at your journal and we seem to have a lot in common. Care to add each other?
as for the dragonfruit in my icon, unfortunately i haven't seem them for a few weeks, so i'm not sure if they're having trrouble with their distributor, or they just can't get them anymore (i don't think it's a seasonal thing as they're coming from SE Asia as far as i know).
Almost all of our Christmas gifts were from our garden and orchard: cherry brandy and cherry liqueur, various chutneys, jams and pickles, none of which are readily found in stores. I was so proud to present such personal gifts, but also avoided the rush and crush of shopping madness in December.
I love preserving so much that I asked Santa for a steam juicer for Christmas. I designed my kitchen with preserving in mind; it has two sinks, a six-burner gas stove (in user pic) and a four-burner electric stove to accommodate a hot water bath and two pressure canners.
Also, I already started ensuring my sodium consumption was lower, and my omega-3 and fiber consumption was higher, so I plan on continuing that through the new year.
pretty much to only buy pre-packaged things that have a small handful of ingredients.
To bake more bread "by hand" rather than in the bread machine (a resolution that may be made easier by the demise of my bread machine just in time for Christmas dinner).