I've been down in TX this weekend at the #wapfconference celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the #westonapricefoundation!
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Reconnecting with dear old friends & making new ones;
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Learning about the latest health &… https://t.co/eygo209ns6
I belong in Minnesota.
I don't mind long winters and I adore holing up inside as soon as it gets dark.
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I love fall & winter a tad more than summer because of how perfect a warm bowl of soup is!
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This is Moroccan… https://t.co/l7RpPyLKW6
Last week, I finally got to visit hollister_family_farm_mn up in Brainerd, MN!
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Back in February, @holistichilda
found this gem of a family and paid a visit in a blizzard (for real)!
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After all of her stories, I… https://t.co/J9055mmEUG
It was a perfect summer day & summer meal!
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After the deep heat & humidity over the last week, it was welcomed relief & bliss to enjoy summer's bounty with fellow foodie-friends outdoors over at their home!
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My… https://t.co/yswpN8OSym
I turned 40 yesterday!
Generally, I try to make one of my meals on my birthday an upgraded variation of a childhood comfort food.
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So, I made a fairly exotic grilled cheese!
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I used sourdough teff bread (brand is… https://t.co/PxkKRkVjED
THIS was such an extraordinary win!
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I love meals that I get excited over & think about all day.
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This was using up the rib meat & repurposing it along with the Blueberry BBQ sauce from last night.
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Sweet potato… https://t.co/NmdwC3nvWn
Pastured Pork Ribs with Blueberry BBQ sauce!
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Recently bought a boatload of pastured pork and jumped at the chance to throw the ribs in the crockpot!
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This recipe came from #ThePaleoKitchen by George Bryant & Juli… https://t.co/RNqQ0A3n9g
Cattail pollen! It IS an edible but not a discernibly tasty one (very neutral in flavor, but chalky in texture).
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I'm sure everyone has their own method to collecting it....but you've got to shake a million-billion… https://t.co/Ol4qsuU1Nn
I haven't been going out to eat much since I'm still going through my healing phases BUT since my Aunt & Uncle (my Dad's sister) were in town last night, we checked out thirtybales in Hopkins right after I got home… https://t.co/oxw3bZUEPJ
"Go away go away go away," I hissed under my breath. 😂
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Basically, it's true, with the wild black raspberries now ripe for the pickin', I get a little territotial about these in particular! 😂😂
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For all the times… https://t.co/1EzHj6zqxS
This is an out-of-print 80s MN cookbook that my Grandma Griffith had purchased numerous copies of and that I've been cooking out of since 2002!
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Childhood family gatherings always had some sort of rendition of… https://t.co/EqsNEWjkta
I have this wicked, but awesome(!) relationship with my freezers.
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Y'know how it goes...it gets too full so you work on emptying out amd as soon as you make impressive progress, a food opportunity that you simply… https://t.co/2lxIa2NdJ7
If Rachel (my sister) were to see what I made today for Independence Day with Mom & Dad, she would have yelled out, "WHAT GIVES?!"
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This is almost exactly like one of her most favorite meals that she'd request for… https://t.co/3rbw2tX2Sg
Since this spring had a wonky start, everything is delayed this year...and I thought for sure I had missed the window with the elderflowers, but NOPE!
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Today was my day and they were everywhere I wanted to be!
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10… https://t.co/LrZCYDol4m
I should have snapped an image of this after I cut open the liquid yolk, but oh man, this was a REALLY good meal tonight.
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This is "Old-Fashioned Cornmeal Mash with Poached Egg"
From the cookbook… https://t.co/2DCgGKybJr
A sweet & spicy glaze over these pre-soaked walnuts (soaking them in salt water makes them more digestible) for a fancy-schmancy spiced butter...
...if they even make it that far (argh...kryptonite).
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From… https://t.co/W0wLKXb36f
I've made a million-billion-trillion (you get the idea 😁) coconut macaroons since 2008.
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This recipe isn't one from my usual macaroon creations (just checking off some recipes in cookbooks that I had procrastinated… https://t.co/GjFbhjRvRq