Posts Tagged ‘Dark Days 2008-09 Eat Local Challenge’

This is the last week of the Dark Days Eat Local Challenge meals.
First, there was beef tenderloin from Stuarts Family Farm and broccoli from Waldingfield Farm (courtesy of the freezer).

Then there were ribeyes from Stuarts Family Farm, with potatoes from Riverbank Farm and sauteéd fresh spinach from Starlite Farm.

But the best was the macaroni and [...]

This week, I had a few Dark Days Eat Local Challenge meals. Could be the warm weather, could be the mad rush to cook as many local meals as possible before the challenge ends. Or it could simply be that I didn’t have as many evening meetings or dinners out last week!
One meal was a [...]

This week’s Dark Days Eat Local Challenge meal was my usual Mardi Gras meal, but all local:

pancakes, made with flour from Wild Hive Farm and Micro Mill, an egg from Ox Hollow Farm, milk from Stone Wall Dairy, and butter from Trinity Farm. (Baking powder and salt: origins unknown)
bacon from Ox Hollow Farm
maple syrup from [...]

This week’s Dark Days Eat Local Challenge meal was pork chops with apples and acorn squash. The sweet and the heat together in this dish are really awesome.

Pork chops from Ox Hollow Farm
Cortland apple and apple cider from Silverman’s Farm
acorn squash from Waldingfield Farm
shallots and red pepper from Cherry Grove in Newtown
garlic and maple syrup [...]

This week features a few Dark Days Eat Local Challenge meals:
Lentil Soup

Lentils from out there (bulk, organic, from New Morning Natural Foods)
Carrots from Riverbank Farm
Potatoes from Waldingfield Farm
Onion from Cherry Grove Farm in Newtown
Bread from Wave Hill Breads
Butter from Smyth’s Trinity Farm in Enfield
UPDATE: Oooops, forgot to mention bacon from Ox Hollow Farm

Ribeye Steak

Ribeye from [...]

This week’s local meal was:

pan seared pork chops, from Ox Hollow Farm
baked acorn squash, from Waldingfield Farm, mashed with butter (from Smyth’s Trinity in Enfield) and maple syrup (from Bluestone Farm), cinnamon from out there somewhere
salad of oak leaf lettuce (from Two Guys from Woodbridge) and my Northeast Autumn salad dressing

Ox Hollow and Two Guys [...]

Slightly embarrassing and utterly lazy, my local meal of the week was curried lamb stew over rice. The stew was prepared and frozen by Sankow’s Beaver Brook with carrots, potatoes, eggplant, and an assortment of spices. The rice was from, umm (mumble, mumble) Carolina. Picture? You’re kidding, right?
Sankows offers a few different frozen prepared dishes. [...]

This week’s local meal was homemade fettuccine with lentils and shaved cheese.

the fettuccine was homemade using soft spring wheat (from Wild Hive Farm), an egg (from Ox Hollow Farm) and olive oil and salt from out there.
the dried lentils came from the organic bulk container at the natural foods store (not local) and were cooked [...]

I had a wonderful Christmas and I hope that whatever holiday you celebrate, it was wonderful. Since I don’t host Christmas or Christmas Eve, the week was as non-local as it gets. We’re Italian and there are things we must have and sadly, they don’t grow in Connecticut in the winter! Nonetheless, all of the [...]

For the week ending Sunday, December 21, 2008, I have a few Dark Days Eat Local Challenge meals.
Beginning with last Sunday (dinner got to the table too late to post):

Roasted chicken (from Ox Hollow Farm) with sage, rosemary, and thyme (from our own garden), white wine from McLaughlin Vineyards, olive oil, chicken stock, salt, and [...]