I miss the Dark Days Challenge. Back two years ago when I thought it would be hard to find local foods to cook a meal.
These days, after learning how bountiful our area is, I miss the challenge as a way to connect to other bloggers, who value eating seasonally and locally.
It is simple to eat mostly local foods at every meal, here in the MidAtlantic.
Breezy Willow Eggs
Breakfast is simple, if you use local eggs, bacon, locally baked breads, butter, yogurt, milk.
Lunch, lots of simple salads with high tunnel greens. Sold at markets. Like the winter indoor Olney Market at the Sandy Spring Museum, or the Saturday Silver Spring Market. Things like potato salad. Beets. Spinach. Mock’s greenhouse tomatoes, arugula, basil, chard.
Fritattas. Chicken or turkey salad made with local meats.
We have a freezer full of local meats. Fruit picked at Larriland. Tomatoes from my garden. Pesto. Greens. Corn. Fava Beans.
I can easily use local food sources and my freezer to make meals most of the week. Saturday farm hours at Breezy Willow and Copper Penny. Saturday and Sunday at England Acres.
I just wish we still had that challenge to keep us interested in blogging about it. And, I am crossing my fingers that Mom’s in Jessup gets enough sign ups to make the winter CSA a go. We will know in about two weeks. CSA would start up again the week of the 20th.
As part of my resolution, I will cook a local meal most Sunday nights, and blog about it. Not a bad resolution.
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I need to get a food saver. My daughter nearly aspirated ham today using a straw to suck air out of a bag.
wow, that lettuce almost looks fake its so beautiful. well grown food at its finest.