When the weather is hot outside i use the porch plant cages as a makeshift counter to thaw things from the refrigerator or freezer. Chickpea Flour and melted vegan butter into a ziploc freezer bag…quail and quail blood straight into bag…add a little bit of soy sauce…onto the parchment paper. No bowl was used to …
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Honey Butter Wild Boar
Okay, before you absolutely poo poo this experimental cooking endeavor and run for the hills because you’ve read the words “wild boar” let me just tell you this cut of meat was so delicious. It is by far the best thing i have tasted yet in my quest to add new proteins to my diet …
Ren’s Banana Bread and 3 Bean Salad
My neighbor and friend Ren made me the most beautiful banana bread void of dairy, gluten, and eggs so that i could eat it. It was such a surprise and a treat i hadn’t enjoyed in over a decade. It was so wonderful i was in heaven. She also split her 3 bean salad with …
Frying Quail Legs
In my quest to add new proteins to my diet that my body wouldnt reject i had tried venison and bison so far. The venison was a definite keeper. I really enjoyed the deer meat from my coworker’s freezer. The Bison was not a hit. I was not a fan. Now it was time to …
Trying Bison
I absolutely loved deer meat. After i added that to my diet i made a list of other things to try that my body hadnt ever had before so maybe it wouldnt reject it. One of the things on the list was bison and they sold it at the heb so i didnt even have …
The Addition of Deer Meat
I have been a pescatarian for a long time…mostly by necessity rather than choice. Meat and poultry were removed from my diet in childhood. In college i tried to put chicken back into my routine tiny piece by tiny piece and believe me when i say it did not work. If you eat a protein, …
Kitchen Creations
Odds and Ends
Tuesday is my most creative meal day. When i cut vegetables and arrange them on the cookie sheet i always start with the thick and beautiful middle pieces. I save the end pieces and if i don’t have room for all of them i put them in a bag and keep them in the fridge …
Red Barn Meals
Because the Kerr County Produce Company hosts their shopping day for the community in a big red warehouse on wednesdays everyone has always referred to the place and event as “red barn”. These are some examples of meals made from the produce i bought from red barn.
Herbs for the Winter
My friend Ren gifted me a basil plant from her garden earlier this year. She used clay-like red mud that was present on the properties closer to the river, sprinkled worm castings and some nutrients into the hole before pushing the dirt around the little basil plant, and let me borrow the pot she put …