urban earth mother

Here are some photos of what I've been up to. First up is a stack of sub-par crumpets (they ended up more like pancakes, but are okay toasted) next to the tub of homemade butter Of course they were much nicer combined Next up on the breakfast menu is homemade yogurt with the last of the blueberries from Tuesday's market And finally, the results of my trip to the Friday farmer's market in Copley Square You can't even see everything! From left to right we have: two balls of mozzarella (and notice my mozzarella kit lurking in the back) Bag of tomatoes The carrots and French radishes seem to be completely covering the pickling cucumbers and green beans Small bag of plums in front of the carrots Bag of English peas Sourdough baguette Basil and dill Two small tubs of goat cheese with olive oil and herbs de Provence and a log of plain goat cheese Jar of strawberry jam I spent a ton of money, but looking at all of this wonderful food, I think it's worth it. You really can...

I'm such a bad blogger (and I seem to say that a lot.) I've been working on things in the kitchen which I should have mentioned, bought new (old) clothes, and even started looking for a place to call our own. On the Kitchen Front (I'll update with pictures later), I tried water bath canning pickles for our family reunion in June. I made beets, spicy garlic sprouts and dilly carrots. It seemed to go well and only two jars didn't seal. The plan is to put up a few market crops this summer so we can have them in the dark of winter. this weekend I will be doing beets and possible green beans as I saw some at the Tuesday market. In other kitchen news, Mother Trucker inspired me to try my hand a yogurt. I found it had a lot of whey separating out, but haven't found the right mix for draining it yet. The second batch drained a bit too much and is almost cheese-like. Fortunately I kept the whey this time and can mix some back in. Speaking of cheese, all this fermenting got ...