tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26057207617348841052026-04-28T23:09:52.254-07:00Ideas and Reasons for Eating in SeasonFarmer Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577202695246519792noreply@blogger.comBlogger328125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2605720761734884105.post-20596524537964699502014-08-05T06:34:00.001-07:002014-08-05T06:34:20.694-07:00

Are you looking for cooking classes for kids and adults? Look no farther! Turnip the Heat Cooking School is here! Click on over to my new site and check out my class listings. New classes for the Fall will be added soon.

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Turnip the Heat Cooking School is proud to be partnering with Whole Foods Market to offer a series of summer camps! We will be cooking up a storm! Classes for preschoolers - 17 years old. Classes start June 23rd. Check out all the information at http://turniptheheatcooking.com Camp Schedule Here 

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Come check out my February cooking classes at Turnip the Heat Cooking School! http://turniptheheatcooking.com/class-schedule/ There is even a Valentine's Day Dinner for adults! Hope to meet you soon.

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A new year and now a new blog! Come on over and check out Turnip the Heat. I will be posting my cooking class schedules, recipes and my thoughts. I hope you come join me in my new space. http://turniptheheatcooking.com/

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I recently made a great discovery! Chalk Pens! I got a few (from Dick Blick) thinking I could use them to write on my mason jar lids, which I use for pantry storage. They are perfect because you can wash off the words with a damp rag when you finish up your jar of quinoa, but now need to fill it with oatmeal (or, um, animal crackers). The best discovery though, has been writing on dishes

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I am a little late in announcing the details this year - but Sooper Cooking Camp 2013 is ready to roll. Do you have students age 4th - 12th who are interested in learning to cook from scratch? Do you want your student to come up full of delicious food and great ideas?  I am a teacher who also loves to cook. I love combining my two loves into a fun camp experience. I focus on basic skills

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This was an idea I saw floating around Pintrest. I tucked in the back of my mind, thinking it would be fun to make with my 2 year old. This isn't my normal style of cooking, but I do love anything remotely like a cinnamon roll. And really, if you can't make these for your two-year old, who can you make them for? I was at the local health-food store and they had the fancy, canned cinnamon

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We are having a run of spectacular summer-like weather right now. We dusted off the grill (on our NEW DECK! At our NEW HOUSE!!!) and dug out our bags of charcoal this weekend. As soon as the chicken was settled into its marinade I knew I wanted to have grilled caesar salad along side. We make this pretty often, but I usually dress it with store bought cesar. But, as we were breaking in a new

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I am not a fan of current refrigerator. It is too small, with the freezer up top. That said I am totally enamored with this very small, retro Smeg refrigerator! West Elm is now selling retro Smeg refrigerators in all sorts of fabulous colors. I am particular to the pastel green, or the bright red. I can imagine them in a hip bar filled with local brews and icy white wines. Or in my

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My hubby and I just celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. We headed out for a date night to a local French restaurant, and upon parusing the menu my husband immediately requested the cauliflower soup. I was sort of appalled by this request. Nothing about cauliflower soup screams romantic! Decadent! Worthy appetizer to celebrate 5 years of marriage! But, I will admit, when the tureen of silky

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This has been a crazy summer for our family! We have braved the wilds to take our 1 1/2 year old camping, we have played in Eastern Oregon, celebrated multiple birthdays and decided to sell our house and move into a rental. We are finally settled into our new house. I am still getting used to the kitchen, it isn't as large as my old one and not all the burners work on the stove. I never

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This recipe is majorly inspired by from White On Rice's recipe for Roasted Strawberry Whole Wheat muffins. I just wanted to get that out of the way. Although I am a bit obsessive about roasting vegetables it had never occurred to me to roast strawberries. Also, they have much prettier pictures on their blog! Stunning, actually. I tend to take pictures while balancing a toddler in one arm who

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Silver Creek Falls Summer is coming and it is always good to have a check list of activities to keep you busy. Posie Gets Cozy posted a fabulous list of tourist sites, things to eat, drink, shop and places to hike. We are going to work our way through (at the very least) the eating and hiking side of this list! Have any other family friendly hikes to suggest? We would love to hear about them

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Congratulations to Kristin from (a favorite blog) Lovely Apidae! She won the OXO Salad Dressing Shaker. Thanks to all who entered and to OXO for helping me with my first blog contest.

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You have a few more hours to enter to win an OXO Salad Dressing Shaker! Free stuff makes life more fun.

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Photo by Amy Wing I am lucky enough to be scooting out to the coast this weekend for a little sand between my toes. I am hoping the weather cooperates and we can leave our raincoats at home. Last time we were there my friends and I cooked up a simple bowl of mussels which we enjoyed with wine, asparagus, and a loaf of crusty bread. It was beachy perfection! (Aren't these photos fabulous? Amy

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Summer is fast approaching. Do you know what your 4th -9th grader are going to be doing? I still have a few spots available in Sooper Summer Cooking Camp! Check here for more information. (A note to address some questions I have gotten about it: I am open to traveling around the Portland area to do smaller camps. The camp is PTA sponsored by the school I work at, if you have a school with a

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This is what happens when life gets crazy and you are supposed to bring a side dish to a potluck. I had made a pot of quinoa in a fit of healthiness which has been sitting in the fridge. I will admit to being prejudice against quinoa. It is too hip for its own good. All healthy and full of protein. It is like the doll of Pinterest. :) I also don't really like the taste...unless in this soup,

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Big bowl of arugula with anchovies :) As Spring warms up toward summer the greens in the garden are starting to pop. I have been trying to make a habit of eating a big salad each day for lunch. Right about the time I started this habit, OXO contacted me to test out their Good Grips Salad Dressing Shaker. It is part of their Healthy Eating Tools series. I had been in the habit of just

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One of the challenges of being a working mom is getting Levi out the door and fed in the morning. It finally came down to needing something not messy that he could eat while in his car seat. He already loves waffles so I decided to try packing them full of nutrients but still keep them tasty so he would actually eat them. I came up with adding kefir, egg, and grated pear, apples and carrots

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A few rainy Sundays ago, my mom was over hanging out with Levi and I when she started telling me about this amazing soup she made the previous night. Veggies, noodles, ginger, tomatoes and peanut butter! Peanut butter? I demanded she recreate it immediately. Luckily, my kitchen had practically everything needed to make a big pot of soup. The soup was a family hit. Levi slurped down a bowl as

Farmer Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577202695246519792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2605720761734884105.post-41361708505687447372012-05-01T10:00:00.000-07:002012-05-01T13:38:16.530-07:00

Have you been to Bob's Red Mill? It is an actual place, not just a business which packages every sort of flour, bean, grain, or mix you could imagine. Levi and I love to go to the Mill for an afternoon field-trip - lunch (delicious deli!) and a bit of shopping. Anything that Bob's Red Mill sells packaged is available in bulk at the store. I have brought home 5, 6, 7, and 12 grain cereals,

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Here is an interesting article from Forbes.com about Kobe beef. Apparently, Kobe beef is very rare and can not be bought in the United States. So all those fancy steak houses serving it are lying. EEEKKKK! (This makes me think about the VERY expensive steak I ate at the Urban Farmer.)

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Have a kiddo in the Portland Area looking for a culinary summer camp? Check out my camp - information here.

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A few months ago, I attempted to transition my baby to cow's milk. This did not well. Levi really wants nothing to do with  "moo milk".  Luckily, he loves plain yogurt, so he was getting plenty of goodness from that, but I wanted Levi to try something new, kefir.  Kefir is another cultured dairy product full of probiotics. It is like a drinkable yogurt, tangy and a little sweet. I

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