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There is something so special about going out to the garden everyday to see what can be harvested and prepared for meals that day. It is akin to grocery shopping everyday but 1000 times more pleasurable and spiritual (if you will).
I foresee a large reduction in fresh vegetables. I have gotten used to eating organic from my garden and want to continue that trend in the grocery market. Just not sure the pocketbook will be able to keep up.
There is something so special about going out to the garden everyday to see what can be harvested and prepared for meals that day. It is akin to grocery shopping everyday but 1000 times more pleasurable and spiritual (if you will).
I foresee a large reduction in fresh vegetables. I have gotten used to eating organic from my garden and want to continue that trend in the grocery market. Just not sure the pocketbook will be able to keep up.
Psst. greenhouse! I had one and I was able to garden up till almost December. And start it up again in March. (loved it)
Won't work here in the winters with temperatures for several days below -40. The best I can do is grow my herbs indoors.
Ooh that's cold, here it barely gets to 10 degrees.
Today I am making hearty beef pastries with au jus "dip". Something I wouldn't make in the summer. I noticed I will have a lot more bread in Winter too.
stews, chowdas, boiled dinners with picnic hams or corned beef..
more beef roasts in the crock pot, more roasting chickens, more roast pork,
more sausage, more venison (moose or deer)
the house smells great with a turkey roasting, or a roast chicken/pork
it is comforting on a cold snowy day..
especially when you have to go outside in the cold and shovel snow
I generally eat cold or room temperature food in the summer, unless it's grilled. I don't make soups or stews in the summer, unless it's gazpacho, and I do most of my cooking outside. If I have to bake something, I try to use the tabletop oven whenever possible.
In the winter, I'll roast turkeys, bake all day, make soups and stews, etc.
I live in the southwest, summer is hot. I'd love to not do heavy, hot meals but my husband insists on it. He has to have meat with every meal, and while I'd be happy with salads and light meals (too hot to cook!) he has to have his large meals with meat and starch. I don't know how he does it. I refuse to use the oven, so it's crock pot, toaster oven, or he can grill it then.
The winter isn't much, but I might make a crock pot roast or a chili for him. I still don't do much in the way of "hearty" though because I am not into eating that heavy even in the winter. DH says soups aren't filling enough for him either. That boy is hard to keep fed I swear, even if you put meat into it.
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Just not sure the pocketbook will be able to keep up.
