A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For more information, go here to the DDC section of Not Dabbling in Normal’s website: Dark Days Challenge. In which I make a spunky Hungarian goulash and learn how to make homemade sour cream… This has [...]
Archive for the ‘Pork’ Category
Dark Days 14: Hungarian Pork and Sauerkraut Goulash
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Pork, Stews, tagged Cooking with sauerkraut, Hungarian goulash with sauerkraut on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Home-cured Bacon
Posted in Pork, Preserving, tagged DIY bacon on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Given how little we trust the chemicals that go into processed food, why not DIY as much as possible? Throughout 2011, a group of bloggers participated in “Charcutepalooza,” using Michael Ruhlman’s book on charcuterie as a guide. I have to admit that I was tempted to jump in but never thought I could reliably pull [...]
Dark Days 9: Cabbage Rolls with Pork, Shitakes, Ginger and Scallions
Posted in Cabbage, Dark Days Challenge, Pork, tagged Pork-stuffed cabbage on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For more information, go here to the DDC section of Not Dabbling in Normal’s website: Dark Days Challenge. Three community farmers’ markets in as many days, and more coming within weeks. Wow, an unprecedented bright sign [...]
Pickled Cauliflower with Pork and Penne
Posted in Cauliflower, Dark Days Challenge, Low or no salt, Pasta, Pork, tagged Using pickled cauliflower on March 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When I pickled cauliflower in the fall, it was this dish that I had in mind, and I was not disappointed. It came from Eugenia Bone’s Well-Preserved, a great canning book that provides recipes for the preserved products. The cauliflower was slightly sweet, so I was dubious, but by changing proportions of the ingredients, and [...]
Dark Days Week 2: Stuffed Cabbage and Butternut Squash
Posted in Cabbage, Dark Days Challenge, Pork, Winter squash, tagged Dark Days Challenge, How to cook butternut squash, Local stuffed cabbage on December 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Our local ingredients have been great. Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve eaten all kinds of organic greens, root vegetables and brassicas, which have been served simply or transformed into soups, stews, and egg-based dishes. We still have plentiful local organic peppers, and I have a stash of tomatoes from my garden that were [...]
Dark Days Week 1: Pork Roast with Potato-Rutabaga Gratin
Posted in Apple, Cabbage, Dark Days Challenge, Pork, Potatoes, Turnips and rutabagas, tagged Dark Days Challenge, Making applesauce, Potato-rutabaga gratin, Roast pork loin on December 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For the Dark Days Challenge, which spans four and a half months, participants cook a meal a week based on Sustainable, Organic, Local and Ethical ingredients and processes. I decided to join in this year to test my assumptions and stretch my resources and resourcefulness. We eat according to “SOLE” principles throughout the local growing [...]
