Divine Hot Chocolate (with Red Wine)
I was browsing the earliest recipes in this blog… and I have to say, not all of them are up to the high Real Food standards I now hold myself to. That doesn’t mean they are bad… exactly....
View ArticleIrish Eggnog for Christmas
I like rum. Who doesn’t like rum? But I like whiskey better. And this eggnog recipe is full of real food and Irish whiskey goodness. Yum. What you need: 4 pastured eggs 4 cups of the best milk you...
View ArticleSpiced Wine for Imbolc
Here in the Northern Hemisphere, the season for dreaming about spring is upon us. While the weather is still cold, and the wind bitter, the days are noticeably longer and the first stirrings of spring...
View ArticleIrish Hot Chocolate
Welcome to March… when we can all start thinking about things that are green and Irish-ish. Okay, this isn’t green. But it is a delightful, creamy hot chocolate, full of good milk, cream, raw cacao...
View ArticlePumpkin Spice Cider (with Whiskey)
So what do real food, urban homesteader bloggers (who walk to pick their kids up from school) do in the afternoon? They try to find ways to legitimately inject a bit of alcohol into their days. Not...
View ArticleMy Week on Wednesday and Warming Drinks
Hello, and welcome to another My Week on Wednesday! The year wheel is turning: Halloween, the last of the Harvest Festivals, is on Friday. That means that next week we will have a new cover picture,...
View ArticlePreserving Cherries with Whiskey
This summer, just when I had thought I had canned, dehydrated, frozen, and made jam out of a season’s worth of cherries, I found a huge basket of cherries at the Public Market. Cheap. Real cheap....
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