Indulgences!

Welcome to tonight's dinner! Check out what's simmering on the stove as we speak:

Lamb Potato Soup
Lamb roast, Full Moon Farm, Gardiner, NY
Potatoes, FLOW Cooperative, NY
Parsnips, Four Winds Farm, Gardiner, NY
Sun-dried Tomatoes, Veritas Farm,  New Paltz, NY
Kale (frozen), Winter Sun Farms, New Paltz, NY
Herbs, Taliaferro Farms, New Paltz, NY
Garlic, Who Knows Where! Eek! I ran out of local garlic...any tips anyone?
Salt

Yay! Another almost entirely local, balanced meal, in February. I find a soup like that to be pretty darn satisfying, but sometimes I CRAVE flavors other than what I'm getting. Last night, at a friend's birthday party, I stuffed myself with Hershey's kisses, green olives, and chocolate cups cakes. It was as if I had never seen snack food before. THEN I went out to dinner for Japanese food. Ah well, letting go of the seriousness and doing fun things with friends is always nice. I leave room for certain indulgences-- keeping in mind that I am just one eater, and I can't eat my way to changing the whole system, anyway.

When I do purchase non-local grocery items, it is usually one or more of the following:

1) Salt (daily)
2) Black Pepper (sometimes)
3) Olive Oil (sometimes)
4) Rice (once in a while)
5) Bread (sometimes)-- I buy Bread Alone bread often, which is a local baker but it is not made from local wheat. Sometimes I eat Wild Hive Farm Bakery bread, which is made from local grain, but it's harder to get a hold of
6) Pasta (once in a while)-- I also eat Wild Hive pasta, made from local ingredients, which comes in spelt egg noodle form. But once in a while I just miss the cute little spirals from my childhood!

Alright friends, time to check on the food.

Love and.....dried hot peppers!