tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12737932910157147512024-03-14T02:24:43.352-07:00At Home With ToriLoving. Doing. Being.Tori B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07491048126093261894noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273793291015714751.post-11915024868135066282014-08-01T09:53:00.000-07:002014-08-01T11:23:19.267-07:00Petunias vs Chickens<div style="text-align: center;">
Our chickens free range most of the time. They love their free time and run to the gate when they see me coming in the mornings to let them out.</div>
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Contrary to popular belief, or maybe just because they are contrary, our chickens avoid the gardens, pastures and fields and stick to the tree line and the brush. I guess the instincts of their jungle fowl ancestors run strong.</div>
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They also love to forage around the house, especially the front of the house. A few weeks ago, I posted this picture of Ringo on Facebook, to explain why this flower pot had not yet been planted.</div>
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Shortly after I took this, I decided that no rooster was going to stop me from growing flowers in this pot. After all, I had grown flowers in it last year. I bought and planted a few petunia plants.</div>
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This is what they look like today.</div>
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Note that only one side of the planter remains planted. The chickens decided that only one side of the pot should actually have plants. I do not agree with the artistry of their design.</div>
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Not only does Ringo still jump up in there, but since I planted, the girls like to get in there and scratch up and throw the plants out. Depending on how quickly I find the uprooted plants they are replanted or tossed in the compost. This past week, they have left the remaining plants alone, so either I'm winning the petunia war or, they're simply waiting and biding their time, planning a sneak petunia attack when I'm not looking.</div>
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This hanging planter was planted the same day as the other pot.</div>
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A bouquet of Emily Basil (more compact version of Genovese), Basil Genovese Red Freddy and Summer Savory, picked fresh from my herb garden in a sundae dish instead of a vase, can be delicious to the eyes.<br />
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We are planning to get bees. It's been something I've wanted to do, but not something that I think should be rushed into. I want my garden to welcome them when they arrive. So I've been planting.</div>
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Bees like blue and yellow flowers, so I have been keeping that in mind. I know they'll love the calendula, coreopsis, purple phlox, delphiniums, roses, hyssop, lavender and borage in my garden.</div>
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I have planted bergamot, which is also called bee balm. Because bergamot is red, the bees may not be as attracted to it, but that's fine with me because hummngbirds and butterflies are constant visitors to the shaggy red blooms.</div>
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The "buzziest" place in my gardens right now, though has to be the kitchen garden. The squash blossoms are humming.</div>
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<i>This post was supposed to make it onto the blog last week at this time, along with a brief explanation of what ever happened to The Egg Diaries. </i></div>
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<i>Well.. what with the weather affecting our internet ( it rains 8 counties over and our internet goes down! Someone explain this to me please! ) and then having to work outside after the rain to make up for all the rainy hours spent inside, with no internet, I have decided that it is too stressful to try to schedule something that should recur on a regular basis. I will still be writing Egg Diaries, but they will be posted as I can instead of every Monday. This way when Mother Nature strikes and I can't get online, I won't be stressing about it.</i></div>
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Anyway, while it was raining last Monday, I was using up the last of our garlic scapes.</div>
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If you have never heard of them you are not alone, although they are being seen more and more often at June Farmers' Markets </div>
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I always knew I wanted to grow garlic. We use so much of it. I had romantic visions of garlic braids hanging in the kitchen, the garlic waiting to be used.</div>
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Reality check. I couldn't grow soft neck garlic here, no matter how hard I tried. All my attempts failed. There would be no garlic braiding for me. I'm stubborn. I wanted garlic in my garden. I was determined to grow it. I researched and found out that soft neck garlic, the kind that can be braided and the most common kind of garlic sold in stores, because it stores and travels well, likes milder climates. I would have to grow the hard neck varieties, which can handle the cold weather we get here in Illinois.</div>
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Okay. No braiding but at least I'd have garlic. Fast forward to this June and this scene.</div>
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Not only did the hard neck garlic grow, it was beautiful! The artist in me simply adores the curly scapes (the strong central stalk) that grew. They were gorgeous! And guess what? Soft neck garlic does not grow these scapes! I may not have braids but I will have these works of art to look forward to every June.</div>
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They are not only beautiful, but they are also edible! Their flavor is milder and greener than the bulb garlic still growing in the soil. Think of chives or young onion greens compared to cooking onions.</div>
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Seriously?! I don't get one harvest from my garlic, but two! Not being able to grow soft neck garlic here has turned out to be a blessing. I couldn't be more thrilled with my hard neck garlic and their curly garlic scapes.</div>
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Cutting the scapes also makes good gardening sense. By cutting the scapes, it allows the energy of the plant to go into growing the bulb, rather than growing the scape. All of mine were cut over a few days time. I had bunches and bunches of them. I still have some!</div>
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The uses for scapes are as endless as the uses for garlic and they can be used in any recipe that calls for garlic. You can also enjoy them raw, minced into salads, because of their mild flavor.</div>
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The lower stalks are quite rigid and hard (hard neck, remember), so cut them off and use the tender top curly ques. I like to save and use a few of the stalks, cut into small pieces to add to red or white wine vinegar along with fresh herbs from my garden. In a few weeks, I'll have lovely infused vinegars to use for salad dressings.</div>
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I hope you'll still be able to find garlic scapes at your local Farmers' Market. If not, make sure to look for them next year. If you're like me and have had problems growing garlic, look into the hard neck varieties and start planning to add them to your garden. They'll be worth the wait.</div>
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<i>Needless to say, we've been eating lots of fresh from the garden salads, combining the beet tops and spinach in "Spinach Salad" and tossing with lettuces in other green salads. I love filling a bowl full of fresh picked spinach leaves, then pouring home made beef or vegetable soup over top, the spinach wilts and shrinks and adds delightful flavor to the soup.</i></div>
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Last week at this time, we were in the middle of some unstable weather, which caused out internet to be very unstable. I was unable to post last week's Egg Diaries because of it. Our unstable internet is one of the negatives of living in the country, but is one I can overlook and live with.<br />
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All of the spring greens we planted in the garden are ready for harvesting and we've been enjoying baby spinach, red mustard, red romaine and other lettuce, endive and arugula. I tried a Martha Stewart recipe for Ricotta Lemon and Arugula Quiche that I had pinned on Pinterest. It was light and fresh and if you love the spicy, peppery taste of arugula, you'll enjoy it. The recipe is linked below.<br />
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Our mulberry trees are laden with fruit. I absolutely love mulberries! I've been making mulberry jam and, of course baking with them to use eggs. I used them in Pavlova last week. If you missed my post it's linked below.<br />
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Mulberry Clafouti is a favorite recipe because it's fast and easy. My recipe is at the bottom of the page. Clafouti is traditionally made with cherries, so you can substite cherries or different berries in this recipe.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Egg Diaries</b></span><br />
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<b>Monday June 9th</b><br />
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<i>3 Eggs - Breakfast: Sausage Cheese and Egg Breakfast Sandwiches on Toasted English Muffins, Orange Juice</i><br />
<i>0 Eggs - Lunch</i><br />
<i>0 Eggs - Dinner</i><br />
<i>2 Eggs - Cooked and fed to the dogs</i><br />
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<b>5 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b>Tuesday June 10th</b><br />
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<i>5 Eggs - Breakfast: French Toast, Bacon, mulberries</i><br />
<i>0 Eggs - Lunch</i><br />
<i>8 Eggs - Dinner: Pork Roast with roasted potatoes, carrots and onions, green beans <a href="http://athomewithtori.blogspot.com/2014/06/farm-fresh-eating-pavlova.html" target="_blank">Pavlova ( with lemon curd, fresh strawberries and mulberries)</a></i><br />
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<b>13 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b>Wednesday June 11th</b><br />
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<i>0 Eggs - Breakfast</i><br />
<i>0 Eggs - Lunch</i><br />
<i>2 Eggs - Dinner: <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/339070/ricotta-lemon-and-arugula-quiche?czone=food/spring-produce&gallery=274753&slide=339070&center=1009726" target="_blank">Ricotta Lemon and Arugula Quiche</a>, Spring Greens Salad</i><br />
<i>2 Eggs - Cooked and fed to the dogs</i><br />
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<b>4 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b>Thursday June 12th</b><br />
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<i>0 Eggs - Breakfast</i><br />
<i>4 Eggs - Lunch: Egg Salad Sandwiches, vegetable sticks, strawberries</i><br />
<i>0 Eggs - Dinner</i><br />
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<b>4 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b>Friday June 13th</b><br />
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<i>0 Eggs - Breakfast</i><br />
<i>0 Eggs - Lunch</i><br />
<i>4 Eggs - Dinner: Cheeseburger Macaroni Casserole, Spring Greens Salad, Mulberry Clafouti (Recipe is below)</i><br />
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<b>4 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b>Saturday June 14th</b><br />
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<i>4 Eggs - Breakfast: Cheese Omelettes, toast, strawberries</i><br />
<i>0 Eggs - Lunch</i><br />
<i>0 Eggs - Dinner</i><br />
<i>8 Eggs - Scrambled and fed to the chickens</i><br />
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<b>12 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b>Sunday June 15th</b><br />
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<i>5 Eggs - Breakfast: Steak and Fried Eggs, Toast, Cranberry Orange Juice</i><br />
<i>0 Eggs - Lunch</i><br />
<i>0 Eggs - Dinne</i>r<br />
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<b>5 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">Mulberry Clafouti</span></span></b></h2>
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 cups mulberries</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 eggs</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 egg yolk</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 cup sugar</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 cup milk</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 teaspoon vanilla extract</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3/4 cup flour</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pinch of salt</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Preheat oven to 350 degrees.</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grease an 8 x 8 square pan</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Put your mulberries in the pan and arrange so they are spread evenly.</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Combine your flour and salt and set aside.</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beat the eggs and the egg yolk together until light.</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Add the sugar and beat.</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beat in the milk and vanilla.</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Add the flour mixture and beat until the mixture is well combined, light and airy.</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pour the mixture over the berries.</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bake for 45 minutes or until the top is golden and the top springs back when touched.</span></b><br />
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<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cool. ( We like it cold, others like to serve it warm)</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b>
<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dust with icing sugar if you like to make a pretty presentation. (optional - we find it sweet enough without the added sugar)</span></b><br />
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<b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Serve with whipped cream if desired.</span></b><br />
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Tori B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07491048126093261894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273793291015714751.post-83100723578321928782014-06-11T11:25:00.001-07:002014-06-12T06:02:32.479-07:00Farm Fresh Eating - Pavlova<div style="text-align: center;">
Eggs and berries are plentiful on our little homestead right now.</div>
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It's our first year growing strawberries and we're getting more than I thought we would. We eat the strawberries almost as fast as we pick them. We pick them fresh every day. They ripen on the plant and the taste is phenomenal. Store bought berries have nothing on these babies. There is no comparison. You owe it to yourself to seek out some local strawberries and taste the difference yourself.</div>
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Our mulberries are incredibly plentiful. I will be making jam again this year. It's Mr. B's favorite, along with Mulberry Pie and Mulberry Cobbler. The Mulberry Liquer I made last year was wonderful, so I see more of that this year also. We're planning to dry some of our mulberry harvest to use like raisins. Apparently they do it in Turkey and it's quite a delicious snack and very healthy.</div>
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If you are looking to try mulberries yourself, look for a mulberry tree in your neighborhood, or find someone like us who grows them. You won't find them in your supermarket, because they are difficult to harvest and transport and their "shelf life" is very short. Your Farmer's Market is probably your best bet to search for them. If you live near Manito, Pekin, or Peoria in Illinois, contact me.</div>
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I was trying to think of a good way to use our bounty of berries and eggs and it came to me. Pavlova! It's the perfect early summer dessert and uses all three ingredients.</div>
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Pavlova is a meringue traditionally topped with whipped cream and fruit in season. You can also top it with lemon curd, as I did here because I wanted to use the egg yolks, or with a pudding or custard and, of course, fruit.</div>
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4 egg whites (fresh, local eggs from pastured hens) at room temperature (separate your eggs one at a time into a separate small bowl and then pour into your larger bowl, just in case you accidentally get some yolk in them - there must be NO yolk or grease in the egg whites or they won't beat up)</div>
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<i>The Egg Diaries - A weekly journal documenting my egg use, to help myself and others use all the beautiful eggs, our hens lay for us. Now, a Blog Hop, so you can join in by sharing the ways in which you use your eggs. Link up at the bottom of the page.</i></div>
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Happy June! Summer is here in Central Illinois. The temperatures are in the eighties and the sun pushes that over the 90 degree mark. Add to that the humidity and it makes me understand afternoon siestas. We try to get all of our outdoor work done by ten o'clock, so we can retreat indoors to escape the heat and the buffalo gnats (which are still swarming, much to our, and our chickens' dismay - <a href="http://athomewithtori.blogspot.com/2013/05/protect-your-chickens-against-buffalo.html" target="_blank">see my post on them here</a>).<br />
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We've been eating food that both uses eggs and scream summertime, like potato salad and deviled eggs. Memorial Day morning I baked my favorite Banana Cake.<br />
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It's not a fancy cake, but it's moist and so banana-ey ( new word!). This is a large cake and will serve a crowd, so it's wonderful for summertime gatherings. If you can bake a banana bread, you can bake this cake. It's so good, that I have to share the recipe with you as as an 'Eggs in Disguise'* recipe. You'll find it below.<br />
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<b>Mon May 26th</b><br />
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5 Eggs - Breakfast: <i>French Toast</i>, Bacon, Cantaloupe<br />
0 Eggs - Lunch<br />
4 Eggs - Dinner: <i>Potato Salad</i>, Brats, Spring Greens Salad, <i>Banana Cake</i> (recipe below)<br />
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<b>9 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b>Tues May 27th</b><br />
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4 Eggs - Breakfast: <i>Toasted Western Sandwiches</i>, Orange Juice<br />
0 Eggs - Lunch<br />
0 Eggs - Dinner<br />
2 Eggs - <i>Fed to the dogs</i><br />
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<b>6 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b>Wed May 28th</b><br />
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0 Eggs - Breakfast<br />
6 Eggs - Lunch: <i>Deviled Eggs</i>, Homemade Dill Crackers, Vegetable Sticks, Tomatoes<br />
3 Eggs - Dinner: <i>Meat Loaf</i>, Mashed Potatoes, Carrots, Green Beans, Mushroom and Onion Gravy<br />
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<b>9 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b>Thurs May 29th</b><br />
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4 Eggs - Breakfast: <i>Poached Eggs on Broiled Cheddar Cheese Toasts</i>, Grapefruit<br />
0 Eggs - Lunch<br />
0 Eggs - Dinner<br />
2 Eggs - <i>Fed to the dogs</i><br />
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0 Eggs - Breakfast<br />
3 Eggs - Lunch: <i>Egg Wrap</i> (Hard boiled eggs, genoa salami, cream cheese, tomato and lettuce wrapped in a large spinach herb tortilla. Cut in half, it serves two. Make up your own wrap combo!)<br />
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5 Eggs - Breakfast: <i>Cheese and ham omelettes</i>, toast, cranberry juice<br />
0 Eggs - Lunch<br />
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0 Eggs - Breakfast<br />
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2 Eggs - <i>Fed to the dogs</i><br />
8 Eggs - <i>Scrambled and fed to the chickens</i><br />
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<b>"I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable progeny with a love that nobody could share or conceive of who had never taken part in the process of creation. It was one of the most bewitching sights in the world to observe a hill of beans thrusting aside the soil, or a rose of early peas just peeping forth sufficiently to trace a line of delicate green."</b></div>
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Last week, one of my FB friends, Mona, was surprised at how many eggs we eat. She was concerned about cholesterol and other things and so she did a little research.</div>
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and shared the link and now I'm sharing it with you. Please read if you were wondering how nutritious eggs really are. Thanks Mona!</div>
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<i>If you are new to raising chickens, you might be surprised to find out that eggs, like fruit and vegetables, are a seasonal food. Hens will usually lay much lighter or not at all, as was the case with the majority of our hens, during the winter months. To stock up for those winter months, I use many of our eggs by baking and freezing what we can't eat within a few days. That way when winter comes and we've only collected 3 eggs in a week, we can enjoy those eggs for breakfast and raid the freezer for baked goods. </i><br />
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<i>The recipe makes a dozen muffins, so we ate six and the other six went into the freezer to be enjoyed either in the hot summer, when I won't want to turn on the oven, or in the winter when there are few eggs. </i><br />
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<i>Oh.. and before I forget, over at <a href="http://thebeehivecottage.blogspot.com/2014/05/huge-emu-eggs.html" target="_blank">The Beehive Cottage, there are Emu Eggs</a>! They are so beautiful. If you've never seen emu eggs before, you should definitely have a look.</i><br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Breakfast: Toast with peanut butter and bananas<br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Leftover Cheeseburger Casserole<br />
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<b>2 Eggs</b> - Dinner: <b>Spinach Salad</b> with Sourdough Bread<br />
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<b>2 Eggs</b> - Fed to the Dogs<br />
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<b>4 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b>Tues April 29th</b><br />
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<b>5 Eggs</b> - Breakfast: <b>French Toast</b> and Bacon<br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Lunch: Cheese, Apples, Crackers<br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Dinner: Spaghetti with Homemade Sauce, Salad<br />
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<b>5 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b>Wed April 30th</b><br />
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<b>3 Eggs</b> - Breakfast: <b>Carrot Raisin Nut Muffins (recipe below)</b>, Bananas, Orange Juice<br />
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<b>4 Eggs</b> - Lunch: <b>Egg Salad Sandwiches</b>, Vegetable Sticks<br />
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0 Eggs - Dinner: Cod Fillets baked with Spinach, Beets<br />
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<b>2 Eggs</b> - Fed to the Dogs<br />
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<b>9 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b>Thurs May 1st</b><br />
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<b>5 Eggs</b> - Breakfast: <b>Cheese and Ham Omelette</b>, Grapefruit<br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Carrot Raisin Nut Muffins, Cheese, Apples<br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Dinner: Spaghetti with Leftover Sauce, Salad<br />
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<b>5 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b>Fri May 2nd</b><br />
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<b>3 Eggs</b> - Breakfast: <b>Toasted Bagels with poached eggs</b>, Cranberry Juice<br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Lunch: Tuna,Vegetable Sticks, Crackers<br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Dinner: Beef with Mushrooms and Spinach, Rice<br />
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<b>3 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b>Sat May 3rd</b><br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Breakfast: Leftover Dinner from Friday night (yup, for breakfast! Mr. B's request)<br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Lunch: Popcorn! Bananas (Yes, this was a strange day!)<br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Dinner: Pork Chops, Rice, Peas, Carrots<br />
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<b>8 Eggs</b> - Scrambled and fed to the chickens<br />
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<b>8 Eggs Used</b><br />
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<b>Sun May 4th</b><br />
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<b>2 Eggs</b> - Breakfast: <b>Bacon, Cheese and Egg Sandwich on Toasted Bagel</b><br />
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0 Eggs - Lunch: Homemade Minnestrone Soup<br />
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0 Eggs - Dinner: Homemade Pizza<br />
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<b>2 Eggs Used</b><br />
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Carrot Raisin Nut Muffins</h3>
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place cupcake/muffin liners in your pan or lightly grease pan.<br />
Makes 12 muffins<br />
<i>Note: I use melted butter in place of vegetable oil, which is usually called for in carrot muffin and cake recipes. If you prefer not to use melted butter you could use the oil or substitute coconut oil.</i><br />
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1 cup sugar<br />
1/4 cup softened butter<br />
1/4 cup molasses<br />
1/2 cup melted butter (let cool so it's not hot)<br />
3 eggs lightly beaten<br />
2 tablespoons buttermilk (or 2 tablespoons milk with a dash of vinegar added to it)<br />
1/2 teaspoon vanilla<br />
2 1/2 cups flour<br />
2 teaspoons baking soda<br />
1/2 teaspoon salt<br />
1 cup grated carrots (approx 1 large carrot or 2 medium, grated with large side of grater)<br />
1 to 1 1/2 cup raisins (1 cup is fine but we like more raisins in our's)<br />
1/2 cup chopped walnuts<br />
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In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and softened butter. Add the molasses and blend well.<br />
Add the melted butter, eggs, buttermilk and vanilla and mix until smooth.<br />
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Place your dry ingredients, the flour, baking soda and salt, in a small bowl and stir.<br />
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Add the dry ingredients to the large mixing bowl and stir well. The mixture will be thick and sticky.<br />
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Add the grated carrot, raisins and nuts and stir.<br />
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Spoon into your prepared pan.<br />
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Bake for 30 minutes or until the top of the muffin springs back when lightly touched or a toothpick stuck in the center of the muffin comes out clean.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">0 Eggs - </b><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><i>Breakfast: Oatmeal with raisins</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">0 Eggs</b><i style="color: #333333; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> - Lunch: Ham and cheese sandwiches, vegetable sticks with dill dip</i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wed April 23rd</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2 Eggs</b> - <i>Brunch (midweek brunch = luxury of working from home): </i> <b>Homemade Buttermilk Pancakes</b>, <i>Sausage</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0 Eggs - Dinner: Steak Fajitas, Rice</span></i><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 Eggs Used</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thurs April 24th</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>3 Eggs</b> - <i>Breakfast:</i> <b>Spice Muffins</b>, <i>Fruit Salad</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>3 Eggs</b> - <b>Hard boiled eggs</b>, <i>vegetable sticks and dill dip</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>3 Eggs</b> - <i>Dinner</i>: <b>Meatloaf</b>,<i> mashed potatoes, mushroom and onion gravy, green beans</i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9 Eggs Used</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fri April 25th</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>6 Eggs</b> -<i> Breakfast:</i> <b>Potato Pancakes topped with Poached Eggs</b>, <i>Bacon</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>0 Eggs</b> - <i>Lunch: Celery and apples with peanut butter, Spice Muffins</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>0 Eggs</b> - <i>Dinner: Leftover meatloaf and gravy, mixed vegetables</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2 Eggs</b> - <i>Cooked and fed to the dogs</i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 Eggs Used</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sat April 26th</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>4 Eggs</b> - <i>Breakfast</i>: <b>Sausage and eggs on biscuits</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>0 Eggs</b> -<i> Lunch: Spice Muffins, cheese, cantaloupe</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>0 Eggs</b> - <i>Dinner: Cheeseburger Casserole, Green beans</i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 Eggs Used</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sun April 27th</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>8 Eggs</b> - Scrambled eggs for the chickens</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>4 Eggs</b> - <i>Breakfast:</i> <b>Toasted Western Sandwiches</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>0 Eggs - </b><i>Lunch: Tuna Salad Sandwiches, carrot and celery sticks</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>0 Eggs</b> -<i> Dinner: Leftover Meatloaf sandwiches with barbecue sauce, homemade french fries, salad</i></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12 Eggs Used</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Total: 35 eggs Used</span></b><br />
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2 to 3 cups of mashed potatoes</div>
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2 Eggs, beaten</div>
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1/4 cup parmesan cheese</div>
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2 tablespoons minced onion, green onions, or chives</div>
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Heat your frying pan while you prepare the pancakes. Your burner should be set to medium-high.</div>
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Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl. The mixture will be quite thick and sticky. Form patties by scooping out the mixture with a large spoon onto a plate, then flatten and shape, using your hands and the spoon. Repeat until all your pancake mixture is used and your plate is filled with pancakes.</div>
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Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of butter to your heated frying pan and combine them.</div>
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Carefully, lift and transfer the pancakes from the plate to the frying pan and saute for about 3 minutes until golden brown on the bottom, then flip and saute the other side.</div>
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Remove from pan to serving plate or individual plates. Serve with sour cream or top with a poached egg as I did. Bacon goes really well with them.</div>
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<i>The Egg Diaries - A weekly journal documenting my egg use, to help myself and others use all the beautiful eggs, our hens lay for us.</i><br />
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Think back to the time before you had chickens. How many eggs a week did you use? How long did a dozen eggs sit in your fridge? I can remember not using a dozen up in two weeks!</div>
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The secret to using your eggs is not to start serving your family hard boiled or fried or scrambled eggs everyday. It's nice for a little while, but it's one way to make you and them get tired of eggs fast. Think beyond breakfast. Look for recipes that have eggs as an ingredient rather than a focal point. Eggs in disguise. </div>
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My Eggs in disguise recipe for you this week is my Popover recipe, because I have had so many people requesting it. You'll find it at the bottom of the page.</div>
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And for those of you who have hard boiled eggs, try my Egg Wrap, it's beautiful and a nice change from Egg Salad Sandwiches. The ingredients are shown on the Wed April 16th entry. Change the ingredients to suit yourself, your diet preferences, and what you have in your fridge. Try spinach or sprouts instead of the lettuce and corn tortillas would be pretty and great for those who want something gluten free.<br />
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The Egg Diaries</h2>
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<b>Wed April 16th</b><br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Breakfast: Leftover Popovers served with choice of peanut butter, jams, jellies, honey Cantaloupe<br />
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<b>3 Hard Boiled Eggs</b> - Lunch: <b>Egg Wrap</b>: Eggs, genoa salami, cream cheese, tomato and lettuce wrapped in a large spinach herb tortilla. Cut in half, it serves two.<br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Dinner: Spaghetti with home made meat sauce, Salad<br />
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<b>3 Eggs Used 3 Hard Boiled Eggs Left</b><br />
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<b>Thurs April 17th</b><br />
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<b>4 Eggs</b> - Breakfast: <b>Asiago Cheese Omelette</b>, Sausage, Toast, Grapefruit<br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Lunch - Raw Vegetables and home made spinach dip, Apples<br />
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<b>1 Egg</b> - Dinner: Home made <b>Cheeseburgers</b> with tomato and lettuce, oven fries<br />
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<b>3 Hard Boiled Eggs</b> - The Hard Boiled Eggs have disappeared... no idea where they went but I think Mr. B. and the dogs have something to do with the mystery<br />
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<b>8 Eggs Used 0 Hard Boiled Eggs left</b><br />
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<b>Fri April 18th</b><br />
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<b>3 Eggs</b> - Home made <b>Breakfast Sandwiches a la Fast Food</b> - (Eggs, cheese, sausage on an English Muffin or a Biscuit) Cantaloupe<br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Lunch - Cheese and Crackers, Apples<br />
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<b>2 Eggs</b> - Dinner - Chicken Divan ( chicken and broccoli in a cheese sauce) served over rice Home made <b>Cherry Cluster Cake</b> for dessert<br />
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<b>Sat April 19th</b><br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Breakfast: Cherry Cluster Cake and Coffee Yea, we have days like this<br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Lunch - Toasted Club sandwiches, with bacon, turkey, cheese, lettuce, tomato<br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Dinner - Homemade Pizza ( made with leftover Spaghetti Sauce from April 16th which I had frozen), Salad<br />
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<b>Sun April 20th</b><br />
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<b>8 Eggs</b> - <b>Scrambled</b> and served to the chickens<br />
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<b>5 Eggs</b> - Brunch: <b>Baked Mulberry French Toast</b>, Sausage, Coffee, Cranberry Orange Fizz<br />
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<b>0 Eggs</b> - Dinner: Home made Rotisserie Chicken, Rice, Peas, Carrots and the last of the Cherry Cluster Cake for dessert<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Total: 29 Eggs Used</span></b><br />
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<b>Popovers</b></div>
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4 eggs at room temperature</div>
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1 1/2 cups lukewarm milk</div>
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1/2 teaspoon salt</div>
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1 1/2 cups flour</div>
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3 tablespoons melted butter</div>
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Preheat oven to 450 degrees</div>
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Grease a 12 cup muffin pan, greasing around the cups also</div>
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Beat the eggs, milk and salt together until well blended.</div>
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Add the flour all at once and beat until well mixed. Some small lumps are okay.</div>
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Stir in the melted butter.</div>
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Fill the muffin cups about 3/4 full with batter.</div>
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Bake for 20 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake for an additional 10 to 15 minutes. DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN DOOR while they are baking.</div>
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Delicious with meat and gravy, butter, honey, jams and jellies.</div>
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Best served fresh and hot from the oven.</div>
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For those of you who keep chickens: chickens love one or two day old leftover popovers.</div>
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<b>How did you use your eggs this week? Because I'd really love to know and I'm sure others would also, t</b><b>he next Egg Diaries installment will be next Monday and will be a Blog Hop!</b></div>
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Tori B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07491048126093261894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273793291015714751.post-70674708013336403082014-04-15T11:43:00.000-07:002014-04-16T08:39:09.414-07:00The Egg Diaries<div style="text-align: center;">
We have eggs! Lots and lots of eggs!</div>
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After a winter of very few eggs, (only our Rhode Island Red laid regularly through those cold months...she was amazing) it's wonderful to see our girls laying again. We have eight hens, which means we are gathering six to eight eggs a day.</div>
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I know we're not alone in gathering dozens of eggs a week and I know that there are many of you looking for ways to use up all those eggs, which lead me to my idea of keeping a diary/journal of how we are using our eggs. </div>
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This won't be a daily report, because I have some other new adventures I want to share with you, but, I'll report in once or twice a week with a record of how we used our eggs. There'll be recipes, menus, egg facts and trivia and, of course, photos of eggs and our girls.</div>
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I'm calling the posts, The Egg Diaries.</div>
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So if you are struggling to use your eggs, looking to find some recipes and ways to use eggs every single day, I hope you'll follow along with me and The Egg Diaries.</div>
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<b>12 Eggs:</b> The oldest dozen were <b>Hard Boiled</b> to be used through the week in salads, sandwiches, snacks and treats for the dogs.</div>
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<b>2 Eggs:</b> Breakfast: <b>Home made Buttermilk Pancakes</b> with syrup, bacon and a bowl of cut up cantaloupe</div>
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Lunch: <b>4 of the Hard Boiled Eggs</b> used for egg salad sandwiches, made with whole wheat bread and romaine lettuce. Served with apples and milk. </div>
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There are no spring flowers here...yet.</div>
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I tentatively slipped and slided out to feed the chickens this morning. Yesterday's thaw froze overnight into a vast ice rink. It will thaw again today, but snow is forecast for tomorrow. I can take comfort in knowing that it is March and the snow won't last long and the ice rink will become smaller and smaller each day.</div>
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Until the weather warms, the ice melts and the spring flowers bloom, I am enjoying the flowers that I dried last summer.</div>
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A rose, baby's breath, and purple statice bouquet has graced one of the bathrooms the past few months.</div>
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A small spray of lavender was twist tied to a kitchen cabinet.</div>
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Today, I plan this year's "Everlasting" Garden. Everlasting flowers are flowers which dry well. They hold their colors and shape beautifully when turned into everlasting bouquets, which will last me through the next winter.</div>
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Roses, hydrangea, peonies, larkspur, statice in a rainbow of shades, strawflowers, cockscomb celosia, sunflowers, lavender, bergamot, baby's breath, chinese lanterns, globe amaranth, love in a mist and yarrow. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had a hard frost this past week and the hickory nuts are falling. Each nut hits the ground with a loud "ka-thunk". We joke that we should be wearing hard hats.</span></div>
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Tori B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07491048126093261894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273793291015714751.post-68553028368481734392013-06-21T14:02:00.001-07:002013-06-21T14:31:25.692-07:00Mulberry Madness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last week, while picking radishes and lettuce from the garden, I noticed our mulberries were starting to ripen.</div>
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A few found their way into my basket, but it was obvious I was going to need to come out with baskets and bowls just for the berries.</div>
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Last year, because it was so hot and dry, there were barely enough mulberries for the birds and wild animals. This year the trees are laden. We've been picking every day, twice a day and have picked and frozen pounds and pounds of these delicious berries.</div>
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The very first quart we picked, went straight (after rinsing) into my 8 x 8 pan, ready to be made into cobbler.</div>
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This is my favorite Mulberry Cobbler recipe. It has a delicious shortcake like crust and the mulberries cook up sweet and juicy underneath it. I originally got the recipe from Circle B Kitchen, <a href="http://circle-b-kitchen.squarespace.com/food-and-recipes/2010/6/29/got-mulberries.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>, and made a few slight changes to it.</div>
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In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Cut in the lard or butter with a knife or pastry blender, until the pieces are the size of small peas. Slowly add the milk, stirring until a soft dough is formed. Form into a ball and knead on a floured board for 20 to 30 seconds. Roll the dough out to the size of your baking pan. Dough will be 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick. </div>
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Bake for 20 minutes. Let cool at least 30 minutes before serving. We like it completely cooled.</div>
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Delicious plain or serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream.</div>
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I've made three cobblers since we started our harvest. They don't last long around here.</div>
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I also made Mulberry liqueurs, one batch with vodka, one batch with brandy.</div>
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Mulberries do not have a lot of natural pectin, so the jam tends to be more saucy than other jams. This makes it perfect for topping pancakes, soaking into biscuits and topping ice cream. Some people strain their jam of the fruit and seeds to make jelly, but I like to keep them in. The seeds which rise to the top when you make the jam, stir easily through the jam once opened and don't rise back up.</div>
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I make fresh popovers and jam! Perfect for brunch or tea.</div>
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Tori B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07491048126093261894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273793291015714751.post-71506805496700614592013-05-20T13:19:00.000-07:002013-05-20T13:19:26.861-07:00Buffalo Gnat UpdateWe lost our Silver Laced Wyandotte, Lacey, to the buffalo gnats this afternoon, despite all of our efforts. She died in Mr. B.'s arms.<br />
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Her back was quite bare due to the attentions of our rooster. She was wearing a saddle, but the flies could get underneath it. Casualties in chickens who have poor feather coverage is apparently higher; as it's easier for the flies to get to the skin.<br />
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The flies are bad here right now with our hot weather and all the rain and flooding we've had in Illinois.<br />
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We're trying everything in my <a href="http://athomewithtori.blogspot.com/2013/05/protect-your-chickens-against-buffalo.html" target="_blank">last post about buffalo gnats</a> plus whatever we can think of, to keep the rest of the flock alive. Fingers crossed we don't lose any more.<br />
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<br />Tori B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07491048126093261894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1273793291015714751.post-23083403546751154202013-05-16T11:08:00.000-07:002014-05-05T11:31:24.816-07:00Protect Your Chickens Against Buffalo Gnats It's Buffalo Gnat season. They arrived yesterday much to our chickens' dismay. The poor girls and Ringo spent the day snapping at them in the air, eating them off themselves and each other, and trying to hide from them.<br />
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I had been dreading the three week invasion of these nasty little biting flies after I had heard of all the damage they had done to chicken flocks here in the past few years. I dreaded it even more than the fox that managed to get one of our Rhode Island Reds one early evening while she was free ranging with the rest of the flock. We can watch and take precautions and action against the fox and other predators, but these teeny tiny flies are a different story.<br />
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Buffalo gnats can kill chickens. The gnats arrive in swarms. The swarms can kill chickens and small mammals by biting and sucking their blood, much like mosquitoes. Many chickens who survive the bites have fatal allergic reactions. The flies can also block the chickens' nostrils and asphyxiate them. There have been reports of people losing whole flocks to the blood thirsty little flies in one day.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;">What can you do to protect your chickens if you have buffalo gnats in your area?</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><b>Make sure your chickens have shade. Dense dark shade is best. If you don't have a shady spot, you can create one simply by leaning a large board against a fence or tree.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><b>If your coop is large enough, you could keep them inside. Keep it dark inside. Turn off all the lights. You may want to add some fine screening over any windows or vents.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><b>Buffalo gnats do not like wind. You can use a fan to create wind in your run and/or coop.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><b>Some people apply vanilla or Skin So Soft to the chickens heads, combs and wattles. You can burn citronella torches around the run. There are a few people who hang fabric softener sheets around the coop. The vanilla does work. I use it on myself and sprayed our chickens with it yesterday. It didn't last very long. You have to reapply it quite often.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">EDIT: Editing in from my comments below:</span><span style="color: #20124d;"> </span></b><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;">We did find something that provides instant relief for them but you do have to catch them to apply it. It's <b>'Skeeter Skidaddler, a 100% natural bug repellant. It from <a href="http://tremblingleaf.com/" target="_blank">Gentle Breeze Farm http://tremblingleaf.com/</a> . We used the furry friend formula.</b> We have applied it a minimum of twice a day to their combs, face and waddles and any exposed areas on their body. The bugs left them alone for 2 to 3 hours each time.</span><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><b>Pray for hot weather. Buffalo gnats do not like temperatures over eighty degrees.</b></span><br />
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If you have any other tips on how to protect your chickens from buffalo gnats, please share.<br />
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