Today is my birthday. And for my birthday weekend (yes the whole weekend!), my wonderful husband has been making me delicious local foods. Last night we had pumpkin ravioli with sage from the garden. This morning, Matt’s biscuits and jam. This afternoon, a snack of yogurt, granola, and apples. Tonight, a Thanksgiving-themed extravaganza: homemade cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy, baked delicata squash, herbed stuffing, and for dessert: pumpkin pie.
Every ingredient in each of those wonderful meals is locally-sourced and organic!!
Celebrating Local Foods
I want to encourage you to give your thanks this week to the local farmers, to the food sources that keep your local economy growing stronger during lean times. Please try to buy from them as many ingredients as you can. There are many reasons for eating locally, which I’ve mentioned before. And I’ve compiled a comprehensive list of places to find local food, as well.
There are several local food challenges out there for Thanksgiving: Crunchy Chicken has a challenge. There’s an Eat Local Pledge here in Puget Sound (with a great list of where to buy local food for Thanksgiving). 100 Mile Diet is hosting a 100-Mile Thanksgiving with partners Eat Local Challenge, BALLE, Locavores, Local Harvest, National Farmers’ Union, Farm Folk/City Folk, and SPUD. The Consumers Union and Eat Well Guide have partnered with Alice Waters, Mario Batali, and Dan Barber to ask you to take a local & organic pledge and share your favorite recipes. And I’m sure there are others I’ve missed.
But whether or not you formally take a pledge, please buy local, humane, and sustainable foods this week. It is important. And fun. And tasty. And I must say, there is so much more pleasure in eating homemade, seasonal and organic food that supports our local economy!
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Happy birthday! Sounds like a great weekend. :)
Happy Birthday! I am thankful you were born. Kiss your mother for me . . . it’s her day too (she shared it with you). Your Matthew is a prince among men. Enjoy the whole week.
I Bought cheese from Beechers, a local cheese shop (and the first time I visited there), and veggies from Duane’s Garden spot. And The roast beast from B&E Meats here in Burien. (I didn’t get a turkey ordered in time) All of my holiday food falls in the 100 mile diet. And it is tasty. And I made my cream cheese following Crunchy’s Cream Cheese recipe. Extremely easy to make! Makes great cocktail dips too!And tasty!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! We’re on it here… you’ll have to pop over to the blog… although, the picture of the GIANT frozen turkey might not be to your liking… but it’s local too!
“Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you….”
I made pumpkin pie this weekend from pumpkins that my mother grew. All the rest of the ingredients were local besides the sugar and spices. It turned out scrumptious. I’m having some for breakfast right now. :)
happy birthday! hoping all your dreams and wishes come true!
Happy Birthday to one of my favorite locavores!
Happy Birthday!
I’ve been wondering, do you feel like now your meals have taken on a greater variety in Seattle vs. when you were growing your own food?
Happy Birthday,
Hope the next year is as fulfilling as the last.
Kind Regards
Belinda
Happy Birthday!
We are also doing a whole local vegan feast (with the addition of a local, organic turkey for the meat eaters) but mostly everything is from our area and all organic.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Melissa
Happy Birthday!
…and I intentionally froze some pumpkins soup and peas for precisely this reason. Its a baby step, but its a start. Had it not been for a failure of the butternut squash this year We’d have eaten that too…Oh and I almost forgot, the monster zucchini that got away from me is turned into bread by my mom, who will be bringing that.
Wow thats more than I thought. Vive la local!
I hope you had a very happy birthday!
Happy birthday!
Happy pumpkin pie to you!
Hope you had a wonderful day …… HB!
Blessings:)
A very happy birthday, youngster, and what a guy! Can you turn him loose in my kitchen for my 60th (coming up in May)? ;)
Pffft, I’m late. Happy birthday for the 23rd. I hope you had a lovely day.
Take care.
Rhonda xx
Happy Belated Birthday!
I’m not going to officially join a challenge as I am trying to eat mostly local all the time anyway. However. this post has swayed me away from an indulgence I was considering. I’ve already bought yams which I rarely buy anymore since I can’t get them locally. But you’ve convinced me not to go for a grapefruit avocado salad. I was thinking that since I haven’t bought either of those items in over a year I could do it. But I think having one non-local dish is a luxury enough.
Happy belated birthday!!!!