Day 6

I am determined to find berries today!

A loaf of bread in the oven at 10:30 am is a lovely way to start the day! Please note that my bread looks better than the one from the other day… I am learning!

Breakfast Day 6: -

Brunch Day 6: Pastures A Plenty bacon, eggs from Birch Coulee Creek Farm, bread made with wheat flour from Dry Weather Creak and honey from Kruse in Milan topped with jam from Birch Coulee Creek Farm.

Lunch Day 6: -

Hurray for Hilltop Harvest of Redwood Falls! So many beautiful and tasty strawberries, friendly staff, other nice folks out picking with their families- a great way to spend an hour or two on a beautiful afternoon! This was the first time I’d ever gone berry picking- and it was a fun time. Three-year-old Hokon even had a great time. I picked a flat full of strawberries in about 45 minutes and it was well worth my time. I quote ”These are awesome tasting strawberries!” and Andy would not say that about fruit unless he really meant it.

Dinner Day 6: Fresh Walleye that Andy caught on Big Sand Lake near Park Rapids, (not super local but from the great State of Minnesota). We also had leftover cheesy polenta, salad, left over chicken, strawberries, radishes, kohlrabi and beets. Our neighbor Hilly joined us for dinner along with my friend Ann and her two boys, Hokon & Espen. We all enjoyed dinner so much that none of us including the three little guys saved room for the humble rhubarb pie I made last night.

Such a great dinner and it all came together really easy (no joke)! During the 20 to 30 minutes that it took to get dinner on the table Ann & I were chatting. We came to the conclusions that eating local is not difficult, planning a head is key along with making the most of your leftovers, having a willingness to try new things is also very helpful as well as keeping it simple. At each meal now rather than asking my self or family “what do you want for dinner?” I know ask “what do we have for dinner”.