Skyview Farm and Creamery - Local and Fresh

A great resource for locally grown farm products is Skyview Farm and Creamery.

They produce dairy, beef and other fresh farm products.

You can find them at selected farmer's markets, visit their farm (see directions below) or meet at Overland Park drop off.

Here is the link to their website:  http://www.skyviewfarm.net/


Hours at the farm are Monday- Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday 10 -4, and we try to avoid Sundays.
 
Directions: Take 69 Hwy.  south about 50 miles to Pleasanton.  Take the exit that is marked E.  850 Rd.  (Which is the same exit as the Mound City/52 Hwy.)  Turn left (east) and follow the black top as it makes a sweeping turn south and over a bridge.  Then turn left on 800 Rd., cross the RR tracks, and go about 3/4 mile.  We are on the left with a sign out front that says Skyview Farm.

Boycott These Brands!

DEMAND YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT’S IN YOUR FOOD
Parent Company Donations to defeat Prop 37 (California Right To Know GMO Labeling Initiative: PepsiCo, $2.5M · Kraft, $2M · Safeway, Member of Grocery Manufacturers Association, which donated $2M · Coca-Cola, $1.7M · General Mills, $1.2M · Con-Agra, $1.2M - Kellogg’s, $791k · Smucker’s, $555k · Hershey’s, $519k · Unilever, $467k · Dean Foods, $254k

Boycott the organic and “natural” brands listed below, whose parent companies* donated millions to defeat Prop 37, the California Right to Know GMO labeling initiative.

Call their customer hotlines listed below, and post on their facebook pages.
Tell them you’ll support their brands when they publicly and financially support your Right to Know!

Brookside Organic Market

Sean and Ian got up early and drove over to the Brookside Farmer's Market this fine Saturday morning.  Oh what a bribe of the offer to buy coffee will do!

I picked up some kale transplants to the pack I bought last week.  I also bought Ian a tomato plant.  I bought 2 last week for myself.

I love spring!  I have begun putting my transplants into my raised beds. I am planning on letting my big garden bed in the back rest this summer.  I had the boys put tons of mulch on it. 

This is the first year where I finally have too much mulch!  I have never had enough.  I got my mulch by stopping and asking a crew that was doing tree trimming along the utilities on Blue Ridge Blvd.  I ask if they would drop off a load of their shredded stuff and they said sure!

I now have a huge pile of very roughly chipped wood in my driveway. 

Vegan Mayo!

After buying 2 big, beautiful artichokes at Trader Joe's I decided to find a recipe for vegan mayo in which to dip my leaves!

I found this great recipe video from Toni Fiore at Delicious TV.
http://www.channels.com/episodes/show/14506584/Homemade-Tofu-Mayonnaise

Flourless Chocolate Cake recipe - yummy - NOT VEGAN!!

From the Simply Gourmet blog

http://www.simply-gourmet.com/2013/04/294-flourless-chocolate-cake.html

Recipe:  Flourless Chocolate Cake

Adapted from Gastronomers Guide

8 large eggs, separated

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup of butter

1 tablespoon instant coffee grounds

Pinch of salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a 9-inch springform pan with parchment paper-bottom and sides. Spray with cooking spray.

In a large bowl add egg whites and beat until stiff peaks form.

In a medium bowl, add egg yolks and beat until pale (4 minutes). Add sugar and continue to mix for 3 more minutes.

Place a large heat proof bowl over a simmering pot of water and melt chocolate chips and butter; add instant coffee grounds and salt, combine well.  Let chocolate cool slightly.

Slowly pour cooled chocolate into egg yolk mixture. 

Add egg yolk/chocolate mixture to egg whites and fold until no streaks of white remain.

Pour into prepared pan and bake for 40 minutes.

Let cool slightly and remove springform pan.

Yields: 8-10 slices

Ready for some new healthy recipes?

A friend that I have only just met on Facebook shared her recipe for Chocolate Orange Chia Fudge Cookies and she said that she began with a recipe found on this website:
http://detoxinista.com/

I checked it out and there are tons of scrumptious recipes!

Non-GMO Shopping Guide

I just watched a documentary on PBS (of course) about the effects of genetically engineered foods on animals and people who eat them.  It was not surprising that the effects are illness, tumors and more.

The most common GMO crops are soybeans, canola, cottonseed, corn, and sugar from sugarbeets

We all know that GMOs are not good for us but many of us do not realize that unless it is labeled NON-GMO is IS Genetically Modified!!!

Check out this website!  It has articles, shopping guides, even mobile apps!

http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/