Amy Jeanroy
Cooking and writing have been my constant companions ever since I was a small child.
My earliest memories are of my grandparent's garden and watching my grandfather clean fish for our meals. Every bite of food was wrapped in love, and I carry that with me to this day.
My writing is all over the place. For frugal and home cooking- mom stuff, visit The Farming Wife. I blog over at Eartheats.com, about wildcrafting and growing food on our family farm, and I also write about food preservation. Check out my books on Amazon!
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Posts by Amy Jeanroy
July 15, 2011
Chicken wraps are the perfect answer for the summer days that are just too hot to cook. I love using leftover chicken and changing it into a whole new dish. My tip of the day is to use large leaves...
July 15, 2011
If you live in Maine, and want to find a source for local meat, check out what Ben Slayton of Farmer's Gate Market butcher shop in Wales, Maine, is doing. Along the same idea as the popular...
July 14, 2011
I love Etsy. The wide variety of things that crafters think of always amazes me. This felt set is perfect for your little farmers market helper. I couldn't resist sharing it. There were plenty of...
July 14, 2011
On the farm, it is a mad scramble to be sure that everything is ready for the next three days of heat. We want to keep out of the hot sun, so all the extra weeding and berry picking had to be done...
July 14, 2011
Leftovers. The word alone can clear out my family from the table faster than anything else - except the word chores. Because much of my cooking involves the repurposing of food , I make sure to cook...
July 14, 2011
Wednesday, Monsanto filed a federal lawsuit in Pittsburgh against Harold Steve Wiser Jr and Harold V. Wiser, for violating a licensing agreement by replanting Roundup Ready seeds gleaned from...
July 13, 2011
Pickling is a simple process that is easy enough for a beginning canner to try, with a lifetime of fun recipes to play around with. The perfect balance of salt, vinegar, water, herbs and spices,...
July 13, 2011
Why pay for those expensive drinks that you finish before pulling back into traffic (admit it, you do), when you can make an entire batch of mix to drink any time you want to? This Frozen Mocha Mix...
July 13, 2011
The first heads of garlic are ready! The fall garlic that we planted last year, has been transformed into beautiful heads of garlicy goodness. Tonight, we used the first head of it for dinner, made...
July 13, 2011
Cooking is a labor of love; especially when cooking something that you don't like the taste of. That is the story of beets. I only allow beets into my home in this one form. Because my...
July 11, 2011
This Hot Crabmeat Dip started out being one that we only had at Christmas. It was not really for the kids, and my mom would dole out a cracker or two for each of us. Now, I make it as a spread for...
July 11, 2011
Social media is in every corner of our lives, so why not put use its powers for good? After whining about feeling very alone in my desire to eat healthy, local foods, someone on Facebook invited me...
July 11, 2011
In a move that is both shocking and yet not that hard to believe, the USDA has announced that it does not consider a lawn grass genetically engineered to resist a weedkiller within its regulatory...
July 11, 2011
Watch as this charming girls shows us a simple visual presentation on why we should always buy organic produce.
July 10, 2011
I sit here with my eyes full of tears and my heart full of love for my grandmother. Please watch this sweet video of 93 year old Clara, as she makes sugar cookies and coffee, while talking about food...
July 10, 2011
The basket of garden food was overflowing today, and everything made it into our Sunday dinner. It was a birthday dinner for my third son, and we all welcomed in his 9th year with a feast from our...
July 10, 2011
Costco joins Kroger and Safeway and will no longer be carrying pork from Iowa pork processor, Iowa Select Farms. The change comes after the video was released showing gruesome practices allegedly...
July 9, 2011
The United States has joined more than 100 other countries in agreeing to follow labeling guidelines for genetically modified (GM) food. This complete reversal of position came during the annual...
July 9, 2011
The Kenyan government will be allowing imported genetically modified maize flour to help with the acute food shortage in the country. This cheaper version, will be clearly labelled to allow the...
July 9, 2011
With the second largest corn crop in almost 70 years, the U. S. Agriculture Department says that this year's corn crop will be 92.3 million acres. Not that all the corn planted is going to be...
July 9, 2011
The Wild-caught Pacific salmon you are paying a premium price for, may be a mislabeled farm-raised Atlantic salmon. A group of university environmental students were working on a project using DNA to...
July 8, 2011
When making your own popsicles, be sure to try making some fudgy ones. I remember walking to the local variety store to buy a popsicle for a nickel, but a chocolaty fudgsicle set us back 50 cents....
July 8, 2011
Doing morning chores, I always end up carrying edible things back to the house. Since I only have two hands, the easiest way to manage all the eggs from the hens and whatever is ready in the garden,...
July 8, 2011
With the recent report that Katy Perry suffered from severe food poisoning, that makes the third star in the past month who has been affected by this avoidable illness. There are ways to keep...
July 7, 2011
Dang, it's so hot! Summertime is all about pools and playing outside, but it's still necessary to be thinking about food for the family as well. Who wants to be heating up the house with long...
