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Oven dinner wards off Autumn chill ….

Judith — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:57:50 +0000

I don’t know about you….

but here in Idaho it was a bit chilly today.

I didn’t want to fire up the furnace so I opted for a dinner cooked in the oven .

Just warm enough to take the chill out of the house.. and the smell ….. you can’t get that from forced air heating :0)

Here’s what we’re having for dinner……

Roast Chicken

3-5 lb roasting chicken
Heaping tablespoon of crushed thyme
Clove of fresh garlic peeled and minced
1/3 Cup Virgin Coconut Oil
An apple or orange cut into quarters

Prepare chicken by removing giblets neck AND rinse thoroughly with cool water.

In a small dish with the back of a spoon create a paste with the minced garlic , thyme and coconut oil.

Gently loosen the skin over the chicken breast with your fingers .Being careful not to tear it. If the chicken has been frozen you will need to be EXTREMELY gentle. (if it tears it still tastes goodJ )

Insert paste under skin , spreading it as evenly as possible.

Place fruit inside cavity

Bake uncovered until internal temperature is at 165 degrees approximately an hour and half. Depending on size of bird

Remove fruit and let stand for 10 minutes before carving.

Juicy , moist, delicious…. ENJOY

Keep Food REAL!

Raw Milk Legislation

Judith — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:08:42 +0000

Below is a copy of an email I received…. I am posting it here and I hope that many of you respond :0)

Our LOCAL Farmers need our help NOW!

KEEP FOOD REAL!

Thanks,

Judith

Dear Raw Milk Advocate:

As you may be aware, there are currently proposed legislative rules before the House and the Senate in Boise concerning Cow/Herd Share Programs in Idaho and our ability as Farmers to continue to provide these services to people who wish to use them. There are some good parts to the proposed rules which will help to assure the cleanliness of the milk, such as regular testing of the milk for bacteria counts, etc. However, there is one proposal which could, in effect, drastically limit the availability of raw milk from Herd Share Programs in the future. That is that each herd would be limited to no more than three lactating cows or seven goats or sheep.

This limitation, in my opinion, is unrealistic, as it in no way serves to reduce the risk of contaminated milk; safe milk depends on cleanliness. But it does severely limit the amount of milk a single farm can produce for its boarders. Therefore it will limit the number of consumers who can use the boarding services.

If you agree, and you would like to help protect the right of consumers to drink raw milk please contact the legislators listed below and let your voice be heard IMMEDIATELY!

The House and the Senate work simultaneously to hear the rules. Below are each of the committee members of the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee and their email addresses:

Senator Tim Corder (R), Mountain Home – Chair, tcorder@senate.idaho.gov

Senator Chuck Winder (R), Boise - Vice Chair cwinder@senate.idaho.gov

Senator Gary Schroeder (R), Moscow, gschroeder@senate.idaho.gov

Senator Brent Hill (R), Rexburg, bhill@senate.idaho.gov

Senator John McGee (R), Caldwell, jmcgee@senate.idaho.gov

Senator Leland Heinrich (R), Cascade, lheinrich@senate.idaho.gov

Senator Melinda Smyser (R), Parma, msmyser@senate.idaho.gov

Senator Edgar Malepeai (D), Pocatello, emalepeai@senate.idaho.gov

Senator Les Bock (D), Boise, lbock@senate.idaho.gov

We have learned that the representatives of the House Agriculture subcommittee that will study the rules are as follows (with links to their e-mail addresses):

Rep. Ken Andrus, (R) Lava Hot Springs, Chairman, kandrus@house.idaho.gov

Rep. Mack Shirley, (R) Rexburg, mshirley@house.idaho.gov

Rep. Dennis Lake, (R) Blackfoot,
dlake@house.idaho.gov

Rep. Donna Pence, (D) Gooding. dpence@house.idaho.gov

You can email members of the House Agricultural Affairs Committee at the following website: http://legislature.idaho.gov/about/contactbycommittee.cfm.

If you or others wish to have your voices heard, you must act now! If you believe that people should be able to drink raw milk if they wish and that producers should not be limited by unreasonable low herd size limits please email each of the above legislators immediately or it will be too late to make your voice heard.

Sincerely,

Luana Hiebert
Heritage Farms
PO Box 247
Cocolalla, ID 83813
208-683-4410

When you purchase from Heritage Farms you support a local farmer, sustainable agriculture, and thus, the very environment in which you live!

FOOD FREEDOMS AND MARTIAL LAW oh my

Judith — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:36:56 +0000

I wanted to post about something fun and nice today but this is MORE important!!

Our Food Freedoms are being eradicated faster than I can spell the word.. ANOTHER insidious bill is about to change life for everyone in this country that eats….

First there was HR 759 but now we HAVE HR 2749 too!

We MUST stand up against the BAD GUYS… While we still have a democratic process we need to use it…

Hear what Shelly Roche, CTO breakthematrix.com has to say

Martial Law? in a Food Bill?

Here are two sources for you to explore….

Strange Martial Law An excellent post with all the facts from www.foodfreedom.wordpress.com

Here’s an excerpt….

HR 2749 is a strange bill in many ways. While the other “food safety” bills have been around since winter, allowing for much public discussion on the internet, HR 2749 has only suddenly appeared. It is a mutant conglomeration of the worst of the other bills, with the addition of one very original part – martial law.

When it was a draft, it was Waxman’s bill. But once given a number, it became Dingel’s who already had a “food safety” bill, HR 759. So Waxman got none and Dingel got two. (Was this because Waxman, being Jewish, was a hideous choice to introduce a bill with Codex in it – designed by the Nazi pharmaceutical companies that funded Hitler, provided the gas for the gas chambers, experimented on prisoners with vaccines – and is expected to kill millions?)

* HR 2749 would give FDA the power to order a quarantine of a geographic area, including “prohibiting or restricting the movement of food or of any vehicle being used or that has been used to transport or hold such food within the geographic area.”

[This - "that has been used to transport or hold such food" - would mean all cars that have ever brought groceries home or any pickup someone has eaten take-out in, so this means ALL TRANSPORTATION can be shut down under this. This is using food as a cover for martial law.]

Under this provision, farmers markets and local food sources could be shut down, even if they are not the source of the contamination. The agency can halt all movement of all food in a geographic area.

[This is also a means of total control over the population under the cover of food, and at any time.] See this DailyKos entry………..

TO READ THE REST ….Strange Martial Law

This is serious.. If you were wondering HOW this ~ end time ~ “stuff” was going to come down you don’t have to WONDER any longer….

Please act on what you learn here today… don’t put it off. It will only take a minute of your time.

Verses from Ephesians Chapter 6

¹⁰Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

¹¹Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

¹²For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

¹³Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

¹⁴Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

¹⁵And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

¹⁶Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

¹⁷And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

POINT to PONDER……

Having DONE ALL to STAND…… STAND!

Take ACTION! OPPOSE HR 2749

This link will lead to a quick and painless form…..

http://www.ftcldf.org/petitions/pnum993.php

Bless you!

Keep FoodREAL!

AND Keep Freedom REAL for as long as we can!

Judith

MY Kitchen… GMO FREE ZONE!

Judith — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:41:24 +0000

It has been amazing to see the improvement in our health as we continue to reject genetically modified (GMO) foods.

I think it has much to do with the fact that eating GMO’s cause the immune system to be sluggish.. The white blood cells are not as active. Everyone should read Seeds of Deception by Jeffrey M. Smith http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/Home/index.cfm

It would seem with all the concern over swine flu and other pandemic threats that refraining from GMO’s would be a prudent challenge to take on. To get started get your free Shopping guide at No GMO Challenge

I would like to challenge my readers to refrain GMO”S for the entire summer (if not indefinitely!) and watch their immune systems flourish next fall . I think it is a lot better bet than getting a flu shot!

Below are two of my family’s favorite GMO free Chicken entrees. Keep in mind that I only use fresh ground organic grains to make the flours in my recipes. ENJOY! Keep food REAL!

Roasted Chicken

Preheat oven to 300^o

3-4 ½ lb. Organic Whole chicken i.e. Rocky

Mix thoroughly together into a paste

¼ cup of organic coconut oil

2T dried organic thyme

1 ½ t organic garlic powder

Gently loosen the skin over the chicken breast with your fingers.

Pat mixture under the skin as evenly as possible.

Fill Cavity with

organic apple quartered

½ medium organic onion

Place chicken in baking dish just large enough for the bird

Pour two cups of organic chicken broth in the bottom of the baking dish

Bake uncovered, basting occasionally, for 2 hrs or until a meat thermometer reads 170^o

Oven Fried Chicken Legs

Preheat oven to 375^o

5- 6 lbs Organic whole leg pieces. Wash thoroughly.

Mill together (you can use a quality blender if you don’t own a grain mill)

2/3 cup whole grain organic corn

2/3 cup organic oat groats

Mix together with the flours

2 t ground organic cinnamon

1 t organic garlic powder

2 t organic dried lemon balm

1t organic turmeric

1 t organic black pepper

1 t sea salt

Place flour mixture in a clean paper or plastic bag and coat damp chicken “shake and bake style”.

In a baking dish or deep sided cookie sheet melt ½ stick of organic butter and ¼ cub of coconut oil

Spread to evenly coat pan with oil mixture

Arrange leg pieces in pan and bake uncovered for 35 minutes

Turn Chicken and bake for an additional 35 minutes or until the degree of crispness is achieved.

(Adjust these seasonings to you r taste) Just watch out for seasoning ‘mixes” or ‘blends’ that may contain hidden GMO’s.

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