Utilizing a Whole Chicken
Its no secret that purchasing a whole chicken is a better bang for your buck…you get more meat for the price! You also get the added benefit of nutritious bones to make stock with! But, in todays fast paced convenience food market, a whole…
4 meals for $50
Shopping and coming up with dinners during the week can be such a pain! You’ve got school, sports, after school actvities, doctors appointments, work and house chores. Somewhere in there you need to shop and cook! I struggled with this too! I found that…
BEEWENCH FARM FAVORITE TURKEY RECIPE
This is my favorite recipe for cooking our holiday turkey. I used this recipe about 13 years ago and have been the official turkey cooker in our family ever since. This recipe would also be great with one of our chickens! As always, keep…
A New Kind of Plastic Wrap
I hate using disposable plastic wrap. As a matter of fact, I really don’t. I mostly use foil or cloth. But sometimes it would be nice to have a non-porous wrap that I could reuse (have you ever tried reusing tinfoil?). I came across
Announcing Meat Shares in 2014
I’m so excited to be able to offer meat shares as part of the farm for 2014. I hope that you, my customer, are just as excited as I am. I’ve had a couple of questions as to the how and why and wanted…
There Is No Comparison
Talking with my co-workers before work this morning we were discussing the state of our food system commonly available. Most families utilize packaged, pre-prepared meals…for convenience and cost savings. I hear a lot about how eating healthy is ‘too expensive’. I can’t tell you…
Farm to Table Dinner
Join BeeWench Farm, Hope Family Wines and other local producers on September 7th for a Farm to Table dinner prepared by Chef Tom Fundaro of Villa Creek. Chef Tom will work with locally grown and raised products to create a memorable dinner served outside…
Cool Things This Week
Okay, here is what I’m going to do…I follow quite a few “all-natural”, “frugal” and “homesteading” type blogs. I LOVE to read what other people are doing and their creative projects. I’ll admit it…I’m a shameless copycat! So, what I would like to do…
Did You Know…
…humans have eaten aprox 80,000 plant species in our history. Now 3/4 of all human food comes from just 8 species… -Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara
Community Supported Fishery (CSF)
I’ve just discovered something new in my area, Community Supported Fisheries! In the same format as a CSA, fresh goods delivered to you weekly, CSF’s offer fresh, locally-caught fish! Our local CSF, SLO Fresh Catch and BeeWench Farm have teamed up to offer a…
