Ordering Baby Chicks

My husband and I talked about ordering chicks back before Spring had fully settled in while we were preparing our garden. We talked about it again when the weather was a little warmer, but knew our summer schedules were going to be hectic and we needed to make some repairs to the chicken coop before adding more hens. Repairs were made and summer blazed by. Occasionally I would thumb through my chicken catalog or browse a backyard chicken forum, but to me it felt like ordering chicks was always something I could do later.

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31 Days of Baby Chicks

October is here and that means it is time for the 31 Day Writing Challenge. I loved participating in last year's challenge (and eating the results), but it really is a challenge to write every day. I thought I could skip this year since I successfully completed last year, but somehow I couldn't just let this challenge pass me by. Fortunately I have a great source of inspiration; baby chickens!

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Homemade Ghee

I thought ghee was going to be hard. I was afraid making ghee would be too wasteful (I mean butter is fabulous why would I want to throw any of it out). I was concerned that I couldn't make it  taste as good as what I have previously purchased. I am happy to say that these things are just not the case. All I needed was a really good reason to jump into making it, going through the Whole 30 program was my good reason!

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What you'll find around here...

About Gratefully Nourished

I recently sat down and re-worked my "about" page, I had been meaning too for a while. So this is it, what my small blog has grown into over the last two and a half years. Gratefully Nourished is about food; whole foods, fresh foods, nutrient dense foods, delicious foods. It is also about my experiences in life; a little gardening, a little parenting (I have three young boys), maybe some DIY stuff, basically a little bit of this or that. This little blog is a labor of love, a hobby blog, (currently) not for any kind of profit, not worried about google algorithms (or whatever). If I am focused on other areas of my life and I don't post anything for a couple weeks or need a few months off I know it won't throw the earth off its axis. However I love to share what is going on in my kitchen!

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Pickles

Fermented and Crispy,  Sliced or Whole

My garden gave me cucumbers this year. Big cucumbers. More than I could use in salads. Bigger than I could pickle whole. I have attempted fermented pickle slices in the past, but they always turn to mush. Eventually I just skipped sliced pickles and made them whole, then I sliced them afterwards if needed.

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