Why I like having my own farmer
At the farmer's market today, I got nice presents from both my meat farm and my goat cheese dairy. Earlier in the weekend, we got a couple extra veggies thrown in from our usual veggie farmer. Of course, it was nice to get about $30 worth of "free" stuff from them, but it was the recognition of the relationship that was more important. I always try and give them good feedback, and they always try and provide me with food that meets my needs.
Tonight I feel like eating some Swedish meatballs, but I'm not feeling motivated to do that much cooking. The meat isn't thawed, and I don't have any lingonberry jam either, so that gives me an excuse not to make it. I'll just be lazy and make a quick chicken teriyaki.
Tomorrow, I head down to portlandpiper's house for Christmas. As always, this is a couple days of guaranteed good food.