Bath toys

Faelan was playing with a Santa Claus, a nutcracker, a killer whale, a frog, a duck, and a dolphin. When I asked their names, the reply was "Santa Claus, Banta Gaus, Scary Bzzz Whale, Froggy Hopper Seafrog, Quack Quack Swimduck, and Mog."

Recent Smoothies

Sunrise:
3 raw pastured eggs
juice of 3 carrots
1 frozen banana, chunked
1/4 cup strawberry puree
1/4 cup homemade raw yogurt

Not terrifically sweet. Very frothy.

Meadow:
1/3 ripe avocado
2 frozen bananas
1 cup yellow watermelon
1/2 a pint of yogurt

Delcious, like ice cream. Could eat it every day.

Spelling

The granola lady at the farmers market asked what my son's name was, and I answered "Faelan."
He added, "F, A, O, N, Faelan!"

He's been spelling ever since:

"What's F L N O? What's F L L N A? What's F E L N? What does F E O spell?"

"C A H N. That's my chiropractic."

He wants to write something now:

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Meatballs We Made Tonight

These were received with near rapture. The raw mixture smelled so good it was hard not to start eating it right then. I would like to make a triple batch and freeze two parts for lunches out. This would be very easy to reheat and carry in a thermos. I would also like to try sauteeing the peppers first sometime. Hungarian peppers are supposed to be especially good for frying, as they don't develop bitterness when cooked like most sweet peppers do.

MEATBALLS

1 1/2 lbs grassfed ground beef
2 pastured eggs
1/2 cup cashew flour from crispy cashews
4 hungarian peppers, seeded and chopped fine
four mature chives, chopped fine
1 medium onion, chopped fine
a small bunch of cilantro, chopped fine
generous sprinkling of nigella
plenty of unrefined sea salt

mix in a bowl
form into balls
cook in hot coconut oil

SAUCE

pint of homemade stock
four small heirloom tomatoes, peeled and chopped

simmer tomatoes and peels in broth until broth is about half reduced

ACCOMPANIMENTS

garden salad (used the chive flowers here)
homemade sauerkraut
fresh figs for dessert