This salad is so simple and so flavorful that I have CRAVED it ever since I first tried it. I begged my friend for the recipe and was given the okay to share with you!

Ingredients:

• 1 bunch arugula

• 1 c. cannellini beans

• 1/2 red onion

• 1 lemon

• 2 tbsp olive oil

• salt & pepper

• Parmesan Cheese

Directions:

• rinse cannellini beans. chop and rinse arugula, chop red onion. Add to bowl.

• mix juice of lemon, 2 tbsp olive oil, and salt and pepper to make dressing.

• Toss salad in dressing.

• Add Parmesan cheese.

Simple and super flavorful. As you can see we paired this salad with quinoa and garlic soy chicken but it can also stand on it's own as an appetizer.

Come get some arugula from us at the Ashland Farmer’s Market & let us know your favorite way to eat it!

Our broccoli has been growing beautifully, and this week we were able to harvest our first head to make our daughter’s favorite meal! 

Ingredients:

• 1 box rotini pasta

• 1 head broccoli

• 1 lemon

• 1 stick salted butter

• 1 tbsp minced garlic

• 1 tsp red pepper flakes

• salt & pepper

• parmesan cheese

Directions:

• Boil salted water, add pasta for 4 minutes.

• Add chopped broccoli to pasta, cover for 4 minutes.

• Meanwhile, simmer butter at low temp. Add garlic, red pepper flakes, salt & pepper once melted. Zest lemon directly into sauce.

• Drain pasta & broccoli. Add juice from lemon to sauce and mix directly into pasta.

• Add parmesan cheese and serve.

Easy, peasy. This 15 minute meal is delicious and easily customizable. Add a protein of choice to the top or serve it as a side dish.

Come get a head of broccoli from us this Saturday, May 17th at the Ashland Farmer’s Market & let us know what you do with it!

A big part of our family's love for farming comes from the care and keeping of chickens. This year we expanded our layer flock from 13 to 39 hens (and maybe one rooster.. stay tuned) and began our venture of keeping meat birds.

The decision to do pasture-raised broiler chicken was not arrived at lightly. The idea of eating birds that we had raised with love was both comforting and.. not. Knowing that we would continue to eat chicken as a family led us to our decision. We would give our meat birds the best possible life and know that they will return that with the best possible nutrition for our family and yours.

The conversation started; what breed chicken should we raise? A common meat breed is Cornish Cross, bred for extremely fast growth. The health problems associated with their quick growth didn’t sit right with us. These birds grow so unnaturally fast that their health and comfort suffer. While we understand why a lot of folks who raise broilers would choose the Cornish Cross, we decided that a more slow-growing chicken breed would better align with our philosophy.

After much research, we decided to purchase a slower-growing breed from Freedom Ranger Hatcheries. It turns out, these breeds not only live healthier lives, they produce healthier meat! They are known for producing more yellow omega-3 fat and less saturated fat.

With the chicks ordered, Jett got to work building a chicken tractor. If you’re wondering what the heck a chicken tractor is, let me explain. It’s a shelter structure built onto wheels that can be moved daily, providing fresh pasture.

Once our first batch of 30 rangers got here, they stayed in our brooder in the shed with the heat lamp while we waited on the weather to warm up. Here they are all moved out to the chicken tractor enjoying the sunshine and fresh pasture

That brings us to today: chick day.. again! With our first batch of rangers out to pasture, we ordered the second. This morning we picked up our day-old chicks from our local post office and brought them home to the brooder. We will make the second chicken tractor and move them out to pasture once they’re old enough.