Got Milk?

 
A while back I heard an interview on NPR that prompted me to put a book on my wish list.  I started reading that book earlier this week and it just seems to make good sense.  I am about half way through with it and just finished an extensive section on milk.  When I went to the grocery store this morning I made a small change.  I purchased Organic Valley whole milk from grass fed cows.  The nutritional benefits range from better digestion and more effective absorption of nutrients to anti-inflammatory. This particular brand was one of the ones suggested if you couldn't get raw milk.  Raw milk is currently illegal in Wisconsin, though I know there are ways to find it, there is ongoing debate about it and legislation is pending.

The book is:  Real Food What to Eat and Why,  By:  Nina Planck.   

Have you read it?  

What do you think of raw milk?

Edible Flower Heaven

 I'm so excited about this new find that I am doing a first (and a rare). I am double posting this little tidbit both here and at Eat Right Racine. I figured that I needed to share the wealth of this new found (to me) information!

Tonight, as we are prepping to leave town on vacation, we wanted to eat some of our left over winter cold frame greens that are approaching their end. Arugula, is a favorite, and when it bolts/goes to seed, the leaves get very spicy. Tonight B came in and said "oh, google arugula flowers and see if their edible.  I just ate one and it's great!" So, here's the gem....arugula flowers are amazingly sweet spicy and a phenomenal treat! We went to an old standard tonight. Did your grandma make salad dressing with mayo, vinegar and sugar?? Well, mine did and we did a similar variation with the chive flower vinegar I made after Palmer's post and all I can say is heaven!!

Bottom line....try arugula flowers---and chive vinegar, for that matter!

~Amy