“Can-Do” No Cans Cream of Mushroom Soup

Posted by Hallee on Jan 28, 2012 in Hallee's Galley, Recipes, Soups

Tags: American cuisine, Casserole, Chicken Broth, Cream, cream of mushroom, Cuisine, Food and drink, Food processor, Hallee's Galley, Hospitality/Recreation, mushroom, Mushrooms, Real Food, Recipes, Soup, Soups, Turkey Broth, Vegetarian

Two-Year-Blogiversary Q & A

Posted by Hallee on Aug 9, 2011 in Blog Stuff, Christian Faith, Hallee's Galley, homeschooling, Housekeeping, Life, Marriage, Parenting

To do something different, in yesterday’s Monday Morning Survey, I asked readers to ask me questions. So here they are. No question went unanswered except one – and it will be its own blog post tomorrow morning.

Tags: Bible, Bible Study, Bible translations, Christian Faith, Data collection, Grammar, Homemaking, homeschooling, Human communication, Marriage, Music, NKJV, Parenting, Q&A, Question, Raising boys, Raising girls, Real Food, Social Issues, soup kitchen, survey, Vocal music, wife, Yesterday

Cold Packed Cucumber Dill Pickles

Posted by Hallee on Jul 27, 2011 in Hallee's Galley, Preserving, Recipes

I love this pickle recipe, because I can make a jar as I pick cucumbers instead of saving cucumbers until I have a lot and doing a mass canning. I also love this because it’s relatively effortless.

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Tags: Biology, Canning, Containers, cucumber, Cucurbitaceae, Hallee's Galley, Holothuroidea, Human Interest, Pickles, Preserving, Real Food, Recipes

Food Fast Without Fast Food

Posted by Hallee on Jun 10, 2011 in Hallee's Galley, kitchen & cooking tips, Life, menus & menu planning, Recipes

When you eat the way my family eats, and when you cook the way I cook, you will occasionally face the same dilemma I have faced: Something has interrupted my schedule/planning/coordinating or I’m sick. I haven’t prepped a thing, nothing is defrosted, soaked, steamed — what in the world can I cook for dinner?

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Tags: easy meals, Menu planning, quick meals, Real Food, Turkey, unplanned dinners

Smooth & Creamy French Vanilla Bean Honey Ice Cream

Posted by Hallee on Jun 9, 2011 in Desserts, Hallee's Galley, Recipes

My grandfather had an ice cream maker that sat in a wooden tub and churned out the most amazing tasting, sweet and creamy concoction ever known to man’s mouth. We would wait and wait for summer time, then beg him constantly to make some ice cream. I have been on a search for a recipe like his ever since I got my first ice cream maker. This one comes mighty close. Just a few ingredients – I used honey instead of sugar – and you’ll have “the” ice cream that your kids and grand kids will beg you to make.

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Tags: Cream, Desserts, Food and drink, Hallee's Galley, Honey, Ice cream, Ice cream maker, Real Food, Recipes, vanilla beans

The Dirty Dozen

Posted by Hallee on Apr 21, 2011 in Hallee's Galley, Housekeeping, Life

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) performed more than 43,000 tests for pesticides on various types of produce in thousands of samplings. Their computer analysis revealed that consumers could reduce their exposure to pesticides by almost 90 percent by avoiding just the most contaminated fruits and vegetables. They came up with a list of the most pesticide-laden produce varieties.

Tags: Disaster/Accident, Environment, Environmental Working Group, fruits, Hallee's Galley, Motivations for organic agriculture, Organic food, Pesticide, Real Food, rGBH, vegetables

Homemade Potato Chips

Posted by Hallee on Apr 21, 2011 in Hallee's Galley, Recipes, sides, Snacks

My son Scott loves potato chips. Since potatoes are in the “dirty dozen”, I try very hard to just get organic potato chips. But, organic potato chips are SO EXPENSIVE. It doesn’t seem worthwhile to even buy that little tiny bag. Recently, Scott brought me a potato and said, “Can you make me some potato chips?” I love the fact that he deduced that potato chips come from potatoes, and that he was confident I could produce them. Which I did. They were amazing. Kaylee came home from softball practice and ate the leftovers, then asked if I would make them for her the next morning for her lunch. I will never purchase bagged potato chips again.

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Tags: Chips, Cuisine, Food and drink, French fries, Hallee's Galley, Hospitality/Recreation, Human Interest, Kaylee, organic potato chips, Potato, potato chips, Real Food, Recipes, Root vegetables, Scott, Snack foods, Staple foods, Vegan, Vegetarian

Educating Ourselves on School Lunches

Posted by Hallee on Apr 15, 2011 in Hallee's Galley, Life, Parenting, Raising teens

I think school lunches have been on the radar for at least the last year – with Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution airing last April. I know a lot of those in the “real food world” have been speaking out about them for years, but to little to no avail. But Jamie Oliver got the mainstream America talking, at least for a little while. School lunch news this week has been all freshly abuzz with the premiere of Food Revolution 2, an article in the Washington Post about flavored milk, and an article in the Chicago Tribune about a school that didn’t allow any child without a medical permission slip to eat anything but the lunches provided by the school.

Tags: Education, Food and drink, Hallee's Galley, Hospitality/Recreation, Jamie Oliver, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, Lunch, Meals, Milk, Real Food, School meal

Toddlers & Food

Posted by Hallee on Mar 29, 2011 in Parenting

After posting the Expectations post a few weeks ago, I got bombarded with questions. Several questions in particular talked about food and toddlers. Many mothers complained that their toddlers would only eat chicken nuggets or peanut butter & jelly sandwiches.

Tags: dinner time, discipling children, feeding children, Parenting, parenting toddlers, raising toddlers, Real Food, toddlers