saturdays....
one thought i had for our meal week is to do homemade pizza on friday nights.
in our old neighborhood, i could find pizza dough for $2.50.
in our new neighborhood, rent may be cheaper but the pizza dough ain't.
SO.....i made my own.
it actually got twice as big as this.
we made BBQ chicken pizza (without cheese for our older son).
his cheese allergy is what prompted this "at home pizza." we can't do take out pizza on a whim. that has its perks & pitfalls. one - it is easy for a meal. the other hand - it saves me from greasy pizza which helps the waist line.
anyway.... we had pasture raised chicken roasted from monday night left over, so we smothered it in bbq sauce with red onions & cheese...yummy!
this morning we hit the farmers market again. the egg lady was not there nor was the milk guy. argh! i did pick up a flyer about pasture-raised dairy & meat...
here are some fun facts:
- pasture-raised beef are grown in less crowded & stressful condition; thus, they do not require the same hormones or antibiotics
- pasture-raised beef has less fat than beef fattened on grain (which is most beef in the supermarket)
- pasture-raised beef has more vitamin E
- pasture-raised beef has a healthier profile than grain-fed - it is higher in omega-3 fatty acids (similar to that of salmon)
- pasture-raised cattle have lower amounts of E.coli.
AND did you know that pasture-based farming
- reduces soil erosion 50 to 80%
- pollutant run-off is cut in half
- bird & wildlife habitats increase by 5 times
- greenhouse gases are reduced up to 40%
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