Farm eggs vs. factory eggs
An article on MSNBC today states that range free chicken eggs can be far more healthier than eggs from factory bred chickens. In fact, farm fresh eggs can have the following benefits:
- 1/3 less cholesterol
- 1/4 less saturated fat
- 2/3 more vitamin A
- 2 times more omega-3 fatty acids
- 3 times more vitamin E
- 7 times more beta carotene
Plus, the chickens themselves are so friggin’ hilarious. So there you have it.
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Homemade Applegate Apple Butter
Yum! My mom and I made homemade apple butter this weekend from apples we picked in our orchard. We slow cooked them using a very cool and super easy recipe. The apple butter turned out amazing! One note, though, we almost totally blew it on the whole canning thing. Dude. Botulism. Bad. So, I have to say that we were pretty pleased with ourselves. It’s one thing to talk about all the things you want to do, it’s another thing altogether to actually do it.
I’ll post a more descriptive recipe and how to on my craft blog, but here are some links in the meantime:
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art2816.asp
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1012/canning.html
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/yf/foods/he174w.htm
http://www.gopresto.com/recipes/canning/boiling.php?PHPSESSID=6d4888
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-Fact/5000/5343.html
