Stormy Creek Farm is a little over 90 minutes southwest of the Twin Cities in the heart of the Minnesota River Valley area. Stormy Creek does run through the property. It was a nice drive to the third-generation family farm. Brother and sister team, Keith and Kay are the foundation of Stormy Creek Farm. They grew up on this land with their parents.
Last summer I had the opportunity to teach summer school cooking classes for grades 3 through 6 (cancelled this year due to COVID19). I wanted my classes to be about cooking and healthy food, AND I wanted it to be an experience the kids would remember. Food has a way of bringing people together, I thought it would be fun to learn about different cultures and the foods they eat along with cooking skills. I encourage people to eat local so one of the cultures we learned about was Native American food from the Minnesota area. In doing my research, I came across the book The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen by Sean Sherman with Beth Dooley. I first found it at our local library, but my mom actually blessed me with my own copy last Christmas.
As the United States and the world begin to reopen after the COVID 19 pandemic, is your health status ready for this? I think many of us have struggled while “Stay At Home” or “Stay Safe” initiatives to maintain health promoting habits; gyms have been closed, routines have been disrupted, and life has been changed for us all. Over the years, I have shared many posts on building your health.
I visited Bull Brook Keep on a beautiful spring day in May; it was a little over an hour drive from the Twin Cities in Minnesota.
The largest organ of the body by mass is the liver. It is an organ that we often take for granted but it is extremely hard working 24 hours per day, every day. The liver is the only visceral organ that can regenerate itself. It is important to take care of your liver, so it works efficiently your entire life.
The ancient world considered the liver the repository of life and the seat of inner emotion; and in Chinese medicine, cleansing the liver directly correlates with the balance of nature and seasonal rhythms. We often spring clean our homes, but our bodies could use some spring cleaning, and spring is a perfect time to support your liver’s detoxification process.