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You’ll have to forgive my lack of a good, healthy post today. It’s Oscar night and we have a party that includes some pretty unhealthful food items. It’s been our family tradition to think of food items that go along with the nominated films, actors, cinematographers, etc. It’s a special night for us, though, and I wouldn’t change it.

I hope the Academy puts on a good show. I wish best of luck to Hugh Jackman, in his first attempt at what Billy Crystal calls “the toughest one night stand on the planet.”

Breakfast was muffins again today. I stirred some cut-up dried apricots into the batter. Hubby had some all-fruit apricot pineapple preserves on them, but I found that too sweet and opted for butter. If I didn’t have plans for it, I would have raided the homemade cream cheese!

Lunch was good old All-American BLTs with Cocomayo. I found some nitrite/nitrate-free smoked bacon at the store, and it smelled so good cooking. I used the first cuttings of three Red Romaine plants I have growing under lights and the first ripe tomatoes growing next to them. I’m getting really antsy to start my patio garden and get the room back where I have my winter garden growing.

I found local eggs! I asked first at my dairy farmer’s, but she didn’t have any sources. My CSA farm had a suggestion, but the poultry farm they recommended has scaled down to only meet their family’s needs due to economic pressures. I ran into a woman who was hanging up flyers for a local holistic health center and asked her. I don’t have any idea why I asked her, but I did. I called and set up an appointment at the farm she recommended. It is only 15 miles away, which suits my definition of “local” just fine. The chickens had heated laying houses and were “housed” on acres and acres of pasture. I asked about the chickens’ health, feed, exercise, the ratio of hen to rooster, basically every question I could think to ask. We came away with the names of the hens and three dozen beautiful eggs.