Follow use real butter, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/use-real-butter Sat, 02 Dec 2023 16:40:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVncteJsQjEqIcfGo0LrnZNO Recipe: baked oats Time is doing strange things because of my intense focus on my health, diet, and exercise of late. I feel as if all the moods of spring have been smashed into the past few weeks. As we stare an approaching heat wave in the face, it’s hard not to reminisce about the […]]]> Fri, 10 Jun 2022 07:59:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVncteJsQjEqIcfGo0LrnZNO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVmJTIWskl1tDwBC78OgjhDM Recipe: green chile chicken enchiladas peony tulips for kris on may 1 While it might seem quiet around here, it has been anything but. Three months ago, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and began medication that sent my GI system on a 6-week roller coaster ride. I changed my diet, increased my exercise, […]]]> Sat, 21 May 2022 06:14:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVmJTIWskl1tDwBC78OgjhDM https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVkx8mG4RpCe2J8v71dCn6bG Recipe: chow mein How can so much time have passed so quickly? Jeremy and I puzzled over this on our 25th wedding anniversary earlier this month. We celebrated with a low-key home-cooked meal. My parents congratulated us. The pups were business as usual. The past several weeks have been busy and roller coaster-y (and that’s […]]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2022 05:15:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVkx8mG4RpCe2J8v71dCn6bG https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVlONq1DRS0B8uGrEXdXG_66 Recipe: bakery-style butter cookies I hope you all had a restful holiday and were able to recharge as needed. After all of the cookies were baked and distributed, we holed up in Crested Butte as 100 inches of desperately needed snow fell on us during Twixmas week. That kind of snow is the stuff of […]]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 02:23:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVlONq1DRS0B8uGrEXdXG_66 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVmyw3NIYVw76Yvmyuk5fxzE Recipe: Roasted Carrots It’s been a rather productive fall for us, which may have a lot to do with the lack of snow. November provided few flakes for the ski resorts and the backcountry. But the high, dry winds delivered some outstanding sunsets and sunrises. Rather than gripe (too much) about the delay in the […]]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2021 05:16:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVmyw3NIYVw76Yvmyuk5fxzE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVl9YTYLSrVyUIIAmcWJ0TmB Recipe: crumbled tofu stir fry Thanks to some technologistical hiccups, my last post was published before email subscribers were migrated to a new service, so I apologize if you didn’t receive a notification. But email subscription limbo has now been resolved, and hopefully this is the last we’ll talk about that. Most of our aspens […]]]> Mon, 25 Oct 2021 20:55:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVl9YTYLSrVyUIIAmcWJ0TmB https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVm0k8wie_yF4Vw3HFUzDTIP Recipe: huckleberry pie Housekeeping Update: Subscribers may have received an email burp of use real butter post summaries recently. We’re not sure what Feedburner is doing, so I apologize. We are in the process of migrating your use real butter subscription to a new service while minimizing any further weirdness you may encounter. Until the […]]]> Sat, 02 Oct 2021 16:37:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVm0k8wie_yF4Vw3HFUzDTIP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVlTCu4_Ba-DUwm0QkxGtqLL Recipe: meatless meatballs Housekeeping News: Google has eliminated FeedBurner’s email subscription service which means you won’t be receiving emails announcing a new use real butter post from now on. I did research other email subscription services, but soon realized my goal is not to grow this blog; I simply want to document recipes and some […]]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2021 04:30:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVlTCu4_Ba-DUwm0QkxGtqLL https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVlTCu4_Ba-DU6gzzHWHxDTV Recipe: roasted porcini with gremolata I keep my summer expectations low to minimize any disappointment. It’s a strategy I apply to life in general, but it serves me particularly well when dealing with the realities of mushroom season here in the Colorado Rockies. Some years it’s great. Some years it’s terrible. Some years it’s okay. […]]]> Mon, 26 Jul 2021 05:58:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVlTCu4_Ba-DU6gzzHWHxDTV https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVlTCu4_Ba-DU3Mq2h3ehXEp Recipe: gluten-free chocolate chip cookies June went from lovely to horrid and (thankfully) back to lovely. I’m sure we have several swings of the pendulum ahead, but right now I’m truly grateful for the current cool and rainy pattern that is sitting on our faces and keeping smoke from the wildfires at bay. the pups […]]]> Tue, 29 Jun 2021 07:40:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVlTCu4_Ba-DU3Mq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVlTCu4_Ba-DU7kdRKkm2PJP Recipe: venison with morel sauce We received our second shots the day before the anniversary of Kris’ passing. Based on reports from several friends as well as the CDC, I assumed I’d be feeling pretty miserable within 24 hours of my second dose. I bought some flowers earlier in the hopes they would still be […]]]> Tue, 25 May 2021 23:07:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVlTCu4_Ba-DU7kdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVlTCu4_Ba-DU3-fx8LWuXng Recipe: herb and floral pasta Mom and Dad arrived in Colorado last week to take care of maintenance at their Boulder home that had been postponed due to the pandemic. They look fantastic and healthy (and are fully vaccinated), but since Jeremy and I are between our first and second vaccination shots, we’re all donning […]]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2021 19:56:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/bIPdWulTBVlTCu4_Ba-DU3-fx8LWuXng