Bringing Permaculture to Life in the Kitchen

Author Jenny Moriarty

Jenny is Jim's wife, an actual mom to a human, a cat mom, chicken wrangler, kitchen crusader and professional mess maker. She is CEO of animal husbandry in the Moriarty household, Chief Household Organizer and Head Mom to the most amazing little boy. She is a graduate in creative writing from the University of Hartford. Jenny looks forward to experimenting with new recipes and sharing her thoughts as a newbie in the world of Permaculture.

Tofu Sate

Looking for a great way to substitute Tofu into your daily dishes? Well, if you loved the Chicken Sate we already published try using tofu with that recipe again.

Cranberry and Clementine Yogurt Bread

My sister sent this gorgeous picture of this amazing Cranberry Orange Yogurt Cake she made from a blog she likes called Recipe Runner and of course I asked for the recipe. After looking over the recipe I decided to try… Continue Reading →

Unbelievably Soft Peanut Butter Cookies

I made a ton of cookies for Christmas. These cookies I accidentally stumbled across. Cookies are a great party addition mainly because you can re-use them at other parties if there are leftovers. As you may know Jim and I… Continue Reading →

Roasted Balsamic Brussels Sprouts with Cranberries

My sister made this delicious dish for her Thanksgiving and sent me this recipe from Running on Veggies, one of her favorite blogs and of course since I’m still obsessing over Brussels Sprouts, I just had to make it. I followed… Continue Reading →

Butternut Squash Pasta

Last Saturday was the Farmers Market, and the weather has been perfect to go. Ours is located indoors at Forest Park. Its small and but perfectly set up and organized. Squash is one of those lovely winter vegetables that I… Continue Reading →

Roasted Brussels Sprouts

When I was younger I stayed as far away from Brussels sprouts as I possibly could. They freaked me out, they looked like little mini cabbages and for some reason mini vegetables were really not my thing. But recently I’ve… Continue Reading →

Quick and Easy Pesto Pasta

If you are in need of a quick meal this is my go to. I cook dinner a lot for the kids that I nanny and this was something I whipped up one night. We brought our basil inside and… Continue Reading →

Pumpkin Gnocchi in a Rosemary Brown Butter Sauce

Last weekend I made at least 2 pounds of gnocchi. We had lots of potatoes and I wanted to use them up. We are always in need of lunch. Jim’s go-to is frozen tortellini with tomato sauce. I don’t want… Continue Reading →

Cheddar, Tomato and Chicken Sausage Quiche

We are getting chickens soon and I, for one, am super excited! I’m also not overly thinking about how we still need to build a chicken coop and order them and raise them and learn how to raise them, that’s… Continue Reading →

Roasted Garlic and Cilantro Shrimp over Brown Rice 

This is another recipe from warmer months. But it’s still incredible and if you’re like us, your cilantro is still hanging on. I hate recipes that have leftover ingredients you don’t know what to do with and hang around till… Continue Reading →

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