What's Cooking? Kefir Roasted Chicken Thighs!

Here's a simple - delicious recipe

Perfect for every night dinners, special occassions

or even Superbowl Sunday!

Start with kefir from Shellbark Hollow Farm

Kefir is a fermented milk 

Goat milk from Shellbark Hollow

Add seasoning - garlic and smoked paprika -

And some beautiful chicken thighs from our 

favorite poultry farmer 

Axel at Lindenhof Farm

You can find the recipe here

Courtesy of Smitten Kitchen

Promise you - its yummy!

The recipe calls for buttermilk - 

I've made it with both buttermilk and SBH's kefir

The kefir added a depth of flavor the buttermilk just didn't have.

You'll need to marinate the chicken overnight

- here they are ready for the oven - 

dusted with smoked paprika

Out of the oven

Beautifully crisp and browned!

Served them with a winter salad of

Spinach, wild rice, sweet potatoes, parsley root, onion,

dried apples, dried cranberries, 

local hickory nuts,

and dressed with a simple vinaigrette.

The grocery store provided the spinach, wild rice and cranberries, 

everything else came from 

Livengood Farm and Frecon Farm

Eating LOCAL - as local as possible this time of year!