Check out all 20 of Sarah Jackson’s Dark Days recipes and the story of how her eat-local adventure began.

For the past three years, Laura McCrae has encouraged locavores across the country to eat local in fall and winter, during the year’s darkest days. Click here to find out why. Click here to find out why Sarah Jackson, the Eco Geek, took the challenge and read on for stories and reicpes.

Week 1: Potato and Bacon Soup

Week 2: Coho Salmon with Dill and Garlic

Week 3: Squash Curry Puree Soup

Week 4: Oven-Baked Goat Sausage and Cabbage

Week 5: Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Week 6: Whole Wheat Pancakes and Oven-Fried Bacon

Week 7: Braised Short Ribs with Apples

Week 8: Savory Bread Pudding with Squash and Sausage

Week 9: Easy Apple Crisp

Week 10: French Onion Soup with Homemade Beef Bone Stock

Week 11: Super-Rich Scalloped Potatoes

Week 12: Country-Style BBQ Ribs

Week 13: Super-Moist Meatloaf

Week 14: Cheese Souffle

Week 15: Roast Local Chicken

Week 16: Parsnip Puree Soup

Week 17: Almost No-Knead Whole Wheat Bread

Week 18: Easy Frozen-Strawberry Cobbler

Week 19: Collards with Black Beans and Sausage

Week 20: Spring Salad with Optional Dungeness Crab

Lessons learned: What an adventure! Read all about it.

Watch this blog for a regularly updated list of local farmers markets or see www.pugetsoundfresh.org or www.localharvest.org to find markets, CSAs and local-food grocers in your area.

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