I am afraid that I spent more time feeding all of the animals on our property yesterday than I did my family. After fixing the horses heated water buckets, my husband jumped in and made waffles. There was much snacking on cookies and cocoa and we made a dinner of leftovers and popcorn, so nobodyRead More
Strawberry Jam Sweetened with Honey
Here is a bit of a project with a great payoff – making strawberry jam sweetened with honey. I experimented with making jam from frozen strawberries from last fall’s harvest. The berries were not very sweet so I compensated by adding honey. The jam took longer to set than when I have made jam withRead More
Beef Stew
Here is a very easy recipe for a delicious and filling beef stew. I like to save the broth from Swiss Steak and use it to make a hardy stew. Sometimes, I refrigerate the broth and follow with stew a couple of days after I make Swiss Steak. However, I usually freeze the broth andRead More
Sautéed Green Cauliflower
Green cauliflower, sometimes called broccoflower, is one of my favorite vegetables. It was readily available when we lived in Southern California, but now it is rare to find it in grocery stores, making it a special treat. It has the texture of cauliflower, but is more flavorful. Sautéed Green Cauliflower Recipe Ingredients: 2 TablespoonsRead More
Menu Plan – Week of February 14th
Sunday – Barbecue Steak, Brown and Wild Rice, and Sautéed Green Cauliflower Monday – This will be the last batch of Vegetable Garden Minestrone Soup that I can make with vegetables frozen from last summer’s garden. Tuesday – Use leftover steak in Southwest Steak Salad Wednesday – Swiss Steak and Salad. Be sure to recoverRead More
My First Garden Purchase of the Year
We have spent the last couple of weeks alternating between snow days and sunny 45 degree days. The warm sunny days make me start itching for spring, but I know that the night time temperatures will regularly drop below freezing until early May. So I consoled myself with the impulse purchase of two 3 footRead More
Easy Way to Roll Out Shortbread or Sugar Cookies + Shortbread Recipe
The great thing about Shortbread, besides the fact that it is made of pantry staples, is that your children can pretend it is Lembas Bread. The bad thing about shortbread is trying to roll it out! After discussing the problems of rolling out shortbread with a friend, I decided to post pictures of how IRead More
Pork, Sauerkraut, and Sweet Potatoes – Pressure Cooker Recipe
I combined elements of two of my favorite pork and sauerkraut recipes, impulsively added sweet potatoes and in the process created a new family favorite. Pressure Cooker Pork and Sauerkraut Recipe with Sweet Potatoes While the meat is browning, I chop the vegetables. After the meat is browned, put it in the pressure cooker (Read More
Testing Doneness of Bundt Cakes
Usually recipes instruct you to insert a toothpick, and if it comes out clean, the cake is done. That’s fine for a 2 inch deep cake pan, but how do you test the doneness of a Bundt cake? A toothpick barely makes a dent in a Bundt cake or loaf pan. I have a 6Read More
Tomato Soup Cake
This old-fashioned tomato soup cake recipe tastes like a spice cake. You can cook this vintage cake recipe in a loaf pan or in a cake pan. This cake tastes much better than it sounds! This recipe originated in the late 1920s or early 1930s. It was enormously popular throughout the depression as itRead More
February is National Bird Feeding Month
February is National Bird Feeding Month. The end of winter is the hardest time for birds to find food, unless of course you are a bird of prey! We love watching the many birds of prey in our area, except when they are dining on cute little song birds! We think it is a NorthernRead More
Crock Pot Split Pea Soup
This Crock Pot Split Pea Soup recipe is enhanced by the addition of sherry and ham. Whenever we have ham, I save the ham bone and freeze it. What looks like trash to some people is the perfect flavoring for Split Pea Soup. You would be surprised at how much meat is actually onRead More
No Frivolous Spending
My husband describes are pledge to buy nothing new for an entire year as our “year of not buying anything frivolous”. He has an interesting interpretation. You could follow the guidelines of The Compact and still spend a lot of money on used things that you don’t really need. Since we are planning on movingRead More
Menu Plan Monday – Week of February 1
One of my resolutions for this year was to bake more items from scratch. I mix up a batch of dough which makes enough for 4 – 1 pound loves or 3 loaves of bread and 2 pizzas. I wanted to share the recipe I have been using, but did not want to violateRead More
Signs of Life
A couple days of rain have melted the snow and I was delighted to find signs of life in my garden. I am amazed because we had night time lows of negative 10 degrees and I did little if anything to protect the plants. I truly expected my strawberries to die. They have survived previousRead More
Debbie Meyer Green Bags
I am such a skeptic, that I never would have tried Debbie Meyer Green Bags if a friend did not give me a box. Even then, I am embarrassed to say, the box of Green Bags sat on top of my refrigerator for a couple of months before I tried them. Last week their wasRead More
Crock Pot Pulled Pork
Pulled Pork, Barbecue Beef, and Chicken are really easy in the crock pot. So easy, that I feel real guilty when people compliment me on it. I make all of them the same way, but since I have a picture of Pulled Pork, that is what I am going to talk about. I often makeRead More
Menu Plan Monday
The pantry and freezer are looking a little bare. I have to plan carefully because I am out of some of my regular items like any type of white bean to make White Chili or Vegetable Garden Minestrone Soup (two of our family favorites!). I am also out of pinto beans, tapioca flour andRead More
Today You Will Find Me at My Zero Waste
If you have been reading my blog for long, you know that I am always trying to find a way to use leftovers and reduce waste in my household. Today, some of the ways that I reuse “trash” in the garden are featured on My Zero Waste. I encourage you to visit the site, notRead More
My .99 Cent Workout
Usually my resolutions are very easy to keep: eat more chocolate, host more game nights, laugh more… But for some reason this year I have made some pretty big resolutions. In addition to committing to not buying anything new for a year, and making money while decluttering my house, I have resolved to exercise regularly.Read More
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