Baking this batch of cookies was the most fun I have had baking in years! I had help, lots of help from my youngest son. When I started pulling out the ingredients, Rew pulled out the step-stool and asked for a spoon. He stayed with me and helped through the whole process. The funny thingRead More
Frosted Pumpkin Cookies
I posted this recipe as soon as I harvested my first pumpkin of the season, but I wanted to post it again now that I have pictures of the final product. Frosted Pumpkin Cookies 2 cups sugar2 cups shortening 1 – 15 oz. can pumpkin (I used 1 3/4 cups home pureed pumpkin)2 eggs2 teaspoonsRead More
Menu Plan – Week of October 19th
It is going to be another pantry week. In the past I have had pantry weeks because of unexpected expenses, illness, and bad weather. This pantry week is a spontaneous response to my two year old’s sudden interest in the potty chair (YAY!). We are doing well so far and I don’t want to spoilRead More
How to Cook Swiss Steak in a Pressure Cooker
Swiss Steak is one of my fall back recipes. It uses items that I usually have in the pantry, refrigerator, and/or freezer. And when I cook it in my pressure cooker, I don’t have to plan too far in advance. The recipe is fairly flexible; adapt the ingredients to use what you have on hand. The pressureRead More
Making Croutons and Wild Rice Stuffing
You can make croutons from any leftover bread including the heals of bread loaves and uneaten hamburger buns. How to Make Croutons: Brush both sides of the piece of bread with olive oil and dust with garlic powder, onion powder, and any other spices that sound good ( I added sage to the croutons pictured).Read More
Cornbread Casserole
One of my husband’s cousins makes a delicious cornbread casserole using packaged cornbread mix. My kids and I loved it and each year I vowed to come up with a similar cornbread casserole recipe from scratch. One Thanksgiving after tasting my cousin’s corn casserole, I came home and finally modified my cornbread recipe to create myRead More
We are Swimming in Tomatoes
We had our first freeze last weekend; we even had a bit of snow! It melted quickly here on the valley floor, but enough stuck in the mountains that some ski runs will open this weekend. Before the temperatures dropped, I was determined to harvest every thing I could from my garden. I picked everyRead More
Garlic Mashed Potatoes (Dairy Free)
This is my family’s favorite mashed potato recipe. Instead of butter and milk, I use olive oil and vegetable broth. It is is so flavorful that nobody will ever miss the butter and milk. I use a potato ricer to easily create super creamy mashed potatoes. I like to make my mashed potatoes a couple hours before dinnerRead More
Easy Pumpkin Pie Spice Bundt Cake
I found a recipe for a pumpkin pie spice bundt cake using a box of spice cake mix in a from a homeschool friend. I didn’t have any spice cake mix on hand, so I modified the directions to make it work with the yellow cake mix I had in my pantry. The Pumpkin PieRead More
Sweet Potatoes Khmer
As those of you who regularly frequent my blog know, on Fridays I document our food waste. One of the most obvious ways that I know to avoid food waste is to cook food that your family actually likes. But sometimes there are those food items that you prepare at holidays because they are aRead More
Menu Plan – The "Preparing for the First Freeze" Edition
The high today was 95 degrees, but Wednesday night it is going to dip down to 25 degrees! I was too busy today making preparations for our first freeze to make Split Pea Soup, so I will make it on Thursday when it will be too cold to play outside. We will be continuing toRead More
Easy Sugar Cookies and Butter Cream Frosting
Decorating Sugar Cookies is a traditional holiday activity. Below are tips to make decorating cookies a little easier. Tips for Decorating Sugar Cookies How to Make Colored Sugar: Put plain white sugar in bowls and then add a couple drops of food color to make colored sugar. I also make colored coconut in this manner.Read More
Pumpkin Pancakes, Pumpkin Muffins, and Cinnamon Apple Syrup
It is time to start harvesting pumpkins, and we just happen to love pumpkin muffins and pumpkin pancakes. After I make pumpkin puree, I freeze it in 2 cup portions. When I thaw a bowl, I make pumpkin pancakes and pumpkin muffins since they each require 1 cup of pureed pumpkin. You can use canned pumpkinRead More
Menu Plan – The Eat From the Pantry Edition
Last week was unusually expensive, so I have declared it a “eat from the pantry week” to save money on groceries. I have chicken in the freezer and lots of fresh fruit and veggies in the garden, so the only thing I will need to buy is milk. Monday – Teriyaki Chicken, Basmati Rice, andRead More
Minimizing Food Waste When Things Go Wrong
Yesterday, I had the bright idea to multitask and make spaghetti sauce with some garden vegetables that needed to be used up, while I was cooking something else for dinner. In between dinner tasks, I would chop vegetables and throw them in the pot. I let it simmer through dinner and after the dishes wereRead More
How to Make Applesauce in a Pressure Cooker
Use these directions on how to make applesauce in a pressure cooker to make a large batch of applesauce without added sugar. We have 2 apple trees so I have a lot of apples to process each fall and not a lot of time to do it. To speed up the process of making homemadeRead More
Redefining Convenience Food
Every time I bit into a piece of fruit this summer, I was amazed at how sweet and delicious it was. At first I thought it was because I had become better at picking out fruit, but if you have read my food waste posts, you know this is not the case. What was differentRead More
Frosted Pumpkin Cookies
I have sacrificed the first pumpkin to the toddler in hopes that he will let the others live! I have so many plans for the others; pies, muffins, pancakes, fudge, and my favorite, cookies! Frosted Pumpkin Cookies 2 cups sugar2 cups shortening1 – 16 oz. can pumpkin (I will use home pureed pumpkin)2 eggs2 teaspoonsRead More
Brown Bagging It and GF Chocolate Cereal Treats
Although it is quite unfashionable, my husband takes a sack lunch with him to work with each morning. He also brings a stainless steel thermos of tea and a coffee to go (the coffee is long gone by the time he gets to the office, so he really isn’t walking in juggling all of thatRead More
No Bake Cookies
No, we did not get snow. But I absolutely love this picture of Rew (age 9 months) watching his dad shovel snow: This is the sixth picture from my sixth file. (You have no idea how glad I am that this was not a picture of rotting food!) I was tagged by Rebecca at TurnedRead More
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