Over some time, I’ve shown you how to make homemade chicken stock, and how to can chicken. Those two things are wonderful by themselves, but what if you could add Veggie Soup Mix to the package which would enable you to have a healthy meal on the table in 15 min? That is the sort of […]
Updates, Updates, Get Your Updates
It has been a very busy past few weeks. First I started by summer pruning some of the apple trees. Just a couple. Then we realized the pears needed to be picked. We picked all the Bartlett trees. One hundred forty-six pounds of pears. Since it was getting close to the end of August and […]
Home Canning Chicken
I have wanted to post about Home Canning Chicken since the blog began. However, because I didn’t take any good pictures this post will be more like a chat than a slide show. It is so simple that we really don’t need pictures….plus, pictures of chicken in boiling water are not very attractive. Canning is […]
Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy
Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy. Comfort food at its best. Let me introduce you to one of our favorite dinners: Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy. Years ago I had a hankering for Salisbury Steak. It must have been in college. They probably served Salisbury Steak at the commons. Then again, maybe I purchased frozen dinners from […]
Motivation
Motivation is a good thing. Being former city folk, we are not used to being SO busy on the weekends. If we were busy it was usually going somewhere to do something fun as a family. On Thursday Michael put together his weekend to-do list. The boys and I sat in rapt attention. What were […]
Hello Again (part one)
What a busy couple of weeks it has been. I was hoping for less stuff to do but that always seems to be on the horizon. I thought I would spend a couple posts updating you on what is going on here. Last update we had harvested the apples and made a bunch of cider. […]
Winter Luxury Pumpkin……Homemade Pumpkin
I’ve put it off long enough. It is time to make pumpkin puree. This should be my last preserving project of our bountiful harvest this year. Last year I grew Winter Luxury Pumpkins for the first time. My friend Bryn gave us a start and out of it came three pumpkins. Cute little things. With […]
Aunt Margie’s Salsa
This salsa is amazing. The recipe comes from my dear friend Kirsten. Actually it originated with her beloved Aunt Margie. Here is a quote from Kirsten, “This recipe has been in my family for years! My aunt made this salsa well into her 80’s. She was quite the canner as the mother of 6 and […]
Apples and Cider and Bees, Oh My
I’m still tired. Saturday we rented the cider press and got to work making cider. Last year went quickly and was easy peezy so why wouldn’t this year be just the same. More apples, that’s why. Please don’t misunderstand me. We worked hard and had fun in the process. But I did sleep a solid […]
Zesty Zucchini Relish
Remember the zucchini fries recipe? Well here is another great recipe for all that extra zucchini. This is a boiling water bath canning recipe. Very simple to do just involves a lot of chopping. It has zucchini, onion, green and red bell peppers. It is called “zesty” because you are supposed to use a chili […]
Refrigerator Garlic Dill Pickles
My friend Kirsten, told me about a great dill pickle recipe a couple of summers ago.Last year I grew pickling cucumbers for the first time. Having just moved here, the garden was quickly thrown together and just as quickly overgrown. I couldn’t find the pickling cucumbers through all the perslane. By the time I found […]
Homemade Sauerkraut is so Easy.
Another culinary skill under my belt. Ok, if something only takes slicing, squishing and waiting…..is it really a skill? Hey, I’ll take whatever culinary credit I can get. It’s a skill. I began my adventure in sauerkraut making on August 23. I had grown my own cabbage this year and it was very much ready […]