Pioneer Woman at Heart

One Flourishing, Frugal and Fun Family!

One family learning to live off the land, cut back on expenses, and to live a simpler and a more self-sufficient lifestyle.

Adopted Motto

"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~

Friday, August 1, 2014

Library Goodies ~ Puttin' Up






My older brother shared several books with me, and these two came in recently.  As you can see, I have already started marking recipes to play around with.

All of the books I am sharing today, had to be borrowed from other libraries via the library interloan program.  If a participating library has a book that our library does not, we can still order it, and have it sent to our local library.



Only one library had this book, and I have yet to read all the recipes.  I love it.  There are many that use what we grow in the garden.


Can you believe that have book for this?  Ha!  I saw it on another blog and just had to order a copy.  There are some very neat ideas in it.  I doubt I'll have playtime this summer, but I wanted to get a sneak peek into it just in case.



Catching up has been tough, but I continue to get done what I can.  No pun intended (ha ha!) but I canned another 5 - 1/2 pints of Cinnamon Blueberry Jam, 4 quarts of hot pepper mustard sauce, and chopped up some jalapeno peppers to squeeze into any hole left in the freezer.  I didn't want to drag out the dehydrator for a few handfuls.  Other than that, I've been trying to organize my bedroom again, by decluttering it by a few items a day, and regular chores - laundry, dead-heading flowers, checking the garden, dishes, meals, etc.

I had a little extra mustard sauce, so the kids used it on leftover chicken.  I didn't get a chance to taste it, but according to them, my hot banana peppers are hot this year. 

3 comments:

Mama Pea said...

Don't know if it's good or bad, cut I've been purposely avoiding the library lately. Seems this time of year I bring books home, they sit for four weeks and I have to return them before I even get to look at them! Need to start a winter book list. (Ha! As if I need more books to put on The List!) Summer time, summer time. Don't cha just wish it would s-l-o-w down?

Liz said...

Crafting with cat hair? lol... I just ordered The vegetarian cooking for everyone. I can't wait to start testing recipes. Almost have enough peppers for the mustard sauce!

Patricia @ 9th and Denver said...

My daughter bought me about 3 books for diabetic cooking...I haven't cracked open one book yet. I need to-- I'm at the point now where I'm burnt out, with the diet.
good job on the canning...I just don't plant enough to can too much. I have put 8 qts of green beans in the freezers. Most of all our veggies have gone to the table and we've eaten lots of fresh...either way, still good eatin' !