The weather has been colder, raining, and more rain. It’s typical weather for here. Last year, we had so much rain, we lost half of our carrots and beets in the garden.
To supplement our food supply, we are raising meat chickens for the first time. It will be interesting, and most likely a permanent change in our lifestyle. After reading about what companies do to chickens, what the feed them, what they inject in them, we decided it was time to raise our own.
Nothing tastes better than a homemade meal, made from organic, and other safe ingredients. This was made using part water and part free range/organic chicken broth (much lower in sodium than typical store broth/stock), Amish made noodles, organic onions, carrots, celery, hormone/anti-biotic free chicken, thyme from my own herb garden and salt and pepper. The only ingredient I questioned, was the bay leaf I put in also.
After making meal like this, I add notes to my journal, so we can make changes. Changes such as making our own noodles more often, growing celery ourselves, raising meat chickens, drying more herbs and so forth. By making a meal and looking at each ingredient, I can create healthier meals, and help our family become more self-sufficient. For example, the broth/stock. Once I have our meat chickens butchered, I can make my own stock and can it.
It can all be done by ourselves, it just takes more time, and it's all worth it.
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