The snow is starting to blow.  Many schools closed even as early as yesterday, but there is just a dusting out there so far. I got around to...

  I dug out the donut pan and baked some pumpkin/cardamom donuts.    The results?  Well, they were good and dense.  However, I felt the reci...

  Crockpot Queso 8 oz. organic pepper jack cheese, shredded 8 oz. organic Monterery Jack cheese, shredded 8 oz. organic cream cheese 1 4-oz....

(2018 photo, the last time we grew them on the homestead) There was a point when organic butter at the grocery store became horribly high pr...

I don't know what I was thinking.  I had plans to clean a bathroom, muck the coop, do more decluttering. . . I managed to walk the box o...

The Good:  we are still being provided with frozen, mashed garden grown sweet potatoes (and they taste great when reheated).   The Bad:  ...

(Yesterday morning's sunrise) This time of year, everything is very wet early in the morning.  As I picked green peppers yester...

After a trip to the library, I was back home baking yesterday. I was blessed with overly ripe bananas, so first I made banana bread (...

My 19 year-old daughter asked me what she could use to flavor her pork chops with, and aside from herbs and spices, I have now suggested ...

Winter has been the strangest ever this year.  On Tuesday, we had rain, then snow, then rain again, then snow again, then rain and temperatu...

Sunday morning breakfast consisted of whole wheat blueberry pancakes with homemade honey syrup , sausage and a side of Jicama hash browns. ...

 In a transaction of passing from one to another, I was finally given a bag of "goodies" from my sister-in-law.  It contained craf...

I'll spare you the photos of my messy kitchen, but the end result of a very, very messy kitchen was: Thanks to a farmgirl barter (or ...

Santa's Helper mailed my 9 year-old daughter a present: The golden cat looks like her own cat.  She is in love with this apron.  (T...

I spent the other day mixing up several jars of Cinnamon Honey Butter.  They will be gifted for Christmas.

Although I have found recipes for applesauce breads using yeast, I needed something quicker yesterday. I used a Banana-Applesauce Recipe ...

 According to my kids, it "sounds nasty" and looks nasty.  However, it tastes pretty good.  I've been looking for healthier m...

I went searching for a cake using my homemade applesauce, and one that also used molasses.    I doubled this Spiced Applesauce Cake Reci...

I had two bags of orchard apples that needed to be dealt with.  The intended purpose for them, was to make two apple pies for the Thanksgivi...

I can't keep the kids out of this small batch of old-fashioned candy!  It's actually very good.  Here's the recipe: Cider Vin...