Too many eggs? Never! You can not only boil them, but pickle the boiled eggs. I forgot all about this, until I found us with more eggs on hand (again).
"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~
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.
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
There are never too many eggs part 2
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Stocking Up ~ Using Up ~ Prepping Homemade Sausage
I finally got around to make a full batch of meatballs. I like to get this done before the freezer fills up. One year I barely had room to flash freeze, and made a mess with meatballs stuck to the wire shelf above, ha ha!
While the meatballs were flash freezing, I shredded up the very last of the picked zucchini. I made us a batch of the most delicious chocolate zucchini muffins I have ever had. I found the recipe this year online, and it is a keeper. Yum! I uses Einkorn all-purpose flour.
I saved a few boiled eggs for snacking, and topped some chicken salad with them. I may add boiled eggs to my chicken salad next time. I make our chicken salad pretty simple - organic avocado mayo and home canned sweet pickle relish. I added some hot pepper relish this time as well.
We are in the 80's during the day here, and pretty warm. Are you stocking up or preserving anything right now?
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Weather Heats Up ~ Hot Peppers ~ Eggs ~ Boiled Eggs
It is tough getting the day started this week. The cooler weather, just screams "sit, sip and enjoy the morning while you can" and then I delay the day ha ha ha! It's worth it, as we are heating up now to the 80's again.
I picked all of the hot peppers that were on the plants. I don't think we'll get anything more, as this could be the very last warm fall week we have this season. There were zero Anaheim peppers, two baby hot banana, no serrano, and just these jalapenos. Not enough to can hot pepper jelly this year. I could buy extra from a farm stand, but I decided not this year. I will freeze these remaining jalapenos, and keep a few for cooking this week and next.
If you read yesterday's post, I forgot to pack my husband's breakfast for the day (2-day's prep in photo). I decided to use up some of the smaller eggs, from the newer laying hens, and scramble them. I added them to his breakfast (and mine).I put some of the larger eggs in the fridge a few weeks back, and got those out to boil. There are people who raise layers, and still do not think they can boil their own eggs. You can, but you have to let them sit a week or two (in the fridge) before boiling, or they will not peel for you. Also, I put the saved eggs out on the counter to come to room temperature before boiling them. I do not add anything to the water. If you want a boiled egg, and only have fresh eggs, you can poach your egg for the same taste.
They boiled up perfectly, and I used some for egg salad, and save some for slicing on sandwiched or for snacking. I sometimes like a few boiled eggs for a quick breakfast. The chickens are earning their keep.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
This and That
I managed to get that air mattress into the bag it came with. It's not shutting all the way, but it's in the bag ha ha!
Friday, September 10, 2021
Apron Day
There was so much I needed to get done before the weekend. I did some calculations and made a small batch of tomato sauce. I'm so happy about that.
Next? A batch of meatballs. I would rather buy fresh meat to do this than frozen, and didn't realize all I had to get done. It's a lot easier to get these frozen before more goes into the freezer. One year I smashed them, trying to get them in the freezer on baking sheets.
I froze more bell peppers, boiled eggs for egg salad. I wanted to get egg salad made to take to Mom to increase her iron.Has anyone cooked with black garlic? I finally got mine, but now I'm wondering can I use it as is or do I need to put it through a process with oil to use? I read where you place the bulbs in a crock pot on warm, but not sure. It is soft already, so I'm wondering if I just refrigerate it and use. Would love advice on this.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
What sitting down to read a book did . . .