Pioneer Woman at Heart

  Bourbon Chicken (Crockpot Recipe) Place 2lbs. of organic chicken breast in a crock pot. In a bowl mix the sauce: 1/2 tsp. grated fresh ginger 4 cloves homegrown garlic 1/2 tsp. organic crushed red pepper flakes 1/3 cup organic apple juice 1 1/2 Tbsp. organic honey 1/4 cup organic brown sugar 1/4 cup home canned (or organic) ketchup 3 Tbsp. organic apple cider vinegar 1/4 cup Bourbon 1/4 cup organic soy sauce 1/4 cup water Mix all together and pour over chicken.  Cook on low for 7 hours or so. Just about 15 minutes before serving, remove chicken from crock pot, shred and set aside.   Mix 3 Tbsp. water with 3 Tbsp. organic corn starch.  Add to the crock pot mixture and stir.   Shred chicken and add back to the crock pot. Stir. Note:  I did not turn up the heat to speed up process, I simply let it sit on low, put the chicken back in, and gave it a stir. Serve over organic wild rice or rice of your choice and top with chopped green onions from your ...

Saturday the rain  came back again with a vengeance.  I forgot one item at the grocery store - limes.  I had planned on canning jam first thing, but had to go back to the store first. However, on Friday, I picked up a flat of locally grown strawberries.  Hubby got his cold strawberry pie for Father's Day, and I got some to can jam.    I made strawberry margarita jam for the first time. I did an immediate taste test -  super sweet but very good.  Just a dab ol' do ya'. The recipe is in Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publication:  Canning, preserving, and freezing and drying (Sept. 2013).  The recipe is also online.   With all the rain coming, we forfeited the last of the sweet potato slips.   I hate to do that, but it's a weather crisis, and I don't want to spend the extra cash on buckets and a truck load of dirt.  Did you know organic soil for vegetables is $6.77/bag (2 cu. ft.)?...

Rhubarb is in season now.  Guess what concoction I made?  Well, the title of this blog sort of gave it away, ha ha!  I created rhubarb vodka. You can find the recipe online just about anywhere.  I used the recipe from BBC recipes online, adapted with homegrown and organic ingredients.   Rhubarb Vodka ·          1¾ pints (3 1/2 cups) organic vodka ·          2 stalks of homegrown rhubarb           3 Tbsp sugar ·          Lemon zest from half of one organic lemon or homegrown ·          3 organic whole cloves ·          1 organic cinnamon stick ·           (right after adding the sugar - shake it up when you sprinkle it on the rhubarb) 1.  I used my food processor to chop...