Pioneer Woman at Heart

It's been a while since I po sted anything regarding the Dark Days Challenge.  Ye sterday, breakfast was fresh farm eg gs, and organic wa ffles . Dinner was a past a dish using my home canned tomato sauce, f rozen (gard en) green peppers and dehydrated mushrooms .  My home canned, organic apple sauce is a wond erful side for breakfast, lunch or dinner (or for baking too). Thi s week I have had a hankering for iced tea .  I have been making a gallon almost every day.  Mmmm!   Today, I will be scra mbling up 2 dozen eggs, and adding onion and green pep pers (from last year's garden), and adding frozen spinach.  This makes it easy for hubby to grab a quick breakfast bu rri to before he goes to work. Evening , wind dow n time, usually involve s hot tea .  I purchased organic, loose le af tea from a small (privately owned) local business.  

We went from this on Jan uary 2 6 th , to .... ...this a few days ago - warm and muddy mess .  I had to wea r mucking boots out to put my l aundry on the line.   Today it's snowing again.  All in a days work. We now have t hree of us down with the crud.  I may have to make homemade cough syrup yet.  Looks like on e of the kids will be cooking dinner again.   My oldest daughter , alt hough started getting sick la ter last night, stepped up to mak e dinner.  She was creative and scrambled eggs with my home canned salsa, and made egg sandwiches on English muffins .  For the side she cut up potatoes and fried them with cumin.  I reg ret not getting a photo.

It's the still-needing-a-name-soup/stew. It turned out more of a stew than a soup. I did not use any broth or stock either.  

I don't subscri be to many magazines, but I do utili ze my local library.   Just be fore the library closed for the holiday s, I picked up a few of my fa vor ites.  I also picked up on e that I typically don't read - Ladie 's Home Journal. In th is particular issue, I found anot her unique recipe, and one wor th trying . Luck ily, the recipes are al so on-line, so I don't have to type it out , and I can direct you to the correct source. Fruit Jam Crumble Bars (Adapted from Ina Garten's Raspberry Crumble Bars ) I used the idea of Ina Garten's recip e, but utilized my home canned pear jam and homemade gran ola.  I initially wanted to use my canned wild b lack raspberry jam , but we ate it all . I did not have sliced almonds and could have used more of the crust mixture, f or the topping, but these were wonderful.  It was al most like eating pie with your fingers. I used an 8 oz. jar of jam also , even though her recipe call s for a 10-12 oz ja...

I was reading over a Christmas book that I purchased at a Goodwill store many years ago (for $.99). I cam e across this recipe that looked worth trying.  I think it is a pretty tasty side version of a bread rol l, but health ier, and baked like a muffin. Wheat-Corn Muffin s 1 cup whole wheat flo ur 1 cup cornmeal 4 t easpoons baking po wder 1/2 tsp. salt 2 org anic eggs, beaten 1 1/3 cups organic milk 1/4 cup raw honey 1/4 cup c anola oil 1/ 4 cup finely chopped white onion 1/ 4 cup shelled sunflower see ds I n a bowl stir together whole wheat flour, cornmeal, bakin g powder, and 1/2 tsp. salt.     In a separate bowl combine eggs, milk, honey, oil, and onion.  Add all at once to the dry mixture.  Stir until moistened.  Batter will be thin. Spoon into lined muffin p ans, filling paper liners ( See Note ) about 2/3 full.  Sprinkle tops with sunflower seeds. Bake in a 400°F oven for about 18-20 ...

I would have a ph ot o of our finished dish, but it was de voured.  L iter ally.

~1 pkg. Hodgson Mill Veggie Rotini (no preservatives etc)