"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.

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Sunrises ~ Tidbits

 


We have had some beautiful sunrises this week.  It makes me want to be outside and enjoy the warmer weather.  The evenings have been cold though.  Yesterday we hit the lower 60's, but with a wind warning.  Today thunderstorms move in.


My wonderful husband had these delivered on Valentine's Day.  This is big!  We live in the boonies, so he paid greatly for these beautiful roses.

I tried a new recipe.  I forgot to take a photo of it, but took a picture of the cookbook.


It's in one of my fix-it and forget it cookbooks - Enchilada Shredded Chicken.  I served it over quinoa (with diced jalapenos, oregano and cumin - I didn't have cilantro).  A nice recipe for a Mexican Potluck Meal.  I honestly don't know how this would be good on a tortilla, unless you drain the liquid off at the end of cooking.  Anyway, we topped it with some shredded cheese and sour cream.  Delicious.

The part for the stove has arrived.  It most likely will be installed this weekend.  I'll update you on that when it's done.

Half of the hallway is cleared of flooring tools and what not, and swept and mopped.  The other half remains full of tools for my husband to deal with.  I started to clean woodwork, to prepare for primer.

It's been nice to see the egg basket filling up again.  We are so thankful for this.  We changed their feed, adding black sunflower seeds and more supplements.  I am working on adding more to their diet - more on that soon.
















Wednesday, February 15, 2023

A few of my favorite things . . .

 

I still have a stand up shredder, that you shred by hand, but we love this hand crank one.  It has a suction on the bottom to stay in place, the cheese goes in the top (pushed down with that red piece and wa-la grated cheese.  Easy to clean too.  We don't buy shredded cheese.  We buy blocks/bulk blocks, freeze and then grate. 


My Oklahoma Pastry Cloth.  I gifted the kids one at Christmas, along with tools for making rolls, and some of my recipes.  Love this cloth!  You can buy them online!  I think I shared this before, but sharing again.



Coop tool!   Don't worry, I took this photo the day I bought it.  I wanted to do that in case it became a favorite tool for the coop.  I have used plastic cat litter scoop to clean roosts for years.  I finally bought a metal one.  I love it!  Works so much easier.