This not a healthy recipe. I’m just going to come right out and say that. There is no organic raw cane sugar, no whole whole grain flour or honey to comfort your conscience while eating these. But if you’ve read … Continue reading
As I mentioned previously in this post, one of the items on my Christmas list this year was a set of Tattler lids. And sure enough, my husbie, thoughtful person that he is, rewarded me with not just one, but … Continue reading
…made with spelt flour You’ve probably seen it, that cookbook that boasts a homemade loaf of artisan bread in just five minutes a day. If you are like me the first time you saw it you were skeptical. However, upon … Continue reading
In spite of the fact that we are building a new home, packing up our current home, and preparing to move, I have tried to keep up with one canning project per week in an effort to stock our pantry … Continue reading
I’m sharing this recipe today as it is used in a zucchini recipe I am preparing to share special for Labor Day on Monday. The first time I learned about making ricotta from scratch my feelings were mixed. On the … Continue reading
Even before we purchased our acreage, it has always been my dream to have a huge garden and stock the pantry with everything we grew. I have been water bath canning for a few years and have always had good … Continue reading
Having just finished up a series of posts on fall gardening, I thought I’d shake things up a bit and talk about sewing on my unofficial “Gardening Post Day”. We are after all transitioning from the warmer growing season to … Continue reading
Having paid tribute to Julia earlier this week I thought it would be fun to feature one of her recipes today. This recipe, surprisingly enough, does not come from Mastering the Art of French Cooking. It comes instead from a … Continue reading
I hadn’t intended for this blog to be personal. I already did all that. This was to be a site mostly about the building of our homestead, a site for sharing recipes and gardening information. But this being Julia’s 100th … Continue reading
Before we actually put pencil to paper, we had to think about space. How much were we going to need? We had seen some of the seemingly trendy new tiny houses less than 1000 square feet but with the need … Continue reading