First, I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Jesus is the reason for the season. Second, my life during this time of year is focused...

One of my very favorite desserts was chocolate pudding. My mom would buy the boxes with the powdered mix. My auntie would buy be the...

The season of baking is upon us. You open up your recipe book and many seasonal desserts have sweetened condensed milk as an ingredient....

The weather has changed and our family has to make sure our immune system has an extra boost. Now, how do we do this? We take an extra...

I have made this recipe and it went well with hamburger patties I made the patties on the stovetop. Very low cost to make and very...

I haven't tried this recipe yet. Though I will with my next big pot of soup. This recipe does come from an old WW2 cookbook. I carry on...

Lentils are one of my favorites to add into soups and stews. They soak up the flavor of whatever you have put them in. Packed with lots...

Well, I still have some butter in my freezer. Eventually it will run out and I will not be buying anymore. The price is just not worth it...

Time has flown by the last few months. Taking care of my garden, canning, freezing, dehydrating and freeze drying has kept me busy...

Life has been extremely busy. My garden is doing fantastic and have canned, dehydrated and freeze dried foods from my garden and...

Today I thought that I would share some things that have been swirling around in my brain. Too much honestly. So, just a few to throw out...

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For the last 4 years I have been rationing our meat. Yep, I said that word. Inflation continues to rise and I could see things coming...

I am gooving to my jam...lol Those are my beautiful wild black berries. Since 2022 I have made at least 2-3 batches of black berry jam...

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Lovely rows of Bok Choy are coming up. Our growing season here in east Tennessee has been about 6 weeks earlier. Already picked and...

Hi everyone! This is my busy time on our homestead. So much to do in order to have food planted for eating fresh and for later down the...

Recently I needed to rotate and use some of my canned items. So, making some salsa was the task. This turned out amazing and very tasty....

On our property we have anice sized wild black berry patch. Yep, they have thorns and have been poked several times since we have been in...

I do have a few things I like to forage on our bit of property. One of them is the wild onions. I snip the tops off and leave the bulb...