Have you ever tried a boneless lamb shoulder roast recipe? We love making delicious meals with food harvested on the homestead. This ram/lamb was given to us last year from a family wanting to give him a new home and the time has now come. He lived out his remaining …
Read More »Green Curry Soup Recipe
We continue in our soup series with a green curry soup recipe. Jaimie is in the kitchen every day cooking from scratch and today she is sharing her favorite Asian soup. The green curry paste is what makes this recipe pop! But it can be a bit too spicy for …
Read More »Stuffed Squash Recipe – Ozark Mountain Potato
We are hungry! And one of our favorite meals is the stuffed squash that is baked and grilled. We fondly refer to this recipe as the Ozark Mountain Potato. The squash that will be stuffed is grown right here on the homestead each year and its a very prolific variety …
Read More »Creamy Soups – Broccoli Cheddar
Jaimie is always asked in our comments about doing more cooking and kitchen related videos. We are going to start off a new series that will involve Jaimie cooking on the homestead and the methods she uses. She thought Broccoli Cheddar would be a great place to start. Primarily because …
Read More »Baking Potatoes In Your Wood Stove
Have you ever thought about baking potatoes off grid in a wood stove? No, then join us for a new adventure! An off grid homestead is assuredly going to have a wood stove working to keep the home warm during the winter months. And while that stove may do a …
Read More »Mozzarella Cheese Recipe In 30 Minutes
Making mozzarella cheese on the homestead has been common all spring and seems to continue as long as the cows are in milk. Our neighbor’s cow is giving gallon after gallon of fresh milk and we are happily buying and using it for cheese and other tasty products. Hopefully by …
Read More »Canning Beans Class On The HOMESTEAD!
Recently we had a number of guest spend almost 2 weeks at our homestead. During that time we had a bunch of classes. One of them was a class on pressure canning beans over a wood fire! Pressure canning beans is really a simple process. Just a little bit of …
Read More »Papalo Seeds for Summer!
Those of us who love cilantro in the summer with zesty salsa and salads are usually out of luck. Cilantro is usually bolting and not doing well at all in the high summer heats of the south. So by the time you have lots of shiny red tomatoes fresh from …
Read More »Homemade Canned Salsa
One of my husband’s favorite foods is salsa. Give him a bag of chips and a jar of really spicy salsa, and he is happy! Our garden is full of tomatoes this time of year and at least half of them will be made into salsa. I plan to can …
Read More »Baker Creek’s Red Russian Kale Review & Recipe
I’m a big fan of Baker Creek and the seeds they sell. If you are into organic/natural gardening methods and have the same loathsome feelings as I do toward the genetic modification that is creeping into every aspect of the farming world, then you are probably a fan of Baker …
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