As some of you may remember from this POST, we had an abundance of sweet potatoes this year. This Thanksgiving, I decided to try a new recipe (actually, I will be trying several new recipes with the sweet potatoes that I will be sharing with you). This recipe was inspired by Cave Girl Cuisine’s Bacon-Maple-Sage
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Here is the thing about homesteading, sometimes you have great success, and sometimes you have epic failures. Well, I don’t like to think of them as failures, but rather the gift of learning from the experience, and believe me, I have had plenty of these. This post, however, is not about a failure. This is
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What do you do when you have an overabundance of pumpkins? Yes, I know this is a strange question to be asking right before summer starts, after all, one usually thinks of pumpkins as a fall veggie. But we got a surprise in the garden this spring when a HUGE pumpkin vine popped up all
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So What Am I Up To Today? It’s only the beginning of May and I am already freezing veggies for the months to come. I couldn’t be more pleased. I am already ahead of where I was last year, and I am literally giddy with vegetable garden excitement! So today I am freezing kale, nasturtium,
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Wood sorrel? What the heck is that? If you have been following me, you know that I have been learning how to use the wild edibles that grow here in Southeast Texas. Wood sorrel is a pretty little plant that grows across much of the US and Canada. It grows well in our garden and
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There is a whole world of plants right beneath our feet that holds secrets that are just waiting to be unlocked. For eons people of have been foraging these free gifts of the earth for food, drink, and medicine right where they live. In an effort to be more self-sufficient, individuals have again taken up
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[This post contains affiliate links] When we eliminated grains from out diet, I went on a hunt for a sandwich bread that would hit the mark with my toughest critics….my kids. I have spent A LOT of time and a fair amount of money trying to find the perfect recipe. Like many of the recipes
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Are you looking for a quick and super tasty meal for dinner tonight, plus enough for lunch the next day? Well, I have a recipe for you!! Tex Mex Sweet Potato Hash 1 lb grass-fed ground beef or venison 1 TBSP Chili Powder ½ tsp Cumin ½ tsp garlic powder ½ tsp onion powder
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Today is National Hot Chocolate Day. I wasn’t aware until I saw it on the news this morning. Geez…they have a day for everything now. I have fond memories of my mom making hot chocolate on the stove after a cold day playing in the snow. I remember it tasting so yummy and creamy. I
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I recently admitted to ya all that I was a cheese addict. You can read about it HERE. Since we now have dairy goats and I can basically make cheese whenever I want, I can pretty much guarantee that I won’t be attending any CLA (cheese lovers anonymous) meetings. Instead, I’ll be honing my culinary
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