How I waxPosted by Heather on February 28, 2013
First, you start with a hunk… and a horn of cheese. It is usually cheaper in my area to buy it the full sized, 10-15lb. horns as they run about $2.79 a pound this way. Then, you get your hunk to slice the cheese in hunks. (my hubby is such a good sport for allowing [...]
Granola ParfaitsPosted by Heather on February 18, 2013
This falls under the category of “why didn’t I think of this before?”. I have a lot of pint sized jars since I do a lot of canning, and this time of year, many of them are empty. So, one day, I was perusing pinterest and saw someone putting salads into a jar, and it [...]
New Orleans Style Beans and RicePosted by Heather on November 4, 2012
In the homesteading world, many of us like to be frugal. Well, at least *I* do . In our monthly menu planning, I always have beans and rice for dinner at least once. I like it, and there are days I enjoy watching my children curl their lips back far enough so that the dish [...]
Independence Days ChallengePosted by Heather on May 18, 2012
*This post is linked to High Desert Chronicles IDC* Plant Something: All our garden is in the ground! We planted the tomato plants (15 survived), pepper plants, basil, okra, more green beans, and replanted the spinach Harvest Something: 57 eggs, 6 cups goat milk, and our first spinach harvest!! We wound up with over 12 [...]
Homemade Mint ExtractPosted by Heather on April 26, 2012
I have this garden full of mint. I got a small plant one year from a “friend” and now, I can’t seem to control it. Had I known then what I know now about the invasive-ness of mint…I would go back, and plant it in a large pot, not just allow them to stick in [...]
How Throwing Food away saved me moneyPosted by Heather on March 5, 2012
Yeah, I hear what you are thinking…”what????” I can feel the gasps of air being sucked in by all my frugal friends as they re-read the title to make sure they read it right. Stay with me, though, and I’ll explain, mmmmkay? See, I live in this part of the country where we have a [...]
Homemade MayoPosted by Heather on February 10, 2012
*This recipe is based on Sally A Fallon’s recipe in Nourishing Traditions.* 3 egg yolks, at room temperature 1 whole egg 1 T. dijon mustard about 1 cup olive oil 1 tsp. salt I gather all the ingredients together. One, because it’s so much easier to have everything close by when you are doing this, [...]
Mousakka RecipePosted by Heather on January 23, 2012
I got some eggplant the other day, and I just had to try this recipe from Joy of Cooking And, the recipe looks very time consuming, but I tell you, it was easy to make. ingredients: 2 large or 3 medium eggplants 1lb lamb (or hamburger) 2 T olive oil 1 large onion, chopped 2 [...]
Pantry Challenge…Epic FAILURE!Posted by Heather on January 5, 2012
So, just the same day I posted about my pantry challenge , I made dinner out of leftover cooked chicken and rice. I call it “creamy chicken and rice” and it’s a family favorite. The only problem is that I was out of milk. And, since we weren’t going to the farm until the next [...]
Pantry ChallengePosted by Heather on January 3, 2012
It’s another new year, and another looooong winter. We were graced with a lot of snow the other day, and it keeps trying to snow more. While the kids are enjoying playing outside, building forts, snowmen, and the like, I usually dread driving in it. Not because I am from Arizona, where 1/4″ of snow [...]
