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Honey Oat English Muffins
For Christmas this year I received some English Muffin rings. I’d been making English Muffins with this recipe, and liked them but wanted to experiment with other recipes to get more height and nooks...
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Signs of Spring
The first snowdrop Sorrel sprouting Rye grass greening Chickens enjoying the rye grass Sap simmering on the stove Maple syrup in jars Spring has begun!
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Emptying the Freezer into Jam
Tuesday morning I noticed a oily puddle under the chest freezer. This freezer came free with the house and all signs point to it having reached the end of it’s life. This gave me the impetus to...
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Thursday’s Kitchen Cupboard
Here’s the first canning of the summer for me. I made relish with onions, peppers and cucumbers. I’ve also been oven-roasting tomatoes, then freezing them on the cookie sheet. Then I pack them into...
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Applesauce Meatballs
This recipe is one of our favorites, a good way to use homemade apple sauce. The applesauce makes these meatballs moist and tender. It’s adapted from an old pamphlet cookbook published in 1969, called...
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Preserving Kale
Last winter when the bitter cold weather hit and we had no snow cover, the kale became burned by the cold and inedible. One small plant overwintered under the hoop frame to provide us with kale again...
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Handmade Christmas
Now that all the gifts have been given, I can share with you some of the handmade Christmas gifts we gave this year. Lots of handmade chocolates including chocolate covered apple cider caramels, and...
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Technicolor Dinner
While making dinner tonight, I was struck by the vibrant orange color of the dough. It’s amazing that this color that we often see in food-dye filled mac & cheese, can come naturally from some good...
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Harvest
Tonight’s harvest. The garden got away from me in July, full of weeds, crab grass etc. The squash bugs killed my pumpkin plants. I’m slowly reclaiming the rows and finding harvests along the way. My...
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Salsa Time!
Our kitchen has been under renovation this summer so we were doing minimal cooking in August. Thankfully, by the time tomatoes were overrunning the kitchen there was enough back in working order to...
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