It is 5 PM and nearly dinner time. You forgot to take out some meat to thaw, and your budget won’t let you off the hook with another pizza delivery. AGAIN. Hungry kids and your spouse come clamoring into the kitchen, begging for food. “We’re soooo hungry.” (Sure, as if they didn’t eat just a …
I love kohlrabi! It is easy to plant and easy to grow, and it’s versatile as well. You can add it raw in salads, or with dips or you can bake, braise, steam, or mash it. It tastes much like broccoli, and is related to the cabbage plant. Growing kohlrabi is fun, too. It’s an …
I love filling my pantry with all the garden, and other homesteady goodness. It makes it so much easier to run to the pantry and grab a meal to go, so I also fill my pantry with home-canned beans and soups. For a quick and easy meal, I can chicken soup. It’s truly a quick, …
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I know that it’s all the rage to be able to stretch one chicken into 5 meals, but I need to be realistic… My teenagers are hungry, especially after 2 1/2 hour taekwondo classes. They could easily scarf an entire chicken themselves, but at the rate of $12-$14 each from our Whole Foods Store, that …
Yes, we raise our own chickens, and yes, we use everything but the cluck around here! Someone once asked, “What do you do with the chicken FEET?” When most people think about chicken feet, the first thing that comes to mind is a pair of shoes. But for homesteaders, chicken feet are a valuable resource. …
