Along with our new potatoes last night we tried a new form of egg – poached. I had never made them before. And Justin and I had never actually even had one. I’ve always been a little scared to try making one…cooking an egg in a pan of water sounds tricky. But in one of …
Alfredo/Pestofredo Sauce
Recently I saw an easy recipe for alfredo sauce posted on Heavenly Homemakers. I haven’t made alfredo sauce in ages. And I have some fresh cream from our raw milk to use. So I thought I’d try it. But I added to it to make it my own recipe 🙂 I turned our alfredo into …
Sloppy Cornbread
Now that I’m starting to feel better I want to get back into the habit of trying new recipes. So last night I tried another Heavenly Homemakers recipe. It’s called Sloppy Cornbread. It’s basically sloppy joe meat topped with cornbread. Very simple. And very good! We all liked it. And I’m not even a huge …
Hamburger Pie ("Favorite Casserole")
Last night I made an old classic casserole that Justin grew up eating. His family called it favorite casserole, but it’s really hamburger pie. It’s a lot like shepherd’s pie…beef, potatoes and veggies. We haven’t had it in a long time, but Justin requested it. And it kind of sounded good to me 😛 As …
Spinach Pie
The other day Rebecca was talking about spinach pies. I have no idea where she even heard of them. We’ve never had them at home before. But it actually sounded good to me (rare these days that anything sounds good). And I remembered I had some puff pastry in the freezer (I know, not the …
How to Cut Up a Chicken
Yesterday we got four fresh organic chickens from one of Justin’s co-workers. I knew I’d have to cut them up myself, so before hand I did some research. A few months ago Kat posted a link on her blog to a video that gives good directions. So I watched that. It seemed pretty simple. And …
What is IVF?
What is In Vitro Fertilization? Seems like a silly question to me. But that’s because it’s been part of my life for 4 years now. And now that we’ve had to talk about it so often with people I start to wonder…how many people really know what it is? When I tell someone we went …
How to Render Lard
Yesterday I finally attempted to render the lard we got from our co-op a while back. I did a fair amount of research before trying. Some methods just sounded like way too much work (cutting it all up, cooking it for days, etc.). I found a link for a crockpot method that sounded much easier. …
4, 3, 2, 1, 0…A Look Back
Four years ago today I was sick…quite sick. And I was at the hospital for major colon surgery. That was a turning point in my life. But I had a long road ahead of me. I never, ever want to go through something like that again, but I am so thankful for the changes it …
FAT – What’s Good, What’s Bad And Why You NEED It
For my second healthy eating series post I thought I’d do another topic that I have lots of personal experience with. FAT. Have I ever been “fat”? No. Did I spend way too many years of my life obsessing over fat? Yes! And now that I know how important fat is in your diet I …