Pizza is a staple around these joints. I’m always looking for new pizza dough recipes and ways to make my pizza taste like the take out variety. Or better yet, like the stuff you pay primo prices for in the restaurants. Ah…….the sweet taste of success. Yup. I’ve found the dough recipe of dough recipes. … [Continue Reading]
How to store potatoes for the winter.
Oct 25, 11 By · 4 Comments
We eat a lot of spuds around here. Homemade (baked) fries, mashed, smashed, twice baked too. Luckily we are entering the cheap(er) priced potato season. At least compared to the prices being asked at a local grocery store around here. Yikes! My parents grow potatoes in their garden and share them with us. Plus, right… [Continue Reading]
Dehydrated Fruit for a Blenderized Diet
Oct 16, 11 By · 1 Comment
I love creating a blenderized diet each morning for Parker. I try to go organic as much as I can, using as high quality foods as possible. It can be a challenge to do this on a modest food budget. But it can be done. One strategy I use is gleaning. Gleaning is basically letting… [Continue Reading]
Into Autumn
Oct 9, 11 By · 7 Comments
It’s been cold here the last several days. They kind of days that make a girl scurry out to the garden to collect all the last bits to harvest. I’ve been baking and freezing pumpkins. Have you seen how expensive they are this year? Tomatoes on their way to the dehydrator. Dehydrated tomatoes and… [Continue Reading]
Home Canned Apple Pie Filling: A Recipe
Oct 5, 11 By · 1 Comment
With a bumper crop of apples sitting all over my house I’ve been canning up a storm. The luxury of having homemade apple pie filling sitting on my pantry shelf for a quick dessert is worth all the sweating and hard work done before hand. This stuff makes awesome pies, crumbles and… [Continue Reading]
