Our lavender bush is one of the most beautiful plants on our entire property. It has the most fantastic lavender scent and attracts hoards of bees each season. Over the years, we have taken starts to grow additional plants all … Continue reading →
Grandma Lisa gifted us with tart green apples and fresh frozen cranberries on their last fall visit so I wanted to try a fun new recipe or two. I was busy in the kitchen beginning to process the goodies when … Continue reading →
As a child I remember my grandmother making a wonderful rice pudding that I loved. I never got her recipe and, as an adult, I tried many different recipes trying to duplicate the flavor of her rice pudding, but never … Continue reading →
I eat yogurt nearly every day. Yogurt and berries with a little granola and a few nuts on top — a great healthy snack or oftentimes lunch if I’m busy. The yogurt provides probiotics, the berries provide antioxidants, and the … Continue reading →
Ian was able to harvest a deer this year during hunting season. Part of the meat was reserved for making pepper sticks, which we all love. Hunting season is also the end of harvest season for the garden so it’s … Continue reading →
While processing cranberries for juice one day I got to thinking about the cranberry pulp that was left over in the steam juicer. I never like to be wasteful and dumping all that cranberry pulp in the compost pile felt … Continue reading →
This is a good recipe to serve on a lazy Sunday morning. 2-3 medium apples 4 eggs ¼ tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. salt 2 tsp. cinnamon ¾ cup flour 2 Tbsp sugar or sweetener of choice ¾ cup milk … Continue reading →
Winter Luxury — even the name sounds decadent. I was introduced to this wonderful pumpkin several years ago while having a conversation with longtime Backwoods Home Magazine writer Jackie Clay-Atkinson about which pumpkin made the best pies. I ordered some … Continue reading →
Every year I order 75 pounds of cranberries. I started doing this after a friend gifted me with 100 pounds of cranberries. When I first saw all of those berries I was concerned about how I was going to use … Continue reading →
I love anything pumpkin — pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin curry soup, pumpkin spice cake, and on and on. So I grow a lot of pumpkins each year, process them, and freeze the puree. My favorite pumpkin to use is … Continue reading →
