Tag Archives: in the kitchen

50+ Recipes for Summer Squash to Use Up Your Garden Overflow!

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I have to admit, we did not eat summer squash very much growing up. Ok, can I be honest? Actually, never. I don’t remember my mother ever cooking yellow squash. I do remember having it with other people, but not at our house. Mr. Fix-It’s family grew it and they ate it all summer long, but he doesn’t remember much variety in the recipes. So I guess the good news is that we don’t have any old family recipes we have to throw out or overcome to try something new! … Continue Reading…

30+ Mulberry Recipes for Wild-Harvested Berries

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We’ve been harvesting mulberries lately in the evenings. We have 3 big mulberry trees on the edge of our top field that get loaded with berries every spring. It’s a bit of a fight to get them before the birds do! Over the years we’ve used different methods to collect berries–from the kids eating them all without telling me, to focused foraging efforts. The easiest way is for someone to climb the tree and shake them all out onto a tarp. I’ve seen folks also use a sheet, but then … Continue Reading…

How to Have Real Food for Dinner on Crazy Busy Weeknights

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We have been in the midst of a very busy season around here. The kiddos have a summer full of family visits, sports practice, and fun camp experiences, against a background of our two full-time jobs and managing the homestead. I’d love to be able to say that eating a healthy dinner in the midst of all that running around is our number one priority, but can I be honest for a moment? Our #1 family wellness goal in this season has become just not eating fast food every night! … Continue Reading…

How to Steam Farm Fresh Eggs for Easy Peeling

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Have you ever had this happen? You buy a dozen beautiful, rainbow-colored, farm fresh eggs and can’t wait to eat them! You have visions of scrambled eggs, quiches, cakes, and a lovely tray of deviled eggs at the family picnic with those brilliant yellow yolks…NOPE. By the time you peel them, all you have left is the yolk! NOPE. By the time you peel them, all you have left is the yolk! Peeling fresh eggs is always a struggle, but peeling farm fresh, pasture-raised eggs can be a nightmare! Both the … Continue Reading…

How to Help Needy Families with Your Extra Eggs

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As I said on Monday, We have about 15 chickens in the chicken house right now and during peak egg season that amounts to about a dozen eggs a day! As we’ve downsized, marketing our eggs has been less of a priority and we’ve focused on using them up, or giving them away. Our last post talked about ways to save those eggs for your own family’s use. But farm fresh eggs can provide huge nutritional value to families that struggle to put food on the table! This post is about … Continue Reading…

Using Up Extra Eggs With Breakfast Freezer Cooking

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This time of year the chickens really get down to business and each hen start laying about two eggs every three days–not quite one egg a day. Egg laying is related to daylight hours, so longer daylight hours this time of years leads to the start of the spring egg glut. {smile} With 15 chickens in our chicken house right now, we get about a dozen eggs a day! Yes, we do sell eggs. But as we’ve downsized the farm, we have reduced our marketing time and focused more on self-reliance. … Continue Reading…

Lunch Gear When You Pack Every Day! {School Days Series}

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We’re getting ready to head into yet another school year in just a few weeks, and I know a lot of folks are already in school or full-on back-to-school mode. I’m still sorting and organizing to get us ready right now, and I thought this little {School Days} series might help any busy mommas new to the school scene–or frustrated because what they’re doing just isn’t working. In addition to managing clothes, chores, homework, and school supplies, there’s this whole time slot of our daily life that revolves around lunches. Yep, lunches. … Continue Reading…

We Had a Birthday!

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Mr. Fix-It doesn’t get off work very often. It’s the nature of working for a family-owned small business. The benefits are not the same as what I take for granted. He doesn’t have much paid leave, and what he does have, he tries to save for holidays or traveling to see family. So when I decided to take the first couple days of summer break off with the kiddos earlier this week, I was tickled that he up and decided to schedule a day off to spend with us. And … Continue Reading…

Everything Food Prep {Blog Hop} — Some Tips for the Super-Busy Momma

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WOW, we’ve been kinda busy around here. (Isn’t that always the case?) So I haven’t done a good job with previewing the Everything Food Prep {BLOG HOP} this month, but yes, we’re back again with another Mom-Tested, Family-Approved BLOG HOP and we sure hope you’ll join us by linking up one, or two, or more of your great posts about all things food prep, canning and preserving, bulk buying and cooking, freezer cooking and other stuff that I’m totally trying to learn from all you organized and kitchen-savvy ladies! Here … Continue Reading…

Simple Tips for Sucess in the Family Garden

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If you’re a regular reader, you know that we do a big family garden every year. And it’s not always been my favorite part of the homestead. Probably because it’s a lot more work than folks like to make it sound and we’re already really, really busy! Don’t get me wrong–it’s totally worth it! (Hello, we do it every year!) But it definitely takes time and sweat. Mr. Fix-It and the crew have just kept plugging away year after year and each year it gets better and better and this … Continue Reading…

Candy Cane Hot Chocolate Stir Sticks

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So we all love Pinterest, right? I mean, the brilliant, beautiful ideas floating around out there are just overwhelming!  I shared a bunch of fun stuff yesterday. But the problem, of course, is that you spend all your time pinning great ideas and never do any of them! I used to spend hours doing the same thing with the Stampin’ Up! catalog–drooling over the goodies and the beautiful projects instead of putting the book down and getting to work. What’s that cute ecard? “Thank you Pinterest for making me feel … Continue Reading…

Canning Peach Butter

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Well, I took an unexpected blogging holiday! {smile} I got so wrapped up in enjoying the long weekend with the family I just didn’t even think to get on the computer. I did snap some pictures though. They all turned out a little…interesting…since it was rainy and foggy for a good part of our three days. One of the things on my TO-DO list for the long weekend was a couple of canning recipes I had been saving on Pinterest. I’ve done quite a bit of freezing, but I’ve never … Continue Reading…

5 Days of Organizing Back to School…Food and Meal Planning

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This week is our first week back to school and I’m joining 21 other bloggers in a 5 Days of Organizing and Cleaning series, so for the next couple days I’ll be talking about organizing for the school year. Monday: It Starts at Home Tuesday: Supplies and Gear Wednesday: Food and Meal Planning Thursday: Simple Wardrobes Friday: Fresh Routines and Learning Lifestyles. There will also be some sweet GIVEAWAYS throughout the week–so be sure to check out the links at the end of my posts each day! (Hint, Hint…there’s cash!) … Continue Reading…

5 Days of Organizing Back to School…Supplies and Gear

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This week is actually back to school week for us (yesterday was our first day of school–my eyes are still red and swollen!) and I’m joining 21 other bloggers in a 5 Days of Organizing and Cleaning series, so for the next couple days I’ll be talking about organizing for the school year. Monday: It Starts at Home Tuesday: Supplies and Gear Wednesday: Food and Meal Planning Thursday: Simple Wardrobes Friday: Fresh Routines and Learning Lifestyles. There will also be some sweet GIVEAWAYS throughout the week–so be sure to check … Continue Reading…

Summer Snack Attack!

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If there’s one thing that gets my crew excited, it’s snack time! We’re big fans of whole fruits and veggies too, and all those natural juices are just the ticket for rehydrating busy little bodies in the hot summer weather. I’ve already shared ideas for homemade popsicles to offer your kids a healthier alternative to an old-fashion favorite when that summer snack attack hits. Today I’m over at Our Good Life with some more quick and easy ideas for giving those fresh fruits and veggies a little more appeal–and they … Continue Reading…