Graham's getting creative in his kitchen again, this time coming up with another great chicken dinner. If you like lemon you will love this - the flavour adds a fantastic zing! Here's his Mediterranean Lemon Chicken recipe. We really enjoy using our homegrown chickens for this recipe. The taste is fantastic and we like knowing what goes into our food. We also change up the type of our homegrown … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Preserve and Store Food
Whether you grow your own vegetables or take advantage of farmers markets, you need a way to preserve and store that food for several months. Stocking up in September & October, when the harvest is plentiful is a great way to do it. Prices are lower and there are a lot of choice veggies available. Below, I've linked up some of our best posts on preserving food, take a look! Here … [Read more...]
Drying Lovage and other Herbs
We have perennial herbs growing in the garden, so every year we get to enjoy harvests. We use them fresh in cooking, but we also dry the herbs to use in the winter. Here's my method for drying herbs for use all year long. Drying Herbs: This is lovage. It tastes a lot like celery but it's stronger. It's great to use in soups or stews. You can see it … [Read more...]
Making Salsa
Who doesn't love homemade Salsa? We often have a pre dinner snack of salsa and tortilla chips, usually with a cold mug of home brewed beer. Here is an awesome Salsa recipe for you to try and I'll show you how I go about making salsa. Awesome salsa! Make a small batch to eat fresh or make a large enough batch to can some up to enjoy come Winter. The canning instructions are included … [Read more...]
How to Make Dandelion Jelly – Recipe
I've always wanted to try making some Dandelion Jelly - and this year, I did. It's quite easy to make and doesn't take a long time to put up a batch. Sweet and delicious - now I have 8 jars in my pantry for us to enjoy all year around. Here's how to make Dandelion Jelly for your family; great for gifts too! How to Make Dandelion Jelly Note: One batch will make about 4 or 5 half pint … [Read more...]
Japanese Chicken
One of our favourite special dinners is when we make Japanese Chicken. It's zingy and just dang delicious. If I have a lot of chicken pieces, I just double the sauce recipe. The secret with this dish is to be sure to baste it several times. Since we raise meat birds, we often use our homegrown chicken for this meal. (There's a recipe card at the bottom of this post if you want to print it … [Read more...]
Raspberry Vinegar with Honey
Thanks so much to Annie for allowing me to do a guest post on her blog! I'm happy to be here and share the good things in life with her readers! Raspberries have been a favorite since childhood. Even as a little girl, I knew that when I had my own home, raspberries would be at the top of the list. Not only are the fruits delicious, but they grow well even in cold climates, which is a … [Read more...]
Getting Ready for Christmas
The holiday time is here again - it's almost Christmas! The house smells wonderful, the tree is decorated and some of the gifts are wrapped. Our favourite Christmas music plays as we go about our days. Every home has its favourites when it comes to Christmas baking. Here are just a few of our favourites that we like to make every year: Because it's great … [Read more...]
How to Preserve Garlic in Oil
After harvesting over 8000 (!) bulbs of delicious Garlic this year, we are taking a well deserved break for a little while. We decided to take a trip to Southern California again - it is the reward for pulling all those Garlic Scapes, weeding all those Garlic rows, harvesting all those Garlic bulbs, cleaning boxes and boxes of Garlic, selling boxes and boxes....well, you get the … [Read more...]
