If you are not someone that has their own goats and chickens, then you will probably find that you have a lot of apple cores and peels left after making applesauce. And even if you do have farm animals that will happily devour the leftover scraps, you still might find that you have too many for them to handle. Apple leftovers are highly perishable, and when you’re making your way through 100+ pounds of apples, it leaves you with a…
Remember a few weeks ago we went apple picking and brought home over a hundred pounds of apples? Last week we went back and picked another 60! We now have enough applesauce to have it with dinner twice a week from now until March, and fillings for 14 apple pies. We love pies, but I don’t love how labor intensive they are. So this year we decided to mass produce crusts and pie fillings. We prefer the taste and texture…
One of the biggest conundrums we’ve run into in our quest for healthier eating has been snacks. While the boys all love fruit, it isn’t always filling enough to keep them going. (Not much protein or fat in an apple!) They enjoy peanut butter with apples or bananas, but the biggest snack time crowd pleaser has always been yogurt. Last year we started buying tubs of full-fat, plain greek yogurt to mix with regular low fat yogurts, in an effort…
We were able to make homemade butter this past week! While we were away at the beginning of the month we had a goat-sitter milking for us. We returned home to several gallons of milk and decided it was time to test out our cream separator. The separator has been sitting in its box for months now because it takes a couple of gallons to get enough cream to make the process worth it. With a house full of boys, we…
Blueberries are finally in season! Our blueberry bushes are still too young to have a ton of fruit, but we also came across a patch of wild blueberries in the woods. There wasn’t a huge amount there either, but enough for everyone to have a few handfuls. Steve used to think that I was nuts (and I think he even was a little embarrassed) when I’d stop on walks to grab a handful of blackcaps or blueberries from bushes off…