I had some time off following Anna’s arrival, and we’ve been taking things a bit slower as she becomes more acclimated to us. It’s amazing what you take notice of when you’re not quite so rushed. Here’s a few things that have come clear here on the homestead as of late: If A Chicken Can Fit, So Can A Goat It’s Autumn, which means that the doe goats are coming into heat and our resident buck Johnny is in rut….
We recently became the proud owners of 7 bushels of tomatoes and 2 bushels of peppers. They weren’t grown by us, they were seconds given to us by a woman we know who works for a farm. Needless to say, we’ve been making a lot of sauce. I found this recipe and I highly recommend it! While working our way through the many pounds of tomatoes, Steve suggested altering the recipe a bit to get a Roasted Tomato Soup. I…
About a year ago, I bought the cookbook “Twelve Month of Monastery Soups” secondhand in one of my homeschooling groups on facebook. It seemed like a good idea because (a) monks eat healthy food (b) monks eat inexpensive food (c) monks make food that is simple and easy and (d) we are always looking for inspiration on food that is healthy, simple and inexpensive. Naturally, it sat on a shelf for about 10 months. It probably would have been fated…
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…