OK, so I now have this fabulously large kitchen. I have a pantry full of home-canned goods and I am slap in the middle of winter. This is part of last year’s canning exploits. Some has been eaten, some is elsewhere. Not too shabby for a half-season garden! Well, winter down here, although cold this… Read More
We have twelve little goats at Blue Silo Farm that are hoping for a little something extra at Christmas–maybe a special cookie. I found this recipe at Hobby Farms and it sounds like something they would really like to eat. For their Christmas list, in the addition to the cookies, the goats wanted electric blankets… Read More
Today inspiration came in the form of bread. I am now living in a town that has a Great Harvest bakery and I must use restraint, needless to say I have a frequent flyer card with them. I LOVE their variety called Cinna Burst, especially made into french toast…..mmmmm…. We also stocked up on some… Read More
One of my very favorite cold weather meals is grilled cheese and tomato soup. I know that the easy way to make grilled cheese would just be to slap a couple squares of American cheese on some bread and grill, but several years ago I found this recipe for Ultimate Grilled Cheese and have never… Read More
I LOVE PICKLES !!! But not the sweets….at least not any sweets I’ve bought. I love dill. Kosher Dill. Kosher Dill with Garlic. Dill. I really want to like sweets, after all they’re sweet! Then Pete found this perfect mix of a sweet pickle and my beloved dill pickle and shared it with us on… Read More
First you weigh it to find out exactly how giant it is. Then you continue to scratch your head wondering just how that 4 pound 11-5/8 ounce thing managed to hide itself this long! Then you start looking through all the wonderful recipes posted here at Farm Bell Recipes, especially those delicious looking squash recipes… Read More
any MSG free recipes and substitutes for bouillon used to make my own, as the homemade recipes all contain flavored granules or bouillon which contain MSG
My MIL made the only thing I actually liked using the old fashioned citron fruit mix – a very soft cookie. Not a bar, just a regular cookie. Not particularly spicy, and more sponge cake like than a normal cookie. For some reason, the citron tasted good in this particular cookie. Other than in this... Read More
When I was a kid, my aunt used to can crab apples that I loved. Never thought to ask her for the recipe when she was alive, but a friend has a crab apple tree so loaded with crab apples, that some of the branches are touching the ground. When she told me that I... Read More