June 16, 2010 - Enchiladas On My Mind
Looking in the fridge, I had some leftover beans, some shredded pork, some cheese – and I started dreaming of Enchiladas. Good enchiladas! Everyone seems to have their own way of making enchiladas. Until just a short while ago, my enchiladas were a bag of frozen burritos from the store with a can of enchilada...
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June 15, 2010 - Wonderful, Wonderful Salsa
I used to spend a nice little chunk of change on a brand name of salsa that we particularly loved. As a canner, I knew that I could can my own salsa, but every attempt, every recipe, just fell far short of the flavor we loved and expected. Four or five years ago I ran...
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June 14, 2010 - Cameras in the Kitchen
Cameras in the kitchen. Kind of a weird topic, but I must say, it has helped me more than I would think. My memory is getting full (yup, brain limitations) and some things are getting bumped for other things, and dang, I need them all to stay! This interest started when a little older gentleman,...
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June 10, 2010 - Taking Pictures of Food
Old-Fashioned Strawberry Pie. Food photography is both a satisfying—and frustrating—endeavor for many people. It should be easy. After all, the food doesn’t move, unlike people and animals, and yet it doesn’t automatically come across on camera the way you see it in front of you. It’s a challenge worth facing: Cooking is like doing the...
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June 9, 2010 - The Magic of the Steam Juicer
I ‘did my time’ many years back on the juice-to-make-grape-jelly process. Wash, stew, dump hot messy fruit in a jelly bag, wait …drip…wait. THEN start the jelly making. Whew! Fast forward 10 years and a co-worker has tons of Concord grapes. A friend is dying to make them into jelly. Oh, please, oh please will...
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June 8, 2010 - Savoring Snow Peas
It’s still snow pea season here at our Missouri farm, though barely. With afternoon temperatures reaching the low 90s, our stand of Blizzard snow peas probably won’t last much longer. If the heat doesn’t get them, the powdery mildew soon will. We’ve been picking after the dew dries and carefully avoiding the areas where the...
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June 7, 2010 - The Strainer of the Gods
I’m in love with a KitchenAid strainer. I’m guessing not many people are in love with a kitchen appliance, but since I borrowed one from a friend several years ago, well, it has become a vital NEED. My husband heard how I needed one many times, and finally I found one on sale. She (yes,...
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June 3, 2010 - A Canner’s Confession
Hi, my name is Kelly and I’m a canning addict. I get an adrenaline rush when I hear lids pinging. My pupils dilate when I find a stash of canning jars at a yard sale. My pulse races when I find a bargain on produce. I am no longer in control of my addiction; it...
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June 2, 2010 - Cheesecake on a Cracker
I was absolutely taken with this recipe as soon as I saw it. Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Ball. I love cream cheese. I love chocolate. I love cheese balls and the notion of a sweet cheese ball had never occurred to me before. I love fresh, unusual ways to put together delicious ingredients. To top...
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June 1, 2010 - Amish Friendship Bread
Think you can’t make Amish Friendship Bread without waiting to be given a starter? You can! But don’t tell. It’s a secret recipe you know! It says so right on the paper that you pass on to your friends with the starter! Or is it?? When I was asked to guest post, I started racking...
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May 31, 2010 - An Urban Farmer
“Never will I marry a farmer. Never.” I thought those words so many times as I watched my parents struggle to feed seven children and fight the weather year in and year out. Rain when it was needing to be dry. Dry when moisture was desperately needed. I spent hours chasing cattle, feeding calves, helping...
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May 27, 2010 - The Drinking Gourd
My Roane County-born Grandmother kept things — things that didn’t make sense to me as a child. A silver spoon, wire threaded with stacks of fancy buttons, a gourd with a hole cut in it’s side and a loop of twine sticking out the stem end, and more. Dad and Grandma in 1934. As I...
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May 26, 2010 - Homemade Ranch Dressing Mix
I’ve been thinking about ranch dressing for awhile. Yes, I actually think about dressing. Don’t you?????? Please tell me that you do. Ranch is our favorite dressing here, but those mixes in the store just don’t appeal to me, so I was happy to find one posted here by CindyP and had to try it...
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May 25, 2010 - Sweet, Sweet Cornbread
I love cornbread. In fact, everyone here loves cornbread. What’s not to love? Cornbread is so easy to make. I don’t even bother with those ‘just add water’ mixes. However, there is something you must have to make delicious cornbread–a cast iron skillet. You will just have to trust me here and take a leap...
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May 24, 2010 - A Passion for Tomatoes
As I sit in the corner of the front room, working on my computer, the corner of my eye catches the blackbirds attacking the squirrels running on the fencetop. The birds actually knock them off a few times–must definitely be a nest with babies close to the squirrels’ path. At least two different kinds of...
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May 20, 2010 - Spaghetti Pie
Suzanne has made me a cheese making junkie! I’ve made Homemade Velveeta, Lactic Cheese, Kefir Cheese, and yesterday, I tried Mozzarella! And I made Ricotta Cheese from the whey left over from the Mozzarella! I wanted to make something different with my homemade goodness. So I searched by ingredient “Mozzarella” and found Spaghetti Pie by...
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May 19, 2010 - Sweet and Sour Pork Chops
I’ve been piling recipes in my recipe box and you guys never fail me! I took some monster pork chops out of the freezer the other day and just didn’t want to do the same old ho-hum thing with them. I went looking through my recipe box and rediscovered this sweet and sour pork chops...
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May 18, 2010 - My New Italian Kitchen
Look what my cousin brought me! A pasta maker, a pasta drying rack, and a ravioli maker–all new–and all for a total of $25 from the local thrift store. I am so excited! The pasta maker is new in the box, never opened. It looks shiny and slightly mysterious. I have no idea how to...
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May 17, 2010 - Can You Cook Hope?
I love recipes and blogs about farms. This may not seem weird to you, but for me, it is because I’m an “indoor girl” who doesn’t like to “rattle the pots and pans.” But my favorite memories are of Grandma Flontsie. She wasn’t a farmer or a fancy cook either. She was born on a...
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May 13, 2010 - An Antique Kitchen Gadget!
Gadue’s Dustless Flour Sifter I found this dustless flour sifter at a little antique/resale shop in Newaygo, Michigan while browsing one day with my friend. I didn’t buy it that day, but she went back a couple weeks later to get it for me. Surprise! I’ve never seen anything like it! I did some research...
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May 12, 2010 - Crock Pot Tamale Pie
In my long–very long!–oven deprivation, I tried out many (many!) new crock pot recipes. This one is hands-down destined to become an all-time dinner favorite here. It’s easy. It can be baked in the oven or a crock pot, and it’s as fast as homemade Hamburger Helper. You can see the original recipe here and...
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May 11, 2010 - Rhubarb!
It’s rhubarb time here in Michigan! Last week, I received A LOT of rhubarb from a new friend I’ve met because of my new life of living simply. I’ve never used rhubarb before, so I sent out a Recipe Request. I received quite a few recipes and now I’m going to start working through them....
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May 10, 2010 - Dark, Chocolaty, and Vegan
As soon as I saw this cake, I knew I had to make it this weekend for Weston’s vegan girlfriend. She comes over almost every Sunday, presenting a weekly challenge to my cooking skills. (Which are currently challenged enough without an oven.) This rich chocolate cake was posted here by NorthCountryGirl. It’s a super-most, rich...
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May 8, 2010 - Thank You!
This cooking community has been a dream of my heart for many months now. I want to thank every single one of you who has been here this week. (If you’re reading this and still haven’t yet, please sign up (it’s free!) and join us!) I am thrilled by how many of you have been...
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May 2, 2010 - Welcome to Farm Bell Recipes!
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