I started out to write a post about all my favorite pumpkin recipes (which would be almost any recipe which contains pumpkin). But I deleted it all. On purpose. The truth is, it’s not really what my food thoughts are focused on. I’m thinking about Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving was my father’s absolute favorite holiday. To him,… Read More
We planted some of our late season crops in our market garden late fall. I had the job of riding the water wheel planter and placing the new plants on the arm of the machine so it could plant them in the ground. Midway through our work, my husband yells from the tractor, “A bowl… Read More
I’m very excited to announce that we’ve opened the Groups function on Farm Bell Recipes now. While we’ve had a Chickens in the Road forum for a couple of years now, what Groups offers is something wholly different. The forum is, for the most part, a structured environment. It’s a fantastic place for question/answer discussion… Read More
Say hello to Donna from Rural Montana! Food interests: Pretty much everything with emphasis on chocolate!! Hobbies: Cooking, reading, being outdoors Q. What are your favorite things to cook? I think my first love is baking cookies and breads, bagels, and pitas. I enjoy making new recipes, with new techniques. I’ll try just about anything… Read More
I spent a lot of time with my mom’s mom. She watched my sister and I when we were really little when my mom worked. Then we saw her every Saturday when my mom would take her grocery shopping, and on Sundays when we would pick her up for church. She always looked pretty and… Read More
Pronounced “tseemt-shtair-nuh” (cinnamon stars), these German Christmas cookies are far too delicious to only eat once a year. My grandmother always made a dozen different kinds of cookies during Advent, and these have always been, hands-down, my FAVORITE. After she passed away, I dug through her recipes and decided to try these. I couldn’t believe… 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