Recipe: Aunt Bea’s Baked Beans

Any time I start writing about a recipe, I convince myself I need to keep it short and to the point. I hate scrolling through pages of a back story to get to the recipe. I will be brief with this. Aunt Bea was my mom’s aunt, and she passed away in 2004. I don’t

Recipe: Making Fermented Sauerkraut

We are participants in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Last week, we spent a few hours in the Albion Food Hub making some sauerkraut for ourselves, and to swap with friends. Fifty three

Recipe: Easy Sweet Fridge Pickles

When we decided to skip the garden entirely this year, we knew we would need to acquire veggies from other farms to preserve for ourselves. Last weekend, we picked up a basket of pickling cucumbers from our friends at Willow Garden. We have been buy vegetables from Jason and Seraina since before we bought the

Recipe: Apocalypse Pierogy Reverse Hash

Being that we have been casually referring to our current existence as The Apocalypse, we have started calling almost everything we do “The Apocalypse _____”. So now we have Apocalypse Beers instead of beers, we watch Apocalypse TV, as opposed to just watching boring TV. This doesn’t change when it comes to our food. But

Recipe: Home Made Chili Powder

Picture this: A chilly winter afternoon, I decided to make a batch of turkey chili, with some of our delicious pasture raised turkey that we ground and froze. I get half the ingredients into the dutch oven, grab the container of chili powder, and it’s empty. SERIOUSLY? You can’t have chili without chili powder!!! What

New Product Alert: Bone Broth Bundles!

November weather can be so gloomy, and is almost always so cold. We love keeping the house nice and warm by cooking foods that require long periods of time on the stove or in the oven. One of our favorites is making broth, and then turning that broth into soup. We recently had a few

Recipe: Smoked Butternut Squash, Apple and Pork Soup

This past weekend on Instagram, we hinted at a recipe coming to the blog soon. Finally, I am getting a chance to sit down and actually write it out. This isn’t so much a “recipe” as it is an idea. I don’t usually measure when I cook, instead going with the “I can always add

Recipe: Easy Asian Chicken Tacos with Cabbage Slaw

Earlier this month, we did a special farm event with our friends at Green Gardens Community Farm. We had several people ask for the recipes, so here is one of them! And I won’t give you a novel before I tell you how to make it. Asian chicken tacos with cabbage slaw are quick and