Gluten Free Side Dish Recipe
We like this as a quick side dish and it’s gluten free to boot. It’s similar to those box or bagged pasta side dishes you buy for $1 each at the store. That sounds like a great price, until you… Continue Reading
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What I Will and Won’t Can Again
My Canning Pantry is pretty full right now. I took a quick inventory this morning to help decide what to plant for this year’s big garden. I’m in Florida, so our planting season is really all year around, although it’s… Continue Reading
Homesteading Over 50
As you might have guessed by now, we are in our “Golden Years”. Wayne and I are both over 50 years old and we have already raised our kids. We have grandkids galore, which is so great! And our kids… Continue Reading
Food Vloggers
I have an addiction to food vloggers. Nope, I didn’t misspell the word “blogger”. I love videos of people making food, eating food, and traveling for their food addictions! One of my favorites is Mark Wiens @migrationology. He travels all… Continue Reading
Daily Routine on the Farm
Since our rooster, Jay-Z, woke me up this morning, I thought I’d run down what the daily routine around here looks like. I’m usually up by 6:30 or 7 am, unless one of the roosters decides he must crow right… Continue Reading
Unboxing Penzey’s Spice Order
We love Penzeys Spices. Their prices are good and the quality is excellent. We got an email recently, letting us know that Penzeys was having a sale with free shipping on orders over $20 and a freebie on their HOPE… Continue Reading
Beginner’s Guide to Canning Food
I’ve shared before that I will can almost anything, from meat to veggies to jams and jellies. We eat our home-canned food regularly, but a lot of people are cautious or downright scared of home-canned food. I grew up around… Continue Reading
Frugal Cooking
I’ve posted before about canning food using both a pressure cooker and a water bath canner. Both of these help with keeping the grocery budget down. We reuse leftovers, both as lunches and as recreated meals. One of my favorite… Continue Reading
Preparing for the Unexpected
After Hurricane Irma came through, we needed a boat to assist us in getting home. We have pictures of small fish jumping in the water across our road! Needless to say, we made as few trips “out” as possible. But,… Continue Reading
Sew Your Own Appliance Covers
I like to cover my small appliances with covers. Maybe it’s a Grandma thing, but I guess that’s okay, since I am a Granny! When I was younger, it was easy to find appliance covers, but they were almost always… Continue Reading