Have you ever purchased lettuce from the grocery store, only to have it go bad in your fridge before you had a chance to use it? Leafy greens like lettuce don’t keep for long, especially if they’re jostled around during transportation. Thankfully, lettuce is easy to grow in your garden, whether you have a full…
There are many different types of potatoes. Learn about early season (or earlies), maincrop, determinate and indeterminate potatoes. (or is that a myth??) 🙂 Early Season and Main Crop Potatoes. There are probably a hundred different types of potatoes with many names. They come in all flavors, shapes, and sizes. From fingerlings that…
My friend Laurie at Common Sense Homesteading sent me one of her bread books to review I already make some of our bread, and I STILL learned some new things and found some new recipes to try. Thumbs up on this one! Never Buy Bread Again by Laurie Neverman. Things I love about Never Buy Bread Again…
Cooking can get complicated. Let’s keep it simple with these homemade recipes. Stuffed Acorn Squash Recipe Oven roasted with sausage and an Italian style sauce. A homemade leftover inspired stuffed acorn squash recipe. Roasted and stuffed with sausage and an Italian style sauce. How to cook acorn squash recipe. Healthy, simple recipe. No fuss baked…
This beef ribs recipe gives you a fall-off the bone tender meat dish. Combine that with the ease of the slow cooker and it is a winner in my book. Because remember… it doesn’t have to be hard! I have a Chuck Country Style Boneless Beef Ribs today according to the label. But this beef…
I had both my pressure canner AND my pressure cooker going on my stove yesterday. I was busy all morning canning soup and squash. Butternut Squash Apple Soup Recipe I took that squash plopped it in my pressure COOKER. (you could also use your instant pot if you have one) I added a peeled chopped…
Learn how to cook acorn squash. This squash can then be eaten with brown sugar or butter and salt… or used in other recipes. My husband grew up with a huge garden where they grew foods like squash. My family was a little different. I don’t remember ever eating squash. Maybe we did but if…
A homemade leftover inspired stuffed acorn squash recipe. Roasted and stuffed with sausage and an Italian style sauce. Do you ever wonder just what to do with leftovers…. I love creating new things from little bits of this and that from previous meals. This day I combined some leftovers I had in my fridge with…