From Garden Abundance to God’s Provision 🪴 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. – James 1:17 If you’ve ever had a mulberry tree, you know the blessing (and chaos) of its harvest. For a few weeks each…
Category: Food
Fantastic Refried Beans Made From Scratch
Today I made my own refried beans for the first time. It was a mediocre success. I added a few too many seasonings into my bean mixture, but overall, the consistency was pretty good. I did figure out that I prefer to put them in a blender or food processor to make them smooth, rather…
Promising Vegetable And Chicken Stock Made From Scrapes
Do you make your own chicken or vegetable stock? I have been saving the carcasses and skin of rotisserie chickens, as well as vegetable discards, and freezing them for a while. I did a large grocery shopping trip this weekend and needed some extra freezer space. So, I pulled out the chicken and veggies and…
Selected Ingredients That Are Home Grown Or Locally Sourced
Are you ready to put all that hard work good use and enjoy home grown ingredients? Now that winter is in full force here, with its cold blistery days occasionally mixed in with what we now consider warm 40° days. It is soup season. One of my favorite things to enjoy during the cold months…
Pineapple Jalapeños Jam Sweet With A BIG Kick
My winter break is here so it’s time to try something new! We were once gifted pineapple jalapeño jam and really enjoyed it. When pineapple went on sale I decided it was time to try and make my own. I had jalapeños in the freezer from this summer ready to be used. Our jalapeño plants…
The Truth About Canning – Hard Work But Worth It
We have been canning for six weekends straight, dedicating most of our time to this task. Although it feels like we may never finish at times, we are grateful for the opportunity to preserve food for our family. It requires hard work, dedication, and perseverance, but the reward is priceless. Our children are learning the…
Canning Jalapenos (not pickled)
It was difficult to find a recipe for canning jalapenos that are not pickled. In the end I chose to can them using the same method as canning other … Canning Jalapenos (not pickled) Sharing from the blog: https://nysiashomestead.wordpress.com/2016/10/02/canning-jalapenos-not-pickled/
Coming in HOT with New Jalapeños
The plants are loaded jalapeños, and I can’t wait to make jalapeño poppers, strawberry jalapeño jam, and cowboy candy. It all happens at once, doesn’t it? The plants are very ready all of a sudden and need attention now. Our garden and those that have been generous enough to share with us just exploded with…
Love County Fair Perfect Tomatoes
This year our tomatoes have been fantastic! They are BIG beautiful, and I wish I would have entered them into the county fair! We are a big county fair community! Next year we are going to get our kids enrolled in 4H. It’s strange as we grow older how our perspective changes on things. If…
How to choose to water bath or pressure cooker?
This is a new start to our lives as we are learning to pressure cook and using water bath. Firstly, we love learning and knowing that we are providing for our family. We love getting to try new recipes and sharing them with our family and friends. It has been exhausting getting everything accomplished, but…