Erin’s Super Green Smoothie Mixby Erin Harrison Smoothies are a staple in our home. We have a family cow on a little homestead in Wisconsin, so we are usually swimming in good raw milk. Making homemade dairy products like kefir, yogurt, butter, and cheese with our raw milk is not only a fun family activity, […]
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These are the best pancakes you will ever taste! The first time I made them, I thought they would taste just like any other pancake, but I was wrong. They really get fluffy when you cook them and taste very flavorful. First you need to grind your wheat fresh if you can. If you do
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We enjoyed making homemade crackers today. Molly and Megan gladly helped. They are light and crispy, healthy and very simple. Try this recipe sometime. I took photos along the way so you could see the process. Homemade Wheat Crackers: 1 pound butter or coconut oil melted 2 cups of boiling water Mix together the melted
You have heard the phrase, Going Green, now for quite some time. It has become the latest fad in our current culture for environmentalism. Everyone wants to save the Earth by using less energy, having fewer children, and using biodegradable products. You see this propaganda everywhere you turn, in the grocery stores, on the television, and
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I love making cheddar cheese. It is so relaxing and satisfying to know you are making something useful. It has such a great flavor even fresh! We are planning to age this 4 pound wheel of cheddar cheese for at least 30 days. Aging cheese gives it the texture, flavor and body that is distinct
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One of my friends emailed me an ice cream experiment. These people took two different brands of packaged ice cream in a box and left them out on the counter to melt. The interesting thing was that they DIDN’T melt. There are so many chemicals that are used in this ice cream that it resembles
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What will we do with 56 quarts of pie filling? Make some pies for the husband? I just had to do it. There was a kind man that gave us 10 bushels of apples last fall because there was a really good crop. I stored these apples out in my insulated garage all winter and
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To be able to make your own simple soap it such a great skill to know. Lately, I learned how to make soap from a soap making friend. She taught me some basic principles and I was on my way to making my OWN soap. My husband made a wooden mold for me and I
Canned spaghetti sauce, homemade noodles, homemade mozzarella cheese, homemade ricotta cheese, my canned beef bologna, and a couple farm fresh eggs. WOW! What a combo! I made the mozzarella cheese and from the whey I made the ricotta and it was easy. It took no more than 45 minutes for the cheese making. My canned
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Here is a meal you can make in minutes and with your CANNED GOODS. 1 quart hamburger canned 1 quart spaghetti sauce canned 1 quart of tomatoes canned 1 quart of cooked kidney beans I just throw it all in a stock pot and simmer it with some spices (onion powder, garlic powder, chile