Posted in From my kitchen, Homemaking on Nov 17th, 2011
This post originally published in October 2009. I’m baking a raspberry batch for homeschool co-op and a peach butter batch for the neighborhood kids/my kids today. I make this recipe several times a month, even for breakfast, and the recipe is frequently requested, so I thought it was worth republishing.
PLEASE NOTE – I no [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, From my kitchen, Homemaking on Nov 16th, 2011
I let the kids sleep in, and worked on tidying up a bit since the neighbor boys are coming over this morning for a play date (Bend-a-roos and Playmobils and sofa-cushion forts are on the agenda, according to the girls). Chickens and ducks were let out and fed a breakfast of mashed, roasted pumpkin, scratch [...]
Posted in Building Community, From my kitchen on Nov 6th, 2011
A quick update after Sunday afternoon chores are done. Spinach-parmesan puffs (above) are cooling, a pot of 3-bean soup is simmering on the stove…looking forward to bringing them to our Sunday night homegroup in a bit, where we share a meal and fellowship with friends, and dig in to our new book together.
And day by [...]
Posted in From my kitchen on Nov 2nd, 2011
(This post originally published in Oct 2008, but we’re making a batch again this morning!)
My favorite fall snack as a child – roasted pumpkin seeds. Growing up, we only got this once a year, when we carved pumpkins at Halloween. Now that I am the keeper of my own home, I cook pumpkin many many times in [...]
Posted in Crafting, From my kitchen, Homemaking, Learning, Mamas Who Inspire, Moderation and Economy on Oct 27th, 2011
…reading a few chapters in Ann Voskamp’s book before the children were up…
…enjoying granola in the breakfast nook after morning chores, watching chickens, ducks mucking happily around the yard (Cran-Walnut Granola recipe at the bottom)
…quilting for a neighbor’s baby, due in 2 weeks, while the children had breakfast.
A welcome reprieve before tackling the general chaos [...]
Posted in From my kitchen on Nov 29th, 2010
I hope you had a peaceful and restful Thanksgiving. We had a very nice time, with my mother-in-law hosting for all the extended family. I was relieved to not have to make the turkey, since I didn’t think I could handle the smell of roasting turkey filling the house for hours and hours, but the [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, From my kitchen, Locally grown, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Aug 25th, 2010
The tomatoes are starting to ripen! Can’t wait to take them in to BCS on Friday!! Families have been asking for the last month when we’d have fresh, ripe tomatoes.
90 percent of the tomatoes are still green, including many gigantic beefsteaks, like this Brandywine (look at that sucker in my hand! HUGE!). If you’ve got [...]
Posted in From my kitchen, Locally grown on Aug 12th, 2010
Ah, summer dinners in the backyard…
Here’s one of my favorite summer dessert recipes – we’ve been making a lot lately, with whatever fruit we have on hand:
Larksong’s Farm Stand Fruit Pie
For the filling:
5 peaches, peeled and sliced or 10-12 apricots sliced
4 big handfuls of raspberries, blueberries, or blackberries
2 Tbsp cornstarch
1/2 cup white sugar
For the crust:
1 [...]
Posted in From my kitchen, Moderation and Economy, Playing/ Free Exploration on Jul 28th, 2010
Just a quick post to share the recipe for my favorite childhood snack.
We were given 40 lbs of honey (albeit, crystallized, so I’ve had to de-crystallize it in batches), so I’ve been trying to come up with ways to use it in my cooking. We’ve made several batches of jam, substituting honey for a portion [...]
Posted in From my kitchen, Learning, Locally grown, Uncategorized on Jul 20th, 2010
Little Hen’s new favorite jam: Black Currant!
I’ve always loved a little Cassis in my hot tea in the winter, but this is the first year we’ve tried jam made from these relatives of the gooseberry, which have a distinctive, smoky/ musky flavor.
Black currants are full of pectin, so they are perfect for jam – all [...]