I decided to use up more carrots (about 12 pounds) to can some using the method in my Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving. I'm runnin...

I used about three pounds of Michigan carrots to do up some carrot baby food for Carson this morning. I first washed, peeled, and rinsed th...

Horrocks had pork sirloin roasts on sale this week, so I changed my meal plans and picked one up to have for dinner on Tuesday. I got thi...

Last week I canned another huge batch of unsweetened applesauce. I still have some apples in the breezeway that I have to use to can a batc...

Last night I tried one of Ingrid Hoffmann's recipes for baked costa rican tilapia with rice, black beans, and pineapple . It was pret...

I decided to make a batch of homemade granola this morning. I used my SIL Mary's recipe as a base and made a couple mods. I'm l...

We had a busy weekend filled with family fun. We met up with Kevin's entire immediate family on Saturday afternoon for a trip to a loca...

I tried a new recipe tonight from RecipeZaar for Reese's Peanut Butter Brownies . We're having a Brownie Bake-Off tomorrow at wor...

Tonight I tried out a new Rachael Ray recipe that I had seen in my latest issue of her magazine for Chili Chicken and Veggie Soup . Defin...

I canned my first batch of apple butter this afternoon. I used the recipe for Sweet Apple Cider Butter in my Ball Complete Book of Home P...

It was a productive weekend in the kitchen as the harvest season is slowly coming to an end. As you can see from my previous posts this wee...

Tonight I made up a batch of kabocha squash baby food for Carson. I just cut the squash into quarters and put it in the steamer for about...

Yesterday, I did up a small batch of pear sauce for Carson. I made it just like applesauce. I used eight large Bartlett pears, peeled th...

So I finally am going to cut back on buying commercially produced baby food. I've been buying Gerber Organic foods for Carson since h...

Last night I made another recipe from A Year of Crockpotting for Vegetarian Curry , only I added chicken to mine so I'm calling it chi...

On Friday, I canned a second batch of tomato sauce and I'll be doing a third batch this afternoon/evening. That will use up the tomatoe...

Last night I made coq au vin in the crockpot. I used the recipe from A Year of Crockpotting. I thought it was very good. Kevin didn...

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Last night we had an enchilada bake for dinner. Kevin's sister, Julie, made this for us as a freezer meal after Carson was born. It ...

Today I made some crockpot cheeseburger soup from A Year of Crockpotting. I had some Velveeta cheese that I needed to use up, so I decid...

Kevin, Carson and I made a trip to the Swartz Creek farmer's market this afternoon. I picked up two quarts white potatoes, one bunch ca...

This afternoon, I canned a small batch of applesauce. I only used up about half of the apples I bought at Spicer's last weekend, so I...

On Thursday this week, I made a roasted chicken in the crockpot for dinner. After we'd eaten, I removed all the meat from the bones,...

I've been following the recent farm-to-school bills that have been circulating in the State legislature. Since having Carson, I've ...

Considering how busy we were this weekend, it was a rather productive weekend for me in the kitchen. On Saturday, we took a trip to an orch...

This morning I got up early and canned a batch of raspberry jam. I picked up a few quarts of fall red raspberries at the Davison farmer...

This past Thursday there was a big one-day-only farmer's market at the State Capitol. All Michigan vendors, all Michigan-grown produc...

Just for fun and b/c I have a little time to kill right now... Here’s what I want you to do: 1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, in...

Tonight I made a crockpot recipe. I haven't used the crockpot much lately and I've missed it! The crockpot makes having a good dinn...

Well I didn't end up doing any preservation this weekend. Things came up with the family yesterday (when I was going to make a batch of...

This past weekend was a busy, yet productive one. We did drive by the Swartz Creek farmers market to see if the garlic lady was there, but ...

This afternoon I canned a batch of chopped tomatoes. Just simple tomatoes packed in water. I wanted to use up the tomatoes I'd harve...

This afternoon I canned a batch of pizza sauce using another recipe from my Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving. It was a pretty easy r...

Tonight I used up some of the organic tomatoes I picked up on Monday to make some tomato sauce. I used a combination of Jubilee tomatoes ...

I didn't make it to my normal farmer's markets this weekend with all that was going on for Jaime's wedding, but Carson and I did...

I've been lacking in my veggie gardening duties for the last few weeks. I don't think I've pulled weeds in the veggie garden in ...

Well, my meal plans last week never happened. The only meal we had that I'd planned on were the burgers from the freezer. My mom made ...

Tonight I tried another new recipe from RecipeZaar for a zucchini casserole. Its a great way to use up those veggies from the garden. I...

Kevin and Carson joined me at the Swartz Creek farmer's market again after church this afternoon. We didn't get much, just another ...

I went to the new farmer's market here in Mundy Township (the township in which we live) this morning. It was the first week, as the ...

This afternoon I made up a half-batch of salsa to can. I got the recipe from my Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving. I've made fre...