Food Storage & Preservation

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2014’s Most Rockin’ Posts

2014’s Most Rockin’ Posts

As we approach the closing of yet another year, I debated on whether or not I should get all deep and introspective on you, my dear readers...you know, go into all of the changes we've seen over the past year...talk about the challenges we faced...the goals that were crossed off the all mighty To-Do list and those that will be…
December 28, 2014
Dehydrating Old Apples

Dehydrating Old Apples

Ever have grand plans that fall through when real life gets in the way? Yeah, it's a thing! After all of the harvesting was done from our young apple trees on the urban farm, I was sure I'd get busy with baking everything-apple-under-the-sun! I started off with a bang with some Apple Coffee Cake and a couple of batches of…
November 23, 2014
An Organized Pantry

An Organized Pantry

...is a happy pantry. Or, at the very least, it makes for a couple of happy ladies who need to use said pantry every.single.day. Now, I will spare you the before pictures here because 1) no one needs to see that and 2) I forgot to take them (I know, bad blogger). See, cleaning the pantry was actually not on…
August 8, 2014
Excess Eggs? Freeze ’em Up!

Excess Eggs? Freeze ’em Up!

At the height of summer, when the chickens are laying well and providing an abundance of eggs, I often find that we have way too many eggs hanging around waiting to be eaten. Now, we have friends and family who will take a dozen here and there, and we have one friend who purchases a few dozen every few weeks,…
July 10, 2014
Master Tonic / Fire Cider Pulp Uses

Master Tonic / Fire Cider Pulp Uses

So you made your Master Tonic (or Fire Cider, as it's also called) on the New Moon and are straining it with the Full Moon, but what on Earth will you do with all of that leftover pulp?! I'll tell you, when I strained our first batch a couple of months ago, I was determined to not waste a bit…
March 15, 2014
Three Ways to Store Roasted Hatch Chile

Three Ways to Store Roasted Hatch Chile

Hatch Chile is a staple here in New Mexico.  We buy it in bulk in September from grocery stores or pop up vendors in parking lots throughout our cities and counties, pay a little extra to have it roasted on the spot, cart home our steaming hot plastic bags full of chile, spend hours and hours prepping it and then…
September 20, 2013