• Meyer Lemon Recipe Extravaganza
    DIY,  Eat

    Meyer Lemon Recipe Extravaganza

    If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you will have seen that I received a very exciting package in the mail last week! It came at the end of a very long day and I was not feeling so hot. We were expecting several packages containing items for Sprout, so when I saw three packages on the doorstep, I…

  • Goat Cheese DIY
    DIY,  Eat,  Goats

    How to Make Basic Goat Cheese

    Goat Cheese is one of those things that I never gave much thought to until we started our goat share last year. Then, with an abundance of milk on hand, there was only so much of it we could drink straight, so much of it went into the freezer to make soap with and the rest was often made into…

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    Chicken Stock – Using the Whole Chicken

    Last July, after much debate and in preparation for the Kitchen Garden & Coop Tour, we culled four of our laying hens.  Culling is never an easy thing for us, but it is part of the agreement we made with each other before we got chickens back in 2010. After culling and cleaning the four, we bagged them up and…

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    Cranberry Pumpkin Muffins

    Alright, with Halloween over, it means that Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and Thanksgiving is, by far, my favorite holiday!  So, I thought I’d share one of my favorite Thanksgiving recipes; Cranberry Pumpkin Muffins! Each Thanksgiving morning, as soon as I wake up, I make Cranberry Pumpkin Muffins.  Not only are they yummy, but I’ve found that if I…

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    Herbed Buttermilk Biscuits

    Herbed Buttermilk Biscuits are my absolute favorite biscuit to make and have become a Thanksgiving tradition because 1) Fish Girl always helps me with the prepping of all the herbs that go into them and 2) Brother could eat every single one I make, and would if I let him.  He LOVES them and that makes me happy. Unfortunately, I…

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    Simple Autumn Harvest Stew

    Last weekend, in trying to figure out something mild* and comforting for us to eat as we hunkered down with Sprout while the winds whipped around outside, I decided to throw a bunch of items in a pot, call it a Harvest Stew, and see how it all turned out!  If you have been around this space for a while,…