Recent content by Mini Horses

Today....pinto beans & ham. Ham chunk from freezer, beans canned 2022. Yummy& fast.😊

I forage, grow, use...elderberry, comfrey, plantain, dandelion, purslane, beauty berry, mullein & others. 😂 Buy oregano oil. Share with goats, chickens & friends/family.

Today, 4 pints fried apples. Prob do another batch later in week...several apples to do something with!! An apple pie when I feel like coring again 🤷

Woke at 4:30 😵‍💫 told self back to sleep! Snuggled and dozed until 6:30. It chilly in the house. I'm in long johns & jeans! Yes, 63 is chilly!!! Turned a room heater on. Wow -- I'm not enthused about winter. 😩

I've sliced, breaded & cooked some, then frozen. Works for fast eggplant parm. It's a "soft" cooked dish anyway, so texture is about the same.

My roast was very tasty & tender. I'll slice some for hot roast beef sandwiches tonight and rest will be cut for a big pot of beef stew. That'll make several meals, frozen into serving sizes. Home a lot next week so I'll pull out some poultry and make pot pies & stew with dumplings. Winter...

Just had a few days of mid 30 nights! That's full on winter here...a reminder of what's to come. Pretty early for that in this area. I sure don't want earlier & longer winter Coffee & ginger snaps going on 😂

Again, truth in that....we all need to decide for ourselves. None was willy-nilly processing. I don't forage mushrooms because of my concerns (plus most don't wild grow here) but, I would if more trained & located where they grow. Choices 😁

Beautiful roast going on. Almost 5#, bought on sale & further markdown 👏 love the freezer! Lots of good meals, sandwiches & eventually some stew from this one. A couple jars of canned veg will be used, too. Better get a loaf of bread working.

While this is all true, there are choices for jars & lids that offer better quality. Those new to canning may not realize this. They should investigate.

Thanks y'all -- now I need to pull a roast out 🙄 But this mornings 34 temp out & 60 in makes me think an oven meal would be great!!! Heat the house.

Yep -- both grands canned with WB. All they had. It takes longer for some items but worked well apparently as the families lived long lives! 6 & 7 kids survived ... So, some things were "untested" by a named agency. The milk cows gave untainted raw milk, too. The wild game was plentiful 😉

Major undertaking here too. Small freezer but chest type, so issues. However -- I entered my annual "no buy" winter early, so I'm looking & cooking thru it. The pantry is loaded, too. Coffee still plentiful. That & chocolate take extra space, even a buy if necessary!! :old priorities...

Staple guns rarely handle the "staples" needed for heavy fence! But the thought was nice 🙂

Not to mention the fabrics and wallet 😁