the simple life
Yard Farmer
I have to say it feels good to be self sufficient even to a small degree. Sometimes you don't really think you are until it just hits you. Yesterday we had some family friends over. I had a busy week and was dog tired. I thought what am I suppose to feed these people when I don't want to leave my house to shop.
So, I looked around the kitchen.
I had canned some bruschetta this week. So I decided to bake some homemade bread and use that to serve the bruschetta.
Also had a gallon of milk and the ingredients on hand to make my own mozzarella cheese. It takes only a half hour to make.
Sliced it up, topped it with tomatoes and went out to the garden and picked some lettuce to go underneath it and cut some basil to go on top. Had olive oil on hand to drizzle on it.
There were the appetizers.
Looked in the freezer and had some meat in there so I pulled that out.
Had also canned some roasted red pepper/tomato spread this week so there was sauce for the meat or you could use it on the bread.
There was dinner.
Also had some icecream so I pulled out a jar of spiced blueberry preserves from the cupboard that I had just canned.There was the topping and that makes dessert.
This is not huge self sufficient living by any means, but it sure beats having to completely rely on the commercial outlets and it made my life easier.
Everyone loved all of the food and the best part is it was so easy. You know how you run yourself ragged shopping, prepping and cooking for dinner guests (at least I do) and it takes some of the enjoyment out of it. This made me feel good to know that I can grow and can my own food to contribute towards feeding my family.
I look forward to being able to do even more, I got the chickens, and hoping to get honey bees next year.
So, I looked around the kitchen.
I had canned some bruschetta this week. So I decided to bake some homemade bread and use that to serve the bruschetta.
Also had a gallon of milk and the ingredients on hand to make my own mozzarella cheese. It takes only a half hour to make.
Sliced it up, topped it with tomatoes and went out to the garden and picked some lettuce to go underneath it and cut some basil to go on top. Had olive oil on hand to drizzle on it.
There were the appetizers.
Looked in the freezer and had some meat in there so I pulled that out.
Had also canned some roasted red pepper/tomato spread this week so there was sauce for the meat or you could use it on the bread.
There was dinner.
Also had some icecream so I pulled out a jar of spiced blueberry preserves from the cupboard that I had just canned.There was the topping and that makes dessert.
This is not huge self sufficient living by any means, but it sure beats having to completely rely on the commercial outlets and it made my life easier.
Everyone loved all of the food and the best part is it was so easy. You know how you run yourself ragged shopping, prepping and cooking for dinner guests (at least I do) and it takes some of the enjoyment out of it. This made me feel good to know that I can grow and can my own food to contribute towards feeding my family.
I look forward to being able to do even more, I got the chickens, and hoping to get honey bees next year.