by No Ordinary Homestead | Nov 13, 2008 | Entertaining, Food, Thanksgiving
Last year, I tried something new: brining a turkey. It’s a simple process, where you let the bird soak for 24-48 hours in a bath of spices. It will leave your turkey so moist and tender, it may end up completely falling off the bone when you go to carve it. The...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Nov 4, 2008 | Featured, Food
I’ve been wanting to try a recipe from one of my favorite foodie blogs, Homesick Texan, for a while now but just been putting it off. It turns out that this recipe is incredibly easy and tastes fantastic. It’s sort of like a Mexican lasagna, using tortillas instead of...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Oct 7, 2008 | Featured, Food
Last night I made Turkey Tetrazzini. I have wanted to try this recipe for a long while and it’s always reminded me of my mom’s tuna casserole which I loved growing up. I doubled this recipe because I had twice as much turkey as I needed…and ended up with 3 small...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Oct 3, 2008 | Featured, Food
I never would have imagined that this recipe would turn out so well. I was pretty skeptical when I read it but it got great reviews on AllRecipes.com, and so far that site has never let me down. It was very flavorful and smelled incredible while cooking. The balsamic...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Sep 1, 2008 | Featured, Food
Last night we made pizza again, this time with rosemary and zucchini. It seemed like a strange combo but I saw a recipe for it online and we still have plenty of zucchini so we gave it a go. It was fantastic! I’m even thinking about making it again tonight. The...