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Hickory Smoked Pork Shoulder with Sweet-Tangy Barbecue Sauce

by No Ordinary Homestead | Jul 6, 2009 | Entertaining, Featured, Food

Even when living in a foreign country, the Fourth of July is always a special occasion for us. So we fired up our ugly barrel drum smoker and cooked one mean pork shoulder. We made pulled pork sandwiches out of the finished product which turned out fantastic. This...

Staying cool while enjoying the harvest – homemade ice cream with fresh berries

by No Ordinary Homestead | Jul 3, 2009 | Featured, Food, Garden

Homemade ice cream is SO easy to make with an ice cream machine. I don’t know why I don’t make it more often. Maybe it’s the fear of then having to eat it all! 🙂 But seriously, if you use a no-cook recipe for ice cream, throwing the ingredients together and pouring...

Balsamic Chicken with Beer Rice

by No Ordinary Homestead | Jun 22, 2009 | Featured, Food

Ever on the quest for new recipes, I was flipping through my cookbook Southern Living: 30 Years of Our Best Recipes and came up with the following meal: Balsamic marinated chicken with beer rice and sugared carrots. The balsamic chicken browned beautifully while...

Healthy blueberry muffins

by No Ordinary Homestead | Apr 17, 2009 | Breads, Breakfasts, Food

I’ve mentioned the muffin baking craze I’ve been on these past months but I’m always on the look out for recipes that are not loaded with sugar and big chunks of chocolate. Sure they taste awesome but I send them to work in the morning with Stefan and he doesn’t need...

Ultimate comfort food – Chicken & gravy with biscuits

by No Ordinary Homestead | Apr 15, 2009 | Featured, Food, Freezer Meals, Mains

Comfort food. There’s something special about it and everyone has their own special somethings that can just make the darkest days seem bright. We could have used a bit more comfort food around here the last few days. And now that Stefan is finally home again and...