by No Ordinary Homestead | Oct 15, 2009 | Featured, Food, Garden, Homesteading Life
Although we didn’t have a huge harvest of pickling cucumbers (or even regular ones) this year, I did still manage to get a couple jars worth of pickles. I have always been a big fan of pickles of all sorts but a spicy, zesty pickle to eat with a hearty...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Aug 13, 2009 | Featured, Food, Garden, Homesteading Life, Mains
When my dad came over from Texas to visit us a few months ago, one of the things we requested that they bring was Louisiana Hot Sauce. We can buy Tabasco here, which we use a lot in cooking, but the flavor of Louisiana Hot Sauce is so much nicer on tacos, eggs and...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Jul 14, 2009 | Featured, Food
The weather was cooler last week; a nice change from the blazing sun we’d been having. So I thawed out some minestrone soup and decided to make breadsticks to accompany. I’ve never tried making breadsticks before but as usual, with a bread machine, the process can go...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Nov 14, 2008 | Entertaining, Featured, Food, Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving shortcuts are hard to pull off here in Germany. So when I go on about making my own dressing from scratch and you just want to hurl, remember that I can’t get things like Stove Top Dressing Mix here in Germany. If I could, I might very well use it. Or I...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Nov 14, 2008 | Entertaining, Featured, Food, Thanksgiving
On one of the homesteading groups I subscribe to, a member was just sending this recipe around. If you are addicted to Stove Top Stuffing but would rather try something from scratch, here are a few recipes to make your own. Print Recipe Copycat Stove Top Stuffing...