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It feels like life on the farm has gotten busy, but I really can’t say we have accomplished much more than usual. I joined the sub roster at my daughter’s school and have been called several times. Monday and Tuesday I subbed for my daughter’s […]
I know what you’re thinking. She doesn’t know how to spell Chili Con Carne! Don’t worry, I do. Chili-Quin-Corne is the brain-child of my brilliant husband and daughters. Sometimes they like to invent things in the kitchen, and sometimes the things they invent are delicious. Chili-Quin-Corne! It […]
Wow! What a great weekend we’ve had. We welcomed a new addition to our family, a little girl who we have tentatively named Macaroni. She is a mutt, and appears to be a lab/heeler mix. She is smart and has a great temperament. So far we’ve had no problems with her and the chickens.
Saturday evening we joined Nate’s family who had booked rooms in Chelan for the night. Chelan hotels are far too crowded and expensive in the summer, but the town gets so sleepy in the winter that you can get a beautiful resort experience at a Motel 6 price. Since we had the new puppy, we didn’t stay the night, but we went bowling, out for pizza and enjoyed the hotel hot tub. What a joy to have fun with family.
Sunday was spent with a trip to Wally world to pick up some puppy supplies. She looks so tiny in her big-dog bed, but she’ll grow into it. She is responding well to crate training. She doesn’t sleep in there yet, but she eats and chews toys in there; good progress for three days.
On Monday I intended to write another pantry cooking post, but we were invited to join friends for a hike and dinner at their home. It is my policy to never pass on an opportunity for fellowship and a meal I don’t have to cook, so blogging was pushed neatly to the back burner. Since my pantry cooking posts are usually about what I’m making for dinner, I didn’t get one written. Perhaps I will make it up another day this week. I was lazy about meal planning for the week too, so I don’t know what we’re eating yet, but if I decide on something I think you’d all enjoy, I’ll share the recipe.
The seeds I started last week, are up and growing well. I started Amish Paste tomatoes, Cherokee Purple tomatoes, Early Jalopenos peppers, Golden Acre cabbage, and De Cicco broccoli. Seeing the little plants makes my feet itch for warm garden soil.
I hope you all have a blessed week!
***Not for the mildly disorganized*** Before you read this take a quick glance at your house. Does it look beautiful? Yes? I’ll save you some time. This post is not for you, come see me again on Monday and we’ll cook up something delicious. Okay, […]
I’m always trying to find new ways of cooking in the event of a power outage. Outages are fairly common in my neighborhood, so we’re pretty well able to cope by using the gas grill, or camp stove. The issue of purchasing fuel, however, has […]
Welcome back to my pantry cooking series! As I mentioned in week one, cooking from the pantry helps us minimize grocery store runs, and take-out meals, as well as being handy if we just don’t want to leave home. One thing I find worth mentioning though, is that if you have fresh ingredients on hand, by all means use them. Fresh is surely the most flavorful, and nutritious. I’m not recommending you permanently switch to canned, dehydrated or frozen ingredients, merely trying to demonstrate their usefulness. Whenever I have a fresh ingredient on hand I use it over storage food. So if you happen to have a chicken on hand start simmering it now.
Today we’re making a quick, and basic chicken soup. I added homemade noodles to this one, but it would be just as good with a handful of rice tossed in, or homemade biscuit dough dropped in to make dumplings. You know what your family would like best.
Ingredients:
Using dehydrated and canned ingredients makes this a very quick meal, only slightly slower than just opening a can of soup. All you do is combine the ingredients and bring to a boil over medium heat. While it boils for a few minutes you can whip up a batch of egg noodles. No, really, you can!
Whole Wheat Egg Noodle Ingredients:
Just place the flour on the counter and make a well in the middle. Crack an egg into the well, and whisk.
Gradually pull in flour from the edges of the well until you have it all mixed in. You can add a little water here if needed. Wet your hands and work the dough for a few minutes until it is fairly smooth.
Now dust your counter and roll the dough to half the thickness you want your cooked noodles to be. This is where I usually get lazy, so we have thick noodles. Once you have the desired thickness just cut them to the size and shape you’d like and toss them into the boiling soup. Boil for a minute or two then simmer for about 10 more minutes.
This whole process from start to sitting down takes maybe 30-40 minutes depending on how many times you stop to get someone a drink or help with a bathroom run. Quick, easy, and great for a winter night. Enjoy!
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My five year old daughter, Araya, has always been a dream student. I started teaching her at home early on and she has always thrived on traditional methods. It’s no surprise that she spits out ten-dollar words and complicated but correct sentence structures almost daily. […]
One of my personal goals has been to learn how to cook from my pantry. It really helps us to be able to shop less often, which cuts out many impulse purchases. It also helps us eat fewer box and bag type meals. I thought it’d be fun […]
So I’ve tried, many times, and without succes, to add a Facebook Like Box to my sidebar. Thanks to Google, I know it’s a common problem among wordpress users, and when I figure it out I’ll smack my forehead and groan with shame. Until then, I’ll be ending each post with “find me on facebook“.
Have a good weekend!
PS I’ve tried every solution on google, but if you have one lay it on me!
Wow! This week has flown by, and I didn’t get as much finished as I had hoped. Does that ever happen to you? After the winter storm two weeks ago we had a cold spell, but it has been relatively warm and breezy this week. […]