Category Archives: Food Production and Recipes

Creme Carmamel – Made with Sheep Milk

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

The first of the Sheep Milk is coming into the house, Carmel only had one lamb who is nicknamed Shady Lady and she is old enough to be put into a nice little lamb creep with water/hay/lamb crumbles for the … Continue reading →

Thermos Shuttle Chef – Ways to use it!

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

I have owned my Thermos Shuttle Chef Unit for coming on eight years now. See here for my first overview of it when I got it. See here for my five year overview of it! One of my favorite was … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Production and Recipes, Sheep Milk, Soups and Stews | Tagged Cooking with a Shuttle Chef Thermos Cookpot, How to use a Thermos Shuttle Chef to make a stew, Thermos Shuttle Chef Beef Barley Stew Recipe, Thermos Shuttle Chef Pot, Thermos Shuttle Chef video, Use your Thermos Shuttle Chef as a yogurt maker | 6 Comments

Cooking with Copper Pans

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Last year we got some new Copper wear as a Christmas Present. A big huge copper cooking square pan and a Copper Crisper with copper tray. I put them up and kind of forgot about them, I decided this week … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Production and Recipes, homestead | Tagged cooking with a Copper Crisper, Cooking with coppper pots, Non-stick Copper Pans | 7 Comments

Fried Cornbread for Breakfast

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Just another day on the farm

Are you looking for a filling hot breakfast? Wanting something different then pancakes or waffles? Have you considered Fried Cornbread, crisp brown bits with melted butter and a drizzle of real maple syrup! or your favorite jam.. This lovely … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Food Production and Recipes, frugal | Tagged Buttermilk cornbread recipe, Cornbread recipe, Fried Cornbread, Fried Cornbread with butter and jam, Fried Cornbread with Maple Syrup, Using up leftover corn bread | Leave a comment

Canning Dark Brown Beans

Posted on December 29, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

It seemed like the perfect day to can up some dark spicy beans. I set a whole bag of navy beans to soaking last night, changing the water twice. This morning into my big pot went the beans and my … Continue reading →

Posted in Charcuterie, food, Food Production and Recipes, frugal | Tagged Canning, Canning Baked Beans, Cost cutting measures, Dark Baked Beans, Frugal | 5 Comments

How to make Potato Starter

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

How to make a Raw Potato Bread Starter for sour dough bread. Raw Potato Starter out of my favorite Bread Book 1 cup of warm water 1 cup of all-purpose Flour 1 tsp each of salt an Sugar 1 med … Continue reading →

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Pie Pastry Recipes

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

This is a old post from 2011 and I am bringing the whole post back as it such a good one. I should of course break each recipe down into its own post with its own photos. At the time … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Food Production and Recipes | Tagged Peach Pie, Pie dough, Pie Dough Recipes | 5 Comments

What do you use clover for?

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

I like clover! I like white clover and red clover, I can remember as a small child the pleasure on a warm sunny summer day to pick big fluffy heads of the most wonder purple and sucking on the sweet … Continue reading →

Posted in 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, Food Production and Recipes | Tagged Canning, Food Production and Recipes, Garden, Wild Foods | 1 Comment

Preparing Dandelion Flowers for future use

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Just another day on the farm

Dandelion flower are lovely to use in a number of ways. You can add them to honey to make Dandelion honey. You can add them to butter. You can add them to dough and make cakes with them or mini … Continue reading →

Posted in 100 mile diet, 31 Day Self Reliance Challange, Food Production and Recipes, frugal | Tagged dan, Dandelion Flower Jelly, Eating Dandelion, Eating Dandelion Flowers, Harvesting Dandelion Flowers, processing Dandelion flowers | 3 Comments

GooseBerry Jam Recipe

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Just another day on the farm

The gooseberry patch is hopping this year, a full batch of jam on off just two of the bushes with eight more to go for picking and processing. I love Gooseberry Jam on old aged cheese. The combo is a … Continue reading →