Category Archives: Food Production and Recipes

Refried Beans

This meal was three days in the making, first one day to soak the beans, one day to cook them and into the fridge and today to try my first Refriend Beans, I don’t know why we never had these … Continue reading

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Sour Dill Rye Bread Recipe

Ok, so this is a different bread recipe, but I challange you to give it a try, its so good and nothing! like you are going to find in a store. This recipe is based out of the one in … Continue reading

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Mung Bean Sprouts and Recipe..

Dried Mung Beans can be turned into wonderful home grown sprouts for use in a number of tasty dishes, I started sprouting about ten years ago as a way to be able to offer the hounds fresh ground greens once or twice … Continue reading

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Butternut sqaush pasta recipe

One and half cup Flour, one fresh egg, 1/4 cup roasted butternut Squash, a pinch of Salt. Mix together and knead into a ball, let rest for at least 15 min and then put though your pasta machine or roll … Continue reading

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Salt Cured Leg of Lamb

 or a kind of “prosciutto d’agnello”. I took two legs of lamb with bone in about a eight pd approx, and made a brine of salt in gallon of water, I added salt till an egg would float, and then I … Continue reading

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Homemade Bread

At least once a week, I make bread for the farm, I don’t tend to make one loaf at a time. More like two to six depending on the recipe.. Its a never ending change on what will end up … Continue reading

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Lamb Breakfast Patties

Well, I wanted to make some breakfast sausage for this week, I took out two of the shoulder roasts and let them thaw out overnight, so this morning, I split them in two and then cut off the main amounts … Continue reading

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Butternut Squash

Step one: Plant seeds in the garden in spring 10 for Atlas Butternut Squash from Stokes Seeds, now the reason that I like this one so much is not just because of the color/flavor but also because it tends to grow … Continue reading

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Winter Food Challange Week 1 an 2

The 4th Dark Days Challange Basic Rules are simple,  Make four meals per month out of sustainable, organic, local, ethical food. You can eat any and all local foods from within 150 miles of your home, my extra’s are olive … Continue reading

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Cream of Mushroom Soup Recipe

2 pds of mixed mushrooms-Sliced 2 Onions -Peeled and Diced 2 Garlic Clove -Peeled and Diced -Cook these up with just a tiny touch of olive oil to start it. Then add the following and heat up till thicken’s but don’t … Continue reading

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