Category Archives: local food

Storage of Root Veggies-Carrots

Well, Its one of those days, morning chores, basic housework and laundry all on the go, the hounds breakfast made and served.. dish’s and more dish’s, made 3 loaves of bread, and wanted to get some things up from the … Continue reading

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An Appple A Day

Here are just a few of the apples we grow on our little farm, we currently have four kinds of apples, plus crabapples. We also wild pick Apples and Crabapples locally, but we get most of our apples still from … Continue reading

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Rabbit Side Bacon or Jerky Recipe

Ok, I know this is going to seem a bit of a strange one. So as most of us know Bacon is not cheap, and that if used in a recipes a little can go a long way. I like … Continue reading

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Rabbit Liver Pate Recipe

1 Fresh Rabbit Liver-Chopped into small pieces 2 Tbsp of Local St. Alberta Butter 1 Small Onion, Peeled and  Fine Diced 1 Clove Garlic, Peeled and Fine Dinced Salt, Pepper, Hot Red Pepper Flakes to taste. Basil 2 Tbsp of good … Continue reading

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Lamb Bone Broth Recipe

These are the nice meaty bones left over after taking the meat off two small lamb shoulder roasts.. Here is my best trick, you need to roast your bones before you simmer them all day long to make your broth, … Continue reading

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Spruce and Rosemary Shortbread Cookies Recipe

A basic Shortbread Cookie Recipe is a time honored traditon at this time of the year, it is made up normally of butter, Sugar, Flour and Vanilla. Some folks like to use half Flour and half Corn Starch for a … Continue reading

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Carrots, Carrots and More Carrots

I needed just a few things at the store, and was once again brought to a stand still but this time it was in the veggie section, there to my surprise and delight was ten pds of carrots for $1.49. … 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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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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