Totally Awesome Amazon Giveaway – February 2015
Looking for an extra $750 to spend at Amazon? Who wouldn’t want to win this one?!? It’s the Totally Awesome Amazon Giveaway for February 2015! Good luck!! GIVEAWAY DETAILS Prize: $750 Amazon Gift Card Co-hosts: Giveaway Fairy • Mommy on the Money • All in a Days Work • True... more
Read moreSmoked Turkey Jerky
Having procured a large turkey, we butchered it and used the breast meat for smoked turkey jerky. We cut the turkey breast into 1″ wide pieces, 1/2″ thick and covered it in a flavored brine for 24 hours in an airtight container in the fridge. Brine: 1/2 cup brown sugar... more
Read moreSD Blueberry Poppy Seed Pancakes
The weather has made for the strangest winter this year in the Columbia Valley. Today was a balmy 10 degrees, warm, bright and sunny – and it’s still January! I took the opportunity to do a bit of yard work. Discovering my Lilies had optimistically sprouted 2 vibrant green inches... more
Read moreApple Raspberry Ferment
I don’t know about everyone else, but for me, I LOVE even just the scent of raspberries. There are about a million (roughly, lol) wild raspberry bushes in my area. I pureed and froze a bunch in serving size bags last summer and today I used the last one! There... more
Read moreGrinding Coarse Rye Meal with a Vitamix
Meant to replace 8 kitchen appliances, and on a lot of wish lists, the Vitamix says it will grind flours, ice, meat, make ice cream, mix bread, chop tough vegetables, and a multitude of other amazing things – in a matter of seconds no less. My neighbor bought the newest... more
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