Category: My Kitchen

Grandma’s Poundcake – An Inexpensive Meal or Treat At Anytime

Cost- Ingredients- Difficulty- Easy Directions-

Quesdilla’s, A Lunch Time Favorite

Quesdilla’s, A Lunch Time Favorite

Easy to make takes 5 minutes then 5 minutes in the toaster. Ingredients -2 tortillas, 1/4c of mozerella cheese, and another of cheddar, 8 pepperoni. Scatter the cheeses and the pepperoni all over one tortilla then place the other tortilla on top. Place on greased 

Tomato Jam

Tomato Jam

Tomato Jam is a tasty topping on a piece of toast, a cracker, virtually anything. This past week I decided to find, create, and can Tomato Jam. It was by far one of the easiest projects yet that1I have in the kitchen. It does NOT 

Canned Cabbage Soup

Cabbage is a vegetable with an undeserved reputation. I, in fact, enjoed cabbage u a salads and tacos but I gave cooked cabbage a EW! Yet as a parent and a wife, I wanted my kids and hubby to try new things and to do 

Tuesday Dinner Night & It’s My Night Off.

Tuesday Dinner Night & It’s My Night Off.

Applegate Organic Beef Franks Trader Joes Ridge Cut Chips Synergy Kombbucha Big Bottle- Pint of Strawberry Sorbet – no seed oils Works out for hubby, and 2 adult sons $9.79 We live in L.A so while I can go a little cheaper, we are subjected 

Beef and Bean Burritos in 5 min.

Beef and Bean Burritos in 5 min.

Beef and Bean Burritos in 5 min! Here is another simple, inexpensive meal that only took 5 minutes and that you can make at home. I took my canned ground beef with burrito seasoning and heated it up, grabbed a pack of tortilla, and a 

The Easiest Meat To Can is Ugly Chicken

The Easiest Meat To Can is Ugly Chicken

The Easiest Meat To Can is Ugly Chicken-Raw Packed. Cut boneless and skinless into 1 inch pieces and place in pint or quart jars leaving 1 and 1/4 inch head space at the top. Debubble the jars then wipe the top of the jar before 

Baking Bread Take Two

Baking Bread Take Two

A few years ago, I made a New Year’s resolution to not buy any bread at the store for a year, I would bake it. Great resolution right? I had no idea how to bake bread I turned to you tube and learned how to 

Bagels for Breakfast

Bagels for Breakfast

Bagels for Breakfast…There’s nothing better than on a weekend morning, especially a fresh one with a cup of tea. Using the recipe from Kevin at Living Traditions Homestead, I doubled the amounts and combined all ingredients together in the mixer, and putting the yeast in 

Canned Hot and Spicy Chicken

Canned Hot and Spicy Chicken

Canned Hot and Spicy Chicken, I can’t believe it. I have made this 5x in the last month and each time there was not enough left to can.

Shelf Stable Meat, I Canned Pork Butt!

Shelf Stable Meat, I Canned Pork Butt!

Shelf Stable Meat and all its goodness made at home and not by Big Ag. Can this get any better? I must say first that other than bacon and the occasional pork chop, I had not heard about Pork Butt also known as Pork Loin. 

The 30 Day Pantry Challenge

The 30 Day Pantry Challenge

The 30 Day Pantry Challenge is a challenge made by Three Rivers Homestead on YouTube and this year,we are giving a try.  The exceptions are different for each family and to start Jan. 1st.  My family started  our 3- day on Dec. 29th. I wanted 

Eggs Are Not Just for Breakfast

Eggs Are Not Just for Breakfast

Spinach, berries, and eggs in butter sauce (Irish Butter) Eggs are not just for breakfast. Eggs are filled with vitamin and nutrients and can be eaten for any meal even a snack. Eggs are a complete protein and a natural source of vitamins and minerals.