Here’s how to freeze broccoli so you can enjoy it all winter long.
Wash and drain the broccoli.
Blanch the broccoli for 3 minutes. To blanch, bring a pot of water to a rolling boil. Pour the broccoli into the water and boil for 3 minutes. Remove from boiling water and cool immediately by submerging in ice [...]
This is one of my favorite summertime recipes. Unfortunately, it is also the dessert that led us to discover our daughter has a peanut allergy.
1 package chocolate wafer cookies (crushed)
1 stick butter
3/4 cup peanut better
8 oz cream cheese
2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup milk
2 – 8 oz cartons cool whip
Melt butter and combine with crushed wafers. [...]
This is our homemade chicken waterer. As in the feeder, we used two buckets of different sizes. We cut off the bigger one to 2 1/2 ” tall and drilled 3 holes for wires to hang the waterer. In the smaller bucket, we drilled 4 holes around the top at the level we wanted the [...]
Here’s our homemade chicken feeder. We used two buckets of different sizes. The bigger one, we cut off all but the bottom couple of inches. In the smaller one, we cut half oval shaped holes for the feed to come out along the bottom. Then we screwed the smaller bucket inside of the bigger bucket. [...]
Here’s the chicken tractor my Dad built for our chickens. He used almost all recycled materials. He had to buy a couple of hinges and we had to buy the wire for around the bottom. It is 4′x10′ and about 6′ tall. We used regular chicken wire around the bottom because they will only be [...]
We enjoy having a campfire, both here at home and while camping. So, we make these fire starters frequently for my husband. We have also given them as gifts to other camping family members.
Items Needed:
Pine Cones – we have an abundance of these on our property
Wax – we use broken ones or the ends of [...]
Some people think peas are too much trouble to grow, but if you’ve never had fresh peas you really should try some! They are much sweeter tasting than store bought peas. My son used to call homegrown peas “chocolate peas”. If you decide to grow them and have any extra, you might want to freeze [...]
It was a rainy day here yesterday and we had a couple of very ripe bananas sitting around, so I decided to make banana cream pie. (My husband really likes banana cream pie.) I used the recipe out of my trusty Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook. I think it turned out pretty excellent. However, it [...]
