Category: Recipes
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June Is Soup Season
Hello, tender friends! I know June doesn’t seem like soup season, but it is this year! We harvested 14 heads of broccoli and 5 heads of cabbage last week. One family can only eat so many cruciferous vegetables in a week, so I used my bone broth base and revamped my broccoli soup recipe to…
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Healthy New Year’s Treat
Hello, tender friends! It’s possible to have kid-friendly and fun holiday treats that are healthy! If you’ve followed my blog for any length of time, you know that I try hard to make holiday treats special that don’t compromise our health values. I try to use only the ingredients that God created. I consequently wanted…
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My Tastiest Roasted Peppers
Hello, tender friends! How did it not occur to me to roast peppers this way until this season? They are the perfect blend of sweet, savory and creamy. We’re swimming in God’s abundant pepper harvest, and this is a great way to use up a lot at one time. I started by coring and deseeding…
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My Biggest Foraging Win
Hello, tender friends! I’m here with the chickens because they’re free-ranging, and it feels amazing to sit down since this is the first time I have all day. But let’s get right to it, because this foraged snack made me feel like a millionairess. Remember when I said that shishitos taste expensive? Well shishitos pale…
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Post-Fair Garden Gazpacho
Hello, tender friends! It was another successful year at the fair this past weekend! If you want to see a post that I wrote two years ago about the fair, here it is. Of course, it was hot as blazes at the fair. So to cool off, we enjoyed some garden gazpacho when we got…
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Cabbage “Steaks”
Hello, tender friends! With garden herbs and a substitution for marsala wine (because I didn’t have any), this cabbage steak hit all the savory buttons on my palate! This “cabbage steak” idea has been trending, but I used as much of our own garden treasures as possible, so this will vary from what you may…
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Mint Bread
Hello, tender friends! The garden herbs are growing and we’re swimming in mint! I’m holding up a mint leaf in the picture, thinking that there’s only so much mint tea one family can possibly drink. So I got wild and made a mint bread! (We’re loving the VA weather, but I did mention to Anthony…
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DELICIOUS Dandelion Fritters
Hello tender friends! You can get delicious nutrition for free and help the planet! Forget farm to table- it’s time to embrace YARD to table! I’ve been so excited to finally use this book I got for Christmas. Harvesting dandelions was an amazing first foraging experience for Cub also because he’s big enough to gather…
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Bok Choy Flavor Bonanza
Hello, tender friends! I apologize for the messy picture, as Cub “helps” me stir while I’m sauteeing veggies and I didn’t plan on taking pictures. But this came out so delicious that I have bumped my originally planned food post because I’m so excited to share this with you! This is Paleo and keto friendly…
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Arroz a la Cubana
Hello, tender friends! Happy belated Thanksgiving! Forgive me for not posting on Thursday, but I didn’t think anyone would want to read about this after eating a Thanksgiving dinner. This is a super easy and nutritious breakfast that you can mostly prep in one shot. I first ate this dish when I studied abroad in…
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