This is an old-time favorite that I remember my family doing with cans and with jars. You can make this treat with either a purchased cake mix, or your favorite “from-scratch” recipe. I recently found the cake-in-a-jar technique in one of my back issues of Mother Earth News and decided to share it with you [...]
A trip to our pumpkin patch this afternoon brought very good feelings as we gazed upon the rows of vines and the small green pumpkins peeking out. The last time we looked, they were still kind of oblong and completely green. Now we are seeing a rounded shape appear as well as glimpses of orange. [...]
Here’s a great recipe for your spring and summer bounty of blackberries. If you do not have access to fresh peaches, frozen ones work well. I normally use more berries than peaches.
While searching for some general advice about storing dried beans and cooking times, I found this outstanding 2-part article at the website for Central Bean Company, Inc. out of Quincy, Washington. I’ve given just an abbreviated selection of methods they recommend for storage, sorting, cleaning, cooking, freezing and serving beans of all kinds.
I’ve decided that the best foods come from our friends and neighbors instead of the popular cookbooks. I found this recipe many years ago in one of our Electric Co-op magazines and it is definitely a keeper! 4 cups mashed cook sweet potatoes 3/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup milk 2 tablespoons butter, softened 1 teaspoon [...]
Nothing hits the spot on a cold winter’s day like a steaming bowl of homemade beef stew.
Here’s one of my favorite recipes from Better Homes and Garden’s Cookbook entitled, “Casual Suppers – America’s Best-Loved Community cookbook recipes.
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