Typically, I get recipes from old cookbooks, this recipe actually showed up in my email a few weeks back. A email from our local milk man actually. Winnie and I decided to give it a try. My two eldest daughters spent the morning picking cherries from our trees before the birds got them all. We … Continue reading Cherry Clafoutis
With Mother’s Day coming up this weekend, and looking at the remaining ingredients in my refrigerator that my children have yet to eat. I decided to make Strawberry Pie. This recipe came from Grandma Shirley. It has been adapted over the years to suit the tastes of those eating it. Now I said that the … Continue reading Strawberry Pie
This is the first pie that I was ever taught to make. I learned how to make it at Kids Swiss Kamp, a cultural heritage summer camp which my children now attend. Kids learn all kinds of things from cooking, baking, dancing, language, woodworking, and wrestling to name just a few things. This camp has … Continue reading Custard Apple Pie
My husband calls these Patty O’Beans and tells everyone they are Irish. He creates a great background story about how they came from and Irish ancestor and its a secret recipe. Guess we don’t need to take a trip to Blarney Castle for him! Actually this recipe came to me from my Great Aunt Dolly, … Continue reading Patio Beans
This morning my children insisted on pancakes for breakfast, not an unusual request from them. The only problem being that I haven’t been to the grocery store in over a week as our number one food consumer has been away for military training. So we are out of a lot of our standard ingredients. I … Continue reading Cottage Cheese Pancakes
My family loves blueberries. In fact they have been a staple of my children’s diet for most of their lives. My eldest when she was just learning to talk used to call them “boobies” let just say that turned some heads and got more than a fair share of strange looks. We pick our blueberries … Continue reading Apple Blueberry Pie
A goal of our has been to grow our own food and raise our own meat while teaching our children important life skills. Above are the pigs that we finished raising last winter and have now been relocated to freezer camp. We have always eaten a good amount of pork but I have been struggling … Continue reading Sweet Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup
If I have said it once I have said it a thousand times, hands down this my favorite thing that I can up in my kitchen! It is so versatile. I truly put it in everything. It doesn’t matter how many quarts I stock the shelves with it is never enough. A while back I … Continue reading Home canned Leek and Potato Soup
In Switzerland these are a common Christmas cookie. Translated they are called Little Prussians. I wish I had the story of how they got their name but alas, I don’t know. These cookies will take about 15 minutes to make from start to finish including backing time. Start with some puff pastry, I used refrigerated … Continue reading Prüssli
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