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When I invite my parents for dinner RancherMan often grills the main entrée outside. There might be grilled chicken, steak or pork. It will be delicious of course, but what will I make to go with it?
Roasted vegetables are a favorite side dish. I’m lucky it’s so quick, so easy, yet so healthy.
Texas Homesteader ~
Fall is in the air, and for me that always means PUMPKIN! This homemade pumpkin bread recipe has a huge shortcut – a boxed cake mix. Simply blend cake mix, required oil/butter, eggs, pumpkin puree and spices. Simple. Fast. Delicious!
by Texas Homesteader ~
If you’ve got a can of cherry pie filling and some flour tortillas, you’ve got dessert! Cherry pie tortilla rolls are simple and delicious as they are. Or you can add a dollop of whipped cream for a little sumpin’ sumpin’ extra.
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Last year’s pumpkin harvest was truly out-o-control! I harvested so many pumpkins! Sure, I shared several of them with family & friends. But I still ended up with mountains of my own.
I love to use these heirloom pumpkins for puree in my Pumpkin Granola so I cooked ’em up & pureed them. They were measured out into 2-cup measurements and frozen for future use.
But RancherMan was the wild-hog-hunting KING and our freezer was filled to capacity with pork. But I still had two remaining pumpkins…
They had some staying power, still looking as fresh as the day I harvested them. But I really needed to do something with them before they started to deteriorate. With no spare freezer room, what will I do?
I decided to Dehydrate the Pumpkins.
by Texas Homesteader ~
Okra Fritters are chopped seasoned okra that’s been mixed, battered & fried to crispy deliciousness. It’s the perfect thing to make from all that excess garden okra.
by Texas Homesteader ~
I often use lightly-soured milk to make my own delicious cottage cheese. This reduces our food waste and provides delicious food too.
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Meatloaf is a versatile comfort food and we enjoy it often. It’s a flexible recipe and you can use crumbled leftover meatloaf in many dishes on subsequent nights to get supper on the table FAST!
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I love blueberries! I’ve tried to grow blueberries several times here on the Homestead. But in the botanical hole of death that is our yard, it’s not been successful with the exception of my Miniature Blueberry planted in a galvanized tub.
So instead I usually buy them. I can’t typically afford the fresh berries but I’m constantly using frozen blueberries by stirring them into my Homemade Yogurt or blending them with frozen bananas to make a healthy, cold summertime treat.
Sometimes I thaw them & include them in my mixed-fruit bowl when I’m serving a cool yet healthy dessert.
But recently a friend invited me to go with her to a you-pick place to pick fresh blueberries. Oh how delicious, I came home with about a gallon of those big beautiful blueberries! I can’t typically afford to buy fresh blueberries so this was a treat indeed.
Sure I still stirred them into my yogurt and even ate some by themselves. But I really wanted to do something special with them.
Hummm… I know, I’ll make homemade blueberry muffins!
