by Texas Homesteader ~
Check out this super-quick recipe for a sweet & tangy smoky BBQ sauce. It mixes up in minutes and is customizable to your tastes.
Honey-Sweetened, Smoky BBQ Sauce Can Be Made In Minutes.
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Category Archives: Recipes & Cooking
Cooking Breakfast Should Include Hazardous Duty Pay!
by Texas Homesteader ~
We typically don’t eat breakfast so enjoying it is a special occasion indeed. Usually either when we’re on a vacation or every year for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day when our tradition dictates that the honoree get homemade breakfast in bed.
I typically opt for fresh fruit, yogurt and homemade pancakes. RancherMan always (and I mean ALWAYS) requests bacon, fried eggs, jalapeno/cheese biscuits and gravy.
But as I crept around the house quietly to keep from waking him as I prepared his honoree breakfast, it almost seemed like a comedy. How in the world did our grandmothers do it??!!
Solar Cooking: Hard-Boiled Eggs In The Solar Oven
by Texas Homesteader ~
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I love my solar oven. I’ve said it time & time again, I hate to fire up my electric oven during the heat & humidity of our Texas summers.
Not only does it cost fuel for the stove to operate, but boiling eggs adds even more heat inside our home. That requires our air conditioning to work overtime cooling it back down, therefore costing even more money.
Several years ago I bought a solar oven and I absolutely love it! What a great item in your Emergency Preparedness toolbox!
Then at a Mother Earth News Fair I attended a few years ago, a solar-cooking seminar presenter told us how easy it was to cook ‘hard-boiled’ whole eggs in the solar oven without even using water. Color me intrigued!
How To Make Homemade Tri-Colored Pasta Noodles
by Texas Homesteader ~
I remember when I first found out how easy homemade pasta is to make. Now pasta purists typically use a special pasta flour called semolina. And of course when I first started making homemade pasta I did too.
But y’all know I’m far from a purist with anything, especially in the kitchen! I want quick, easy & delicious without special ingredients.
So I now just typically use plain ole all-purpose flour for my homemade pasta noodles and they always turn out great!
Flour – salt – egg – water and BOOM!
Now don’t tell anyone else how easy it really is – people always seem to be impressed to find out when someone makes their own pasta! So don’t rat me out, m’kay?? Pinky swear??
Recently I decided I’d try to make colored/flavored pasta using powdered dehydrated vegetables from my garden last year. I knew I had dehydrated Malabar Spinach in the pantry, and dehydrated carrots too!
Come see what I did.
Easy Slow-Cooker Italian Flavored Pot Roast Recipe
RancherMan’s quite the accomplished hunter. As such, we always have a freezer stocked full of pork roasts and I enjoy finding different ways to cook them. I often use my slow cooker to prepare those roasts. Most of the time I’ll flavor it very generically so I can remake the leftover cooked meat into whatever we’re in the mood for. I’ve made Carnitas Tacos, or Pulled-Pork Enchiladas, or even BBQ Sandwiches & more.
But today I’m in the mood for an Italian-style roast with diced tomatoes, chunky onions, crushed garlic & minced fresh herbs.
Fast Food: Basic Mix-n-Pour BBQ Sauce Recipe
by Texas Homesteader ~
A simple and basic no-cook BBQ sauce recipe you can mix up in minutes. And it’s all made with plain ingredients found in your kitchen. Start with ketchup, mustard and honey, then add a few flavor enhancements and you’re done!
Easy No-Knead Rosemary Skillet Bread Recipe – Baked In A Cast Iron Skillet
by Texas Homesteader ~
This Easy Rosemary Skillet Bread Recipe is a delicious no-knead bread baked in a cast iron skillet & seasoned with fresh rosemary. But trust me… go ahead & double the recipe to make TWO!
How To Dehydrate Fresh Pumpkin To Use All Year Long
by Texas Homesteader ~
When you dehydrate fresh pumpkin you can fit a whole pumpkin in a tiny ½-pint canning jar! And unlike storing pumpkin puree in the freezer, dehydrated pumpkin can set right on your pantry shelf in a sealed jar, it uses no additional energy to store.
Come see how easy it is, y’all!
