by Texas Homesteader ~
I dehydrated excess potatoes for longer-term pantry storage. It’s easy, but there’s a trick to keeping them from turning black as they’re dehydrated.
Dehydrating Shredded Potatoes For Homemade Hash Browns
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Western Soapberry Tree – Clean Clothes Naturally?
by Texas Homesteader ~
You’ll remember a few weeks ago I was delighted to find a very beneficial tree at an old abandoned homestead sight on property we had recently obtained.
It was identified as a Jujube Tree. I picked much of the fruit from those trees and dehydrated Jujube fruit for use in my homemade Pumpkin Granola. They are absolutely delicious.
But recently RancherMan & I were checking on the cows in that remote pasture & I happened to look up and see what looked like the golden berries of a Soapberry Tree. I’d read about them before, but could it be??
Preserving The Bounty: Freezing Fresh Eggs
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Most people know that chickens slow down their egg production in the winter months. So I’m trying to preserve the more-than-we-can-use quantity of eggs I’m blessed with now for those leaner times.
I’ve written before about preserving the eggs from our pastured flock by making a large batch of breakfast burritos and freezing them. They make a quick grab-n-eat meal before church so your stomach isn’t rumbling so loudly the sermon can’t be heard!
But you can only eat so many breakfast burritos. So I began looking for other ways to preserve those precious eggs so that none would go to waste.
Preserving The Harvest: Pressure-Canning Corn
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I recently received quite a few ears of sweet corn but it was WAY more than we could eat fresh. I wanted to preserve it so none would be wasted.
Our freezer is already pretty full so I was only able to toss in a couple of the whole ears for freezing, and then I went to researching pressure-canning options.
I was able to can the corn in little time. And since I was using my reusable canning lids
I also created no waste.
The cobs went to the hog traps, the shucks went to the goats and the sweet corn goodness goes to us!
French-Bread Pizza!
by Texas Homesteader
RancherMan loves bread in all forms and we always have plenty of bread in the house. But sometimes it’s hard to plan the purchases where the bread will be completely consumed while it’s at its freshest. Sometimes even with careful planning the bread will get hard & stale.
There are many things I like to do with the bread to make sure it’s all put to good use, but RancherMan’s absolute F-A-V-O-R-I-T-E thing for me to do with it is make French-Bread Pizza. It’s quick, it’s delicious, and it utilizes bread that would have otherwise been wasted. What’s not to love??
Solar Cooking: Baked Potatoes
by Texas Homesteader~
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I came across a great deal on a huge back of potatoes recently. So I figured I’d use my solar oven to cook up baked potatoes.
Well folks it’s still hot in Texas. And that’s not exactly the best time to throw on your heat-producing electric oven in your kitchen and bake potatoes.
Aaaaaanyway, here’s how I baked my potatoes.
RECIPE: Homemade Jalapeno Cornbread Baked In Cast Iron Skillet
by Texas Homesteader ~
This simple, moist and zesty jalapeno cornbread recipe is on tight rotation in my Homestead kitchen. It’s lightly sweet and bakes up fast in a cast-iron skillet. You can leave out the jalapenos if you don’t like spicy food and it’s still delicious.
Cooling Your Home Using A Whole-House Fan & No Air Conditioner
by Texas Homesteader ~
Did you know you can cool the house quickly without using an air conditioner? A whole-house attic fan cools your home by pulling cooler air from outside throughout the house.
Likewise it can warm a house quickly by pulling warmer air throughout the house.
So each season can benefit with an eco-friendly whole-house fan instead of relying on an energy-heavy air conditioner.
