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Our favorite articles about homemade recipes and home cooking posted on TexasHomesteader.com

Wild Game Recipe: Pulled Pork BBQ Sandwiches

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Wild hogs are well-known in these parts for the extreme damage caused on on farmers or ranchers property. 

These animals are highly destructive as they root and dig. They can completely tear up a pasture in no time flat. And they not only damage to the pasture or crops, but also to the equipment used to work that land whether it be crop harvester or tractor.

The good news is – it’s just PORK and it’s delicious! Feral hogs are simply domesticated hogs that have escaped into the wild.

Having a hunter husband means there’s opportunity to not only remove these damaging creatures from our property but feed ourselves as well.

One of my favorite ways to use this pork is with shredded pork BBQ sandwiches.

Leftover pork roast into BBQ sandwiches is delicious. The slow cooker is a convenient way to cook pulled pork. Add jalapenos and sauce! #TexasHomesteader

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RECIPE: Healthier Banana Nut Bread

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Our youngest daughter came home to Texas for a visit all the way from the east coast. One of her fond childhood memories is of my footed cake plate being forever filled. 

Sometimes it would have cookies, sometimes biscuits. But there was always something in it. I wasn’t about to have her walk into the house without something under that dome. But what to make?

I decided to use up some over-ripe bananas and some of my own hand-picked pecans to make banana nut bread. I made it healthier for her by eliminating the shortening called for in the recipe and replacing it with applesauce I made from apples given to me from my aunt’s tree last fall.

The bread turned out delicious! I’ll describe my procedures, but the actual recipe will be at the bottom.

This healthier version of a favorite banana bread recipe replaces shortening with applesauce. #TexasHomesteader

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Cowboy Beef, Beer & Black Bean Chili Recipe Wins Awards!

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I love chili that contains beans, but RancherMan typically declares that it’s not ‘real chili’ if it contains beans. To appease his purist NO BEANS IN THE CHILI mindset I include one of his favorites in my recipe – dark beer! 

This chili recipe has won awards! Beef, Black Bean and Dark Beer Chili. #TexasHomesteader

 

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Homemade Yogurt Recipe – Stove-Top Method

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I love my morning yogurt, y’all. But several years ago I thought to myself “I wonder if I can MAKE yogurt?” 

A quick search of the internet showed that I could indeed, and there were several recipes.  I’ve never looked back! 

I’ve made 1/2 gallon of yogurt about every other week for decades now & it’s shamefully easy! 

Plus I make my yogurt in single-serving 1/2 pint glass canning jars so other than the milk jug itself there’s NO TRASH, recycling or otherwise. 

I’m happy to share my method with you – the recipe will be included at the bottom.

Homemade yogurt is easy to make. And this stovetop version is an easy recipe that uses no special equipment. Just heat milk, cool, add starter and incubate in the oven. #TexasHomesteader

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