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2008-Nov-30 - What’s Been Coking in my Kitchen?

Posted by Crystal Miller
 
This afternoon was a little busy in the kitchen. It was a quiet afternoon and seemed like a good day to get a few things done. We ate up just about all our turkey. It lasted Thursday, Friday and Saturday for lunch. On Saturday evening I took what little meat that was left off the bird and used most of it in a Mexican rice casserole. I mixed about 5 cups cooked brown rice with 3 cups chopped turkey, 1 can spicy tomatoes, a little salsa and put it in a 9x13 pan, topped it with cheese and baked it until the cheese was melted and all was hot. While that was baking I made a double batch of my Cuban black bean patties (a new recipe that is in my Cooking with Beans! eBook). We had the rice casserole, black bean patties and salad for dinner. 
 
Today I took the carcass and covered it with water, added a chopped onion, chopped celery and salt and it is currently simmering on the stove. I will leave it simmering until tomorrow morning and turkey soup will be tomorrow’s dinner. 
 
 
 
That still left today to figure out what was for dinner. We are all ready for a break from turkey so I pulled out a bag of cooked red beans from the freezer. There were probably 5 cups of beans with their cooking broth. I also had a ½ lb of cooked hamburger in the freezer (last week I only used a ½ lb in one of my soups and froze the other ½). I added this with the beans and a can of diced tomatoes. I sautéed in olive oil, onions, celery and peppers and added this to the beans along with some chili powder and Tabasco and a little salt.. and voila! Chili Bean Soup for dinner! I am serving it with tortilla chips and a salad. 
 
 
 
While I was cooking up my soups Leanne and Sierra made a triple batch of apple cinnamon muffins. I bought a 20lb box of organic Fuji apples on my last Azure order and have been working to use them up. We have eaten a lot of apples, made 3 apple pies and now 3 dozen muffins. The box is almost gone now..  
 
 
 
Here is the recipe for the muffins:
 
Apple Cinnamon Muffins
 
1 ½ cups whole wheat pastry flour
¾ cup cane juice crystals
1 ½ t baking powder
1 t cinnamon
½ cup milk
6 T butter, melted
1 egg
1 cup grated apples
 
In a medium size mixing bowl combine whole wheat pastry flour, cane juice crystals, baking powder and cinnamon. Add remaining ingredients and stir until the flour is just mixed in. Bake in a 375 oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Makes 1 dozen
 
 
And if that was not enough going on Emily decided to make peppermint mocha lattes for her, Leanne and Sierra! LOL.. It was pretty impressive looking...
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I don’t have a recipe for her coffee creations printed down yet.. maybe someday! 
 
That is all the cooking for today!!  Hope you all have had a pleasant and blessed Sunday on your homesteads!
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2008-Nov-28 - What to do with Turkey Leftovers

Posted by Crystal Miller
 
Do you have leftover turkey meat to use up and need some ideas? We usually eat Thanksgiving dinner the day after but by the 3rd day we are ready for something different. I find just about any recipe that uses cooked chicken works quite well with cooked turkey. The recipes below are actually chicken recipes but you can just sub turkey meat in place of the chicken:
 
Turkey Enchiladas This recipe is for the enchilada sauce. Fill corn or whole wheat tortillas with chopped up turkey and cheese. Roll them up and place in a 9x13 pan (or 9x9 or 11x15 pan, depending on how many people you are feeding). Pour enchilada sauce over all, top with more cheese and bake at 350 until all is hot and bubbly and cheese has melted.
 
 
And finally the last thing I do with my turkey is make Turkey Noodle Soup. I put the turkey carcass (after I have picked off just about all the meat) into a large stock pot and cover with water. I add a chopped onion for flavor and some salt. Bring to a boil and let it cook for a couple of hours. Strain out the turkey bones and remove any meat that is left. Pour turkey broth back into stock pot and add the meat bits. Bring to a boil and add noodles. Taste and season with a little salt and pepper and/or a little chicken broth powder if needed. Serve with some homemade dinner rolls and a salad. 
 
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2008-Nov-28 - Friday on the Homestead

Posted by Crystal Miller
 
Well we are in Thanksgiving home recovery mode today! LOL.. Time for clean up and then bringing out the Christmas decorations. I have already decorated my website and blog!  
 
We had a very nice Thanksgiving. It was just the kids, Tobin and me and Tobin’s dad came too. The food was delicious. We ate dinner at about 3:00 and then I took a nap.. Funny how turkey does that to a person  . While I napped the kids and Tobin played Taboo. Then we moved onto pumpkin and apple pie. Emily was in charge of table decorations and she did such a nice job. Here is a pic of the table and place settings…
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Here is a pic of me and Emily and Leanne
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And one of Isaac being his silly little self
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Grandpa left to go home around 6:30 and we all chatted in the living room until about 8:00 and decided it was time to watch a couple episodes of LOST. Then it was bedtime. All in all it was a relaxing day. 
 
Now we are moving into December and the holiday season. I still have several gifts to sew and packages to get out in the mail. I think after house cleaning today I will work on my little grandson Owens baby quilt. I need to get my Christmas box to my daughter and her family out in a couple of weeks.  I am adding some fudge to the box and tried a different fudge recipe that was soooo good! I will be posting the recipe for it soon. I have a couple more test batches to make and get some of it in the freezer for my other gift boxes. 
 
I hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving day! 
 
 
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2008-Nov-26 - Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted by Crystal Miller
 
 
Well my house has been full of activity, voices chatting and music playing today.  The girls and I have been baking and cooking in preparation for tomorrow. We started the morning by putting on Christmas music to give us all a holiday feel.   And it worked.. we rolled up our sleeves and got busy in the kitchen. Amazing what four ladies working side by side can accomplish.
 
So far here is what we have done:
Pot roast in the crockpot (that is for tonight’s dinner)
Bread cubed and dried for stuffing (I’ll make the stuffing tomorrow morning)
2 pumpkin pies made
1 batch dinner roll dough made, rolled into rolls and flash frozen. We will take them out of the freezer tomorrow morning and bake them as soon as the turkey comes out of the oven.
1 apple pie is currently being made
8lbs potatoes peeled
Jello salad all made
 
Tomorrow will be a quiet Thanksgiving Day with my family but I am very much looking forward to it. We have so much to be thankful to God for.. His blessings are never ending! May the Lord bless you as you share your Thanksgiving meal tomorrow with your family…
 
From my thankful heart to yours..  
 
Crystal  
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November 26, 2008 - At My Kitchen Table

Posted by Karen

I just enjoy changing what's in the center of my table.  I think it's fun and I have taken quite a few pictures through my time on HSB of my humble tablescapes as they are called these days.  As soon as I can get it figured out get my daughter-in-law over here I will group all the pictures in their own little catagory called "tablescapes". 

For now this is what's on my table.  I found the adorable sugar bowl, creamer and trivet set for next to nothing in a hospital gift shop marked down dirt cheap.  I already had the salt and pepper shakers and napkin rings that go with my everyday dishes that I love. (Walmart)  My little cow creamer just had to go there.  The napkins I pulled out of a drawer and found that they were a perfect match.  My mother gave them to me ages ago and I remember them from my childhood days. 

 

Soon I'll be switching to a Christmas table theme which is always fun.  But I think I'll likely come back to this one. 

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November 25, 2008 - Me & Kuyper

Posted by Karen

We welcomed a new little grandson into the world this week.  He is precious and we are thankful.

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November 25, 2008 - Big Peanut Boil

Posted by Karen

I went to a big annual flea market in a little town nearby recently and the found that the home grown peanuts were selling like crazy. No wonder.  They were huge!   They were boiling them there on the spot or you could buy them roasted or just get them green (raw) like I did.  I got a big ole bag and lugged it back to the car right before heading home.  I had enough to fill 2 cookers then bagged them in quart bags and put them in the freezer.  All I have to do is take it out and let it thaw then warm them up a bit and they taste like they just came out of the pot.

answers about boiled peanuts from a previous post (2006)

OH, and by the way, that cute little green dish was a little gem I found at the flea market that day too to add to my collection of green milk glass and Jadite.  It was only a buck.  Sweet!

 

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2008-Nov-24 - Happy Birthday Sierra!!

Posted by Crystal Miller
 
Sierra is my 7th child and 5th daughter. She turned 13 yesterday!  One more teenager in the home!  She had a great day. After church Emily and Leanne took her and her best friend Makayla shopping in the city.  Then they came home to pizza dinner and birthday celebrations. Sierra actually had a weekend full of birthday excitement. Makayla’s mom took the two of them to the Revolve Tour. They spent Friday evening and all day Saturday there and both girls had a wonderful time. 
 
Here are a few pictures from her birthday..
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Makayla and Sierra
 
 
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Happy Birthday to my sweet Sierra Beth!!
 
 
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2008-Nov-23 - New eBook from The Family Homestead: Cooking With Beans!

Posted by Crystal Miller
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Looking for a little help in easing grocery costs? Try serving more beans. Beans are an excellent quality, frugal food for your family. This eBook is filled with how to information, bean cooking information, step-by-step picture tutorials and lots of recipes!
 
 
 
Click HERE
for more information
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Saturday, November 22, 2008 - for Marilyn--sourdough softies!!

Posted by Michele

I posted this almost a year ago, but I am re-posting it because the recipe has been requested again.

My friend Hope gave me some Amish friendship bread starter, which is sourdough starter, but she also gave me a bunch of recipes to make besides just the bread.  I tried this one on Saturday and they turned out great!  They are a really soft chewy cookie.  It took me 2 trays to get it right.  I made them a little smaller and lessened the bake time to 10 minutes, but everyone's oven is different...

Sourdough Softies

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup sourdough thinned with 2 tablespoons water

1/2 cup margarine

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

     Cream margarine, sugar, eggs and vanilla.  Add dry ingredients alternately with sourdough.  Drop onto greased cookie sheet and sprinkle with mixture of sugar and cinnamon.  Bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes.

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