Archive for the ‘Kitchen’ Category

Bread Day

It rained too hard last night to work in the garden. As a result, I am baking in the kitchen. First out of the oven are seven loaves of  whole wheat bread.  The kitchen smells wonderful and Bob is happy.

August 5, 2013 · Sarah · No Comments
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The Sauerkraut Lessons

My kitchen was the location for ” Sauerkraut lessons” last week. It resembled  a riot zone, with cabbage flying everywhere. Even the poodle got in on the act. He loves raw cabbage. He would collect a piece of the flying cabbage and race into to living room. He would then proceed to chew it up […]

August 5, 2013 · Sarah · No Comments
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Fresh Basil

Handfuls of fresh basil are floating on top of  my spaghetti sauce. Hooray for the herb garden!!!

August 2, 2013 · Sarah · No Comments
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Harvesting

We will be harvesting garlic, broccoli, and cabbage this week. The garlic will be hung up to dry. The broccoli will become broccoli/cheese soup and frozen, and the cabbage will become Sauerkraut! Bob will be running the tiller to clean up the garden area where the garlic, broccoli, and cabbage grew. The Herb harvest has […]

July 29, 2013 · Sarah · One Comment
Posted in: Garden, Kitchen

Saturday Breakfast

Our Farm traditions run deep! For example, every Saturday morning we have pancakes. Today’s pancakes consisted of whole wheat flour, Flax seed and Cinnamon.  They were mixed up with a little milk and farm fresh eggs. The tops of the pancakes were draped with  a mound of Bing cherries and Blueberries. On top of that […]

July 27, 2013 · Sarah · One Comment
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Purple, Red, and Green

The serious processing of harvest has begun. Today, I worked at three “stations’ in my kitchen. The Red area had  crates of  Bing Cherry’s. They were pitted and placed into quart bags for freezing. The Purple area had crates of Blueberries.  They were put into quart bags for freezing. The Green station consisted  of a […]

July 26, 2013 · Sarah · No Comments
Posted in: Garden, Kitchen

Broccoli Cheese Soup

The question of what to do with a bumper crop of broccoli has been answered.  We have had broccoli, raw, steamed, in stir fry, and baked. I have decided to  turn the majority of the rest of it into a wonderful broccoli and cheese soup and freeze it.  This will be so warm and comforting […]

July 23, 2013 · Sarah · No Comments
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Strawberries

Our strawberry crop is amazing, the best we have ever had. The last picking was turned into Strawberry Jam. It will be soooo good served up on a hot biscuit in the middle of a Minnesota winter.  Life is good.

July 12, 2013 · Bob · No Comments
Posted in: Garden, Kitchen

Beautiful

I am celebrating today by baking a Strawberry and Rhubarb pie. We have this agreement. Bob picks and I bake. It is a beautiful thing.

June 22, 2013 · Sarah · No Comments
Posted in: Kitchen

Kitchen Cupboards

The urge to get into some serious spring cleaning comes and goes. Today, it is in a fair to moderate range. The targeted objects are the kitchen cupboards. We will see how far that goes!

April 10, 2013 · Sarah · One Comment
Posted in: Kitchen