I got a much later start on my garden this year, thanks to surgery that kept me from picking up a shovel for several weeks. I’m shovel-ready now, and, my stars! is it hot out there! Still, with a break every hour or so (I’m on one now) I know that I’ll get the garden [...]
Archive for May, 2010
The Sweat of My Brow
Posted in frugal living, gardening, nature, organic gardening, Ozark Mountains, summer, tagged gardening, nature, organic gardening, summer on May 31, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Just a flower and a salamander
Posted in animals, Arkansas, flowers, Ozark Mountains, wildlife, tagged animals, flowers, gardening, photography on May 25, 2010 | 7 Comments »
We went from unusually cool weather to dramatically (and unseasonally) hot weather in the second half of last week. As a result, I found myself doing emergency harvesting of lettuce and other cool season crops, but I also got to see this lily burst into bloom. I couldn’t resist sharing it with you.With this early [...]
Get a Head Start on Your Fruits and Veggies at Breakfast: Migas with local strawberries and yogurt
Posted in breakfast, cheese, chile, Cooking And Baking, eggs, Food, frugal living, herbs, leeks, onions, recipes, sausage, summer squash, tagged breakfast, cooking, Food, photography, recipe, recipes on May 22, 2010 | 6 Comments »
For years we’ve understood that we need to eat several servings of fruits and vegetables every day, but I know that even with our attempts at healthy eating we don’t always hit the target number. Breakfast is a great time to add more fruits and vegetables to your meal. Today we enjoyed vegetable-filled migas with [...]
Roasted Vegetables Fusilli with Italian Sausage and Goat Cheese
Posted in beets, butter, cast iron, cheese, chile, comfort food, Community Supported Agriculture, Cooking And Baking, CSA, dinner, dinner, Food, frugal living, gardening, herbs, Italian, leeks, mushrooms, onions, organic food, organic gardening, pasta, red pepper, red peter pepper, sausage, sweet things, turkey, vegetarian, tagged dinner, Food, photography, recipe, recipes on May 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Regular readers know I’m all about using what we grow here, in season. Fortunately, some foods stay seasonal months after you’d think possible, such as the butternut squash that I picked in early November and kept in a cool room for winter, preserving it for our use last night. For dinner we ate roasted butternut [...]
Post Preview: Wednesday’s recipe will be . . . .
Posted in Cooking And Baking, Food, fusion cuisine, tagged dinner, Food, photography, recipes on May 18, 2010 | 10 Comments »
. . . a rustic pasta recipe. Come on back and see it in detail. Copyright 2010 Ozarkhomesteader, including photographs.
Nesting Boxes, old and new
Posted in animals, chicken, eggs, family, frugal living, old tools, tagged cooking, country life, family, Food, history, nature, rural life on May 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Several years ago a friend whose mother had been in the antique business told me he had a rustic chicken coop that I could re-purpose. I was skeptical but went to see it. It wasn’t a chicken coop. It was a six-bay nesting box that had been thoroughly cleaned and varnished. I was immediately taken [...]
Lemony English Pea-Pod Pesto
Posted in Food, frugal living, gardening, garlic, herbs, organic gardening, peas, sea scallops, seafood, tagged cooking, economy, family, Food, recipe, recipes on May 17, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Today, after a few days away from the homestead, I picked a bounty of English peas. They were mighty tasty, even though all I did was a 1950s simmer in salted water with garlic and herbs.The only problem I see with a bounty of English peas is the apparent waste of the pods that are [...]
Spicy Asian Veggie, Chicken, and Coconut Milk Noodle Bowl
Posted in Asian food, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, chile, cilantro, coconut, Cooking And Baking, CSA, dinner, dinner, eggplant, farmer's market, Food, leeks, mushrooms, organic food, organic gardening, pasta, peas, recipes, red pepper, red peter pepper, rice, seafood, shrimp, snow pea, soup, tagged cooking, dinner, Food, photography, recipe, recipes on May 12, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Tonight we had huge noodle bowls for dinner, relying on fresh produce and poultry from our back yard or Conway Locally Grown. These noodle bowls are packed with veggies, spice, and cooling coconut milk (which, alas, is not local at all). Unfortunately, after I planned the dish, I discovered that my neglected fresh ginger was [...]
Dangerously Easy Cheese Sauce with all real-dairy ingredients
Posted in appetizer, cheese, Cooking And Baking, dinner, Food, pasta, recipes, red pepper, tagged cooking, dinner, family, Food, recipe, recipes on May 11, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I hesitate to post this new recipe for fear of backlash (it’s much too easy!–so easy a grade-school kid can make it), but when the heat moves in, I like to get out of the kitchen fast, and this recipe will let you do that. It’s not a traditional cheese sauce with a white-sauce base, [...]
Cool weather, adjusting our ideas for garden and kitchen (with a roasted rosemary chicken recipe!)
Posted in cast iron, chicken, comfort food, Cooking And Baking, dinner, dinner, Dutch oven, Food, frugal living, herbs, nature, onions, recipes, turkey, tagged dinner, family, Food, gardening, recipe, recipes, Thanksgiving, weather on May 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
We’ve had more unseasonably cool weather. Today the temperatures struggled to get out of the 50s F, when ordinarily we’d be at least 80 degrees F for the daytime high. These cool temperatures make me rethink both kitchen and garden. Tonight for dinner, for instance, I served up a variation on Thanksgiving, with my treasured [...]
