Today in the Ozarks the skies are dark, pouring an icy rain that makes me wish we had a fireplace. If I had a fireplace, I’d have an even harder time carrying through with my holiday giveaway. Earlier this fall, I wrote about my summer visit to the Ozark Folk Center, near my home in [...]
Archive for November, 2010
Handmade Ozarks Hearth Broom: my holiday giveaway
Posted in Arkansas, baking, family, frugal living, Ozark Mountains, tagged Christmas, family, Food, giveaway, history, life on November 29, 2010 | 18 Comments »
Cranberry-Gingerbread (Pecan) Pancakes, for the morning after . . . .
Posted in baking, bread, breakfast, Cooking And Baking, cranberries, dried fruit, Food, fruit, ginger, health, recipes, whole grains, tagged baking, breakfast, holiday, holidays, recipes on November 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I love cranberries, so I stock up when they appear in markets in autumn. (I’m ordering some plants for the homestead, so by next Thanksgiving I may have my own!) I, of course, like making cranberry sauce, but this year I’m not home, so I decided to use my first bag of cranberries for cranberry-gingerbread [...]
Happy Thanksgiving
Posted in fruit, tagged family, Food, life, Thanksgiving on November 24, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Tonight I write from an in-law’s home, and it would be easy to dwell on how I want to be home making my own dinner, instead of being on the road eight hours today and destined for eight hours more on Friday. The truth is, we can almost always find things for which to be [...]
Cleaning out the freezer: bread pudding with apples and cranberries
Posted in apple, baking, bread, butter, cake, comfort food, Cooking And Baking, cranberries, dessert, frugal living, fruit, walnut, whole grains, tagged baking, dessert, Food, recipes on November 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’ve recently been on a mission to re-organize and clean out our freezers. I know we have things that have been in the arctic depths too long. The other day on a clean out I found some sweet bread (coffee cake remnants?) that I had frozen in chunks. I tasted it. Hmmm. It was okay. [...]
The most basic pumpkin soup: creamy, rich, sweet, and savory
Posted in appetizer, butternut squash, comfort food, Cooking And Baking, cream, dinner, dinner, farmer's market, Food, frugal living, gardening, garlic, ginger, herbs, pumpkin, recipes, soup, sweet things, vegetarian, winter squash, tagged dinner, Food, pumpkin, recipes, soup on November 21, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Every fall I am overwhelmed by a desire to surround myself by pumpkins and winter squashes, one of the most enduring symbols of autumn’s bounty. Every year I make pumpkin soup. Every year Mr. Homesteader eats the soup politely but, I must admit, not that enthusiastically. Knowing his love of exotic flavors, I’ve tried lots [...]
Apple-Celery Salad: crisp and tangy for fall
Posted in apple, celery, chives, dinner, dinner, Food, fruit, mustard, onions, salad, vegetarian, tagged dinner, Food, recipes on November 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Even though I miss summer tomatoes come fall, at least I have apples with tangy, juicy crunch. A few weeks ago I tossed together a fall salad with simplicity of preparation that belies its sophisticated blend of flavor and texture. For every two servings you’ll need: 1 well-washed apple 1-2 stalks of fresh celery 1 [...]
Sweet Potato Pancakes: latkes with a twist
Posted in apple butter, cabbage, Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, farmer's market, onions, potatoes, sweet potato, sweet things, tagged dinner, Food, recipe, recipes, vegetarian on November 19, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Latkes–fluffy, savory pancakes made of grated potatoes–make a filling base for a cold-weather meal. We make them with regular potatoes, but we also like them made with sweet potatoes, whose bright orange color fits our fall mood so well. Sweet potatoes are also loaded with nutrients, so be thankful if they’ve been showing up at [...]
Why sustainable farms are healthier farms, in pictures
Posted in animals, Arkansas, chicken, Community Supported Agriculture, CSA, dinner, dinner, farmer's market, frugal living, locavore, organic food, Ozark Mountains, turkey, tagged environment, family, Food, history, politics, recipes on November 17, 2010 | 6 Comments »
A few weeks ago I had a chance to meet part of my Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. I don’t want to offend the vegetarians, but this picture very well may include that bird. I snapped a shot of these birds at Falling Sky Farm, now of Chime, Arkansas. Mr. Homesteader was so impressed with the [...]
Your Thanksgiving dressing and stuffing recipes: gathering a geographical gastronomy
Posted in Arkansas, celery, corn, cornbread, dinner, dinner, eggs, Food, fusion cuisine, herbs, history, onions, recipes, Southern food, turkey, whole grains, tagged culture, dinner, Food, holidays, recipes, Southern food, Thanksgiving on November 8, 2010 | 48 Comments »
Every year now it seems that newspapers, food blogs, and radio shows debate the merits of turkey or sides as the highlight of Thanksgiving dinner. Personally, I’m all about the dressing–cornbread stuffing baked in a separate pan for those of you who don’t have Southern roots. I’ll never forget the year that my sister, accompanied [...]
Fighting the Freeze: squeezing the last drops of Indian summer
Posted in Arkansas, gardening, organic gardening, Ozark Mountains, winter gardening, tagged autumn, Food, gardening on November 3, 2010 | 14 Comments »
There is no question that fall has come. Actually, we had our first frost about two weeks ahead of schedule, at the beginning of October. I am extremely resistant to yielding to winter in the garden. In case you hadn’t noticed, we’re still picking summer crops. I used an old king-sized mattress cover for [...]
