I love decorating our home with homemade items made by hand. It brings a feeling of warmth and home to any space. As part of our homeschooling, I get my daughters to develop a monthly craft. With this type of task given, they need to create patterns, test the project and make any necessary changes…
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Who does not love fresh baked cookies!?! These cookies use pumpkin – a perfect way to use fresh pumpkin puree! And the warming scent of cinnamon mixed with the pumpkin when baking, smells like a pumpkin pie met oatmeal cookies. It fills the kitchen with the most delicious aroma that everyone will want a fresh…
Sourdough Perogies (Pierogi)
We accidentally stumbled upon this recipe for these delicious sourdough perogies. And this was much welcomed! We love perogies and simply have not had any for a very long time, so when we tested this recipe and discovered these were absolutely scrumptious, and we could not get enough, we knew we had a recipe we…
At the Pumpkin Patch
Fall is not fall without a trip to the pumpkin patch! I was so pleased to find a pumpkin patch in our area where we could pick our very own pumpkin — a pumpkin to carve for Halloween, a pumpkin or two or three to turn into pumpkin puree to bake into delicious muffins, cakes,…
Storing Herbs for the Winter
When I was a child, I remember my gramma drying herbs like parsley and dill. She always combined them once they were dried, placed them in a jar and then stored it in the cupboard. She used it to season soups, stews, roast beef and anything else she cooked. I always loved the way gramma’s…
Easy Veggie Korma
We love good old fashioned cooking and we also love an array of international dishes too. We had chicken korma several years ago at a restaurant and it was so yummy, so I came up with this veggie version and make it often. I especially love making this every summer to enjoy with fresh garden…
Homemade Dill Pickles
The pioneers worked hard in their gardens all summer long and preserved what they could for the harsh winter months ahead by storing vegetables in the root cellar, drying, salting or by canning. Canning was first invented in 1809 as a way to preserve food for the French army. Canning is a method of preserving…
The Garden Grows
I love gardening in the summer evenings. Picking weeds, admiring the colors of the sunset, listening to the birds chirping, feeling the cool breeze brush by, picking herbs or vegetables, watering all the plants and flowers… it is all enjoyable and I am grateful I can get outside, be in nature and enjoy a beautiful…
