I’m an extremist when it comes to regulating temperatures. Well, I’m probably an extremist in other areas too, but most recently and notably, an extremist of our new Jotul woodstove. See, I’ve been freezing in our house. It’s near the end of October and I usually crank up the woodstove in September. This year, we [...]
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2 Jun
Dazey Butter Churning Fun
My daughter declares homemade butter tastes “SO much better” than the store-bought stuff. Of course, she’s the same kid whose teeth lined up perfectly to the marks in the partly eaten cube of butter we found when she was two. So, she was ecstatic to help make eat the butter we made a while back in [...]
14 Apr
Soyrizo spaghetti sauce
I love spaghetti! Uh, spaghetti sauce to be more specific. When I was a kid, I’d ask just for a bowl of spaghetti sauce, douse it with Tabasco sauce, and eat it like chili. Over the years, I’ve tried to make my Mom’s spaghetti sauce to no avail, so I make do with my own: [...]
26 Feb
Woodstove Soyrizo lettuce wraps recipe
I made these the other night on my woodstove: Here’s the recipe: in a cast iron skillet, brown one package of soy chorizo add 1-2 cups kidney beans add 1-2 cups black beans add 1 cup cooked brown rice add 1 cup water, or enough to make thick consistency let simmer covered, till hot and [...]
29 Jan
Recycled Lint Firestarters
Ever wonder what to do with your lint? This is what I do with it: You will need: cardboard egg carton dryer sheets lint candle wax To make: stuff the egg carton with lint and used dryer sheets, drip (or pour) melted candle wax on top. Tear off one egg section to start your fire. So [...]
17 Jan
Kale Chips
My kids go crazy over eating these greens. Kale is so good for you, and also difficult to eat for little mouths unless it’s in a green drink, or in the form of chips. These are SO great, that even those who declare they hate kale have been known to down handfuls of this stuff. [...]
16 Jan
Green Drink Recipe
Our green drink is different every day, depending on the ingredients we have at hand, but here’s a basic idea of what we throw in there. The great thing about this recipe is that it’s so flexible: you can add or delete any of the ingredients according to your tastes! We do primarily vegetable green drinks, [...]
