This traditional Irish recipe is a delicious way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this March 17th! Steak & Guinness PieMakes 4 servings Ingredients: 12 inch Pie pastry 1 to 2 pounds of Round steak 1 tablespoon of Flour 1 tablespoon of Brown sugar 1 tablespoon of Raisins 5 medium size onions 1 bottle of Guinness…
With the way food prices are skyrocketing right now, I know we are looking at ways to keep the food budget at a reasonable level and one of the best ways to do this is to either buy or grow food in bulk and freeze the excess. With a few teenagers in our house right…
This slow cooker chili gets a nice boost of flavour by using a combination of spicy and sweet pork sausage, rather than plain ground beef. To turn up the heat even more, use all spicy sausage instead. There are few meals within our family of five agree on and one of those is chili. Whether…
This delicious, healthy slow cooker recipe is as easy as it is versatile. This flavor-packed chicken is perfect for burrito bowls, lettuce wraps, or over a bed of flavourful cilantro-lime rice. We like it on weekends after a long day of shovelling snow or hitting the slopes. It is so easy to pull together if…
With thousands of tomato varieties on the market, selecting the best options for your garden can seem like a monumental task. Since each variety offers up its own unique set of characteristics, you’ll want to make selections based upon how you plan to put your precious homestead garden bounty to use. If your goal is…
Now that you’ve visited with lots of the family and finished cleaning up that massive mess left bychildren and fun-loving pets, you peer into your refrigerator and what do you see? Tubs,and tubs of Thanksgiving leftovers. Every year, many people simply have no idea what to do with large amounts of food leftover from holiday…
Who doesn’t love a gorgeous beef stew? So savoury and delicious and comforting on a cool fall or winters day. This hearty traditional beef stew features plenty of delicious, garden-fresh herbs and vegetables, so it’s a great way to enjoy those savoury treasures from your own garden or the local farmers’ market. This satisfy dish…
Don’t you just love an easy recipe that uses only one pan and is simply delectable? How about we add all that to the fact this recipe uses abundant fall harvest ingredients like apples and pork and fresh herbs? If this sounds like something that would tickle your taste buds, then please enjoy this One-Skillet…
When you have teenagers like I do, one meal that is often forgotten about is breakfast. You and your family should eat a nutritious breakfast, even on your busiest morning. Luckily, the following grab-and-go breakfast ideas are both easy to prepare and can be very healthy. Even as a busy homestead mom, you can prepare…
Us home cooks know that as the temperatures outside increase, the desire to cook decreases. This isn’t usually due to lack of wanting to cook, but instead, the need to keep the house as cool as possible. This is why baking is done mostly in the winter months and cool dishes are served during the…