Homemade taco seasoning, made with common pantry ingredients. It’s delicious, with no fillers, msg, or gluten. Taco Seasoning1/2 cup dried minced onion1/4 cup salt1/4 cup chili powder2 Tbsp crushed red pepper flakes2 Tbsp garlic powder1 Tbsp oregano2 Tbsp cumin Combine all ingredients and store in […]
After years and years of symptoms and testing, and more tests and symptoms, record keeping and more record keeping, and multiple doctor’s appointments with specialists. . .I finally have a diagnosis. Celiac Disease. In some ways I didn’t expect to actually be diagnosed, but in
The hives at the garden needed new queens, so they were ordered last week. The new queens arrived today, so we went down to the garden and worked on them together. Stephen almost always works the bees without suiting up. I, however, am not that
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This afternoon the town held an intro to beekeeping event at the community garden. We had pretty good attendance and I think we all enjoyed it. First, Stephen did an overview of the basics. He included a bit about bees themselves as well as their
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After your dough has proved in the fridge overnight, remove it. It should have risen. Turn it out of the banneton onto the counter. I use a silicone bread sling (available on Amazon here) under my dough. This helps keep the bottom from burning and
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Once your starter is bubbly and active, and has doubled in size, now you can mix up your dough. I feed my starter in the evening, to rise overnight, and mix the dough in the morning. My starter is in two half gallon jars here,
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Tuesdays are sourdough days in our bakery. I take preorders over the weekend weekend and customers pick up their bread on Tuesdays when it’s ready. Today I am prepping dough for 7 loaves. Let me start by saying I’m not a fussy sourdough baker. Some
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Shortly after we were married, my husband took a job as Youth Pastor at a nearby church. We loved working with the youth and being involved in this new church. It was great. I played the piano, tried to help the pastor’s wife where I
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4 cups sliced cooking apples1 Tbsp lemon juice1/3 cup all purpose flour1 cup oats1/2 cup brown sugar1/3 cup butter, melted1/2 tsp salt1 tsp cinnamon Peel and slice apples, and place in a greased 9×9 baking dish. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Combine dry ingredients, add melted
