If I’m not in my barn or my garden, you can find me in the kitchen. When one spends as much time there as I do, one tends to have a few favorite go-to cookbooks within reach. Because of that, here are my current choices …
Let’s talk about egg nog. Homemade egg nog, to be precise. I’m a huge fan of egg nog. As a kid, one of my favorite things about the coming Christmas season was checking the dairy cooler during every single grocery shopping trip to see if …
Ever wanted to make banana bread, but you only had one ripe banana? I mean, can you even make bread using only one banana? Farm(ish) girl Amy is here to assure you that you can make banana bread using the mashings of only one banana. …
Some of the best things about the weather turning cold are the beverages that are made to help warm you up. One of my favorites is Russian Tea. Russian Tea is similar to wassail or a spiced up apple cider, but if you ask the …
It’s amazing to me that a pile of flour, yeast, water, sugar, and salt can turn into so many different kinds of bread type things. Today, we’re going to use this pile of goodness to make bagels from scratch. Mmmm. Homemade bagels made from scratch. …
There are three bread recipes that I consider to be “staples” at Clucky Dickens Farm, and One Rise Baguette is one of them. It’s a fast, fancy bread that can be used for sub sandwiches or as a great side to spaghetti, soup, salad, or …
When it’s time to clean out your garden for the year, you might be left with a lot of green tomatoes. What in the world do you do with green tomatoes? Well, you have a couple different options… Green Tomatoes: Ripen Them! If you’re one …
I like to have coffee with my coffee cake. How about you? Of course you do. I mean, the name coffee cake makes it obvious that it’s a cake that deserves to have coffee served with it. But here’s the thing about coffee cake. There …
Homemade pizza is one of our favorite meals to make here at the farm. Know why? I love pizza. I could probably close down the local pizza buffet with my ginormous appetite for pizza. I love pizza. It’s the whole reason I could never be …
Looking for something different to do with your abundance of strawberries — besides Strawberry Rhubarb Pie? Let me show you how to make an amazingly simple and yumtastic little side dish called Strawberry Celery Salad. Yes, I said Strawberry Celery Salad. As in, there is …