Jason is ahead of me on this by a few years, but I recently learned about Kefir. It was quite by accident, as my eye caught a video about probiotics and the importance of them in our diet. In tablet form, good probiotics can be [Read More]
02. 19. 15
Dinner’s in the slow cooker, easy beef recipe
While the world slept through the early hours of Sunday morning, I dragged my butt hopped out of bed to get lunch in the crock pot. Now, I usually have this all prepped so I don’t have to get up so early on a Sunday [Read More]
01. 03. 15
Meal Planning – “How” to guide for every family
I know that to many people this is a really simple concept, but for me learning to menu plan was a real Eureka moment. I’d never been taught how to do it, and for years I just fumbled along. Many days, I dreaded cooking, or [Read More]
11. 01. 14
Homemade Cream Of Wheat
When the cold weather sets in, I often find myself taking care of the little things that need wrapped up. In the afternoon the weather turns cold and often I have already taken off my long sleeves… But when I get inside, there are a [Read More]
10. 24. 14
Kitchen Favorites: My slow cooker
This is Modern Pioneer’s wife, Danielle. Nice to meet you! For the longest time, I dreaded cooking. As a busy person, planning meals wasn’t on my agenda so that shopping and cooking became a drag. I changed my outlook on it a few years ago [Read More]
09. 23. 14
Cornbread ( 1830’s) Kitchen / Campfire Recipe
3 c. stone ground corn meal 1 1/2 c. white flour 1 T. sugar 2 t. baking soda 1/2 t. salt 2 1/2 T. molasses or 21/2 T. honey or 11/4 T. of each 4 eggs 3 c. buttermilk 3 T. lard 3 T. veg. [Read More]
09. 22. 14
Dutch Oven Cobbler Kitchen / Campfire Recipe
1 box of yellow cake mix 1 cold stick butter cut into cubes 2 cans pie filling 1 1/4 c. chopped or finely diced walnuts While heating 12 inch cast iron dutch oven to 375 degrees (use oven thermometer inside dutch oven/oven ) Remove from [Read More]
09. 22. 14
Traditional Buckwheat (no knead)
3/4 cup buckwheat flour (3 1/2 oz) 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour (5 oz) 2 cups whole wheat flour (9 oz) 2 1/4 t. granulated yeast 1 1/2 t. coarse salt 1/8 cup vital wheat gluten (2 T or .6 oz) 1 3/4 cups lukewarm [Read More]
09. 22. 14
Honey Wheat (no knead) Dutch Oven
1 1/3 cups lukewarm water (approximately 100 degrees) 2 1/4 t. granulated yeast 2 1/4 t. coarse salt (.6 oz) 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (6.75 oz) 1 1/2 cups all-purpose white flour (7.5 oz) 1/8 cup of vital wheat gluten ( 2T or .6 oz) [Read More]