The Best Freaking Turkey you will EVER taste!

It’s November and we know what that means! Thanksgiving will be here any day now so I’m reposting this recipe because it IS that good. The last few years we’ve been making this with our homegrown turkeys and it’s even more amazing! Super moist and flavorful, this turkey is sure to please your guests. ———————————————————————- I…

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Mmmmm….Crockpot Chili

It’s been awhile since I’ve done a non-canning recipe so I figured I was overdue. With this cold weather it’s nice to sit with a bowl of comfort food. I love chili but I really don’t make it enough. We have a ton of dry beans that we’ve grown so there really is no excuse…

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Monday’s Guests – Rabbit Liver Pate

Today’s post comes from Kitty over at Havenscourt Homestead. She graciously gave us some of this delicious pate this weekend to try out. I’m a fan of liver in general sauteed up with some garlic – yum! But if you don’t like eating liver you may still like pate.  ————————————————————————- Rabbit Liver Pate Mention liver…

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Not-So-Green Chili Stew

Remember the Red Roasted Tomatillo Sauce? Here’s what you do with it. So I promised this recipe when I posted the Red Roasted Tomatillo Sauce recipe and I just kept forgetting to post it. Well, here it is finally. My mom taught me how to make the first version of this back when I was…

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Making Rabbit Sausage

Mmmmm, rabbit  We’ve got so much rabbit and so very little freezer space right now, with more rabbits on the way. We needed to do something with all this rabbit and let’s face it, I’m getting a little tired of just braising it. Rabbit’s a very lean meat and can be quite tough if it’s…

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Pasta a la Carbonara with Leeks and Arugula

Sometimes you don’t know you’re looking for something until you find it. Sometimes you’re just minding your own (or everybody else’s) business mindlessly surfing through facebook when a friend of yours posts a recipe to another friend of yours saying “we need to make this” and you can’t not look, because hey, it’s food and…

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Boston Style Baked Beans

This week I am continuing my quest to eradicate all processed food from the house with a simple-yet-hearty recipe for Boston-style baked beans.   I have been searching for recipes that are easy and healthy. I need to be able to make them in bulk and store them. I don’t want to sacrifice the meals…

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Get-Well Turkey and Vegetable Soup

It is turkey season again! Rick’s already been out once, bringing home a gorgeous 27 lb tom (cleaned and plucked, it was about 17 lbs of edible bits). We cleaned and froze the breasts, wings, and drumsticks for later meals, and made Hank Shaw’s Wild Turkey Marsala with the scrap bits from the breaking-down process….

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