A light and fluffy icing for celebratory cakes.
Roast Chicken
For many years we raised our own meat birds. We’d do 50 at a time, raise them on a vegetarian diet, with greens added, and could expect 8 – 10 lb. birds in a couple of months. We had a chick room, and a finishing room, and during the warmer months, both would be busy….
Pulled Pork
We used to raise pigs. We started with two, Murdoch and Ogilvie. Each year they would arrive in the spring, and be butchered in the late fall. The next spring we’d go pick up that year’s version. And so on. Until we decided three would be better. The third became McIntyre, named for our dear…
Blueberry-Lemon Muffins
When we were first married, and living in a 40’ trailer on 50 acres of land, I had to cope with a very limited kitchen. Funny, but it was that limited space and equipment that taught me to make do, creating foods by hand, with a tiny propane stove, during daylight hours, as we lit…
Roasted Vegetable Lasagne
Ten years or so ago, I came up with the idea of an art auction to raise money for our community hall. Everyone could donate art that they no longer wanted on their own walls, or something that they had created themselves. We had some wild pieces, as well as some that were really beautifully…
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