Like I don’t have enough to do! Well, the garden and canning and now sausage making are the activities I do to:
save money
eat better
learn new skills
add to my pantry
relax
get out of the office
be a better homemaker
Here are some photos:
Man! I have tons of tomatoes on my 24 tomato plants! It looks like this year will be fantastic for canning tomatoes and for making gazpacho.
here is the status on the other plants:
zucchini- we have eaten about 6 of them so far.
onions- wonderful! and I keep replanting them as I use them.
cucumber- one so far [...]
I’m very encouraged by my little efforts with my garden. Again, I only have a small patch of land in the back yard, but I’m determined
It’s just been so interesting to see the climate changes here in Spain. I remember when it was said that there were about 330 sunny days in Spain. Well, for the past few years, that has been reduced to about half! We have had winters, 3 years in a row of snow and very rainy [...]
Our son John asked for the recipe. So here is the video and recipe on how to make roti’s.
1/2 c flour
pinch of salt
1/2 lukewarm water
a few drops of oil
I bought 3 kilos of really nice red peppers for a good price in Madrid then roasted and canned them. Here are the results:
About 20 large red peppers rendered 16 jars of peppers.
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Well, here we are in the village, and the day we came in, our neighbor came with this bag of oranges from her tree. Boy, the way the Lord provides is just wonderful!
Now I’m in the process of looking for recipes that make use of them. Here are a few recipes that I am [...]
I realized, that I am nearly out of oregano! Yes, I can buy it here; but since I have the seeds, why not just grow it?
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It has been just freezing here…literally! The snow is on the ground and even the greenhouse is cold. I have a tray of oregano started in the kitchen [...]
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One of my favorite things to do is can meat. It relaxes me and gives me a sense of satisfaction when I see all the jars lined up on the shelves.
I always know when it’s time to can when I have a shelf of empty jars, so I start making my plans. [...]
We scrimped and saved for this meal to share with our friends and it was worth it! Here are some photos below. It was an American Thanksgiving with a few splashes of Spain added.
15 of our best-est Spanish & Brazilian buddies came to the house.
Madrid
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