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Dehydrating Potatoes

Potatoes are one of my favorite foods to dehydrate. They are just so versatile, and rehydrate really well. Once dried, they shrink and loose weight. There won’t be an issue with storing them for long time when stored correctly and no worry about sprouting or molding. Usually we purchase a few hundred pounds of potatoes […]

Sticky Honey-Ginger-Lemon Chicken

(my camera just doesn’t do food justice, but I tried!)

“Sticky chicken” is what we call this recipe. It may look a little complicated with all the ingredients, but it’s not, and the end results are worth it. If the process of making the breading and the sauce seem a […]

Baking calzones in the wood stove

Pardon me if I seem overly excited about this venture, but being able to cook calzones on or in my woodstove was something I was a little apprehensive about trying. But we love calzones. They are a filling, cheap treat we like to enjoy once in a while. And when you’re […]

Ketchup

Yes, I know ketchup can be purchased pretty cheap. Yes I realize for many, making your own ketchup may not seem like the best use of time or resources, and that’s fine. Sometimes I even use storebought ketchup in my recipes if I didn’t have enough tomatoes to make ketchup. But when tomatoes are in […]

Penne Rustica

This dish is a little time consuming – but easy. I like to make this as a special treat because it has that ‘restaurant quality’ taste to it. Play with the ingredients according to your tastes. You can adjust the seasonings in the sauce to be stronger if you wish – taste and see once […]

Venison Steaks

It’s that time of year again! Deer season. One of the most wonderful times of year, if you ask me. Here is a great way to prepare those tasty steaks.

Ingredients:

3 tb flour 2ts Mrs. Dash seasoning (optional) 1ts garlic powder 1 ts salt 1 ts onion powder 2lb venison steaks 2tb butter (more […]

Mexican Rice

We enjoy cooking up this rice for our Mexican meals. It’s good stuff! I have also made this rice using enchilada sauce in place of plain tomato sauce.

Ingredients:

3 tb vegetable oil 1 c long grain rice, uncooked 1 ts fresh minced garlic ½ ts salt ½ ts cumin ½ c tomato sauce […]

Week 2 of Wood Stove Cooking

I have now gone two weeks of cooking using my wood stove instead of my electric stove. This weeks meals have included: fajitas, mexican rice, refried beans, calzones, biscuits and gravy, rabbit tenderloin. chicken and dumplings, and much more.

This week I used my ‘low heat spots’ more to keep food warm (set on mason […]

Chicken and Broccoli Penne

This is a yummy meal that can be put together fast.

Ingredients:

2tb butter 2tb flour 3c chicken broth 8 oz cream cheese 1tb Italian Dressing Mix 1/2 tb dry minced onion 1/2 tb minced garlic 2-3 cooked, cubed chicken breasts 1-1lb box rotini 1 bag/2 heads of broccoli, cooked

Method:

Cook rotini according to […]

Italian Dressing Mix

This can be used as a seasoning, or actually turned into a dressing.

Ingredients:

1tb garlic powder 1 tb onion powder 1/2 tb sugar 2 tb oregano 1 ts pepper 1/2 ts thyme 1 ts basil 2tb salt

Method

Combine ingredients. Use as a seasoning, or combine 2 tablespoons of the mix with 1/4 c […]