Bringing Permaculture to Life in the Kitchen

Category Recipes

Recipes you can make from ingredients grown in your back yard.

Vegetarian Spaghetti and Meatballs

Have you ever tried Spaghetti Squash? It’s incredible, it’s also incredibly hard shelled! I usually have Jim attack it with the large knife. We’ve found that once you get the knife embedded it and then kinda of pick it up… Continue Reading →

Meatless Month

After the month of December Jim and I were feeling just a little bit bogged down by all the rich food we had been eating. I spent a week in Texas and I don’t think I have ever eaten so… Continue Reading →

Pumpkin Puree Pasta Sauce and Brussels

So, now that I have made all this Pumpkin Puree, what to do with it?? I was in the mood for something savory, cheesy and warm the other night. It’s getting cold out and it is time for some hot… Continue Reading →

Homemade Pumpkin Puree

We had three very lovely, plump, orange pumpkins this year. We saw them in early September and we said “hey, we should pick those and use them.” Mid September we looked at them and said, “those would be great in… Continue Reading →

Second Annual Farm to Table Tasting

Our second Farm to Table tasting went off without a hitch! Thank you to everyone who came and enjoyed our food. We hope next year we can invite even more people. We have the Farm to Table tastings to show… Continue Reading →

How To Freeze Your Harvest

My goal was by the end of the summer I wanted to fill our mini freezer downstairs with things from the garden that we have harvested and frozen. So far, we are doing pretty good! I have frozen a ton… Continue Reading →

Chicken with Smooshed Tomatoes

I don’t know about you but I struggle with meals in the summer sometimes. There are only so many salads one can make. It is way too hot to do anything today, especially cook. But thank goodness for air conditioning!… Continue Reading →

A Great Day in Baking History

It was an incredible day for baking today! History was made! I have created my most epic baking achievement yet! BEHOLD!! BAGELS!! It all started with an intense craving for bagels I had one day. But when I went to… Continue Reading →

Red Currant Jelly

I hope everyone liked the muffin recipe! You know what is great on Red Currant Muffins? Red Currant Jelly! Well, more like: what else do you do with four more full, ripe bushes of red currants? You make jelly! I… Continue Reading →

Red Currant Muffins

Our four Red Currant bushes are ready and after a taste test right off the bush I figured out I wasn’t a fan, and I think Jim agreed with me. After a tart (tiny) burst of berry flavor the seed… Continue Reading →

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