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Social Distancing Recipe: Just In Time 10 Minute Jam

March 30, 2020 By Mary Leave a Comment

For the last few days -- especially after I made biscuits, I've been wanting some jam.  I had used … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church Cookbook, farm, Fruit, Garden, Recipe, Social Distancing Tagged With: Bread, butter, easy, family, farm, FOODIES, Fruit, fruit jam, garden, healthy, Healthy recipes, homesteading, jam, low-sugar jams, Recipe, The Great British Bake Off

Podcast: Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner

February 28, 2019 By Mary 1 Comment

Resources Martzahn's Farm Poultry Processing Healthy Harvest of North Iowa Iowa State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, Church Cookbook, family, farm, Recipe Tagged With: broilers, chicken, homegrown, homesteading, raising chickens

quiche

Fresh Eggs and a Five Hundred Dollar Quiche

February 12, 2019 By Mary 5 Comments

A few springs ago, my husband, Eric, after much thought and planning, decided we were ready to start … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, Church Cookbook, homesteading, Iowa, mom, Recipe, Vintage Recipe, Vintage Recipes Tagged With: Breakfast, breakfast bake, chicken, chickens, eggs, family dinner, fresh eggs, vintage recipes

cupcakes with glaze

The Great British Bake Off Inspired Me to Bake a Cake…

February 12, 2019 By Mary 11 Comments

I have been binge watching The Great British Baking Show this winter -- all seasons and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cake, Church Cookbook, Foodies, homesteading, Recipe, The Great British Baking Show Tagged With: baking, British, Dessert, family, farm, FOODIES, Mary Berry, Orange Cake, Recipe, sponge cake, The Great British Bake Off, Vintage Cakes

Green Bean Casserole

Lighten Up and Skip the Canned Soup: Green Bean Casserole

February 8, 2018 By Mary 12 Comments

When I was in 7th grade we were required to take Home Economics and the first thing we made was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church Cookbook, Foodies, Health, homesteading, Recipe, Side Dish Tagged With: 10 Week Wellness Challange, Baby Bella Mushrooms, Béchamel sauce, butter, Casserole, church ladies, family, FOODIES, Green Bean Casserole, Green Beans, healthy, Iowa Food and Family Project, Mushrooms, Recipe, Roux, White Sauce

Church Cookbook Classics: Newlywed Lemon Chicken

April 26, 2017 By Mary 2 Comments

I love reading church cookbooks -- some of the names for the recipes -- they entertain me!  How … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, Church Cookbook, Main Dish Tagged With: chicken, Church Cookbooks, church ladies, crock-pot, herbs, lemon, Newylwed, oven meal, tarragon

Vintage Betty Recipe: Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

March 20, 2017 By Mary 17 Comments

After starting my Church Cookbook Series recently, my husband asked me to make what he said was his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Church Cookbook, Dessert, Vintage Recipe Tagged With: Betty Crocker, cake, cherries, church ladies, dish to pass, fruit dessert, Mom's recipe, Paul Hollywood, pineapple, pot-luck, sponge cake, Sweets, The Great British Bake Off

Church Cookbook Classics: Mary’s Swiss Steak

March 13, 2017 By Mary 4 Comments

It is a snowy Sunday afternoon in mid-March, my husband is asleep on the couch pretending to watch … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Beef, Church Cookbook, farm, Recipe Tagged With: crock-pot, easy, family, farm, FOODIES, oven meal, Recipe, round steak, steak, swiss steak, tomatoes, veggies

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