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Lemon Rosemary Chicken

January 28, 2021 By Mary 2 Comments

If you are looking for a quick, flavorful chicken recipe this is a great recipe to put into your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, farm, Foodies, Iowa, Recipe Tagged With: chicken, easy recipe, fast dinner, fast supper, healthy, healthy meals, Healthy recipes, lemon, Quick, Rosemary

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

Hawaiian Sliders

One Rotisserie Chicken, One Afternoon and Four Healthy Recipes

March 5, 2018 By Mary 9 Comments

When I was a young bride, my mother gave me a lesson on how to buy a week's groceries on twenty … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, Ethnic Foods, farm, Foodies, Health, Main Dish, Recipe Tagged With: bone broth, broth, burritos, chicken, chicken broth, chicken salad, Enchiladas, Hawaiian, Healthy recipes, homemade, homesteading, quesadillas, rotisserie chicken, Sliders, Sweet Hawaiian Rolls, tacos

Gordon

Musings of My Inner Erma Bombeck: Gordon’s Winter Project

February 17, 2018 By Mary 9 Comments

Like many a dad, my father was handy.  He could fix things.  As a farmer and father of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, farm, homesteading, Human Interest, Humor, Marriage Tagged With: dad, dad stories, DIY, father, fixing things, mom, mom stories, mother

4 leaf clover

Musings of My Inner Erma Bombeck: An Irish Blessing

February 9, 2018 By Mary 14 Comments

“CLEARLY, MARY, WE ARE NOT LUCKY!”, wailed my sister Sue in her best Dirty Harry voice, whipping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, farm, Health, Humor Tagged With: Dogs, Erma Bombeck, family, funny, human interest, iowa, Irish Blessings, Lucky, sad, sisters, Tragic story

Woot, Woot – I Made French Baguettes..Thanks, King Arthur Flour!

August 22, 2017 By Mary 8 Comments

I have always wanted to make French Baguettes.  For me nothing is as delicious as a slice of a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breads, family, farm, French Cusine, Recipe Tagged With: baguette, bakealong, baking, Bread, bread flour, classic baguettes, farm life, flour, french, french baguette, french bread, homemade, homesteading, King Arthur Flour, Paul Hollywood, The Great British Bake Off, yeast

Stories of My Mother…Episode #623: The Great Escape

August 6, 2017 By Mary 10 Comments

A few weeks ago my sisters and I flew out to Washington for a visit with two of my older brothers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, farm, Home, Humor, Midlife Tagged With: brothers, crazy family stories, family stories, father, Humor, mom, mom stories, mother, sisters

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