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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

Quick and Easy Corn Chowder

March 28, 2020 By Mary Leave a Comment

Originally I posted this Corn Chowder recipe as a way to use fresh corn which is so plentiful here … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Main Dish, Recipe, Social Distancing, Soup, Vegtables Tagged With: bacon, chowder, corn, garden, side-dish

Got 4 apples? You Can Make Apple Hand Pies…

March 21, 2020 By Mary 2 Comments

Do you know those 4 apples that have been rolling around in your fruit drawer in the fridge?  Yes, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dessert, Recipe, Social Distancing Tagged With: apple hand pie, apple pie, Apples, budget, easy recipe, farm, FOODIES, Fruit, garden, hand pie, home, money-saving recipe, pastry, Pie, pie crust, social distancing

Blackberry Balsamic Vinegar Chicken Salad Recipe

February 5, 2017 By Mary 13 Comments

Hot Damn Sam!!!  I lost weight this week and it feels great.  Granted it was only a pound  and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chicken, exercise, Foodies, Fruit, Garden, Health, Midlife, Recipe, Vegtables, Wellness Tagged With: balsamic vinegar, blackberry, diabetes, easy, Exercise, farm, FOODIES, Fruit, garden, grilled, Health, healthy, herbs, iowa, Iowa Food and Family Project, lettuce, light, low-cal, Recipe, romaine, rotisserie chicken, salads, skinny, SOUP, spinach, VEGTABLES, weight-loss, Wellness

Countdown to Thanksgiving–Orange Herb Turkey Brine Mix

November 12, 2016 By Mary 4 Comments

Easy Orange Herb Turkey Brine Mix I grew up thinking that all turkey was dry and needed to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Brine, Eat Local, Herbs, Holiday, Recipe, Spice, Turkey Tagged With: Brine, Eat Local, garden, herbs, Spice Mix, Thanksgiving, Turkey

Church Cookbook Classics: Fresh Summer Corn Chowder

August 12, 2016 By Mary 7 Comments

In Iowa, the corn state, it is totally appropriate to have a supper of only fresh corn on the cob … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Main Dish, Recipe, Soup, Vegtables Tagged With: bacon, chowder, corn, garden, side-dish

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