Pizza for every meal?

    Oct 8, 2008 | Featured, Food

    You may not know it…but October is National Pizza Month. Perhaps you saw we’ve started implementing weekly pizza nights in our meal plans now that we have our killer crust recipe but did you know that Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza EACH...

    A boy named Ayla?

    Sep 24, 2008 | Ayla's thoughts, Featured, Pets, The calming years (3-4)

    Hello my dog friends! Hope you’re all having a bark-o-licious week out there. It’s been raining a lot here so I’ve been catching up on lots of sleep…but I heard a rumor from a very nice man who gave me some treats that the weather is supposed...

    Vegetable soup with options

    Sep 8, 2008 | Featured, Food, Homesteading Life

    Prepare yourself for a long recipe here…but this is first a basic Hearty Vegetable soup that we canned and then a few variations which you can use when you open up a can of this goodness to eat it. This way you can eat the same soup over and over again without...

    This weekend, we feasted! T-bones & Porcini mushrooms

    Sep 1, 2008 | Featured, Food

    We went to the farmer’s market in Hanau Saturday morning (open 7am until 2pm in the market square) and made some really tasty purchases. The weather was beautiful and warm here so we wanted to grill. One of our missions was to find some nice steaks…and we...

    I am the YETI!

    Aug 16, 2008 | Ayla's thoughts, Featured, Pets, The calming years (3-4)

    Hello my doggie friends, We took a walk earlier tonight and I am so happy to report that I found the most delightful pile of manure hiding in a corner! We went a slightly different route than usual and there was a big pile of decomposing potatoes and what smelled like...