by No Ordinary Homestead | Nov 17, 2009 | Christmas, Entertaining, Food
Our Christmas menu, like New Year’s, is always a bit up in the air at this time of year. Last year it was fairly easy for us to decide because we wanted a Thanksgiving-style dinner since we skipped our Thanksgiving dinner last November. We figured it would be a bit...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Aug 21, 2009 | Featured, Food, Garden
Most of the time when Stefan is on vacation, I fall out of my usual groove a bit and don’t run around like a crazy woman all day. You probably noticed by my lack of posts for the last week or so…and I’m just now starting to catch up on everything here in the house. I...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Jun 22, 2009 | Featured, Food
Ever on the quest for new recipes, I was flipping through my cookbook Southern Living: 30 Years of Our Best Recipes and came up with the following meal: Balsamic marinated chicken with beer rice and sugared carrots. The balsamic chicken browned beautifully while...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Nov 14, 2008 | Entertaining, Featured, Food, Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving shortcuts are hard to pull off here in Germany. So when I go on about making my own dressing from scratch and you just want to hurl, remember that I can’t get things like Stove Top Dressing Mix here in Germany. If I could, I might very well use it. Or I...