by Tiffany | May 6, 2020 | Food, Garden, Homesteading Life
We went down to the orchard today and harvested about 22 pounds (10 kilos) of mirabelle plums from our trees. We really should have harvested them a week or so earlier, but we simply haven’t had the time. Thank God we found Nico, our new farm hand, when we did...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Oct 20, 2014 | Food, Holidays
This post brought to you by TruMoo. All opinions are 100% mine. With Halloween just around the corner, and us involved in the biggest and best Halloween party in Naples, we have been feeling more festive than ever. So when TruMoo asking me to help them come up with a...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Jun 24, 2013 | Breads, Breakfasts, Food
It’s gotten to be that time of year here when I’m going through the pantry and trying to use up many of the things which have been stuck in the corner for a long while. One of those items in our own home tends to be rye flour — a castaway from the best intentions of...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Feb 27, 2013 | Featured, Food
Like many households across the world, pizza is a beloved dinner food around here … and a quick breakfast for the morning after, whether it’s being eaten straight out of the fridge or warmed up a bit in the oven. But instead of ordering out all the time, I love to...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Feb 18, 2013 | Food, Mains, Quick Dinners
Have you ever made a dish for the first time and knew immediately that it was going to be a recipe that was with you for the rest of your life? For us, the following is one such recipe. I think the first time we made this, it was 2001. We were in our first purchased...