2  packages Little Smokies..3 lb each

3 cans cranberry sauce

1/3  cup mustard

Cook in crockpot until heated through

These are a favorite at Christmas time.

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Good morning everyone! I hope you all are having a great week. I somehow missed making this post earlier.  We went to get our Christmas trees the Friday after Thanksgiving. 

We always have so much fun doing this!!!

It was a really nice day for it.

Grace cutting down our tree!

Our tree tree skirt Grace bought.

We love it!!!❤

Good morning everyone! I hope y’all are having a great day. It is a beautiful day here. The snow is coming down so pretty. I decided it was a great day for making homemade soup and canning it.

This time I actually keep up with the ingredients that I put in it.  Here is the recipe:

4 to 5 lb ground beef, 2 qts home canned tomato juice, 1 qt home canned stock, 4 beef bouillon cubes, 1 32 oz bag frozen southern style hash brown potatoes,  1 28 oz bag frozen corn, 1 28 oz bag frozen mixed vegetables, 1 12 oz bag frozen onions, 2 14.5 oz cans petite diced tomatoes,  2 15.5 oz cans pinto beans, 2 heaping tsp minced garlic, 1 qt water, salt and pepper to taste.

Brown ground beef. Put all ingredients into large stockpot. This amount fills my 10 at stockpot to the top. Heat soup up then put in jars.

Yields 10 qts of soup. Pressure can for 90 minutes.

I got this recipe many years ago from an old granny lady at a farmers market. She was selling cushaw and we got to talking about making pies. She gave me this recipe from memory. That has always amazed me! It makes a really good pie.  U can also use store bought canned pumkin puree.

Hello everyone! I hope you are all having a great day! Yesterday we went to Jessica’s and I showed the kids how to make stack cake. We had so much fun!

Everyone took a turn doing something. I don’t have a picture of Sam doing his part. Sorry Sam!

Just look how tall Daniel is!

The cake was delicious!

God bless!

We built our first fire today. Amazing! Today is October 29th. I don’t think I have ever been able to wait this long before building a fire.

We do have this little propane heater which we have used a couple of times but it really has been a mild fall so far. The fall colors have been beautiful!!

We also enjoyed some pumpkin carving.

Everyone did such a good job! I love how they are all unique!

I hope y’all have a wonderful day. God bless!

Thursday was wood moving day. The kids pitched in and helped Grace and I get it all moved to all house. With the help of our neighbor,  we moved 5 pickup truck loads. Long day but …

We are ready for winter. Canning building is full of home canned goodies and wood shed is full. God bless!

I got this recipe from Jess. It is really good!

1 lb ground beef, 1 cup chopped onion, 1 tsp minced garlic, 1 and 1/2 cup macaroni noodles, 1 cup frozen peas, 1 cup frozen corn, 1 pint tomato juice, 1 to 2 cups stock, 1 tsp chili powder, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp dried cilantro, salt and pepper to taste. May need to add more liquid to get to desired thickness. I usually add about 2 cups water.

This is a very good soup. When Jessica was a child, this was one of her favorite soups. I have changed it just a little bit. The original recipe did not call for corn.

I did a few things different 🤪 with this soup. I added a can of chicken. I feel any meat would work though. I used two cans of beans and left off the carrots. I used a half pint of my home canned salsa, a pint of home canned tomato juice and a small can of green chilies (medium  heat). I did not use any celery. Seasonings I used were about 1 tsp cumin, chili powder, taco seasoning or fajita seasoning( or some of both) oregano, paprika, garlic powder,parsley and cilantro. I also added about 4 chicken bouillon cubes. Really just use whatever your heart tells you to use. It was really good. Made my biggest crockpot full.