Mountain Mama… Country Living
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. If canning this, green lentils hold their shape better when canned than other lentils.
One recipe yields about 1 qt. We used red jalapenos only. Also used half cup white vinegar and half cup apple cider vinegar.
Hot honey made from Sam’s recipe!
Good morning everyone! I hope you are all having a great day.
My canning project yesterday was canning some pork tenderloin. I usually can it in chunks and do the hot pack method. Yesterday I used the raw pack method and sliced the pork. We will see how this turns out. I really like how they look in the jar and definitely plan on doing the raw pack from now on.
It is a misty, rainy, foggy morning and I love it. I have fall candles lit and plan on enjoying my snuggle in day with some crochet.
God bless!
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