Recipes

grilling pizza on charcoal grill

Summer Pizza #1: Grilled Pizza at Home!

Pizzas on the grill is a great idea for parties. Make your dough rounds and stack them separated by parchment paper. You can keep them in the refrigerator for up to 2 hours before cooking.

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Kendra's canned venison

When Freezers Fail, Canning Saves the Day!

When a hunter friend of ours had his freezer that was packed with venison go out, he decided to bless us with some of the thawed hunks of meat. Knowing my family would never be able to eat it all before it went bad, and that it wouldn’t be safe to re-freeze the raw venison, I decided to take the opportunity to experiment with my new pressure canner. And I was pleasantly surprised to find how easy it was to can my own meat!

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Apple Pie Spiced Cookies

I beg you, make these. And while you’re at it, double the batch. ‘Cause if your home is anything like mine, they won’t make it through the night!

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Homemade Venison Jerky

Though I’m still trying to acquire a taste for deer roasts and stews, I absolutely love deer jerky. If you’ve never made it, you have to give it a try.

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A Garlic Prelude

The tender portion of the garlic scape can be chopped and used like an onion scallion in recipes and it offers a delightful mild garlic flavor. They are excellent in soups, stir-fries, pesto…

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Homemade Gooey Chocolate Popcorn

Growing up, it was our absolute favorite snack for evening movie watching. It is not crunchy like caramel popcorn, but you eat it warm, sticky and gooey…

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Daddy Bread

My sister and I knew Dad had baked bread as soon as we hit the door, just off the school bus. Our little house would be filled with a welcoming, unmistakable aroma…

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