Quick Lentil Soup
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Quick Lentil Soup

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I love a good lentil soup, but I also sometimes want to avoid the tedious work of prepping it. That is where using pre-cooked lentils makes your life that much easier. And you can cut your cooking time in half. I also find the broth doesn't get that heavy "bean" flavor that can develop when… Continue reading Quick Lentil Soup

Great Depression Era Baking: Cheddar Biscuits
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Great Depression Era Baking: Cheddar Biscuits

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Baking powder biscuits are one of the easiest forms of bread you can make. A single recipe can be used to make plain biscuits, savory, and sweet. While I have a couple of recipes I swap between, I wanted to try a recipe out of the My Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook, the Great Depression-era… Continue reading Great Depression Era Baking: Cheddar Biscuits

Making A Log and Brush Habitat Pile
Gardening · Homesteading · Urban Homesteading

Making A Log and Brush Habitat Pile

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If you go for a walk on your land, you might notice a lot of wood that has fallen due to storms. The winds and snow shake out the dead. Once you are snow- and ice-free, it is a great time on a sunny day to collect forest debris. Gets you outside, the sun on… Continue reading Making A Log and Brush Habitat Pile

My Obsession With Syrup
Clean Living

My Obsession With Syrup

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One of the benefits of living in West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, on the corners of the states, is syrup: both maple and hickory. Sitting in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, is this one - and it is some of the best I have ever had. They show… Continue reading My Obsession With Syrup

Sour Cream Pound Cake
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Sour Cream Pound Cake

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Our middle son wanted to make strawberry trifles for dessert, so I baked him a pound cake to use as the cake base. Earlier in the week, we tried a full butter pound cake, which I found very dense. The sour cream gives this pound cake a lighter texture and makes it nicely moist. It… Continue reading Sour Cream Pound Cake