Haphazard Homestead

My friend Melinda and her husband gave us a boatload of potatoes recently, and I've been slowly working them up.  Some will be chitted ...

I've mentioned before that I bought a neat-o perpetual garden planner download from Northwest Edible Life , and have all intentions ...

Chinese New Year is Sunday, February 10. Here is a quick Asian-style skillet (or wok) meal for the occasion. Served over rice or noodles, ...

  This dish takes a few hours to make in the oven, but it's worth the time. Herbed Pork Loin with Roasted Potatoes Pork Loin : 1 (2-1...

Most stuffed squash recipes include rice in the mixture, but I wanted to use a box of stuffing that was in the cabinet, so I came up with th...

It's been quite a while since I posted an update on skinny ol' Bob, the stray cat who adopted us in July.  It's hard to get a g...

After I realized I wouldn't be canning any peaches yesterday, I decided to start in on some frozen tomatoes.  We have a ton of tomato...

We harvested about 20 pounds of potatoes this year.  That's not a great yield, but it was better than any previous year, so we were ha...

Today's tomato-y condiment is Blender Ketchup, and the recipe comes straight out of "The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving...

We don't eat a lot of jams, jellies, preserves or marmalades around here, but the idea of making one with tomatoes struck my fancy.  I u...

Our tomatoes are finally coming in, so this week I'll be focusing on a variety of tomato-y condiments.  Here are a couple of different f...

More than once, my blog friend Cathy asked me if I had tried the lacto-fermented vegetables from the Nourishing Traditions cookbook.  She s...

We finally harvested the cabbage growing in Kat's garden bed.  It grew from a seedling she brought home from school earlier this spring ...

I mentioned in my previous post comments that I learned how to make Cowboy Potatoes by watching our friend John make them.  The method i...

Mashed potatoes are a favorite here, but I usually make enough to have intentional leftovers.  Here are a few ways to use those leftovers: ...

I'm not much of a fan of raisins as an ingredient in other dishes, so I decided to rework the typical carrot salad with raisins.  Her...