Apple barbeque sauce

Recipe of the Week  Apple barbeque sauce  Courtesy of Richard Blunt   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 6 Tbsp. vegetable oil 2 cups onions, chopped fine 1 cup celery, chopped fine 3 Tbsp. fresh ginger,...

Tomato and basil sauce

Recipe of the Week  Tomato and basil sauce  Courtesy of Richard Blunt   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1 clove of garlic 1 small onion 4 fresh basil leaves or 2 dried leaves 4 Tbsp....

Breakfast Cereal

Recipe of the Week  Breakfast Cereal  Courtesy of C.L. Fitzmaurice   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 5 cups quick-cook oatmeal 1 cup brown sugar 2/3 cup light corn syrup 1 cup wheat germ or cracked...

Canning meat plus how to use your canned meat

By Jackie Clay-Atkinson Although we have a big freezer, I can up most of our meat. We raise beef cattle, turkeys, chickens, and we hunt, so we have a lot of meat. (Besides that, I...

Wheat

By Charles Sanders Issue #130 • July/August, 2011 There are few foods and crops that homesteaders consider as essential as wheat. In these days of pasty loaves of over-processed "store-bought" bread, the mere phrase "whole wheat"...

Kids in the Kitchen

By Sharon Palmer, RD Issue #97 • January/February, 2006 The freeway en route to home resembles a parking lot, allowing you plenty of time to add up all of the tasks awaiting you once you walk...

Pickled Sweet Green Tomatoes

Recipe of the Week  Pickled Sweet Green Tomatoes  Courtesy of Jessica Sackmann  Ingredients 16 cups green Tomatoes, sliced ( 10 to 11 lbs.) 2 cups Onions, sliced ¼ cup canning or pickling Salt 4 cups Vinegar (5%) 3 cups brown Sugar 1...

Grape Leaves Stuffed with Chevre & Figs

Recipe of the Week  Grape Leaves Stuffed with Chevre & Figs  Courtesy of Lane Franklin  Ingredients 3 ounces fresh Figs 3 ounces Cream (or goat milk) 4 ounces Chevre (fresh goat cheese) 1 Egg, beaten 2 oz. Pine Nuts, toasted 2...

Vegetable Scramble

Recipe of the Week  Vegetable Scramble  Courtesy of Mattie Silverman  Ingredients 8 ounces tiny new red potatoes 4 to 8 ounces asparagus spears, chopped 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped 1/2 small onion, chopped 6 egg whites 3 whole eggs 1...

Salmon candy and pickles — Two unique ways to enjoy your next catch

By Linda Gabris Issue #93 • May/June, 2005 Salmon is always a treat, but if you want to try something different, how about making pickles and candy out of the next fish that lands in your...

Sweet Pickles

Recipe of the Week  Sweet Pickles  Courtesy of Kathy Myers (Dave's mother-in-law) My mother has made these sweet pickles ever since I can remember. They were always on a relish tray for special family gatherings. After marrying Dave, he...

The dandelion is a healthful, great tasting weed you can eat

By Carol Williams Issue #44 • March/April, 1997 Want to eat a weed? One that's easy to find and tastes great? Just start hunting for those first spring dandelions. The dandelion's true name is Taraxacum Officinale, which...

Dragon’s breath chili

Recipe of the Week  Dragon’s breath chili  Courtesy of Rodney Merrill   You'll find this recipe and over 400 more in Backwoods Home Cooking.Click Here Ingredients 1/3 lb. kidney beans 1/3 lb. pinto beans 1/3 lb. navy beans 6 cups water 2 medium onions, chopped 1...

Ham & Kidney Bean Soup

Recipe of the Week  Ham & Kidney Bean Soup   Courtesy of Beverly Rossman  Ingredients 1 pound spicy or sweet Italian sausage 2 Smoked pork hocks, sawed in half by butcher. 3 medium Potatoes, peeled and cubed 3 Celery...

Grilled Chicken with Pineapple-Peach Sauce

Recipe of the Week  Grilled Chicken with Pineapple-Peach Sauce  Courtesy of Laura DeBenedictis  Ingredients 1 lb chicken thighs, skinned 1 cup pineapple juice 1/4 cup peach preserves Method Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Rinse thechicken and place in a...

Peanut Soup

Recipe of the Week  Peanut Soup  Courtesy of Marylin Dede  Ingredients 3 cups Chicken Broth or Stock 1 cup Peanut Butter, natural & unsweetened** 1 small Onion, minced 1 small sweet green Pepper, minced 1 clove Garlic, crushed and minced...