once or twice a year I make potato salad... salads in general can take a long time to make and potato salad is up there for wrecking most of your afternoon... this summer though I discovered THE best way to cook potatoes from the garden... 12 minutes on manual in the Instant Pot with about... Continue Reading →
summer is over and harvest begins... recently a friend asked me 'what makes you happy?' my answer 'money... and the things money can buy... but other than that I love cooking and running' so here we go!!! the time of year I get to throw away my vegetarian/healthy meals and bake cakes, put mayonnaise in... Continue Reading →
the farmer has been coaching high school football for officially 15 years now... he was recalling last night the first play book he wrote up... it was early August, I was pregnant and driving home from a visit to my brother in Lethbridge... he took a pen out and started dreaming up offensive schemes... he... Continue Reading →
if you are looking for gourmet Instant Pot recipes - do not look here... I mainly requested the Instant Pot for mother's day in order to cook frozen meat quickly and to use as a crockpot... I have many things to learn about it and quite frankly, the YouTube videos I have been watching are poor... Continue Reading →
May long... for my neighbours in Saskatoon last night it means midnight fireworks on the golf course... for many farmer's wives it means taking your boy to spring hockey tournaments... for farmers it means seeding (the odd year we are done by May long but not lately... and the odd year there are combines out)...... Continue Reading →
I felt something crawling down the side of my forehead… I lifted my hand up and grabbed it… took one look and placed it in the sink and crushed it with the backside of a spoon that was in there… I had a silent scream inside me but was in the middle of making a... Continue Reading →
the farmer's alarm clock goes off at 3:40 am... then 3:45... then again at 3:47... he gets out of bed, gets dressed and brushes his teeth using the flashlight from his phone so he doesn't wake me up... I consider that I should tell him that I am totally awake due to his three alarm... Continue Reading →
May is a big month... aside from the small thing called 'seeding' going on, there is spring hockey and baseball to get the kids to... there is a yard to take care of and a garden to plant... my birthday and Mother's Day all in the same busy month for the poor farmer to deal... Continue Reading →
and so seeding begins... after a snowy beginning to May we are finally in the fields... my mother-in-law handled meals this weekend and now it's my turn to get the supper bags out to the farmers... seeding is a bit different than harvest as far as a crew to feed goes... the amount of supper... Continue Reading →
i feed a farmer 