the best cook I have ever met has to be the farmer's Grandma Swan... she created two cookbooks and handed them down to all of her children and grandchildren... I even have copies to give my children someday... so I decided this week to only use her recipes in my meals to the field and... Continue Reading →
every harvest seems to bring with it a different challenge... this year it is having enough men to get the crop off... my oldest son is working full time for the first time this year... he is 16 and for sure big enough, but I am worried every day now... the farmer remarked to me... Continue Reading →
I have for you 8 zucchini recipes... yes 8... this time of year is all about zucchini cakes, muffins, loaves and cookies... oh there are healthier ways to eat zucchini... chop it up and grill it or fry it... spiralize it (although these zucchini tend to get a bit large)... but with harvest in... Continue Reading →
my grandma made pie making look easy... her and my grandpa ran a restaurant in Three Hills, Alberta that was called 'The Coffee Break'... I was still in Elementary school when they had it so my memories of it are a bit foggy, but the pies I witnessed her make have always stayed in my... Continue Reading →
the kids love seeding and harvest time because they know they will be getting desserts... and I love making desserts... this is carrot cake in cupcake form... in my mind easier for the farmers to handle the key to cupcakes is to use an ice cream scoop and it is quick and easy this is... Continue Reading →
farmers help farmers... we had a tractor burn to the ground yesterday and it always blesses us how many other farmers scramble to get there with their water trucks and any help they can bring to try to get the fire out... unfortunately this was one tractor fire that was not going to be put... Continue Reading →
here we go! after a freezing cold April with so much snow, we are finally getting going around here... well, the farmers have been going for a few days but I finally got the 'nod' to bring suppers out... as it so happened, my run took me by the cemetery this morning and I stopped... Continue Reading →
no one cares anymore... these farmers? nope... could care less about food... you know what they do care about? me not getting in their way as they are driving out of a field... I get it... I see the way they toss the supper bags around like they are heaving sandbags preparing for a flood... Continue Reading →
NFL is back!!! the kids and I decided the farmers needed some football party grub in the field to kick things off... so I dug out the Pioneer Woman's Cookbook and made some football food for the field my daughter and I prepped for the seven layer dip the night before the next day... Continue Reading →
i feed a farmer 