So I told y’all about butchering the cow. Boy howdy is she tasty in tacos, casseroles, stews, burgers, liver and onions, and just about any other way you slice her (ha!). I’m also pretty sure her offspring holds a grudge. For weeks after we took Cholula into the butcher her daughter Vaquita kept causing trouble…
I wanted to share with you a couple of things I worked on last week – a free-lance article and a new recipe I developed for the Plan to Eat blog. In "On Producing Rather Than Saving" I discuss my shift from that of a money-saving stay-at-home-mom to a producing member of the family. No…
I wonder if I will ever feel in-sync with the seasons here. In February I felt like it was May. In June I feel like it is August on steroids. My body is so out of whack with the temperatures and the foods being grown. I mean, really, who knew you could harvest zucchini in…
Before we moved to our homestead we purchased a longhorn cow from a neighbor through a herd share program. We arrived in Texas on the heels of the worst drought in recorded history, so needless to say keeping that longhorn fed was a pricey proposition. So we decided it was time to eat her. The…
