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a mother's perspective on farm life & farm kids

Field Meals: Classic Chili

October 14, 2015

Just in time for a change in the weather, chili made the menu tonight.  Unfortunately, the previously prepped Beef, Lime & Cilantro Chili only serves five.  With a "table" of eight greeting me in the field, I needed to throw together another pot of something.Why not more chili?! Menu 7: Beef, Lime & Cilantro Chili, Homemde Chili, Cornbread, Apple Crisp Beef, Lime & Cilantro Chili ...

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Field Meals: Dairy Free

October 9, 2015

Food allergies / preferences / needs are nothing new for me to cook around.  My sister and sister-in-law have a gluten allergy.  Diabetes runs in the family.  None of this has ever been a big deal. It is what it is and we learn how to prepare great food for all to enjoy. Thankfully, we live in a country with food options galore. ...

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Field Meals: Recycled Recipes

October 9, 2015

There comes a time in every cook's kitchen that the tried and true recipes save a busy week.  If you've followed my field menus from the last two years, you will notice many recycled recipes.  Some are by request from the harvest crew and others because they are easy, make a lot and ensure a fairly easy clean-up in the kitchen.  Thus, Menu 5. . . ...

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Cheers to the 4-Leaf Clover

October 6, 2015

It's National 4-H Week, celebrated every year the first week of October.  4-H is that organization for me . . . the one that at the time I wasn't thrilled about joining but hindsight being 20/20 and all.  Without 4-H (and FFA) I wouldn't be writing, speaking, sharing . . . farming.  At the time I didn't know I was learning skills that would serve me for the rest of my life.  Now I know.  ...

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Field Meals: To Go

October 1, 2015

Although the day wasn't particularly over scheduled, the impending dinner hour was stressing me out.  With rescheduled hockey pictures falling in town to the west and meal delivery at the same time in fields to the east, I a lot time mulling over different scenarios that didn't require me to split in two. ...

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Field Meals: A Taste of Home

October 1, 2015

The only magazine I maintain a subscription for is Taste of Home.  I received the subscription as a gift one Christmas and fell in love with the pages of colorful, yummy photographs of good food.  After flipping through each issue, the magazine rests on my cookbook holder in the kitchen ready to offer dinner inspiration when this cook's creative well has run dry. What draws me in more than the ...

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