Yes, I am a barefoot hippie homemaker. Granted my husband calls me a hipster...maybe I fall somewhere in the middle. Currently I am on a venture to stock my pantry full of Mason Jars full of things for my family to feast on. Homemade jams, cookie ingredients, soups and the like. My thought and hope is that in leaner times, I will have things to fall back on, or on a super busy day I can grab something to make and it will not be from a box or a drive-through.
So far I have put Oatmeal Raisin Cookes, Cranberry Raisin Cookies in a jar and made some peach jam. Future items will be Orange Marmalade, marinara sauce and salsa. Another plan is to make casseroles to freeze and bread dough.
I am also in the market for an ice cream maker so I can make and freeze ice cream from fresh in season fruit. Tonight I made fresh pasta and it was good. Soon I will be hosting a homemade food/craft exchange I am hoping that turns out good.
I am also hoping that by this summer we can have our own egg laying chickens, fresh organic brown eggs with golden yolks sound yummy.
One of the many things rewarding about making these types of things: my kids love helping. They love measuring out things and reading recipes. So even though it make take longer to do, it's fun and a great learning experience.
"There is no sincerer love than the love of food." ~ George Bernard Shaw
"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all." ~Harriet Van Horne
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Posted by: Liz | 02/21/2011 at 10:57 PM