Canning Broth

 

We were blessed with a venison shoulder and neck from family recently. We cut the meat up

 to go in the freezer. Then, we roasted the venison bones to make broth. After roasting

them, I put them in a stock pot along with celery, onions, and garlic. I brought it all to a boil

and then let it simmer for around 40 hours. Then, I strained it and placed it into sterile jars and

pressure canned it for 25 minutes. I also make chicken broth the same way. I ended up with 5 qts

venison broth and 3 qts chicken broth. Venison broth is my absolute favorite. I love the beautiful

color and flavor.

 

 

 Homemade Throat Lozenges

With the cold and flu season upon us, I want to be prepared incase someone does get sick.

So, I made these throat lozenges from a recipe my friend, Courtney, told me about on

her website.  www.selahessentialoils.com  It is very simple to make.

 

 

First, you mix one cup organic coconut oil with two tablespoons of honey and add 20 drops of Armor

essential oil, and 20 drops lemon oil. (I added more lemon oil than it called for....about 40 drops.)

Mix it all together and drop onto a plate or wax paper and place in freezer a few minutes. Once firm,

remove from plate, and put in a glass jar and store in freezer.

 

 

 

Enjoy!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 Satsumas

 

Yesterday, Jaelyn, our oldest daughter sliced several satsumas and put them in the dehydrator.  This is the only way she will eat them. They taste like candy.....DELICIOUS!!!! We dehydrate them with the peelings on them because it is so much easier. You can pull the peelings of if you desire, but I eat peelings and all. Hoping to be getting an extra dose of Vitamin C.....lol. We are blessed to have several friends that give us satsumas every year. Last year, I canned some thinking they would taste like mandarin oranges, but we didn't care for them. So, we eat all we can and then dehydrate the rest.

 

Blessings

Give thanks always. I have shared with our girls several times lately that there is always something to be thankful for.....during the good times and bad. My family has been tremendously blessed the past week. No, I wasn't handed a wad of money....lol. Some of the blessings from this past week include: some nice, new clothes being given to our girls, jeans, which he desperately needed, being given to James, a few days at a friends camp at the lake, someone asking if they could help buy Christmas gifts for our girls, peaceful moments with my Father, and seeing God at work.

 

 Here a pics of a few other blessings.

 

We have been given a couple bags of satsumas already and today were given this basket full of satsumas. We plan to dehydrate some and juice some as well. 

 

 

The girls picked up a bag of hickory nuts at our Aunts house this evening. I am hoping to make a hickory nut cake with them around Christmas. I remember my mom making one when I was 10ish and I thought it was the best cake ever. Hoping she still has the recipe. Will share when I make it.

 

Also, we were given a deer neck, deer shoulder, and a bag of frozen dew berries.

 

These things may not seem like much to some people, but I feel blessed with by every gift of love I receive. These are amazing gifts for this country gal.....lol. I told James earlier that I feel like we are living the Little House on the Prairie.

 

Be blessed, my friends. Find something to be thankful for each day.

 

Pumpkin Bread and Elderberry Syrup

 

 

 

Our kitchen was a busy place last week. The girls baked and sold

a lot of Pumpkin bread. They bake it in coffee cans which are extremely

hard to find nowadays. I made elderberry syrup to try to build immune

systems from elderberries I had leftover from last year.

 

Hubby's Handmade Straw Baskets

James is not one to just sit still and being down has been really hard on him. He decided to make some baskets. He taught himself how to weave the baskets a couple years ago after seeing a display

of baskets at the visitor center at the Big Thicket National Forest. He made a couple baskets and then watched a couple youtube videos and changed his technique in which he likes much better. He has made several thus far. This is a tortilla basket. The lid fits well on the basket because he put a rim on the bottom side of the lid so it would fit into the basket.  He has done an amazing job.  Pretty impressive to this ol' gal.

 

If you look closely, you can see the rim on the lid.