One of the things I truly love about your cooking is that you actually prepare filling amounts of food for your kids/family. I love watching videos like these & am sometimes left wondering how are some people cooking such little amounts of foods (especially proteins) to feed a huge family. Growing kids need to eat! Keep up the great job! ❤
As always, it's lovely to watch such a beautiful, well-adjusted, *happy* family. Your approach to cooking is so practical and smart. Everyone is always well fed with delicious real foods and you're not a slave to your kitchen. Instead, you're free to do all the things a busy, modern mother needs to do with and for her family. You are all just a joy to watch. ❤
I'm Asian and we always eat a big lunch and dinner is just what's left. I didn't even realize people just snack for lunch and then have big dinner until recently but it's so much more helpful to have a bigger lunch
Very practical real-life video. I love how naturally you go through the day with the kids all around you, playing, lending a hand or playing and enjoying themselves. Bless you all 🥰
Also I really love your approach to batch prepping. I only have 3 but we homeschool and I make everything from scratch. Since the time change I just feel I am scrambling from one meal to the next with teaching and cleaning and character building with sibling conflict. So thanks for the tips.
Glad this was helpful! Each season is different. In the summer our meals look quite a bit different but in the cooler weather when we are in the swing of our homeschool routine, this has been what's working. Thanks for watching! :)
I always look so forward to your posts! Your posts bring a sense of calm and comfort in this crazy world. I thank you! I love seeing and hearing your littles. I had 6 littles- now all grown. I love how you and Jim are raising your family 😊
You know you've peaked adulthood when you're swooning over a stove and cast iron pizza skillets😂 it's just me so I don't need one that large but I love it!
Love this video, reminds me of my mother cooking for 9 every day. At the end of the week she made a “clean out the fridge soup”, it was always so good. 💕
Thank you for sharing with us. I was just telling my husband how I've missed your videos. I was so happy to see one pop on this afternoon. Looking forward to the next one. Have a wonderful weekend.
Everything looks so yummy, eating clean is so healthy. I agree with midday meal being the largest meal and evening meal lighter. We sleep so much better with a light evening meal. I love your kitchen ❤
I love your practical, realistic approach! It's so interesting to see how where we live impacts what we eat. I grew up eating a ton of fresh seafood my Grandfather caught in the summer. He would go crabbing with his friends just about every morning during the season, then come home and steam them. I stayed with them in the summer while my parents worked, and my grandmother and I would sit around their table and pick the crabs and sort the meat into piles. Big lumps for crab cakes, small shreds for soup, and anything in between for eating now. She could freeze the crab cakes and soup she made. My husband likes to fish, so once we got married there was often fish in our freezer he caught and filleted.
Amazing…y’all are amazing and inspirational. Thanks for the tips. I heard about freezing bread (I make my own from fresh milled flour) then toasting before eating to bring down the glycemic impact, but I never thought about applying that to potatoes or rice…and adding dried nettle to soups or casseroles, yes! You guys could definitely be health coaches.
Love your videos! I have got some great meal ideas. Wonderful family. Love seeing your children playing, laughing, and helping out. Can't wait till your next video.
This is so similar to watching farmhouse on Boone, she is a true pioneer in bringing back homemaking in this crazy world ❤ God bless your beautiful family 🙏
❤This way of harvesting/ eating was the way of great grandparents. Imagine TB, WW1, Influenza, WW2. We have great hopes for the future.❤You have a lovely family. Thank you for sharing.
Love, love, love our videos. I am excited to try the chicken pot pie soup and the super easy biscuits. I learn so much from you all. Have a blessed Thanksgiving.
Thank you,you have a lovely family.❤❤❤ I see how our heavenly Father has prospered you and your children with so much love and food's. Blessings to you 🤗
The chicken pot pie soup reminds me of my grandmother's chicken and dumpling stew. It was a childhood favorite. Your simple drop biscuit is so simple but delicious! Thanks for the stroll down memory lane.😊
Just doing it day in and day out, I guess :). Using quality ingredients I think helps to elevate simple recipes into something that's so good! Thank you so much for the kind words!
Wow I love your channel. I haven't subscribed for long. I'm very happy I found your channel. Your voice is so easy to listen to. Your children are lovely. Thank you for sharing your recipes . Love from Ireland
Lovely hearty meals😊 I made your roasted butternut squash with browned butter and honey drizzle from an earlier video. So delicious that I made them 3 days in a row. My daughter and I were practically drinking the drippings. Others in the fam didn't feel like trying. Oh well, more for us to enjoy! It reminded me of carmelized sweet potatoes that we had as a kid in Korea. Thank u for sharing❤
I appreciate your videos and all the tips and recipes you share. I learned something new too, about cooking and cooking rice or potatoes changing the starch. Very interesting! Plus thanks for sharing where your dresses came from. I’ve been wanting a jumper and loved the one you had on at the beginning of your video so I ended up ordering one and another dress. 😊❤
Hi guys for the sea food thing I’m Greek from Greece so my go to for fish is bbq salt and pepper with lemon meal 2 cook fish in the pan first then potato’s bay leaf S&P garlic water then leave it for 30 40 mins low heat till the broth goes thick❤ luv your life style and vids
I love to make salmon! Here is my super easy recipe: 1 whole salmon from Sam's or Costco. I use a double broiler and grease it so the salmon doesn't stick. If thawed, cook at 425 for 20 minutes and check the salmon. I just drizzle olive oil, lemon pepper, and sliced lemons. It is really good, cuts like butter, and better than any restaurant salmon. I do the same with cod for fish tacos. Homemade fresh milled tortillas are the best, as you know! If you want spicier you can use Cajun or other spices. I can't wait to try your recipes! They sounds fantastic and I love the easy and preparedness to them!Thank you
That was fun! Also, thank you for sharing your meals. I've begun planning my meals around the proteins I defrost on Sunday and using up what's in the fridge. Also, while my cast iron is already being used, I cook up something else, like sausages or another meat. My husband appreciates it :).
Everything looked delicious. I may have to give a few of your meals a try. Have you tried the wild caught Argentine red shrimp? They carry it Costco and Aldi. I believe Aldi has it a little cheaper than Costco (just under $10 for a pound).
That's good to know! I've gotten it from Costco before, that's my usualy source for shrimp but I didn't know aldi had it! I'll have to look for it there.
Always delicious recipes at your home. I make the yogurt pizza crust, it always tastes great so I may try the biscuits as well 🙂 Love your recipes and look forward to them, they are so delicious! Question, do you do a traditional Thanksgiving dinner? With turkey?
Glad you are liking that pizza recipe! We are going to Jim's parents for Thanksgiving and they will be serving turkey and usually another meat option too :). I've never had to host Thanksgiving and have never cooked a whole turkey before!
As it is just myself and adult son at home, these meals would be great as leftovers and freezing where possible. Also they would be wonderful should anyone need a meal in a hurry or a church shared lunch. lastly thanks for the tips and hello from my family in South Australia.
We buy wild caught Alaskan Salmon at Costco in the frozen food section. Sometimes it goes on sale. It is pricey but we serve as a treat about 1 time a month. All your recipes look delicious.
for fish and seafood unless you have a source for fresh wild caught, I buy canned sardines, salmon, tuna, oysters, clams etc. (smoke, in water or organic olive oil); or frozen in quantity tilapia, salmon and/or shrimp mostly.
I am new to your channel and am binge watching! I love it. I am sure it may have been asked or explained previously but do you keep your kitchen door closed because of the heat/stove conservation or just to be alone in the kitchen? I have an old farmhouse and always looking for new ideas and a similar stove is on my wish list! Thank you for sharing your life.
So glad you are enjoying our videos!! The sliding farmhouse door behind our kitchen goes out to our mudroom, so we normally try to keep it closed, especially when filming to avoid getting the heap of shoes and clutter that's in there ;). We love our stove - we found it on facebook marketplace for a steal!
I’ve thought about getting meat from a local farmer, but feel intimidated because I don’t know what to order or how to store. My husband doesn’t love the idea of freezing a ton of meat. I’d just like to see your process, cost savings, what cuts you order, etc. love your videos!
Thanks so much and thanks for the video suggestion!! I definitely understand feeling overwhelmed by it at the beginning. We started by finding a farm that did a meat CSA so each month we got a share for 8-10 different cuts of meat. That was so helpful because I didn't have to decide and it forced me to use some new cuts. Not sure if there would be anything like that in your area but it might be worth looking into!
She uses Le Creuset Dutch ovens- they are the Premier brand of Dutch ovens. They are cast iron with an enameled interior. Like a cast iron skillet- they improve with age 😊
Dutch ovens last forever. I have one I inherited from my mum. It’s from the early 70’s and still in perfect conditions. It’ ll be inherited by my son who loves to cook. 😊 Here in France people tend to have their main meal at lunch as well. We have our main animal protein at lunch and just vegetable soup, gratin (what you would call casserole), or quiche or a salad for dinner. We also eat later in the evening as you folks over in the US. Dinner is generally at 7pm. I have friends who sit down at 8pm. In the cities, like here in the Paris region , people work to around 6pm, kids go to (primary)school until 4.30pm, secondary can be up to 6pm. So by the time everyone gets home, gets their homework done, dinner is late.
@@Bougie92 I'm in the US, but I grew up eating this way. Everyone else I knew ate at 5:30 or 6:00 while we ate at 7 or 8 during the school year and 8 or even 9 in the summer. I still eat late!
Thank you for sharing insight on the potato/rice glycemic levels...I had never heard that before. My husband loves potatoes - so this will be a good thing to incorporate. Wondering how the potatoes don't get so dried out when warming them up though??? Any tips there?
It's a good question! Potatoes are definitely harder for that than rice. Mashed potatoes are a good one for reheating but roasted or baked potatoes aren't quite as good as when they're fresh. Maybe that's why our kids love dousing them with butter and sour cream :).
What is the brand of stainless steel tumblers your children are drinking from? I'm looking for a set for my children. Love this video and it gives me some great ideas for dinners for my family.
I just saute some onions and garlic in butter and then sear the liver for a couple of minutes. Then toss it all into our vitamix blender and blend it up adding some salt and maybe other seasonings. Then freeze it in muffin cups and pull a new on out every few days. So glad that you liked that gelatin! Thanks for watching!
Love your stove. Have you ever talked about how it works? I see you moving from one burner to another, I’m assuming one is hotter than the other. Have you always had the stove? Hope your family is having a great weekend! Love your videos. ❤
It's called an AGA! Yes, the middle burner is call the boiling plate (high heat) and the end one is the simmer plate (medium to low heat). The over was my dream oven and so when we bought our homestead and were renovating our kitchen Jim happened to find one for basically free on fb marketplace!! It was the find of a lifetime! We do have some other videos about it :).
If U can buy white fish that is thick is a good one for fish curry dish but U put the cut fish large squares and put them in last of your curry dish so it doesn't brake up into nothing... Or Fresh Salmon cut into across the fish body which is nice fried skin first and is good Omega 3 in the Skin and U can give the kids tails as they don't have bones but do check as U don't want them to choke on bones... Smoke Salmon is nice with white sauce and spring onions and cooked pasta with Salt and Pepper very very nice dish...but U need to keep an eye on this dish as it will burn...but delicious big time... U should make kids Lemon Delicious Pudding or Impossible Quiche they will love them...Quiche makes it's own base....😂😂❤❤
We do have breakfast. I talked a little bit about this at the very end of the video but we normally have eggs with yogurt and maybe fruit...pretty basic!
I have no problem serving dinner for lunch the next day, making 2 meals at once when I make dinner I think it’s cheaper than sandwiches It’s not cheaper than lentils & rice tho so if we re having a harder week or month then we eat 2 dinners the same, in a row- with lentils at lunch This eliminates freezing meals and having leftovers sit for days I will however cook a bunch of hambs, freeze, thaw and reheat. Same for mtballs. We have tacos every single week so that’s just a 1 meal dinner. I try rly hard to get a meal out weekly but…
We haven't tapped our own trees yet! It's on our short list of things we'd like to add. I either get it from Costco or buy it bulk locally. Thanks for watching!
Hi Joelle! Tried these biscuits and I seem to have messed it up as the inside is still rather.. wet? It looks done, the dough inside looks fluffy but when touched it kind of sticks all together instead of being dry and fluffy, has a wet texture. Just wondering what kind of consistency to expect next time? Maybe I added too much yogurt?
Hi! I'd say they have a moister texture (maybe a little doughier) than a standard flaky biscuit but I wouldn't say they are wet at all, definitely cooked. Maybe try adding some extra flour or less yogurt based on what you're describing or cook a few minutes longer?? I hope they turn out better next time! :)
@@FromScratchFarmstead thank you!! i did try again and cooked them a tad longer and they came out perfect! i think my oven is a little wonky with cook times. thanks so much for your reply!
Thanks!! It’s from Neuflora! I put a link in the description with a coupon code. Pretty much everything I wore in this video is from there, it’s my favorite brand!
I have twin 3 year olds and would never eat soups, chilli ect. Do you have any picky eaters in your house and how to you deal? It's just the three of us and I hate wasting food or making food for just me and PB&J for them all the time lol
That's tough! Our kids aren't very picky at all. There are times when something we are having isn't someone's favorite but I just say this is what we are having so you can choose whether you want it or not. More times than not, they'll eventually try it and then end up eating more. I think because they've eating this way their whole life and it's really all they know, that's made it a lot easier. When they help me make the food too, that's really helpful to make them excited about eating it.
We are grateful that we haven't really had any picky eaters. Different kids have gone through different seasons where they have different preferences but I've just rolled with it. I make what I make and they can choose which parts of it they want to take. Usually those seasons are pretty short and they eat most everything. Thanks for watching!
What happens when you experiment with a double batch recipe and the kids don't like it? Do you and your husband eat it for 4 days and the kids get some kind of substitution staple?
🎉She is pretty good with spices, cream and cheese in the recipes. All things kids love. Nothing is dry or hard to chew. I made apple and carrot slices thin, kids prefer that. Also put paper liners in a muffin tin and put different finger foods in them. That was easy and a hit. We had a very relaxed routine. Grammer- 'MadLibs' and 'Safari Grammer.' 'Anno's math books'. 'Math For Smarty Pants' No formal math books until age 15 used grade5 and up 'Saxon Math.' Plantation owners waited til age 15 to teach sons math and running a plantation. From healthline- "A newborn’s brain is 25%Trusted Source of its adult size, ultimately reaching 90-95% of its adult size by age 6. Then, until about age 25, the brain undergoes a “remodeling” process. The remodeling process speeds up during your teenage years, and usually peaks between ages 13-15, he says." 🎉Best wishes , relax and read a lot to the children😊
You do eat and cook so well. Delicious, nutritious foods that you grew or foraged yourself. I loved the yogurt dumplings! They sound so good. Your baby is adorable and so chatty! So cute, as are all the children. Blessings on you. Val C ❤️🙏🏻
It's a fair question! Every once in a while we have a recipe gone wrong but we usually just grin and bear it or the dogs get extras :). Our kids are not picky at all though so they enjoy most everything. It's so interesting though because we eat almost exclusively cooked veggies, whenever our kids are offered raw carrots or peppers, they look it me like, "you expect me to eat that??".
@@FromScratchFarmstead The reason I ask is I buy long hair to make extensions for ladies with hair loss. Would you keep me in mind if you ever cut it? I can use a minimum of 12 inches but the longer the hair the more I can pay. Thanks for the reply too!
Forced slowing down and lots of snuggles! We had a ton of help with meals and it was really helpful that Jim was home. I actually thought the newborn part wasn’t bad but the preparing and waiting for birth with a newly broken leg was awful!
I love hearing the kids in the background. It totally adds to these videos. The food, the kids, it's all part of the beautiful energy that this mother is creating.
I didn't hear any children screaming. I heard the baby making excited screeching noises AKA crowing which is decidedly different from screaming. The older children occasionally make loud exclamations which are normal and, again, not screaming. They're just normal sounds of children playing. Having said that, I actually agree that children should be taught not to scream. Screaming signifies they are in danger or injured and need help. Unfortunately, it's become the norm for many children to actually scream when playing and people no longer rush to see what's wrong. A bit like the boy crying wolf. Sometime between when I was a child and when i was around 22, people had stopped teaching this to their children and I have no idea why. We were told unless you were injured or in danger and needed help (we're not talking a skinned knee here), no screaming of any kind! If a child screamed, people flooded out of their homes to help, ready to do battle. And if nothing was wrong, nobody was hurt? Everyone was dragged home for the rest of the day with a talking to. Now the children in my neighborhood scream all the time while playing tag or ANY game and I think I'm the only one who still looks to check they're okay.
I made a variation of the chicken broccoli rice casserole which is a hit… I use halved Brussels and a couple handfuls of dried cranberries… super yummy. I leave out the curry powder and put cheddar cheese on top. So good!😊
One of the things I truly love about your cooking is that you actually prepare filling amounts of food for your kids/family. I love watching videos like these & am sometimes left wondering how are some people cooking such little amounts of foods (especially proteins) to feed a huge family. Growing kids need to eat! Keep up the great job! ❤
As always, it's lovely to watch such a beautiful, well-adjusted, *happy* family. Your approach to cooking is so practical and smart. Everyone is always well fed with delicious real foods and you're not a slave to your kitchen. Instead, you're free to do all the things a busy, modern mother needs to do with and for her family.
You are all just a joy to watch. ❤
We appreciate your encouraging comments so much! Thank you!
Who's not jealous of the AGA especially with the snow falling. What a beautiful and useful centerpiece to any kitchen.
The AGA in the winter is a dream. I'm so grateful for it. Thanks for watching!
@@jaybrown4753 I just looked on line and the AGA stove I looked at was 30000 dollars. I’m jealous. They are beautiful stoves
I'm Asian and we always eat a big lunch and dinner is just what's left. I didn't even realize people just snack for lunch and then have big dinner until recently but it's so much more helpful to have a bigger lunch
Agreed! It's interesting to hear the cultural differences. Thanks for sharing!
Very practical real-life video. I love how naturally you go through the day with the kids all around you, playing, lending a hand or playing and enjoying themselves. Bless you all 🥰
Thanks so much! ❤️
The kids chatter is sooo ADORABLE!
Love the babies sounds
Yeeessss, me too 💕💕💕
Also I really love your approach to batch prepping. I only have 3 but we homeschool and I make everything from scratch. Since the time change I just feel I am scrambling from one meal to the next with teaching and cleaning and character building with sibling conflict. So thanks for the tips.
Glad this was helpful! Each season is different. In the summer our meals look quite a bit different but in the cooler weather when we are in the swing of our homeschool routine, this has been what's working. Thanks for watching! :)
I always look so forward to your posts! Your posts bring a sense of calm and comfort in this crazy world. I thank you! I love seeing and hearing your littles. I had 6 littles- now all grown. I love how you and Jim are raising your family 😊
Thanks so much watching and your support! It makes doing this so fun!! We are grateful.
You know you've peaked adulthood when you're swooning over a stove and cast iron pizza skillets😂 it's just me so I don't need one that large but I love it!
Haha!! I'm right there with you!! Very swoon-worthy! :)
Love this video, reminds me of my mother cooking for 9 every day. At the end of the week she made a “clean out the fridge soup”, it was always so good. 💕
I love that!
Thank you for sharing with us. I was just telling my husband how I've missed your videos. I was so happy to see one pop on this afternoon. Looking forward to the next one. Have a wonderful weekend.
Good timing! :) Thanks so much for watching and your support. We appreciate it so much!
Yes I look forward to them as well. Such wholesome good recipes and the children are just adorable. Beautiful family.
Everything looks so yummy, eating clean is so healthy. I agree with midday meal being the largest meal and evening meal lighter. We sleep so much better with a light evening meal. I love your kitchen ❤
Thank you!! We all sleep better too! ☺️
I love your practical, realistic approach! It's so interesting to see how where we live impacts what we eat. I grew up eating a ton of fresh seafood my Grandfather caught in the summer. He would go crabbing with his friends just about every morning during the season, then come home and steam them. I stayed with them in the summer while my parents worked, and my grandmother and I would sit around their table and pick the crabs and sort the meat into piles. Big lumps for crab cakes, small shreds for soup, and anything in between for eating now. She could freeze the crab cakes and soup she made. My husband likes to fish, so once we got married there was often fish in our freezer he caught and filleted.
I love that! It sounds like such a dreamy way to spend the summer. How cool!
Amazing…y’all are amazing and inspirational. Thanks for the tips. I heard about freezing bread (I make my own from fresh milled flour) then toasting before eating to bring down the glycemic impact, but I never thought about applying that to potatoes or rice…and adding dried nettle to soups or casseroles, yes! You guys could definitely be health coaches.
Aw! Thank you! I'm so glad you found this helpful!
Love your videos!
I have got some great meal ideas. Wonderful family. Love seeing your children playing, laughing, and helping out. Can't wait till your next video.
Glad you got some good ideas from this! Thanks so much for watching!
Love hearing your kids ❤❤
This is so similar to watching farmhouse on Boone, she is a true pioneer in bringing back homemaking in this crazy world ❤
God bless your beautiful family 🙏
Thanks so much! We took Lisa's blogging and yt course back in 2021, she'd been a huge inspiration to us!
❤This way of harvesting/ eating was the way of great grandparents. Imagine TB, WW1, Influenza, WW2. We have great hopes for the future.❤You have a lovely family. Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching! :)
Thank you so much for taking the time for writing down receipes for us. I am looking forward to trying them, especially the whole chicken one 😊
You're so welcome! I'm glad the recipes are helpful. Hope you enjoy them :)
I enjoyed this one so much. Thank you for the video and for all of your hard work. It is greatly appreciated.
So glad you enjoyed it! ☺️
I love your channel, I get so many amazing ideas for my family through yours.. Thank you
So glad to hear this!! Thank you!! ❤️
Love, love, love our videos. I am excited to try the chicken pot pie soup and the super easy biscuits. I learn so much from you all. Have a blessed Thanksgiving.
Thanks so much!! Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you,you have a lovely family.❤❤❤
I see how our heavenly Father has prospered you and your children with so much love and food's. Blessings to you 🤗
Thanks so much!
The chicken pot pie soup reminds me of my grandmother's chicken and dumpling stew. It was a childhood favorite. Your simple drop biscuit is so simple but delicious! Thanks for the stroll down memory lane.😊
Aw! That's such a compliment when someone tells you your food reminds you of their Grandma's! Thank you!! :)
These all look so tummy warming!
How did you learn how to cook those wonderful meals, wow amazing young mom ❤❤❤ blessing to you and your family ❤
Just doing it day in and day out, I guess :). Using quality ingredients I think helps to elevate simple recipes into something that's so good! Thank you so much for the kind words!
I love these videos. I get so many ideas from you. I learn to use things differently from what I'm use to. Ty so much.
You're welcome! ☺️
I cant wait to try these recipes! Love your channel, and your beautiful family ❤
I hope you love them!! Thanks so much for your support! :)
Wow I love your channel. I haven't subscribed for long. I'm very happy I found your channel. Your voice is so easy to listen to. Your children are lovely. Thank you for sharing your recipes . Love from Ireland
So glad you're here! Thanks for watching!
These are my favorite videos you do! ❤️
So glad you like them!! Thanks for the feedback and for watching! We are grateful!
Lovely hearty meals😊 I made your roasted butternut squash with browned butter and honey drizzle from an earlier video. So delicious that I made them 3 days in a row. My daughter and I were practically drinking the drippings. Others in the fam didn't feel like trying. Oh well, more for us to enjoy! It reminded me of carmelized sweet potatoes that we had as a kid in Korea. Thank u for sharing❤
Oh, I'm glad you and your daughter liked that one!! Thanks for watching!
I appreciate your videos and all the tips and recipes you share. I learned something new too, about cooking and cooking rice or potatoes changing the starch. Very interesting! Plus thanks for sharing where your dresses came from. I’ve been wanting a jumper and loved the one you had on at the beginning of your video so I ended up ordering one and another dress. 😊❤
Love this!! I am in love with that brown dress. It's so roomy and comfortable. I hope you love it too!! ☺️
I've never heard this about cooling rice and potatoes! Thanks for that tidbit!
Hi guys for the sea food thing I’m Greek from Greece so my go to for fish is bbq salt and pepper with lemon meal 2 cook fish in the pan first then potato’s bay leaf S&P garlic water then leave it for 30 40 mins low heat till the broth goes thick❤ luv your life style and vids
Thanks for sharing! Wow, a whole week!
You're welcome!!
Beautiful family
I love to make salmon! Here is my super easy recipe: 1 whole salmon from Sam's or Costco. I use a double broiler and grease it so the salmon doesn't stick. If thawed, cook at 425 for 20 minutes and check the salmon. I just drizzle olive oil, lemon pepper, and sliced lemons. It is really good, cuts like butter, and better than any restaurant salmon.
I do the same with cod for fish tacos. Homemade fresh milled tortillas are the best, as you know! If you want spicier you can use Cajun or other spices.
I can't wait to try your recipes! They sounds fantastic and I love the easy and preparedness to them!Thank you
Yum! Your salmon sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing!
I get so motivated after watching your videos
What a cook ! These meals look amazing 😮
Aw! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing and being an inspiration ❤
Love and blessings from Johanne, Norway 🇳🇴
Thanks, Johanne! Blessings to you!
That was fun! Also, thank you for sharing your meals. I've begun planning my meals around the proteins I defrost on Sunday and using up what's in the fridge. Also, while my cast iron is already being used, I cook up something else, like sausages or another meat. My husband appreciates it :).
Love that! Thanks for sharing!
Everything looked delicious.
Loved this video! I'm definitely trying the chicken pot pie soup and biscuits. It looked delicious!
Everything looked delicious. I may have to give a few of your meals a try. Have you tried the wild caught Argentine red shrimp? They carry it Costco and Aldi. I believe Aldi has it a little cheaper than Costco (just under $10 for a pound).
That's good to know! I've gotten it from Costco before, that's my usualy source for shrimp but I didn't know aldi had it! I'll have to look for it there.
I love Aldi, they have some decent organic items that are reasonable.
Taking notes! Everything looks delicious!
Love it! Thanks for watching :)
Always delicious recipes at your home. I make the yogurt pizza crust, it always tastes great so I may try the biscuits as well 🙂
Love your recipes and look forward to them, they are so delicious!
Question, do you do a traditional Thanksgiving dinner? With turkey?
Glad you are liking that pizza recipe! We are going to Jim's parents for Thanksgiving and they will be serving turkey and usually another meat option too :). I've never had to host Thanksgiving and have never cooked a whole turkey before!
As it is just myself and adult son at home, these meals would be great as leftovers and freezing where possible. Also they would be wonderful should anyone need a meal in a hurry or a church shared lunch. lastly thanks for the tips and hello from my family in South Australia.
That's a great point! These soups and casseroles are great for serving a crowd or for bringing a meal to someone. Thanks for mentioning that!
Everything looks delish!! ❤❤🙏🙏xxoo
We buy wild caught Alaskan Salmon at Costco in the frozen food section. Sometimes it goes on sale. It is pricey but we serve as a treat about 1 time a month. All your recipes look delicious.
Thanks for the suggestion! Costco has been my go to place for sea food too!
for fish and seafood unless you have a source for fresh wild caught, I buy canned sardines, salmon, tuna, oysters, clams etc. (smoke, in water or organic olive oil); or frozen in quantity tilapia, salmon and/or shrimp mostly.
read labels, there are plenty that are only natural ingredients and many with organic ingredients.
Thanks for sharing! I like to get canned sardines and oysters too!
Could you please show how you make the deep dish pizzas?
Yes! Here's the recipe. There's a video in there too! fromscratchfarmstead.com/deep-dish-sourdough-cast-iron-pizza/
I am new to your channel and am binge watching! I love it. I am sure it may have been asked or explained previously but do you keep your kitchen door closed because of the heat/stove conservation or just to be alone in the kitchen? I have an old farmhouse and always looking for new ideas and a similar stove is on my wish list! Thank you for sharing your life.
So glad you are enjoying our videos!! The sliding farmhouse door behind our kitchen goes out to our mudroom, so we normally try to keep it closed, especially when filming to avoid getting the heap of shoes and clutter that's in there ;). We love our stove - we found it on facebook marketplace for a steal!
I’ve thought about getting meat from a local farmer, but feel intimidated because I don’t know what to order or how to store. My husband doesn’t love the idea of freezing a ton of meat. I’d just like to see your process, cost savings, what cuts you order, etc. love your videos!
Thanks so much and thanks for the video suggestion!! I definitely understand feeling overwhelmed by it at the beginning. We started by finding a farm that did a meat CSA so each month we got a share for 8-10 different cuts of meat. That was so helpful because I didn't have to decide and it forced me to use some new cuts. Not sure if there would be anything like that in your area but it might be worth looking into!
I love this
Enameled dutch ovens are so much better than straight cast iron. Far less maintenance.
They sure don't look very appetizing though. Is there any way to keep them from becoming so discolored? 😊
She uses Le Creuset Dutch ovens- they are the Premier brand of Dutch ovens. They are cast iron with an enameled interior. Like a cast iron skillet- they improve with age 😊
Dutch ovens last forever. I have one I inherited from my mum. It’s from the early 70’s and still in perfect conditions. It’ ll be inherited by my son who loves to cook. 😊
Here in France people tend to have their main meal at lunch as well. We have our main animal protein at lunch and just vegetable soup, gratin (what you would call casserole), or quiche or a salad for dinner. We also eat later in the evening as you folks over in the US. Dinner is generally at 7pm. I have friends who sit down at 8pm. In the cities, like here in the Paris region , people work to around 6pm, kids go to (primary)school until 4.30pm, secondary can be up to 6pm. So by the time everyone gets home, gets their homework done, dinner is late.
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I'm in the US, but I grew up eating this way. Everyone else I knew ate at 5:30 or 6:00 while we ate at 7 or 8 during the school year and 8 or even 9 in the summer. I still eat late!
Baking soda and water - boiling a short while, wipe -done!@@deborahlawing2728
Do u make your own yogurt? If so can u share recipe?
Love your little family. just subscribed!!!
Yes! My favorite way to make it is in a crock pot. Here's the recipe :) fromscratchfarmstead.com/how-to-make-crock-pot-yogurt/
I just found your channel so please free to repeat your helpful tips for those that possibly haven't heard them before.
Thank you for sharing insight on the potato/rice glycemic levels...I had never heard that before. My husband loves potatoes - so this will be a good thing to incorporate. Wondering how the potatoes don't get so dried out when warming them up though??? Any tips there?
It's a good question! Potatoes are definitely harder for that than rice. Mashed potatoes are a good one for reheating but roasted or baked potatoes aren't quite as good as when they're fresh. Maybe that's why our kids love dousing them with butter and sour cream :).
@@FromScratchFarmstead Yours looked good!!
What is the brand of stainless steel tumblers your children are drinking from? I'm looking for a set for my children. Love this video and it gives me some great ideas for dinners for my family.
They are these ones! We've had them for years and they've been perfect! amzn.to/3AWgCEm
So now i'm really hungry!
What pâté do you use? By the way, I found your recommendation for gelatin Great Lakes Wellness to be really good. Thank you for all your videos.
I just saute some onions and garlic in butter and then sear the liver for a couple of minutes. Then toss it all into our vitamix blender and blend it up adding some salt and maybe other seasonings. Then freeze it in muffin cups and pull a new on out every few days. So glad that you liked that gelatin! Thanks for watching!
Love your stove. Have you ever talked about how it works? I see you moving from one burner to another, I’m assuming one is hotter than the other. Have you always had the stove? Hope your family is having a great weekend! Love your videos. ❤
There's an entire video about it and they have a great website with info, too!
@@Lucinda_Jackson Thanks. I’ll have to go back in the videos to find it.
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It's called an AGA! Yes, the middle burner is call the boiling plate (high heat) and the end one is the simmer plate (medium to low heat). The over was my dream oven and so when we bought our homestead and were renovating our kitchen Jim happened to find one for basically free on fb marketplace!! It was the find of a lifetime! We do have some other videos about it :).
Is there a video about your health journey?
This is an early video we did that goes into more depth on my health journey! ruclips.net/video/PF5cJuA8bAI/видео.html
If U can buy white fish that is thick is a good one for fish curry dish but U put the cut fish large squares and put them in last of your curry dish so it doesn't brake up into nothing...
Or Fresh Salmon cut into across the fish body which is nice fried skin first and is good Omega 3 in the Skin and U can give the kids tails as they don't have bones but do check as U don't want them to choke on bones...
Smoke Salmon is nice with white sauce and spring onions and cooked pasta with Salt and Pepper very very nice dish...but U need to keep an eye on this dish as it will burn...but delicious big time...
U should make kids Lemon Delicious Pudding or Impossible Quiche they will love them...Quiche makes it's own base....😂😂❤❤
Thanks for the ideas!
Do you have a breakfast? I confess breakfast is my favourite meal of the day. I then have a dinner around 5pm so just two meals a day.
We do have breakfast. I talked a little bit about this at the very end of the video but we normally have eggs with yogurt and maybe fruit...pretty basic!
I have no problem serving dinner for lunch the next day, making 2 meals at once when I make dinner
I think it’s cheaper than sandwiches
It’s not cheaper than lentils & rice tho so if we re having a harder week or month then we eat 2 dinners the same, in a row- with lentils at lunch
This eliminates freezing meals and having leftovers sit for days
I will however cook a bunch of hambs, freeze, thaw and reheat. Same for mtballs.
We have tacos every single week so that’s just a 1 meal dinner. I try rly hard to get a meal out weekly but…
Thanks for sharing what you do! It's always helpful to hear what works for others!
Do you use store bought maple syrup or do you make your own?
We haven't tapped our own trees yet! It's on our short list of things we'd like to add. I either get it from Costco or buy it bulk locally. Thanks for watching!
I don't have trees but I make my own syrup with mapleine. Curious if you had a healthier recipe than just sugar and mapleine.@@FromScratchFarmstead
Where did you find that cutting board!?
Jim made it!
What kind of stove do you have
It's an AGA!
Hi 👋 I love your channel 👩🌾🙏
Hi Joelle! Tried these biscuits and I seem to have messed it up as the inside is still rather.. wet? It looks done, the dough inside looks fluffy but when touched it kind of sticks all together instead of being dry and fluffy, has a wet texture. Just wondering what kind of consistency to expect next time? Maybe I added too much yogurt?
Hi! I'd say they have a moister texture (maybe a little doughier) than a standard flaky biscuit but I wouldn't say they are wet at all, definitely cooked. Maybe try adding some extra flour or less yogurt based on what you're describing or cook a few minutes longer?? I hope they turn out better next time! :)
@@FromScratchFarmstead thank you!! i did try again and cooked them a tad longer and they came out perfect! i think my oven is a little wonky with cook times. thanks so much for your reply!
Question.. Why when your cooking, you are moving from hot plate to hot plate?
I think I remember her explaining that one spot provides more heat than the other.
I believe she said the one on her left was hottest for boiling and the other was more like medium heat, or something like that.
Check out their AGA you tube video. It’s super helpful for their nifty stove.
Yes! The middle is the boiling plate (high heat) and the end one is the simmer plate (med-low heat).
Do you get all your beef from your cows, or do you buy from local farms? I'd like to be able to buy meat in bigger amounts for the year
love that dress!! where is it from?
Thanks!! It’s from Neuflora! I put a link in the description with a coupon code. Pretty much everything I wore in this video is from there, it’s my favorite brand!
Where is your stove from? Is it wood? Gas?
It's an AGA! Ours runs on gas. We found it for an amazing price used on fb marketplace!
Awsome ❤😊
I have twin 3 year olds and would never eat soups, chilli ect. Do you have any picky eaters in your house and how to you deal? It's just the three of us and I hate wasting food or making food for just me and PB&J for them all the time lol
That's tough! Our kids aren't very picky at all. There are times when something we are having isn't someone's favorite but I just say this is what we are having so you can choose whether you want it or not. More times than not, they'll eventually try it and then end up eating more. I think because they've eating this way their whole life and it's really all they know, that's made it a lot easier. When they help me make the food too, that's really helpful to make them excited about eating it.
So do you eat only twice a day? Just saw only 2 meals per day planned and trying to figure out how it works in a big family.
She talks about breakfast at the beginning of the video.
How do you deal with picky eaters?
We are grateful that we haven't really had any picky eaters. Different kids have gone through different seasons where they have different preferences but I've just rolled with it. I make what I make and they can choose which parts of it they want to take. Usually those seasons are pretty short and they eat most everything. Thanks for watching!
What happens when you experiment with a double batch recipe and the kids don't like it? Do you and your husband eat it for 4 days and the kids get some kind of substitution staple?
I have a feeling her children eat what they're given, they are precious 😊
🎉She is pretty good with spices, cream and cheese in the recipes. All things kids love. Nothing is dry or hard to chew.
I made apple and carrot slices thin, kids prefer that. Also put paper liners in a muffin tin and put different finger foods in them. That was easy and a hit. We had a very relaxed routine. Grammer- 'MadLibs' and 'Safari Grammer.' 'Anno's math books'.
'Math For Smarty Pants' No formal math books until age 15 used grade5 and up 'Saxon Math.' Plantation owners waited til age 15 to teach sons math and running a plantation.
From healthline- "A newborn’s brain is 25%Trusted Source of its adult size, ultimately reaching 90-95% of its adult size by age 6. Then, until about age 25, the brain undergoes a “remodeling” process. The remodeling process speeds up during your teenage years, and usually peaks between ages 13-15, he says." 🎉Best wishes , relax and read a lot to the children😊
@@marygee3981 mine do not enjoy cooked vegetables, don't know where I went wrong there. They like fresh ones though
You do eat and cook so well. Delicious, nutritious foods that you grew or foraged yourself. I loved the yogurt dumplings! They sound so good. Your baby is adorable and so chatty! So cute, as are all the children. Blessings on you. Val C ❤️🙏🏻
It's a fair question! Every once in a while we have a recipe gone wrong but we usually just grin and bear it or the dogs get extras :). Our kids are not picky at all though so they enjoy most everything. It's so interesting though because we eat almost exclusively cooked veggies, whenever our kids are offered raw carrots or peppers, they look it me like, "you expect me to eat that??".
Love your videos! Do you plan to cut your hair short again in the near future?
Thank you! Honestly, I'm not sure. It is getting longer than I think I've ever had it before.
@@FromScratchFarmstead The reason I ask is I buy long hair to make extensions for ladies with hair loss. Would you keep me in mind if you ever cut it? I can use a minimum of 12 inches but the longer the hair the more I can pay. Thanks for the reply too!
So you’re home all the time with a bunch of kids, they homeschool, you never get out of the kitchen?
No thanks
How did u survive when you broke your leg? And had a new baby??
Forced slowing down and lots of snuggles! We had a ton of help with meals and it was really helpful that Jim was home. I actually thought the newborn part wasn’t bad but the preparing and waiting for birth with a newly broken leg was awful!
@FromScratchFarmstead Praise to God you made it 🙏
Sans the four kids, that looks like a lovely way to live.
Id watch this channel more if the narration wasnt robotic
Thanks for the feedback.
I watch and enjoy everything except the eating. The lack of table manners is surprising.
I love your channel ~ but please ~ teach your children to not scream!
Or mute your volume?
I love hearing your kiddos exuberant expressions, some might call yelling😉. 💕😊
I love hearing the kids in the background. It totally adds to these videos. The food, the kids, it's all part of the beautiful energy that this mother is creating.
She's a mom of 4 littles. Kids weren't "screaming" ...they were being very well behaved littles.
I didn't hear any children screaming. I heard the baby making excited screeching noises AKA crowing which is decidedly different from screaming. The older children occasionally make loud exclamations which are normal and, again, not screaming. They're just normal sounds of children playing.
Having said that, I actually agree that children should be taught not to scream. Screaming signifies they are in danger or injured and need help. Unfortunately, it's become the norm for many children to actually scream when playing and people no longer rush to see what's wrong. A bit like the boy crying wolf.
Sometime between when I was a child and when i was around 22, people had stopped teaching this to their children and I have no idea why. We were told unless you were injured or in danger and needed help (we're not talking a skinned knee here), no screaming of any kind! If a child screamed, people flooded out of their homes to help, ready to do battle. And if nothing was wrong, nobody was hurt? Everyone was dragged home for the rest of the day with a talking to.
Now the children in my neighborhood scream all the time while playing tag or ANY game and I think I'm the only one who still looks to check they're okay.
I made a variation of the chicken broccoli rice casserole which is a hit… I use halved Brussels and a couple handfuls of dried cranberries… super yummy. I leave out the curry powder and put cheddar cheese on top. So good!😊
Yum! I love the addition of dried cranberries, that sounds delicious!