You sound so much like my own mother. Her focus was feeding her 13 children. We preserved everything. Our table always look like a banquet for a king. There I was on the bench beside my daddy.He sat on one end of table and my mommy on the other side next to daddy. On the memories are flowing. T u for sharing your precious family with us!!
This challenge has really shifted how I think about how to preserve smaller batches and just doing what I can consistently rather than feeling pressure to do huge projects or nothing at all. Still love my big batch days but I’ve gotten so much done even on days I work or can’t be at home all day. Thank you!
My grandmother taught me to take my green tomatoes and wrap them in newspaper and put them in a paper bag. She said put the bag in a cool space like a basement or someplace in your house it’s cool and then in the winter time when you want a fresh tomato you will have one. They will write them in the paper bag with the newspaper on them. My friends and girls thought that was really cool because they were so surprised that we could have fresh tomatoes in the middle of winter. I love watching your channel it’s very
always loving my Sunday morning with Jessica and her crew!!!!! Have a happy home church day Jessica!! thanks for being authentic and open with all of us!!!!! xoxox
Just what I need to finish off my weekend. I love that your videos come Sunday night. I end the week positively rather than thinking about all the things I have to do this week. You are a blessing.
Swinging the chard like a bat, boys can turn anything into a sport 😋 and the girls practicing their back flips takes me back to my childhood with my sister. You have a lovely family. I have some peach pits in the fridge. They aren’t enough to bother with jelly but I figured I could find a use for them so I think I will start some peach pit vinegar. Thanks for the idea!
Thank you for respecting your daughter’s wish not to eat meat! Hate to hear children who are forced to do things that doesn’t sit right with them ethically
@@sarahpauline4904 how in the world do you see her statement as hateful? If anything, your "good for you don't be hateful" remark is condescending/hateful...might wanna take a good look in the mirror. 🙄
You are the nicest way to begin my week. Every Sunday morn I have my coffee with you. What a joy to see you and your family and learn something. Thank you for taking the time. I’m so happy to see your pregnancy progressing so beautifully. God bless.
You are so full of knowledge of nutrition and food preservation. I am 70 and I learn something new every time I watch your videos. Thank you for sharing! I love your sweet voice.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Hi Jessica, great video, thank you so much for tagging us along and the editing must of taken you a long time. I'm glad the challenge is over for you because you look really tired. Your kiddo's are adorable as well Jessica and you must feel blessed to have them
Hi this is Christine. Since we live in Arizona I juice my oranges and base my ham with orange juice. Family favorite for even the fussy meat eating grandchildren. I just love your RUclips videos. God Bless you and your family
So glad you showed the meat side of preservation. We raise our own meat too, and it's an important part of homesteading. Great work with this challenge.
We tried raising a beef cow. I was at work when the guy came to slaughter. I could never eat a bite of it and ,about 30 years later I still feel guilty. Safeway for me I'm way, way too tender hearted
You keep things progressing very well & organized with a large family! I ❤️ the way you incorporate such healthy foods into everyone's diet with all of the allergies.
Very healthy attitude about not treating livestock as pets. Your mixed fruit sauce sounds yummy. All of your hard work will pay off , especially when the new baby comes 🤗🍃🍂🍁🍎🍏☕💗✝
Always enjoy your videos. Your #everybitcounts collaboration was wonderful. It introduced me to so many great RUclipsrs and taught me some terrific things about saving, storing and generally just not wasting food. I have been on a mission lately to better manage my food and the collab was a great boost. I even bought a food dehydrator! I don't love spending time in the kitchen but - in the last month I have dried bread for breadcrumbs, made pie filling from apples and cherries that needed to be used, cooked down some extra tomatoes for sauce, used my freezer to save leftover lemons, grapes and milk, dried orange and lemons peels and the skin of apples and peaches for tea, saved seeds from flowers and vegetable plants and dried herbs. My next experiments will be making refrigerator pickles, dehydrating some hot peppers that I got from a buy nothing group and making pesto., dehydrating some tomatoes from the farmers market and using the dehydrator to make zucchini chips. I'm on a roll. Thanks for the inspiration.
The freezers weren't as messy as I was expecting. I have so much trouble keeping our one big deep freeze as organised as possible. Milk crates are my best friend in there. What a beautiful accomplishment having so much home raised, well loved protein in your freezers . Thank you for sharing lovely 💚
I have ulcerative colitis and have been really unwell lately. I've been watching your videos back to back for the last 2 days and they have really helped. Thank you so much. Blessings to tou and your family
Great video. Just something to consider that may make loading easier in the future, is to allow the animal access to the alleyway. Also, feed her in the trailer for a few days before you need to get her loaded. This can help desensitize them and can make the whole process easier.
We are having a cow processed in 2 months. It's raised by someone we know as we live in town. But my freezers look just like yours so I have been busy busy canning and not putting any of our garden in the freezer so we can make room. It's time fir a freezer challenge here!!!
Your food always looks so yummy! Thankyou! As a school project for one of the children you should get them to make a cook book of your ideas and sell it!
I try to use something up or preserve something each day. At the moment, I have yellow summer squash in the dehydrator. In the last week, I've used up leftovers by recycling them into different meals, dehydrated citrus peels to use in simmer pots this winter, and dehydrated fresh ginger root. I also found a really good sale on ground beef and busted it down into small 3/4 to 1 pound packages (depending on what I am going to use it for). Next up is to dehydrate some cabbage and then some potatoes. I also have a bunch of green onions to use up and two tomatoes to use before they go bad. We are a family of 7 with a pack of dogs and some cats, so nothing here goes to waste either. We recycyle old clothes into cleaning rags and we plan to start making rugs from them as well. We use everything until there is no other uses left for them and then they finally get thrown away.
I'm a new subscriber. Last year other people I watch were doing your challenge. So in June when my garden started. Small garden I started preserving. I found you in aug. But it was you that inspired me to do smaller more frequent canning. I've got a year of beans, corn, relish, pickles. Tons in freezer. Now it's wood season. Thank you for inspiring me to do Small projects that add up. It's easier than trying to do huge sessions that wear me out.
I DO SO ENJOY YOUR VIDEOS. I LEARN SO MUCH. I AM TOO OLD NOW TO DO CANNING/FREEZING FOOD, BUT I STILL LOVE TO SEE OTHERS DOING SO. BE SURE TO WRITE DOWN HOW/WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR YOUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY DECIDE TO START IN THEIR OWN LIVES.
Love watching your channel. You have so much knowledge about food storage. I'm 85 and have canned most of my life, but I couldn't lead anyone in how to. They have changed so much info.
You are such an inspiration to me. I am experienced food preservationalist, but every time I see your work, I learn many new things. Thank you so much for sharing your life and being my star.
I am a new subscriber.. i just want to say that i have so much respect for the way you and your husband are raising your children! It is wonderful that you are teaching them self sufficiency! God bless you all!
Jessica thank you for the motivation to get something stored away, everyday. You are a blessing. I stuck with it, and I am trying to do more into September, everyday.
Very interesting and diverse video today. You covered so much, garden tour, a very patient cow loading. Freezer clean out and live stock dogs. My mum would make lambs fry and bacon. This is made with lambs liver, skinned, fried in butter with bacon. A gravy made from pan juices. Served with mashed potatoes and green beans.
Jessica, this challenge has really helped me to effectively use the produce coming from my garden as well as using what I've found at local produce markets, farm stands and the farmer's market. I've been picking cucumbers from my garden and slicing them for my lunch. One of my students (non-verbal with autism) has been loving eating my cucumbers every day at lunchtime. I figure cucumbers aren't nearly as bad for him as chips or soda or pastries! I'm also working on clearing space in my freezers as I have another 1/2 cow arriving at the end of the month. I figure that I really need to make oatmeal cookies with my students to get some frozen oats out of the freezer. A year ago, I bought 50#, which got repackaged into gallon bags. Then I went back to work at a job where the commute is too far for me to eat oatmeal daily. I'm guessing that if we don't add raisins, the boys would eat oatmeal cookies. Since I teach a class of kiddos on the spectrum, we have a LOT of food aversions. If they cook the item, they are more likely to eat the item. Last week we made chocolate cupcakes from scratch. The staff were impressed that they didn't come from a mix. I even taught my good friend how to water bath can pickles so they didn't turn into mashed cucumber. I have enough dried herbs to cook for the next six months and somewhat of a supply of tomato sauce and pickles. I'm hopeful that I can get my tomatoes to produce enough for a couple more batches of sauce before the season is over. I've frozen a couple batches of stuffed peppers, and I'm going to try to use up the rest of the stew meat by canning homemade stew for the shelf for the winter. Good luck finding space in your freezers for the packaged cow.
Good morning, I have enjoyed this challenge this year. I wasn’t able to preserve every day, but still have managed a lot of items for my pantry! Also have found some interesting channels to follow.❤️
I literally just stumbled upon this channel through watching my daily homestead channels. I really love it. I am binge watching your channel today.brand new subscriber here! All the canning and food you have put up, it's so awesome.
Love watching your videos Jessica, you are such a motivator. I really enjoy seeing how you take advantage of everything you have and nothing goes to waste. I pray blessings over you and your family and I thank you so much for sharing your preservation tips!!!
I love that your channel is catching on! So many followers, now! The more people who are inspired to grow, preserve, and cook homegrown food, the better!
This was one of my favorite little bit counts videos, I often have little bits and pieces in my freezer and this was so encouraging! As far as liver, especially while pregnant, you can buy a gelatin capsules filler and make your own liver capsules!! Very good for you, shelf stable (though keeping in the fridge keeps the smell away!!) And so easy to take a few with each meal!!
We just did this. It took about 8 hours. Definitely learned a lot of lessons. Thankfully our butcher is super flexible otherwise we would have been in a heap of trouble.
Just want to add that I am jealous of your creativity in using every bit of the food you prepare. I tore my rotator cuff in the spring and I can't raise my left arm forward which makes many jobs in the kitchen difficult if not impossible. I'm not willing to have the total shoulder replacement surgery that my orthopedics doctor said was my only option. So I'll continue to watch and dream. I'm 71, so the surgery with no guarantee of regaining my former dexterity is not worth it to me. I'll just continue to enjoy your family and your creativity.
Another beautiful video. You inspired me to get much more put up this year than ever before. I still have my herbs and tomatoes coming out of my garden. Looking forward to continuing the harvest and more of your videos!! We didn't get much after the deer jumped our fence and ate all the cabbage, greens, and bean plants.
I am so thankful I found your channel. Watching your progress with your preservation challenge and sharing your methods is so very helpful. It helps me feel hopeful and that my own goals are achievable.
That is so funny (we had a cow to pick up from the butcher this week)- I just had to pull out all the tomatoes and get working on them, several small bags of leftover fruit, peach juice that got turned into jello, and a ham 🤣
Thank you Jessica. Love watching this day. You have so much knowledge about everything. I did the August challenge. Loved having something to put in the freezer or canning jars. We still have okra. Also potatoes to dig. We are blessed to be able to enjoy your ways to preserve our foods.
I truly look forward to your videos. After church, I put up 7 pints of sweet/hot/spicy corn relish from my CSA sweet corn. Thank you again for your encouraging videos.
Jessica, I've just recently found you and your channel. I'm so inspired by all you accomplish. Thank you so much for all that you do. You're absolutely amazing!!
I'm a retired chef of 28 years and your kitchen skills are amazing. Try using raisins on your next vinegar, it has a great flavor. I've been using all kinds of fruits. We did a video on our channel on making home made vinegar. God bless, Mike
Excellent video Jessica. Love your little ones as you know. I have some fats I going to render on the crock pot. We had family visit and lots of pork meat I need to preserve, so I will be canning those today (with God's help). That fruit blend looks great so does the lemon-aid. Thanks again, I always look forward to your videos. HUGS!
As someone who grew up on a cattle farm, it’s hard to move individuals, but it was made harder because you guys were trying to move the cow towards where people were standing.
Your ham looks delicious!! I always get fresh hams too and will have to try your recipe. I have been putting my hams on the grill and smoking it for a couple hours. It has come out juicy and great on sandwiches, but with winter coming I will have to move cooking into the house soon. Thanks for sharing!!
As always, enjoy my Sunday morning listening to your video. You are so creative in your cooking, I appreciate your ideas so much. Thank you. Gods blessings 🙏
I made pineapple vinegar but it didn’t make a mother And I was not informed it needed to breathe once I put it on the shelf after straining it off! Duh of course it still is fermenting It’s got a nice layer of scum kinda stuff (not moldy or green or smelly) so I hope that’s my mother starting! I’ll go put coffee filters on my bottles. Thx
Wild caught you could always can your salmon and it’ll take away some of the bulk in your freezer and it will be shelf stable I add a little bit of liquid smoke to mine just for the flavor works wonderful
I'm also pregnant and have 2 kids under 2 but I managed to do a little every day with you this month. Thanks for the motivation! Although my big harvest here is in September so... I'm in for a lot more work!
CHOCOLATE ORANGE ZUCCHINI CAKE Favorite Recipes of the Sutton Families & Friends Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups flour (unsifted) 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 cup cocoa 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon 3/4 cup soft butter 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 2 tsp. vanilla 2 tsp. grated orange rind 2 cups coarsely shredded zucchini 1/2 cup milk 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts Recipe instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, cocoa, baking, powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside. With mixer beat together the butter and sugar until they are smoothly blended. Add the eggs; one at a time, beating well after each addition. With a spoon, stir in the vanilla, orange peel, and zucchini. Alternately stir dry ingredients and the milk into zucchini mixture, including the nuts as a last addition. Pour into a greased & floured 10 inch tube pan or Bundt pan. Bake in oven at 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Turn out on wire rack to cool thoroughly. Drizzle glaze over top. Cut into thin slices to serve. GLAZE: Mix together 2 cups powdered sugar, 3 Tbsp. milk and 1 tsp. vanilla; beat until smooth.
We’re currently roasting bones for broth and I just finished up a big batch of tallow this past week and I’ll be canning up a bunch of meat soon. I’m in a similar situation, we will have more beef coming and we really barely started on the last one ( and my hog freezer is already packed full ) but the butcher has limited openings right now and we had to take what opening we could get. I’m grateful to him and I remind myself that this is a blessing.
I love the way you narrate your videos. It makes it much more clear with none of that "squirrel" action going on lol. Would love to see the progress you've made on your freezer space.
I just cleaned out my freezers yesterday. I need to put zucchini in everything this winter. The main goal was to see if I needed to do pumpkin this year. I did two big pumpkins in 2020 and I still have plenty. Lots of rhubarb to use up this winter as well. Feels good to get it organized. I’m trying to spend as little as I can at the grocery store and work on using the food I have.
Thank you for sharing all of these details so honestly with us, Jessica! I have really enjoyed preserving food this fall and have looked forward to your weekly videos. You inspire me. God bless you and your family.
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You sound so much like my own mother. Her focus was feeding her 13 children. We preserved everything. Our table always look like a banquet for a king. There I was on the bench beside my daddy.He sat on one end of table and my mommy on the other side next to daddy. On the memories are flowing. T u for sharing your precious family with us!!
I would not be embarrassed about your “messy” freezer, I would be PROUD!!!
Or a "messy" garden!! It's amazing, be proud!
This challenge has really shifted how I think about how to preserve smaller batches and just doing what I can consistently rather than feeling pressure to do huge projects or nothing at all. Still love my big batch days but I’ve gotten so much done even on days I work or can’t be at home all day. Thank you!
My grandmother taught me to take my green tomatoes and wrap them in newspaper and put them in a paper bag. She said put the bag in a cool space like a basement or someplace in your house it’s cool and then in the winter time when you want a fresh tomato you will have one. They will write them in the paper bag with the newspaper on them. My friends and girls thought that was really cool because they were so surprised that we could have fresh tomatoes in the middle of winter. I love watching your channel it’s very
Wow I never knew you could do that ! So cool I will give it a try 😊 ty for the idea
I have done this with ripe tomatoes as well, to slow them from spoiling. Newspaper nice and tight, dark basement. Works great.
I must try this! Ty so much
always loving my Sunday morning with Jessica and her crew!!!!! Have a happy home church day Jessica!! thanks for being authentic and open with all of us!!!!! xoxox
Just what I need to finish off my weekend. I love that your videos come Sunday night. I end the week positively rather than thinking about all the things I have to do this week. You are a blessing.
Swinging the chard like a bat, boys can turn anything into a sport 😋 and the girls practicing their back flips takes me back to my childhood with my sister. You have a lovely family.
I have some peach pits in the fridge. They aren’t enough to bother with jelly but I figured I could find a use for them so I think I will start some peach pit vinegar. Thanks for the idea!
Thank you for respecting your daughter’s wish not to eat meat! Hate to hear children who are forced to do things that doesn’t sit right with them ethically
It’s not just that. Forcing kids to eat things they don’t like will cause eating issues
I ate what was placed in front of me and was grateful
@@charlenequinilty7252 good for you Charlene. Don't be hateful.
@@sarahpauline4904 how in the world do you see her statement as hateful? If anything, your "good for you don't be hateful" remark is condescending/hateful...might wanna take a good look in the mirror. 🙄
@@mllee2008 No, her comment was outdated, unnecessary and ignorant. I pointed that out and I feel pretty good about my restraint. Kudos to me.
You are the nicest way to begin my week. Every Sunday morn I have my coffee with you. What a joy to see you and your family and learn something. Thank you for taking the time. I’m so happy to see your pregnancy progressing so beautifully. God bless.
You are so full of knowledge of nutrition and food preservation. I am 70 and I learn something new every time I watch your videos. Thank you for sharing! I love your sweet voice.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Hi Jessica, great video, thank you so much for tagging us along and the editing must of taken you a long time. I'm glad the challenge is over for you because you look really tired. Your kiddo's are adorable as well Jessica and you must feel blessed to have them
Hi this is Christine. Since we live in Arizona I juice my oranges and base my ham with orange juice. Family favorite for even the fussy meat eating grandchildren. I just love your RUclips videos. God Bless you and your family
So glad you showed the meat side of preservation. We raise our own meat too, and it's an important part of homesteading. Great work with this challenge.
We tried raising a beef cow. I was at work when the guy came to slaughter. I could never eat a bite of it and ,about 30 years later I still feel guilty. Safeway for me
I'm way, way too tender hearted
You keep things progressing very well & organized with a large family! I ❤️ the way you incorporate such healthy foods into everyone's diet with all of the allergies.
Hey ! New subscriber here. I enjoy your content, it is practical and authentic. I have learnt a lot from binge watching your videos.
Very healthy attitude about not treating livestock as pets. Your mixed fruit sauce sounds yummy. All of your hard work will pay off , especially when the new baby comes 🤗🍃🍂🍁🍎🍏☕💗✝
Always enjoy your videos. Your #everybitcounts collaboration was wonderful. It introduced me to so many great RUclipsrs and taught me some terrific things about saving, storing and generally just not wasting food. I have been on a mission lately to better manage my food and the collab was a great boost. I even bought a food dehydrator! I don't love spending time in the kitchen but - in the last month I have dried bread for breadcrumbs, made pie filling from apples and cherries that needed to be used, cooked down some extra tomatoes for sauce, used my freezer to save leftover lemons, grapes and milk, dried orange and lemons peels and the skin of apples and peaches for tea, saved seeds from flowers and vegetable plants and dried herbs. My next experiments will be making refrigerator pickles, dehydrating some hot peppers that I got from a buy nothing group and making pesto., dehydrating some tomatoes from the farmers market and using the dehydrator to make zucchini chips. I'm on a roll. Thanks for the inspiration.
The freezers weren't as messy as I was expecting. I have so much trouble keeping our one big deep freeze as organised as possible. Milk crates are my best friend in there. What a beautiful accomplishment having so much home raised, well loved protein in your freezers . Thank you for sharing lovely 💚
Video is perfect for a rainy Sunday morning.
Thank You for your amazing videos just came across them from another channel - Faraway Prepper - another newer channel in the prepping community! 💫👍🥂
I have ulcerative colitis and have been really unwell lately. I've been watching your videos back to back for the last 2 days and they have really helped. Thank you so much. Blessings to tou and your family
I am so sorry. I have Crohn's Disease, so I can empathize. I hope you feel better soon!
Great video. Just something to consider that may make loading easier in the future, is to allow the animal access to the alleyway. Also, feed her in the trailer for a few days before you need to get her loaded. This can help desensitize them and can make the whole process easier.
Absolutely! We do this when loading our hogs for the processor.
Thank you for respecting your daughter.
Love your Anatolian!
What a shiny, beautiful heifer! You gave her a good life before she blesses you all with food.
Take care and be blessed.
Your freezer was not messy. You have A Lot of clearing out to get ready for your cow. We pick up ours tomorrow.
Blessings to you and your family.
Absolutely a brilliant,teaching video. What a beautiful way you described the sacrifice and gratitude for your animals🌺❤️
I'm impressed your place is so clean and organized also it has been a joy getting to know you and your children.
Another great job preserving for your family. Nothing can go to waste these days thank you for sharing. God's blessings
We are having a cow processed in 2 months. It's raised by someone we know as we live in town. But my freezers look just like yours so I have been busy busy canning and not putting any of our garden in the freezer so we can make room. It's time fir a freezer challenge here!!!
i love liver and onions,slow cooked in a brown gravy,with mashed potatoes,delicious xx
Your food always looks so yummy! Thankyou! As a school project for one of the children you should get them to make a cook book of your ideas and sell it!
I try to use something up or preserve something each day. At the moment, I have yellow summer squash in the dehydrator. In the last week, I've used up leftovers by recycling them into different meals, dehydrated citrus peels to use in simmer pots this winter, and dehydrated fresh ginger root. I also found a really good sale on ground beef and busted it down into small 3/4 to 1 pound packages (depending on what I am going to use it for). Next up is to dehydrate some cabbage and then some potatoes. I also have a bunch of green onions to use up and two tomatoes to use before they go bad. We are a family of 7 with a pack of dogs and some cats, so nothing here goes to waste either. We recycyle old clothes into cleaning rags and we plan to start making rugs from them as well. We use everything until there is no other uses left for them and then they finally get thrown away.
You are one hard working mumma! ❤
I'm a new subscriber. Last year other people I watch were doing your challenge. So in June when my garden started. Small garden I started preserving. I found you in aug. But it was you that inspired me to do smaller more frequent canning. I've got a year of beans, corn, relish, pickles. Tons in freezer. Now it's wood season. Thank you for inspiring me to do Small projects that add up. It's easier than trying to do huge sessions that wear me out.
I DO SO ENJOY YOUR VIDEOS. I LEARN SO MUCH. I AM TOO OLD NOW TO DO CANNING/FREEZING FOOD, BUT I STILL LOVE TO SEE OTHERS DOING SO. BE SURE TO WRITE DOWN HOW/WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR YOUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY DECIDE TO START IN THEIR OWN LIVES.
Love watching your channel. You have so much knowledge about food storage. I'm 85 and have canned most of my life, but I couldn't lead anyone in how to. They have changed so much info.
Wow ,Im so happy for you,!! many food for the next Winter ,greetings and blessings for you from Maja in the nederlands.
You are such an inspiration to me. I am experienced food preservationalist, but every time I see your work, I learn many new things. Thank you so much for sharing your life and being my star.
I am a new subscriber.. i just want to say that i have so much respect for the way you and your husband are raising your children! It is wonderful that you are teaching them self sufficiency! God bless you all!
Jessica thank you for the motivation to get something stored away, everyday. You are a blessing. I stuck with it, and I am trying to do more into September, everyday.
Very interesting and diverse video today. You covered so much, garden tour, a very patient cow loading. Freezer clean out and live stock dogs. My mum would make lambs fry and bacon. This is made with lambs liver, skinned, fried in butter with bacon. A gravy made from pan juices. Served with mashed potatoes and green beans.
Good Sunday Morning all Busy Busy! Love watching your start to finish on the freezer clean out! Have a wonderful week all!
Jessica, this challenge has really helped me to effectively use the produce coming from my garden as well as using what I've found at local produce markets, farm stands and the farmer's market. I've been picking cucumbers from my garden and slicing them for my lunch. One of my students (non-verbal with autism) has been loving eating my cucumbers every day at lunchtime. I figure cucumbers aren't nearly as bad for him as chips or soda or pastries! I'm also working on clearing space in my freezers as I have another 1/2 cow arriving at the end of the month. I figure that I really need to make oatmeal cookies with my students to get some frozen oats out of the freezer. A year ago, I bought 50#, which got repackaged into gallon bags. Then I went back to work at a job where the commute is too far for me to eat oatmeal daily. I'm guessing that if we don't add raisins, the boys would eat oatmeal cookies. Since I teach a class of kiddos on the spectrum, we have a LOT of food aversions. If they cook the item, they are more likely to eat the item. Last week we made chocolate cupcakes from scratch. The staff were impressed that they didn't come from a mix. I even taught my good friend how to water bath can pickles so they didn't turn into mashed cucumber. I have enough dried herbs to cook for the next six months and somewhat of a supply of tomato sauce and pickles. I'm hopeful that I can get my tomatoes to produce enough for a couple more batches of sauce before the season is over. I've frozen a couple batches of stuffed peppers, and I'm going to try to use up the rest of the stew meat by canning homemade stew for the shelf for the winter. Good luck finding space in your freezers for the packaged cow.
You are amazing! I was exhausted just watching the video 🤣
Good morning, I have enjoyed this challenge this year. I wasn’t able to preserve every day, but still have managed a lot of items for my pantry! Also have found some interesting channels to follow.❤️
Great way to repurpose that sink strainer I've done the same with mine! Great video as always.
I did enjoy the challenge but did not do it everyday. I was able to preserve 3x a week tho, so I was happy w/that. Thanks for the challenge
Every bit counts. 3 days is amazing!
I literally just stumbled upon this channel through watching my daily homestead channels. I really love it. I am binge watching your channel today.brand new subscriber here! All the canning and food you have put up, it's so awesome.
I am using the corn on the cob cutter you recommended while listening/watching your video. I love it! My 10 year old does too!! Thank you. God bless
I didn't know freezer envy was a thing until I saw your commercial beast! 😄
Very busy time for you and your family, thank you for sharing some time with us and helpful hints, rest when you can and take care, God bless
PS... Congrats on the new trailer!! It's beautiful
You're living out the dream life of my soul! Thank you for sharing everything that you do.
Love watching your videos Jessica, you are such a motivator. I really enjoy seeing how you take advantage of everything you have and nothing goes to waste. I pray blessings over you and your family and I thank you so much for sharing your preservation tips!!!
We did all. Your garden is still absolutely beautiful and productive.
I love that your channel is catching on! So many followers, now! The more people who are inspired to grow, preserve, and cook homegrown food, the better!
Liver and onions are soo yummy!!
Thanks for all of your inspiration
Good morning Three Rivers Homestead. Thank you so much for the freezer and garden tour. Happy Labor Day.
This was one of my favorite little bit counts videos, I often have little bits and pieces in my freezer and this was so encouraging!
As far as liver, especially while pregnant, you can buy a gelatin capsules filler and make your own liver capsules!! Very good for you, shelf stable (though keeping in the fridge keeps the smell away!!) And so easy to take a few with each meal!!
Your farm is so nice! Well kepted. Love how you make sure everything has a purpose! No waste!👍🤗
We just did this. It took about 8 hours. Definitely learned a lot of lessons. Thankfully our butcher is super flexible otherwise we would have been in a heap of trouble.
Just want to add that I am jealous of your creativity in using every bit of the food you prepare. I tore my rotator cuff in the spring and I can't raise my left arm forward which makes many jobs in the kitchen difficult if not impossible. I'm not willing to have the total shoulder replacement surgery that my orthopedics doctor said was my only option. So I'll continue to watch and dream. I'm 71, so the surgery with no guarantee of regaining my former dexterity is not worth it to me. I'll just continue to enjoy your family and your creativity.
Thank you for interesting videos. Hoping you have a wonderful Sunday and week ahead.
Another beautiful video. You inspired me to get much more put up this year than ever before.
I still have my herbs and tomatoes coming out of my garden. Looking forward to continuing the harvest and more of your videos!!
We didn't get much after the deer jumped our fence and ate all the cabbage, greens, and bean plants.
I am so thankful I found your channel. Watching your progress with your preservation challenge and sharing your methods is so very helpful. It helps me feel hopeful and that my own goals are achievable.
That is so funny (we had a cow to pick up from the butcher this week)- I just had to pull out all the tomatoes and get working on them, several small bags of leftover fruit, peach juice that got turned into jello, and a ham 🤣
Thank you so much for all the hints and tips, after following your videos I feel a lot more confident in beginning to process small batches 😃
Getting my new freeze dryer this week. Can’t wait to start using it. 🥰
You're going to love it!!
Thank you Jessica. Love watching this day. You have so much knowledge about everything. I did the August challenge. Loved having something to put in the freezer or canning jars. We still have okra. Also potatoes to dig. We are blessed to be able to enjoy your ways to preserve our foods.
Love your videos, beautiful family and blessed life!
I truly look forward to your videos. After church, I put up 7 pints of sweet/hot/spicy corn relish from my CSA sweet corn. Thank you again for your encouraging videos.
Thank you, I'm really learning a lot from your videos 😊
Jessica, I've just recently found you and your channel. I'm so inspired by all you accomplish. Thank you so much for all that you do. You're absolutely amazing!!
I'm a retired chef of 28 years and your kitchen skills are amazing. Try using raisins on your next vinegar, it has a great flavor. I've been using all kinds of fruits. We did a video on our channel on making home made vinegar. God bless, Mike
Great idea! Thank you!
Levi looks like he is a budding artist. Just from the short clip, he looks very focused and precise with his drawing.
Excellent video Jessica. Love your little ones as you know. I have some fats I going to render on the crock pot. We had family visit and lots of pork meat I need to preserve, so I will be canning those today (with God's help). That fruit blend looks great so does the lemon-aid. Thanks again, I always look forward to your videos. HUGS!
As someone who grew up on a cattle farm, it’s hard to move individuals, but it was made harder because you guys were trying to move the cow towards where people were standing.
Thank you so much for another fun challenge -- I enjoy your weekly recap videos.
You are so amazing!
I love to eat Beef Liver, but freeze drying it and sneaking it into smoothie’s is genius!
Thanks!
God bless you all!
Your ham looks delicious!! I always get fresh hams too and will have to try your recipe.
I have been putting my hams on the grill and smoking it for a couple hours. It has come out juicy and great on sandwiches, but with winter coming I will have to move cooking into the house soon. Thanks for sharing!!
Very productive day!
As always, enjoy my Sunday morning listening to your video. You are so creative in your cooking, I appreciate your ideas so much. Thank you. Gods blessings 🙏
I made pineapple vinegar but it didn’t make a mother
And I was not informed it needed to breathe once I put it on the shelf after straining it off! Duh of course it still is fermenting
It’s got a nice layer of scum kinda stuff (not moldy or green or smelly) so I hope that’s my mother starting! I’ll go put coffee filters on my bottles. Thx
Nice job loading her, not stressed at all, respectful.
Good morning!
Wild caught you could always can your salmon and it’ll take away some of the bulk in your freezer and it will be shelf stable I add a little bit of liquid smoke to mine just for the flavor works wonderful
I'm also pregnant and have 2 kids under 2 but I managed to do a little every day with you this month. Thanks for the motivation! Although my big harvest here is in September so... I'm in for a lot more work!
CHOCOLATE ORANGE ZUCCHINI CAKE Favorite Recipes of the Sutton Families & Friends
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups flour (unsifted)
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup cocoa
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 cup soft butter
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. grated orange rind
2 cups coarsely shredded zucchini
1/2 cup milk
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Recipe instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, cocoa, baking, powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside. With mixer beat together the butter and sugar until they are smoothly blended. Add the eggs; one at a time, beating well after each addition. With a spoon, stir in the vanilla, orange peel, and zucchini. Alternately stir dry ingredients and the milk into zucchini mixture, including the nuts as a last addition. Pour into a greased & floured 10 inch tube pan or Bundt pan. Bake in oven at 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Turn out on wire rack to cool thoroughly. Drizzle glaze over top. Cut into thin slices to serve. GLAZE: Mix together 2 cups powdered sugar, 3 Tbsp. milk and 1 tsp. vanilla; beat until smooth.
We’re currently roasting bones for broth and I just finished up a big batch of tallow this past week and I’ll be canning up a bunch of meat soon. I’m in a similar situation, we will have more beef coming and we really barely started on the last one ( and my hog freezer is already packed full ) but the butcher has limited openings right now and we had to take what opening we could get. I’m grateful to him and I remind myself that this is a blessing.
I’m also making watermelon rind jam, relish and candied pieces that look like gummy worms. We’re having several watermelons tomorrow.
Wow, you did a lot of work! Great job!
Thank you for the inspiration & God bless you and your beautiful family x
I love the way you narrate your videos. It makes it much more clear with none of that "squirrel" action going on lol. Would love to see the progress you've made on your freezer space.
Thank you so much for sharing! Glad to know we aren't the only ones with several freezers. :) (We have two chest freezers and the fridge one)
You inspire me to do more preserving, thank you 😊
great job using everything! Hope you are feeling well, and getting rest.
I love spending sundays with your family...God bless you all.
U r sooo inspiring to me. I’m doing everything almost that u teach me in the videos
I just cleaned out my freezers yesterday. I need to put zucchini in everything this winter. The main goal was to see if I needed to do pumpkin this year. I did two big pumpkins in 2020 and I still have plenty. Lots of rhubarb to use up this winter as well. Feels good to get it organized. I’m trying to spend as little as I can at the grocery store and work on using the food I have.
Thank you for sharing all of these details so honestly with us, Jessica! I have really enjoyed preserving food this fall and have looked forward to your weekly videos. You inspire me. God bless you and your family.