You are just wonderful Jessica. Your children are so happy to have you as their mom. I am way older than you and Wish to have had the chance to watch videos like yours when my daughter was small. The way you not waste food is so unbelievable. Go ahead Jess.
Your pantry challenge is in true form and your standard to set that example for others is very much appreciated. Some hoard food and simply end up wasting it and that sets a terrible example. You waste nothing....the liquid from the beans to use as egg replacement. Such a good thing to know about with the high price of eggs. Hannah is growing so fast, such a pleasure to see her and all the other children. Your home is a HOME, full of love, respect, laughter and kindness. So enjoyable to watch. Have a blessed week.
It's so wonderful to see someone show and explain how to use their freeze dried food! Some people use different equipment as a way to get views but never use the finished product, then sadly throw the food away because it won't get eaten. They just make the dried, dehydrated or canned food but that's as far as it goes. You are a true homesteader and waste nothing! Thank you for sharing your hard work and beautiful family with us.
Thanks for another calm video, I have made it a habit to watch your Sunday videos while meal planning and filling out my weekly calendars ( I have one for my home office and one in the kichen) that keep me on track for the week. Your videos are like having a nice visit with a friend!
Hannah is getting so big & it is so heartwarming seeing her dad play peek a boo. Does your son still do a baking project every week. I just love watching you and your precious family interact and enjoy all the yummy healthy food you make to ensure they have the best to help them grow and the skills they will aquire, what a legacy to inherit. Thank you again for a wonderful video. Love from Melissa in San Antonio
Being very frugal and not wasting anything and trying to find usage for everything is quite commemorative, I dislike food waste myself but I don't always find ways to use up leftovers but I try, I'm a single eater and I don't usually make too much food for myself, truly enjoyed watching this, thank you! 😊
Jessica, you are such a wonderful, loving Mom. Your children are truly blessed to have you. Thank you for allowing us to watch a day in the daily life of your beautiful family. Prayers for the people that are at the center of the toxic railroad derailment. 🙏
Yep, zero waste. Grew up country and that's how the ancestors did it in many cases had to do it. Everything but the squeal as they say. One thing I learned on accident is that wrinkly apples from late winter if they don't have rotten spots are still good. The shrinking and wrinkling concentrates and ages the juice Juiced out sugar beets we grew with the shrinkly apples boiled them to a syrup, and spiced it. It was amazing.
You are so amazing Jessica. You think of things I would never think of. I love the oatmeal cake idea. Wow! So thankful y'all are not near the derailment. I am praying for those that are. Such a sad, bad time. We all must pray for our country. Be blessed.
Those meatballs looked so wonderful. Most of us will use something like bread crumbs as the filler. Using those veggie powders can turn them into flavor bombs. So yummy looking
I agree with all the folks . I'm older than you but every week I'm learning new things. T u Adam and kiddos for allowing us into your home. This family shows real life. Adam I believe that baby girl loves hide and seek. Beautiful children Adam and Jessica. I call little boys THE THREE MUSKETEERS .My daughter and I love to watch your channel
Thank you so very much for showing us how to use your freeze dried food. It’s what a lot of us need! PLEASE, will you continue to do this for us? Again thank you for all that you do. 🤗
@@cynthiafisher9907 i was not commenting on that. I agree with you on kids and vids. My comment has to do with you barking at people all over becky’s channel and now here. Oh and Btw, rita wasn’t speaking to you, either.😘
Thank you Jessica for all the wonderful ideas for dairy free cooking. 2 of my children are lactose intolerant. My oldest is also gluten intolerant. It's been so difficult to try to switch out butter esp. When I used butter in lots of things. You give me so much information and ideas. Hope you have great week! TFS!
I’m a new viewer. Your amazing. I enjoy watching Becky to. Your both absolutely amazing. You have a Beautiful family. God bless you all. I truly love you being you, just warm and bubbly. Thank you ❤.
One of my boys did some experiments using natural dyes for muffins. Someone asked us about hibiscus powder knowing we had used it before. He tried hibiscus powder, beet juice, and beet powder. Beet powder gave the best results.
I use my dehydrated veggies in a lot of dishes because we are not big fresh veggie eaters but this way we’ll still get them in our diet. I made dehydrated chicken and powdered it to add flavor but not all the salt etc as bouillon does. Cooked and dehydrated potatoes and rice are great as powders to thicken dishes. Cooked bean powder adds more flavor to chili without having to put tons of beans in it. I made my grandchildren veggie square pancakes and cut them into sticks…air fried to brown them a little and made homemade ranch dip with dehydrated carrots and celery in it. Great to add to smoothies also….baby Hanna loves watching everyone…so alert…..so cute as all the children are
I love watching all your videos on how you make meals, use up left overs and all your preserves. You are teaching me so much Jessica! Prayers to your family homestead and all of Ohio each day following the train derailment disaster.
I love the way you do vidoes. Every one with allergies or other health challenges can begin again. Its hard to find exactly one .. ones needs. Thank you
@@cynthiafisher9907 I’m not the first to not mention the other name, but it’s true. Jessica is the first real homesteader that is honest about her life. It’s totally refreshing. The love she has for her family shows in everything she does. And again, it’s honest with no pretense. Take your mad money and scoot on out. I’m done
@@cynthiafisher9907 nothing I said was mean. It was truthful and I didn’t name names. Now if a name popped into your head then you’ve had the same thoughts. That I can’t help you with. 🙏🏻
I just bought a canner, and prep my laundry room with new shelves to stock my goodie’s once I get things canned up. I love watching you. 🎉 I’m excited. I live in Florida so I’ll have to buy fresh produce from my local produce guy. That’s okay so EXCITED!.
Hi Jessica I’m enjoying a very much your wideo special with the cooking I’m from a Slovakia and we did the same thing in canning cooking all winter but I am Came to United States 20 years ago my garden it’s small but I still making stuff to the jars and we can using for the whole winter and next year God bless you❤
Thank you for mentioning the toxic spill. I have relatives in N.Lima and the surrounding area. I think most are within about 10 miles of that sad event. I live in N.Idaho and have invited them out here with us. So far no takers. They all have animals that are not easy to find care for if they should choose to leave. I love your channel and appreciate who you are and what you do, Jessica.
Wonderful video like always, so calming, great job with your meals, the love for your family shows! Please don’t let baby Hannah grow up so fast, she looks so big every week, she’s smiling and so precious, beautiful baby, have a blessed week. You need to write a cook book of all those healthy meals, it’s a must❤
Thank you so much Jessica for sharing all your love, resourcefulness and homemaking ideas! I am almost 70 years old and learn something from you every time I watch one of your videos. ❤️
I have come to the conclusion that, if it has a spoon, Ben will eat it. ☺You are such a good mom. And those teenager boys do get an appetite. A jar for each...lol. *Hugs*
I love your tricks on using the freeze dried foods. I don't yet have a freeze drier but it's always fun to see how people like to use what they have put up.
It amazes me the tricks you know! I've been saving things and incorporating them in soups and stews that before finding you I never would have done! Thank you!
I really love how you take the basic elements of something and just add to it. I've always cooked like this but never baked like this. You are really changing the way I bake. It's also really liberated me to use my sourdough discard for pan fried flatbreads to serve with my hummus. I'm trying the vegan mousse this weekend thank you!
Good morning Jessica! I've been dealing with clearing pantry items during the challenge. Yesterday I actually boxed empty canning jars, as I won't be refilling them before growing season. We are preparing to move and hope to be able to get a property with some land attached. My twins (on the spectrum) will be moving into my home after our court hearing on March 21, and we will need more space, not only to grow our food, but also to allow them room to escape one another periodically. I had FOUR flats of canning jars sitting on the kitchen table! Then I had a plumbing leak and the handyman is arriving this morning to fix that mess. He asked for homemade bread, so there are two loaves that just came out of the oven to repay his kindness. He remarked that he was going to come and repaint everything so I get top dollar on my home, and so I'm going to be going through the house while he is working this morning and packing up things that sit out or are hanging on the walls. I can do that while he works, and eliminate clutter for him while he is painting. My eldest son wanted veggies with his chili last week, so I put out a platter of home canned pickled red beets, banana peppers and dill pickles. I also emptied a jar of olives that had probably been in the frig since Thanksgiving. Those empty jars were part of the four flats of jars that needed to leave my kitchen yesterday. My students were hangry on Wednesday, and I had run out of snacks to feed them. I was wracking my brain, and didn't have butter or eggs at work. I did have cinnamon, flour, sugar, salt, cooking oil and yeast - so we mixed and baked (and eventually glazed) cinnamon rolls for them to eat. When strangers walk into our school and it smells amazing they are always amazed that my students are the ones preparing the food. Even my most picky eaters loved homemade cinnamon rolls - and one of my more challenging students made the glaze. He really enjoyed doing that. My staff looked at me in horror because I didn't even look at a recipe - if you know your proportions in yeast dough, you don't need a recipe. I made enough that we fed several other classrooms when we finished! On Friday my students made Becky from Acre Homestead's chewy sugar cookies which didn't need to be rolled out and made into cutouts. I LOVED them, as did everyone else who tasted them! Today's Sunday dinner includes a pork roast, scalloped potatoes, steamed broccoli (from my freezer) and strawberry shortcake. The strawberries were put up last June for just this occurrence. I found an angel food cake mix (Mennonite grocery store purchase last summer) in the cupboard, so I'll bake that off shortly to serve with the strawberries. I also have a bag of romaine hearts in the frig from our spaghetti dinner at school, which the family will enjoy with lunch. I know my sons are enjoying choosing meals from what I have on hand, and I'm enjoying knowing that I will have less to move when the day arrives because we are eating what is here. I also have a little more disposable cash with which to pay the handyman because I am not buying groceries. I did have to go to the store yesterday, but bought only the ingredients I absolutely needed for dinner today - all of which were found in the dairy aisle. I also had to purchase some cleaning supplies as I need those for preparing the house for the upcoming move. I'm starting to run low on flour, but not on spices or sugar. I do have oats in the freezer that could be made into flour - and may yet be, as I do not plan to grocery shop until after the move if I can avoid it. Thank you again for inspiring this challenge!
You have become my favorite Sunday, after church channel to watch! Your wonderful food and recipes always make me hungry, so I make sure to have lunch while I'm watching. Thank you again for sharing your beautiful family with us!
Absolutely beautiful video Inspirational as well as educational Watching everyone together and the children praying is such a testimony to you and Adam. God continue His blessings on your family.🙏 Judy/Bob 🌞
What a fantastic video today. So many ideas! Looks like school is going well and garden plans in the works. Thank you for sharing. Prayers for those effected by the train derailment. God bless us all. Have a great week!
I love your videos. And I try to keep track of all Your ideas. So sometimes I we watch Them over again. You have such wonderful ideas. I thank you. Your children are beautiful. The baby is happy. And growing. Love seeing Adam playing pinky boo pinky boo. With her. God-bless you all and keep safe. I'm praying for the people of Ohio. So Minnie them are poor. And they don't have the money to rent hotel rooms. They are in my prayers.
Thank you just found you out from a video I was watching from Homesteading with the Zimmerman s You’re introductionwas very interesting and informative Thank you for sharing 😊I’ll definitely keep in touch So may God bless and keep you all safe Just me from Canada 🍁
Jessica, you are an inspiration to me! I only recently stumbled upon your vlog. I had our 8th baby back in September and trying to figure out the best ways of doing things ( homeschooling, homesteading, homemaking, etc.) It is wonderful learning from you and seeing how you do things. Thanks for sharing! God Bless!
Love your channel … I used my baby food - carrot and apple .. I run out of a ingredient And guess what the morning pancake were supper … I was watching there channel just became creative with it … hum great !!! Happy Di in MD thanks 🙏
I have one of those old food mills too. The last time I made apple sauce I put the apples in the instant pot for a few minutes. I did miss the smell of apples slowly cooking on the stove.
The "lazy" way of making applesauce is the only way I make it for my 8 grandchildren 5-13 yrs 😊 They help with the food mill as well. Thank you for sharing.
You make such delicious meals and desserts for your children! It amazes me how you can make something out of any ingredients. It's precious how daddy loves his babies. You have such a lovely family.
I finally was able to catch up all the vids I missed (we've been incredibly sick) so watching your new ones was so good, and gave me lots of inspiration. I just loved how the cinnamon rolls look, I will absolutely try them. For us, our canned stuff slowly gets down and I finally see what we use a lot and what not and that's so helpful - and as lots of fruit sauces are seemingly left, I adore all your recipes with fruit sauces and fruit fillings because it gives me a lot of ideas (and we now know - no, I do not need to preserve that much fruit sauces xD) Bless you and your family - especially the Lil' Miss Hannah, she's so sweet
I want to share a use for aquafaba. I use my vitamix and blend a can of chickpeas with the aquafaba, add onion and garlic powder, italian seasoning and nutritional yeast. Blend till smooth and I have a beautiful "cheese" sauce! Tastes fabulous!!
I appreciate you and all you share. I wish I would have had your help when my kids were small. Now I pass on your information to my daughter who has seven children. Win win 🙌🏻❣️
Love seeing you, and Adam with the kids. Your also an inspiration. I took some freeze-dried veggies, and peppercorns and made a ground up version of veggie pepper( variety of bell peppers, celery, onion, and garlic with black peppercorns). Which has amazing flavor, and able to get use on or in so may things.
God's blessing over all in Ohio and your beautiful family Miss Jessica. Thank you again for your great ideas to use up our garden abundance from the year before.
You are giving me more ideas on how to use some of these foods that I have stored up especially the freeze dried stuff. I’m gonna have fun with this. Thank you so much for the idea.😊
Lovely as always to spend time with your happy family. The smiles on the children's faces are just beautiful, they really love the food you give them don't they?
I’ve been freeze, drying my broth to condense it down and save space and it will last me a lot longer than when I reconstitute it. I can add as much as I want to give it as much flavor as I like
Hello Jessica and Adam and family hope you all are for good. Hannah is getting so big. I love all your children, they are all so beautiful. You and Adam must be proud parents. I love how the older children interact and help out with the younger children especially baby Hannah. Have a great day and a wonderful Blessed week full of Good Blessings for you Jessica and Adam and your beautiful family from a viewer in Toronto Ontario Canada
You are just wonderful Jessica. Your children are so happy to have you as their mom. I am way older than you and Wish to have had the chance to watch videos like yours when my daughter was small. The way you not waste food is so unbelievable. Go ahead Jess.
Your pantry challenge is in true form and your standard to set that example for others is very much appreciated. Some hoard food and simply end up wasting it and that sets a terrible example. You waste nothing....the liquid from the beans to use as egg replacement. Such a good thing to know about with the high price of eggs. Hannah is growing so fast, such a pleasure to see her and all the other children. Your home is a HOME, full of love, respect, laughter and kindness. So enjoyable to watch. Have a blessed week.
It's so wonderful to see someone show and explain how to use their freeze dried food! Some people use different equipment as a way to get views but never use the finished product, then sadly throw the food away because it won't get eaten. They just make the dried, dehydrated or canned food but that's as far as it goes. You are a true homesteader and waste nothing! Thank you for sharing your hard work and beautiful family with us.
Beautiful watching Adam bless the food and children while holding the baby. Such a treasured site
Right?! My favorite part of the video 😍❤️🥰
Thanks for another calm video, I have made it a habit to watch your Sunday videos while meal planning and filling out my weekly calendars ( I have one for my home office and one in the kichen) that keep me on track for the week. Your videos are like having a nice visit with a friend!
Hannah is getting so big & it is so heartwarming seeing her dad play peek a boo. Does your son still do a baking project every week. I just love watching you and your precious family interact and enjoy all the yummy healthy food you make to ensure they have the best to help them grow and the skills they will aquire, what a legacy to inherit. Thank you again for a wonderful video. Love from Melissa in San Antonio
Being very frugal and not wasting anything and trying to find usage for everything is quite commemorative, I dislike food waste myself but I don't always find ways to use up leftovers but I try, I'm a single eater and I don't usually make too much food for myself, truly enjoyed watching this, thank you! 😊
Yes I did, thank you I didn't realize I hit the wrong word when typing it
@@cynthiafisher9907 looks like one of Becky’s paid minions is here.
You are such a Godly women, mother and wife. I can’t say enough about you Jessica. Be Blessed always. Much love your sister in Christ❤️
Enjoy your clever ways to use food and make it delicious for your family. I hope they know what a treasure their Mom is!
Jessica, you are such a wonderful, loving Mom. Your children are truly blessed to have you. Thank you for allowing us to watch a day in the daily life of your beautiful family. Prayers for the people that are at the center of the toxic railroad derailment. 🙏
Yep, zero waste. Grew up country and that's how the ancestors did it in many cases had to do it. Everything but the squeal as they say.
One thing I learned on accident is that wrinkly apples from late winter if they don't have rotten spots are still good. The shrinking and wrinkling concentrates and ages the juice Juiced out sugar beets we grew with the shrinkly apples boiled them to a syrup, and spiced it. It was amazing.
The frozen garlic purée is brilliant!❤
You work so hard to give all your children such great nutritious meals ♥️💙♥️♥️♥️💙💙💙💙💙
You are so amazing Jessica. You think of things I would never think of. I love the oatmeal cake idea. Wow!
So thankful y'all are not near the derailment. I am praying for those that are. Such a sad, bad time. We all must pray for our country. Be blessed.
I always learn something from you, although I have cooked from scratch for over 50 years. God Bless!
Those meatballs looked so wonderful. Most of us will use something like bread crumbs as the filler. Using those veggie powders can turn them into flavor bombs. So yummy looking
I agree with all the folks . I'm older than you but every week I'm learning new things. T u Adam and kiddos for allowing us into your home. This family shows real life. Adam I believe that baby girl loves hide and seek. Beautiful children Adam and Jessica. I call little boys THE THREE MUSKETEERS .My daughter and I love to watch your channel
Thank you so very much for showing us how to use your freeze dried food. It’s what a lot of us need! PLEASE, will you continue to do this for us? Again thank you for all that you do. 🤗
Thank you dear for sharing Hannah and your entire family with us. It’s weird that people don’t!!!! Love your videos. Blessings
I know exactly who you are referring too and I can’t figure out why -
@@gracie2375 control freak IMHO
@@cynthiafisher9907 why are you here? This is a place of warm, family homesteading.
@@cynthiafisher9907 i was not commenting on that. I agree with you on kids and vids. My comment has to do with you barking at people all over becky’s channel and now here. Oh and Btw, rita wasn’t speaking to you, either.😘
Thank you Jessica for all the wonderful ideas for dairy free cooking. 2 of my children are lactose intolerant. My oldest is also gluten intolerant. It's been so difficult to try to switch out butter esp. When I used butter in lots of things. You give me so much information and ideas. Hope you have great week! TFS!
@@cynthiafisher9907 yes, I have been making my own and it does work great. Thanks
Prayers for all in the path of that toxic waste. Thank you for another great video. Love watching the children interact ❤
You inspire me SO much in faith, motherhood, and homemaking. Thank you for letting us in to your life!
I’m a new viewer. Your amazing. I enjoy watching Becky to. Your both absolutely amazing. You have a Beautiful family. God bless you all. I truly love you being you, just warm and bubbly. Thank you ❤.
One of my boys did some experiments using natural dyes for muffins. Someone asked us about hibiscus powder knowing we had used it before. He tried hibiscus powder, beet juice, and beet powder. Beet powder gave the best results.
I use my dehydrated veggies in a lot of dishes because we are not big fresh veggie eaters but this way we’ll still get them in our diet.
I made dehydrated chicken and powdered it to add flavor but not all the salt etc as bouillon does.
Cooked and dehydrated potatoes and rice are great as powders to thicken dishes. Cooked bean powder adds more flavor to chili without having to put tons of beans in it.
I made my grandchildren veggie square pancakes and cut them into sticks…air fried to brown them a little and made homemade ranch dip with dehydrated carrots and celery in it.
Great to add to smoothies also….baby Hanna loves watching everyone…so alert…..so cute as all the children are
I was watching Hannah’s little hand moving as you made the meatballs. So sweet💞
I love watching all your videos on how you make meals, use up left overs and all your preserves. You are teaching me so much Jessica! Prayers to your family homestead and all of Ohio each day following the train derailment disaster.
I love the way you do vidoes. Every one with allergies or other health challenges can begin again. Its hard to find exactly one .. ones needs. Thank you
I love apple sauce. The baby is getting grown.
💚 Sending out prayers for all affected by the chemical debacle in Ohio. Applesauce looks yummy! 💚
The monotony of cinnamon rolls?! I have never had that problem! 😄 Joking aside, adding the peach powder to them sounds incredible!
GOD bless You all from Poland 🇵🇱
We pray for all people in Ohio❤
I love that you prioritize family and aren’t focused on putting out content like another homesteader that’s “following” your challenge. 🙏🏻
Very true Seyler Fam. This is a happy place!
@@cynthiafisher9907 sometimes……the truth hurts
@@cynthiafisher9907 I’m not the first to not mention the other name, but it’s true. Jessica is the first real homesteader that is honest about her life. It’s totally refreshing. The love she has for her family shows in everything she does. And again, it’s honest with no pretense. Take your mad money and scoot on out. I’m done
@@cynthiafisher9907 nothing I said was mean. It was truthful and I didn’t name names. Now if a name popped into your head then you’ve had the same thoughts. That I can’t help you with. 🙏🏻
I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. Thank you for sharing your family with us.
This is just as we make our applesauce, hardly any waste…and the sauce is so good. Please stay safe.
I just bought a canner, and prep my laundry room with new shelves to stock my goodie’s once I get things canned up. I love watching you. 🎉 I’m excited. I live in Florida so I’ll have to buy fresh produce from my local produce guy. That’s okay so EXCITED!.
Great video as usual. The apple sauce for a snack is a good idea, will be doing same with next load of apples.
The lids from parmesan cheese containers fit regular mouth jars too.
I use for on my spice jars.
Hi Jessica I’m enjoying a very much your wideo special with the cooking I’m from a Slovakia and we did the same thing in canning cooking all winter but I am Came to United States 20 years ago my garden it’s small but I still making stuff to the jars and we can using for the whole winter and next year God bless you❤
Hannah always reminds me of Levi. I can't pinpoint it but I always see him in her. Thanks for sharing your family an knowledge with us.
Parmesan cheese shaker lids also fit mason jars!🙂
Thank you for mentioning the toxic spill. I have relatives in N.Lima and the surrounding area. I think most are within about 10 miles of that sad event. I live in N.Idaho and have invited them out here with us. So far no takers. They all have animals that are not easy to find care for if they should choose to leave.
I love your channel and appreciate who you are and what you do, Jessica.
Wonderful video like always, so calming, great job with your meals, the love for your family shows! Please don’t let baby Hannah grow up so fast, she looks so big every week, she’s smiling and so precious, beautiful baby, have a blessed week. You need to write a cook book of all those healthy meals, it’s a must❤
Cake for no reason! Love it !!
Thank you so much Jessica for sharing all your love, resourcefulness and homemaking ideas! I am almost 70 years old and learn something from you every time I watch one of your videos. ❤️
I have come to the conclusion that, if it has a spoon, Ben will eat it. ☺You are such a good mom. And those teenager boys do get an appetite. A jar for each...lol. *Hugs*
I love your tricks on using the freeze dried foods. I don't yet have a freeze drier but it's always fun to see how people like to use what they have put up.
I love all the unique recipes but my favorite is watching the beautiful children especially their interaction with Miss Hannah.
It amazes me the tricks you know! I've been saving things and incorporating them in soups and stews that before finding you I never would have done! Thank you!
You are a wonderful wife, mother and homemaker. God bless you! Make sure you take care of yourself, too, as you care for your family. ❤️❤️❤️
Yesss! You are basically a great cook. Able to take leftover items and use them. As a result, you have given me lots of inspiration!
I'm so glad!
Thanks again Jessica for all the tips. Prayers always for East Palestine 🙏🇺🇲
I really love how you take the basic elements of something and just add to it. I've always cooked like this but never baked like this. You are really changing the way I bake. It's also really liberated me to use my sourdough discard for pan fried flatbreads to serve with my hummus. I'm trying the vegan mousse this weekend thank you!
Ty so much for your video and for the prayers for us in Ohio and on the immediate boarder in Pa... We appreciate it God Bless
Good morning Jessica! I've been dealing with clearing pantry items during the challenge. Yesterday I actually boxed empty canning jars, as I won't be refilling them before growing season. We are preparing to move and hope to be able to get a property with some land attached. My twins (on the spectrum) will be moving into my home after our court hearing on March 21, and we will need more space, not only to grow our food, but also to allow them room to escape one another periodically. I had FOUR flats of canning jars sitting on the kitchen table! Then I had a plumbing leak and the handyman is arriving this morning to fix that mess. He asked for homemade bread, so there are two loaves that just came out of the oven to repay his kindness. He remarked that he was going to come and repaint everything so I get top dollar on my home, and so I'm going to be going through the house while he is working this morning and packing up things that sit out or are hanging on the walls. I can do that while he works, and eliminate clutter for him while he is painting.
My eldest son wanted veggies with his chili last week, so I put out a platter of home canned pickled red beets, banana peppers and dill pickles. I also emptied a jar of olives that had probably been in the frig since Thanksgiving. Those empty jars were part of the four flats of jars that needed to leave my kitchen yesterday.
My students were hangry on Wednesday, and I had run out of snacks to feed them. I was wracking my brain, and didn't have butter or eggs at work. I did have cinnamon, flour, sugar, salt, cooking oil and yeast - so we mixed and baked (and eventually glazed) cinnamon rolls for them to eat. When strangers walk into our school and it smells amazing they are always amazed that my students are the ones preparing the food. Even my most picky eaters loved homemade cinnamon rolls - and one of my more challenging students made the glaze. He really enjoyed doing that. My staff looked at me in horror because I didn't even look at a recipe - if you know your proportions in yeast dough, you don't need a recipe. I made enough that we fed several other classrooms when we finished! On Friday my students made Becky from Acre Homestead's chewy sugar cookies which didn't need to be rolled out and made into cutouts. I LOVED them, as did everyone else who tasted them!
Today's Sunday dinner includes a pork roast, scalloped potatoes, steamed broccoli (from my freezer) and strawberry shortcake. The strawberries were put up last June for just this occurrence. I found an angel food cake mix (Mennonite grocery store purchase last summer) in the cupboard, so I'll bake that off shortly to serve with the strawberries. I also have a bag of romaine hearts in the frig from our spaghetti dinner at school, which the family will enjoy with lunch. I know my sons are enjoying choosing meals from what I have on hand, and I'm enjoying knowing that I will have less to move when the day arrives because we are eating what is here. I also have a little more disposable cash with which to pay the handyman because I am not buying groceries. I did have to go to the store yesterday, but bought only the ingredients I absolutely needed for dinner today - all of which were found in the dairy aisle. I also had to purchase some cleaning supplies as I need those for preparing the house for the upcoming move.
I'm starting to run low on flour, but not on spices or sugar. I do have oats in the freezer that could be made into flour - and may yet be, as I do not plan to grocery shop until after the move if I can avoid it. Thank you again for inspiring this challenge!
You’re amazing!
I love how warm and functional your home and food is.
I just love watching little Hannah kicking away!
You have become my favorite Sunday, after church channel to watch! Your wonderful food and recipes always make me hungry, so I make sure to have lunch while I'm watching. Thank you again for sharing your beautiful family with us!
I love all your videos, my favorite part on this video is watching your hubby play with the baby! Super adorable moment! 😍
Thank you for sharing another beautiful family video. Yes, prayers for Ohio. My daughter is a senior at OSU.
Thanks, Jessica. So glad you are safe from the train derailment. Have a great week.
Love this family’s RUclips channel. Great meals and sharing your family’s presence is a huge blessing!!!!🙏🙏🙏
I love your ideas on getting the kids to eat veggies they don't like 😋. And all your recipes look delicious.
I would put. Some of those lemon slices into some hot teas.
Absolutely beautiful video
Inspirational as well as educational
Watching everyone together and the children praying is such a testimony to you and Adam.
God continue His blessings on your family.🙏
Judy/Bob 🌞
What a fantastic video today. So many ideas! Looks like school is going well and garden plans in the works. Thank you for sharing. Prayers for those effected by the train derailment. God bless us all. Have a great week!
I love your videos. And I try to keep track of all Your ideas. So sometimes I we watch Them over again. You have such wonderful ideas. I thank you. Your children are beautiful. The baby is happy. And growing. Love seeing Adam playing pinky boo pinky boo. With her. God-bless you all and keep safe. I'm praying for the people of Ohio. So Minnie them are poor. And they don't have the money to rent hotel rooms. They are in my prayers.
Thank you just found you out from a video I was watching from Homesteading with the Zimmerman s You’re introductionwas very interesting and informative Thank you for sharing 😊I’ll definitely keep in touch So may God bless and keep you all safe Just me from Canada 🍁
Thank you for all the work and effort you put in those videos for us to learn and enjoy ❤
Jessica, you are an inspiration to me! I only recently stumbled upon your vlog. I had our 8th baby back in September and trying to figure out the best ways of doing things ( homeschooling, homesteading, homemaking, etc.) It is wonderful learning from you and seeing how you do things. Thanks for sharing! God Bless!
You amaze me how you never waste anything. You know that it will make something else,,, I enjoy watching your videos ❤
Always look forward to your videos, such an inspiration. You are truly blessed and a blessing to others.
Love your channel … I used my baby food - carrot and apple .. I run out of a ingredient And guess what the morning pancake were supper … I was watching there channel just became creative with it … hum great !!! Happy Di in MD thanks 🙏
If it is in God’s plan to entrust my husband and I in raising a child, we hope our family holds your values, love, and intention ❤#familygoals
I have one of those old food mills too. The last time I made apple sauce I put the apples in the instant pot for a few minutes. I did miss the smell of apples slowly cooking on the stove.
The "lazy" way of making applesauce is the only way I make it for my 8 grandchildren 5-13 yrs 😊
They help with the food mill as well.
Thank you for sharing.
very interesting .I made pantry meal this week turkey pie and the pastry i frozen on a day when i was left over. Thank God bless you x
Thank you for all your ideas and recipes! Love your channel
Thank you for sharing repreparing leftover food that's nice❤️ More blessings fam!🙏
You make such delicious meals and desserts for your children! It amazes me how you can make something out of any ingredients. It's precious how daddy loves his babies. You have such a lovely family.
Never knew about the bean juice and its uses. Thanks for sharing.
Seeing Dad with the newest little is heartwarming 🥰
I finally was able to catch up all the vids I missed (we've been incredibly sick) so watching your new ones was so good, and gave me lots of inspiration. I just loved how the cinnamon rolls look, I will absolutely try them. For us, our canned stuff slowly gets down and I finally see what we use a lot and what not and that's so helpful - and as lots of fruit sauces are seemingly left, I adore all your recipes with fruit sauces and fruit fillings because it gives me a lot of ideas (and we now know - no, I do not need to preserve that much fruit sauces xD)
Bless you and your family - especially the Lil' Miss Hannah, she's so sweet
I loved when my mom baked a cake for no reason. Your video brought the memories back. Enjoy your children and make as many memories that you can.
You are such an inspiration. God bless you and your family x
Again! Thank you for all of your. Videos!! You inspire me to use what I have!❤️🙏🙏
I want to share a use for aquafaba. I use my vitamix and blend a can of chickpeas with the aquafaba, add onion and garlic powder, italian seasoning and nutritional yeast. Blend till smooth and I have a beautiful "cheese" sauce! Tastes fabulous!!
Love your vids and the kids and all the things ❤
I make marshmellows, Mayonnaise, meringue, Kaiserschmarren, pankakes and many other things with aqua faba ❤
Always a pleasure
Thanks Jessica, Good tip about saving the mayo lids for the regular size canning jars👏👏👏
I appreciate you and all you share. I wish I would have had your help when my kids were small. Now I pass on your information to my daughter who has seven children.
Win win 🙌🏻❣️
Can’t wait for the garden planning video. These are great. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It’s a blessing .
Love seeing you, and Adam with the kids. Your also an inspiration. I took some freeze-dried veggies, and peppercorns and made a ground up version of veggie pepper( variety of bell peppers, celery, onion, and garlic with black peppercorns). Which has amazing flavor, and able to get use on or in so may things.
God's blessing over all in Ohio and your beautiful family Miss Jessica. Thank you again for your great ideas to use up our garden abundance from the year before.
You are giving me more ideas on how to use some of these foods that I have stored up especially the freeze dried stuff. I’m gonna have fun with this. Thank you so much for the idea.😊
You are so resilient ❤
Lovely as always to spend time with your happy family. The smiles on the children's faces are just beautiful, they really love the food you give them don't they?
Love the idea of peaches in the cinnamon rolls! At the school cafeteria I work in, we use unsweetened applesauce and cinnamon as our filling.
I’ve been freeze, drying my broth to condense it down and save space and it will last me a lot longer than when I reconstitute it. I can add as much as I want to give it as much flavor as I like
Hello Jessica and Adam and family hope you all are for good. Hannah is getting so big. I love all your children, they are all so beautiful. You and Adam must be proud parents. I love how the older children interact and help out with the younger children especially baby Hannah. Have a great day and a wonderful Blessed week full of Good Blessings for you Jessica and Adam and your beautiful family from a viewer in Toronto Ontario Canada