Dishes time is like free time to me. Nobody wants to be anywhere near the kitchen during clean-up. That means I can listen to music, an audiobook, think about what I want to think about or pray and praise God for the roof over my head, food to eat, dishes to clean and ability to do the dishes. Thanks for the video, Jessica!!
All those dishes! I know there were 6 in our family and often our friends came by to eat. We never had a dishwasher except for me and my 3 younger brothers. We took turns doing chores as our mom and dad worked! I hated dishes! I liked ironing everyone's clothes and hanging them out to dry. (No dryer until I was about 9 years old!) This was back in the 60s and early 70s.
Quick question has any of your other children been exposed/introduced to peanut and dairy or other common food allergens, to prevent an increased risk on having those allergies??? Although everyone is well adjusted with the food sensitivities its always better that they have less sensitivities/allergies
I’ll need to try the gluten free bread recipe. I have all the things in the pantry to make it but haven’t done it yet. Buying gluten free is so expensive and it’s difficult to find gluten free organic.
Those food allergies are so scary to work with. I have a granddaughter with egg, peanut and tree nut allergies and a grandson with peanut allergies. I used to volunteer for vacation bible school each summer and the staff counted on me to safeguard the children with allergies. I was the only one with experience and my grandkids were also going to this program. I was surprised we had one little girl with red dye allergy. I love how you explain the allergies as you cook and bake. Love your channel. :)
The truth of being a homesteading woman (even without children) is that more than 50% of our time is spent either cooking or doing dishes LOL I was looking at your mylar bags with 6 eggs per bag thinking "I bet that's a perfect size breakfast for your backpacker friends to just our in their boiling water and eat". Loaded with great protein, fat and calories for those long hikes. What a lovely gift you are able to share.
Very nice Azure haul! Also really liked the alternative no bake cookie recipe! Thank you! Always nice to watch your family grow... and the tips, recipes and ideas are always appreciated! Blessings on your day Kiddo!🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿
Try your closest Amish store they have nice 50lb. Bags of red and white potatoes. I always buy them once a month and used them almost 2 months. Cause its just 2 of us and cottage cheese ,butter and eggs,and some times milk. For the heavy cream too make my biscuit. These items are so much cheaper then the store here and naturally grown. I can have chickens or milk cows. So that's how I survive on a fixed income.
Hi there Jessica!!!! Just wanted to say that you are looking fantastic. I am so thankful for all the work you put into your videos. You are a rockstar!! Your Michigan Fan and Friend Araminta 😊😊😊😊
Looks like Hannah loves camera as much as camera loves her:))) My dear lady, I am truly impressed with the amount of work you do to provide healthy food and make good things available to them. I know it comes from abundance of love, but still..:)))
Needs must when there are allergies in the house. My family has a myriad of allergies so I get the efforts required. I’m dairy and gluten allergic, hubby can’t tolerate coconut milk as too high in fat for his gall stones (we’ve managed this for 20+ years). So we tend to eat cheese free, tomato based meals on the whole….
Frittata is our go to for dehydrated, frozen, or freeze dried eggs. Usually the flavor is whatever is left over in the fridge and needs to get used to!
My oldest son renamed those chocolate no bake cookies, Plop Cookies, and it was the first thing he learned to make on his own. They were HIS soecialty😎🥰
Good Morning, Jessica! I have a friend who is very gluten intolerant and she was looking for a bread recipe! Thank you! I’m looking forward to making your no bake cookies today. Was going to make conventional oatmeal cookies today but your mom’s recipe looks wonderful! Have a Blessed and wonderful week!
I love you doing dairy free meal ideas. My 1 year old daughter also has an anaphylactic dairy allergy. We try to eat healthy Whole Foods but so many recipes have dairy. It’s nice to know we aren’t alone in this journey.
Try other culture foods, in Mexican food (not tex-mex) there is a lot of option, because the dairy comes in form of white cheese but it's always optional, like a topping.
I was on fresh goat's milk from birth. My mother was unable to breastfeed and formula in 1960 was all based on cow's milk. I use soy milk to replace cow's milk in recipes.
I've made no bake cookies for a LONG time. As a girl with five brothers I simply couldn't bake cookies fast enough to keep up, but no bake cookies were do-able. And now my kids live them. Jessica, I enjoy your videos so much to see what you all are up to. Happy Easter!🎉
Just a tip on packaging those FD eggs especially with a large family-powder them first in blender or I do it in a bread bag and use a mallet on them to make less mess/cleanup and much more will fit into your Mylar bags with no sharp corners to compromise them. (I slip the bread bag over an end of FD tray and scrape eggs straight into it). I also keep a mason jar of the powder in my cupboard for baking when low on eggs or need a room temp egg quick and my chickens aren’t cooperating!
Having coffee Sunday morning with Jessica before church. I look forward to this in the morning before anyone else is awake. Thank you. Were you going to make soap this winter?
I like the idea of having plenty of freeze dried eggs on hand. I bet you could find a few "recipe in a jar" meals or goodies that would be convenient to have on hand for those busy days. Or maybe you already have that and I've just missed it. Either way, I think if I had a freeze dryer, I would do eggs for sure.
I love watching Azure standard hauls, unfortunately it’s not available to us in the UK otherwise I would use them, sending happy Easter wishes to your family for next weekend ❤❤
Christa Orecchio is a nutritionist and she found that 100% of her patients tested reactive to kidney beans so she disrecommends eating them and says to eat Adzuki red beans instead.
Adzuki beans are on the do not eat list for IBS sufferers as they are high in GOS and fructans. Any bean can be made easier to digest by adding acid to the soaking water and baking soda to the cooking water. I want to know more about her research though so I will look it up
Do you find that the dish soap really cleans well? I use Dawn now and have been thinking about switching, but I just want to know that it will actually get my dishes clean. 😬
Hi, if you are coeliac, then avoid oats as well. There is no such thing as a gluten free oat. Also, try naturally gluten free grains like quinoa and teff or amoranth. They can be used for your entire family. Be extra careful when grinding grains so that you don’t contaminate yourself with gluten. X
Hi Jessica!! I enjoy watching your videos every week especially the day in the life videos and food prep gives me new ideas to implement into my kitchen(recipe ideas etc). I have a random question though about your hair....what products do you use on your hair? How do you keep it so full/thick, healthy? It is just gorgeous. My hair is long but is frizzy(not naturally, overtime has gotten that way because of bad care/bad nutrition growing up..to which Ive changed as Ive learned becoming an adult/wife/mother and wanting to have healthy food for my family) ansd it breaks off easy. Anyways, Id love for you to share what you do...or maybe save for a QnA sometime? Thanks and God bless you!!!
My children loved those no-bake cookies. We were fortunate, no one had/has any food allergies. You make amazing meals with the restrictions you have, BRAVO!!
I make No Bakes here too and my brother in law discovered that you can make them with just peanut butter and they are awesome. I love them both with and without Cocoa Powder. Jessica have you ever made Buckeye Bars? like Buckeyes but in a layered bar form.. I bet if you did the conversion you could do these too using Sunflower Peanut Butter. Anna In Ohio
Busy, busy lady! Love those no bake cookies! I've made them for years and years, I just use chopped pecans instead of the nut butter. We have lots of neighbors locally with pecans here in Georgia so that's why I always use those. Love seeing all those eggs coming in. I eat eggs every single day, too! I am blessed with friends and family with chickens who often share their overflow with me! I know your back packing friends appreciate those farm fresh/freeze dried eggs. That little Hannah is so precious! Growing and showing her sparkling personality more and more each week! I look so forward to your Sunday morning videos! Always watch them before church. Have a great week!
Always look forward to Sunday mornings for Your video! I get great tips from you! Thanks for sharing!! Also do you have a specific favorite place you get your dresses? Love them. And I love comfort of dresses and skirts. I think they are cooler in the summer as well
My husband loves those chocolate peanut butter cookies. It’s best to do those in low humidity months. I’ve had them not set up in the summer here in the high humidity south .
Great job! I don't have chickens so when I can get a good deal on eggs, I freeze drying them also! I like how you stored them in 1/2 dozen, I usually do 1 dozen but I am going to do the halves as well.
I never thought about sugar getting bugs. I've had the issues with oats and flour of course. I hope to see more recipes in the future using sweeteners other than refined sugar. I'm trying to get away from organic cane sugar and switch to a more natural/healthy way of baking.
I enjoy watching your videos for ideas in my kitchen and your family looks soo healthy you are doing awesome taking care of your family it shows in your children. They will learn everything your teaching them….Thank you! God bless you all!
I just picked up my own Azure order this morning and had to chuckle when your video popped up. Watching Hannah playing to the camera was adorable. My favorite part was watching those cookies disappear. So funny! My husband and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary a few months ago. From the earliest days of our marriage, when I’d bake cookies, they’d disappear in a nanosecond. I’d always ask him if he knew where the cookies went. He’d always joke that the Cookie Monster must have eaten them. Once our children started arriving, they too would gobble them down, blaming the Cookie Monster! Now, my daughter in law and granddaughter have joined the ranks of cookie gobblers. I love how thrifty, industrious, and loving you are with your family. Wishing all of you a blessed Easter.
I was very glad to have freeze dried eggs on my shelf, when eggs hit $4 a dozen and higher. We had gotten 20 dozen at 97 cents a dozen and freeze dried them. It was so easy, that we got 60 dozen more. Now we only buy eggs when they are cheap, otherwise we use freeze dried. I use 2 T eggs, and 2T water to reconstitute for 1 egg.😊
I LOVED how you cracked the eggs into the mason jar to whip them. Less splashing than a bowl and certainly easier to pour. Jessica, what exactly was that banana dessert called? I didn't understand the basic concept, whether u we're making a custard? Cake? ??
Your videos are a never miss for me. Your little helper in this video is so cute. Licking spoons and the 1st one to get several samples first. 😂 I know how much you like them with you in the kitchen. I cook, use as few boxed and canned as posdible. Altho you are much more advanced than myself. To use even a boxed cake mix now, the chemical taste gags me. I can only imagine your kids grown and thinking to try some boxed or frozen convenience foods!! Your family us truly blessed to have you, your knowledge and your wisdom. God bless.
I saw you peeling eggs, if you're going to make egg Salad, I recently saw a post on fb that demonstrated that they just cracked all the eggs and double broiled them, and so you didn't have to peel them just chop them up!! I was mind blown! Hahaha hopefully that helps!!! ❤
Those cookies look wonderful. Great easy safe and delicious dessert to bring to Bible study. Jessica you have an adoreable loving precious family. Hannah’s smile could melt any heart. ❤
What you call hash browns, as called Parmenter potatoes in the U.K. hash browns are formed grated potato shapes, usually quite greasy, hence my dislike of them!
Too many have food allergies😢 My family is gf by choice. I stopped eating wheat as suggestion from physical therapist in 2010. I also had my family be GF at same time. Much easier if everyone eats same,no worries about someone getting sick or having to cook different meals. I adapted a wheat based apple cake recipe to be Gf i agree store bought GF bread price too high. More gf recipes plz
We just found our our son has ADHD and we are trying to go the natural route by changing his diet before medication. They have recommended going gluten free, among other changes, but can I ask what rice flour you are using that would be the equivalent to a store bought version for now? Would it be closer to white rice flour or brown rice flour?
So, in essence the whole pantry challenge basically only nets you the saved fuel costs for a few grocery store / Azure pickups (one per month)? After all, you "stock up" beforehand and you "replenish what is depleted" afterwards. So you're still using purchased goods with your canned goods during the pantry challenge, only you don't go out those two months to resupply. I still have mixed feelings about the whole challenge thing. 🤔
No. My food budget doesn't change at all before or after the challenge. I don't "stock up" beforehand and I allow myself to run out of things during those months so that I will use up other ignored items. It also forces me to dig to the depths of the freezer to use forgotten cuts of meat and other preserved items. Because we aren't going to the grocery store, it also forces me to use up the produce that we preserved in order to meet our daily needs of fruits and veggies. In the long run it saves me money by preventing food waste. Because since I am not going to the grocery store to purchase some convenience items, I am forced to rely on things in storage that are not my favorites. If I didn't do the challenge I would be more likely to continue grocery shopping and ignore foods I don't love, which might end up wasted. As a functioning homestead that is producing food every year and storing extras, it's important to make sure you cycle through your storage. Not going to the grocery store for two months forces me to do that. So while I may need to restock some dried goods within my budget following the challenge, I am not restocking all of the fruit, veggies, meat, and eggs, that I preserved for the winter and that we ate during the challenge. And now we have made room for what we will grow this year. I have done this for years and it absolutely saves me money, prevents waste, and clears necessary room in storage for the coming growing season.
@@threerivershomesteadI think that is a great idea!! However, I started to do that but I can’t get a sense of peace about eating down what we have. I don’t know if I’m just paranoid or what. 🤪I know many people are like this. I just keep getting flags about the future. I hope I’m wrong. I just keep things stocked. I figure that even if things don’t go crazy then we will still use everything we have. We do homestead, but still have to grocery shop. Azure is wonderful for that. We always use Costco and Sam’s. I love all three!
Hi Jessica! I’ve been watching your channel for some time, and you always impress me! I am also gluten and dairy free, which has been a challenge, but honestly finding your channel has been so helpful! Also, I passed it along to my daughter, she just had her first baby, and is dedicated to making everything from scratch..:))… we live on 15 acres, and my husband built our log cabin.. we also have chickens, and hope to have a small homestead , ie goats etc one day!.. love love your videos, and your family is beautiful..🙏❤️
The no bake cookies also freeze very well. I know that you don't need to do that, but for smaller families, it is good to know. I am the only one to eat them in my house. I get about 40 cookies from my recipe, and that is way too much for me to eat by myself. I freeze in 12 cookies in a bag, and when I want or need more, I just let the cookies thaw. It's also great to be able to make thread, thaw, and add to a care package or take to a potluck. Makes life so much easier!
I make banana sago pudding, very easy to make. Add peeled bananas to large saucepan, cover with water and boil. After boiling, use a stick blender to liquidate the bananas then add sago and cook on med-low until the sago is clear. This can be eaten hot or cold.
I think there is a company called Organic Matters (or the Canadian equivalent) that has comparable prices and does free shipping over a certain amount. Unfortunately we can't use Organic Matters because their bulk foods don't have the same allergy guarantee as Azure, but if you don't have food allergies it's an option.
Love the hair straightener tip you are such a clever lady and incredibly hard working as well thank you for sharing your knowledge and tips with us all… stay blessed 😇
I'm still learning about this homesteading. I was transplanting some plants when my mother in law came. She reminded me that they needed at least 4 leaves before transplanting. I'm so sad that I did it too soon. Are they going to die?
21:55 Maria Emerich’s Boiled egg protein pudding is a great way to use up lots of eggs, and it’s delicious. (You can also scramble the eggs instead to avoid having to peel boiled eggs.) I have also added some cream to the prepared pudding and made ice cream with my ninja creami. You may have to play around with it to figure out the best formula for your ice cream maker. And you can easily change up the flavor. I’m always amazed that no one would guess it’s made of eggs.
Dishes time is like free time to me. Nobody wants to be anywhere near the kitchen during clean-up. That means I can listen to music, an audiobook, think about what I want to think about or pray and praise God for the roof over my head, food to eat, dishes to clean and ability to do the dishes. Thanks for the video, Jessica!!
Yes! This and also "weeding" in the garden amazingly grants me my own quiet time, too!🌻
It’s my favorite time to listen to my favorite podcasts (same as when I’m hanging laundry).
All those dishes! I know there were 6 in our family and often our friends came by to eat. We never had a dishwasher except for me and my 3 younger brothers. We took turns doing chores as our mom and dad worked! I hated dishes! I liked ironing everyone's clothes and hanging them out to dry. (No dryer until I was about 9 years old!) This was back in the 60s and early 70s.
Quick question has any of your other children been exposed/introduced to peanut and dairy or other common food allergens, to prevent an increased risk on having those allergies??? Although everyone is well adjusted with the food sensitivities its always better that they have less sensitivities/allergies
They have all been exposed to dairy and peanuts at restaurants and with their grandparents. So far none of the younger 7 have food allergies
hey sista i bet the ice cream machine is the kids favourite gadget x enjoy
Sunday daybreak, coffee and Three Rivers=blessed! Thank you!
Meg at Hollar Homestead mentioned you this week❤️
I’ll need to try the gluten free bread recipe. I have all the things in the pantry to make it but haven’t done it yet. Buying gluten free is so expensive and it’s difficult to find gluten free organic.
Those food allergies are so scary to work with. I have a granddaughter with egg, peanut and tree nut allergies and a grandson with peanut allergies. I used to volunteer for vacation bible school each summer and the staff counted on me to safeguard the children with allergies. I was the only one with experience and my grandkids were also going to this program. I was surprised we had one little girl with red dye allergy. I love how you explain the allergies as you cook and bake. Love your channel. :)
My brother's 3 kids are allergic to red and yellow food dye.
The truth of being a homesteading woman (even without children) is that more than 50% of our time is spent either cooking or doing dishes LOL
I was looking at your mylar bags with 6 eggs per bag thinking "I bet that's a perfect size breakfast for your backpacker friends to just our in their boiling water and eat". Loaded with great protein, fat and calories for those long hikes. What a lovely gift you are able to share.
Very nice Azure haul! Also really liked the alternative no bake cookie recipe! Thank you! Always nice to watch your family grow... and the tips, recipes and ideas are always appreciated! Blessings on your day Kiddo!🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿
Try your closest Amish store they have nice 50lb. Bags of red and white potatoes. I always buy them once a month and used them almost 2 months. Cause its just 2 of us and cottage cheese ,butter and eggs,and some times milk. For the heavy cream too make my biscuit. These items are so much cheaper then the store here and naturally grown. I can have chickens or milk cows. So that's how I survive on a fixed income.
I live in PA and was thinking the same thing, they have the big bags of potatoes available here although I 'm not sure if they are organic.
Hi there Jessica!!!!
Just wanted to say that you are looking fantastic.
I am so thankful for all the work you put into your videos.
You are a rockstar!!
Your Michigan Fan and Friend Araminta 😊😊😊😊
Thank you so much!!
The no bake cookie recipe I grew up with didn't call for peanut butter, we used 1 cup shredded coconut.
Looks like Hannah loves camera as much as camera loves her:))) My dear lady, I am truly impressed with the amount of work you do to provide healthy food and make good things available to them. I know it comes from abundance of love, but still..:)))
Needs must when there are allergies in the house. My family has a myriad of allergies so I get the efforts required. I’m dairy and gluten allergic, hubby can’t tolerate coconut milk as too high in fat for his gall stones (we’ve managed this for 20+ years). So we tend to eat cheese free, tomato based meals on the whole….
Frittata is our go to for dehydrated, frozen, or freeze dried eggs. Usually the flavor is whatever is left over in the fridge and needs to get used to!
My oldest son renamed those chocolate no bake cookies, Plop Cookies, and it was the first thing he learned to make on his own. They were HIS soecialty😎🥰
Good Morning, Jessica! I have a friend who is very gluten intolerant and she was looking for a bread recipe! Thank you! I’m looking forward to making your no bake cookies today. Was going to make conventional oatmeal cookies today but your mom’s recipe looks wonderful! Have a Blessed and wonderful week!
Yay! I can’t wait to try the no bake cookies! Thanks for the inspiration x
You are so welcome!
I love you doing dairy free meal ideas. My 1 year old daughter also has an anaphylactic dairy allergy. We try to eat healthy Whole Foods but so many recipes have dairy. It’s nice to know we aren’t alone in this journey.
God bless you both 🙏🏻❤️
Try other culture foods, in Mexican food (not tex-mex) there is a lot of option, because the dairy comes in form of white cheese but it's always optional, like a topping.
You are not allone ❤
I was on fresh goat's milk from birth. My mother was unable to breastfeed and formula in 1960 was all based on cow's milk. I use soy milk to replace cow's milk in recipes.
I've made no bake cookies for a LONG time. As a girl with five brothers I simply couldn't bake cookies fast enough to keep up, but no bake cookies were do-able. And now my kids live them.
Jessica, I enjoy your videos so much to see what you all are up to.
Happy Easter!🎉
Just a tip on packaging those FD eggs especially with a large family-powder them first in blender or I do it in a bread bag and use a mallet on them to make less mess/cleanup and much more will fit into your Mylar bags with no sharp corners to compromise them. (I slip the bread bag over an end of FD tray and scrape eggs straight into it). I also keep a mason jar of the powder in my cupboard for baking when low on eggs or need a room temp egg quick and my chickens aren’t cooperating!
Having coffee Sunday morning with Jessica before church. I look forward to this in the morning before anyone else is awake. Thank you.
Were you going to make soap this winter?
I look forward to your thoughts on life on the homestead. God bless you this week.
I like the idea of having plenty of freeze dried eggs on hand. I bet you could find a few "recipe in a jar" meals or goodies that would be convenient to have on hand for those busy days. Or maybe you already have that and I've just missed it. Either way, I think if I had a freeze dryer, I would do eggs for sure.
I love watching Azure standard hauls, unfortunately it’s not available to us in the UK otherwise I would use them, sending happy Easter wishes to your family for next weekend ❤❤
I look forward to your videos every week. Thank you for taking the time to share your family. God bless you and your family
Thank you so much!
Good morning! You have a beautiful handwriting. 😊 God bless the family.
Wonderful video ❤❤❤ I especially liked the end of the video with the dishes 😂 I totally understand!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you Jessica !!!
Christa Orecchio is a nutritionist and she found that 100% of her patients tested reactive to kidney beans so she disrecommends eating them and says to eat Adzuki red beans instead.
Adzuki beans are on the do not eat list for IBS sufferers as they are high in GOS and fructans. Any bean can be made easier to digest by adding acid to the soaking water and baking soda to the cooking water. I want to know more about her research though so I will look it up
Do you find that the dish soap really cleans well? I use Dawn now and have been thinking about switching, but I just want to know that it will actually get my dishes clean. 😬
Yes it cleans well, doesn’t leave a film like the big brands do
@@narrowpathfarm thank you! My azure order is due this week, so I think I'll give it a try.
I am expecting my Azure order on Thursday and I’m seeing some things I want to order next month. 😂 Great haul!!
Here is a noon and we are after Palm Sunday holy mass.
God bless❤
Thank you for another beautiful video!! Where do you get your lovely headscarves? They're so pretty! :)
Hi, if you are coeliac, then avoid oats as well. There is no such thing as a gluten free oat. Also, try naturally gluten free grains like quinoa and teff or amoranth. They can be used for your entire family. Be extra careful when grinding grains so that you don’t contaminate yourself with gluten. X
Hey Jessica and beautiful family, God bless us all
You bring joy to my Sunday coffee time. Inspiring.
Hi Jessica!! I enjoy watching your videos every week especially the day in the life videos and food prep gives me new ideas to implement into my kitchen(recipe ideas etc). I have a random question though about your hair....what products do you use on your hair? How do you keep it so full/thick, healthy? It is just gorgeous. My hair is long but is frizzy(not naturally, overtime has gotten that way because of bad care/bad nutrition growing up..to which Ive changed as Ive learned becoming an adult/wife/mother and wanting to have healthy food for my family) ansd it breaks off easy. Anyways, Id love for you to share what you do...or maybe save for a QnA sometime? Thanks and God bless you!!!
Don't forget egg noodles, they use a lot of eggs and when they're dry and packaged freeze well and are also shelf stable for 3 or 4 months.
My children loved those no-bake cookies. We were fortunate, no one had/has any food allergies. You make amazing meals with the restrictions you have, BRAVO!!
I make No Bakes here too and my brother in law discovered that you can make them with just peanut butter and they are awesome. I love them both with and without Cocoa Powder. Jessica have you ever made Buckeye Bars? like Buckeyes but in a layered bar form.. I bet if you did the conversion you could do these too using Sunflower Peanut Butter. Anna In Ohio
All I can say Jessica is you are one of a kind Mother....
Thank you for the kindness and encouragement ❤️
Good morning! You have a beautiful handwriting. 😊 God bless the family.
Thank you so much 🤗
It's been a long time since I had those no bake cookies (some call them haystacks) - might have to make some. That pie looked really good!! Good work.
These are really good with coconut in the mix, too . I use quick oats and coconut
Love the no bake cookie recipe will try it ❤
Hope you enjoy
Busy, busy lady! Love those no bake cookies! I've made them for years and years, I just use chopped pecans instead of the nut butter. We have lots of neighbors locally with pecans here in Georgia so that's why I always use those. Love seeing all those eggs coming in. I eat eggs every single day, too! I am blessed with friends and family with chickens who often share their overflow with me! I know your back packing friends appreciate those farm fresh/freeze dried eggs. That little Hannah is so precious! Growing and showing her sparkling personality more and more each week! I look so forward to your Sunday morning videos! Always watch them before church. Have a great week!
Good morning. I love seeing Your sweet beautiful children .
We’ve got eggs coming out of our ears so I’m freeze drying eggs too but we’re putting 2 dozen on each tray. It works out great for us.
Love your videos! Hannah has teeth! Oh my!❤
God bless you and your family.
Do you have a video on making coconut milk yogurt?
Have you thought of making and drying pasta/Egg noodles with all the eggs? :)
Yes! I hope to do that in a few weeks.
Always look forward to Sunday mornings for
Your video! I get great tips from you! Thanks for sharing!! Also do you have a specific favorite place you get your dresses? Love them. And I love comfort of dresses and skirts. I think they are cooler in the summer as well
You are very inspiring 👩🌾❤️Thank you 🙏
Little miss Hannah is growing too fast. Love seeing your videos.
My husband loves those chocolate peanut butter cookies. It’s best to do those in low humidity months. I’ve had them not set up in the summer here in the high humidity south .
Great job! I don't have chickens so when I can get a good deal on eggs, I freeze drying them also! I like how you stored them in 1/2 dozen, I usually do 1 dozen but I am going to do the halves as well.
Thank you Jessica. I love watching you with your lovely family.❤
Good Evening from Australia. Wishing you a wonderful Sunday and have a blessed week.❤
Thank you for coming on at 7am again!
I never thought about sugar getting bugs. I've had the issues with oats and flour of course. I hope to see more recipes in the future using sweeteners other than refined sugar. I'm trying to get away from organic cane sugar and switch to a more natural/healthy way of baking.
Poor Benjamin, he looks absolutely zonked. I bet he'll have a good nap on the way home.🌻😁💤💤.
I enjoy watching your videos for ideas in my kitchen and your family looks soo healthy you are doing awesome taking care of your family it shows in your children. They will learn everything your teaching them….Thank you! God bless you all!
We cook a lot of pastries with rice flour in the Philippines. We steam instead of baking. Rice flour makes super soft and fluffy pastries.
Great week. Love the no bake cookies haven't made them for awhile so going to do that for my week baking. Thank you for sharing
You are so welcome!
Ooh yummy pickled eggs! Looking forward to that. Thanks for today's video. Hope your family is doing well Jessica.
Good day good seeing you..😊😊😊😊
Good morning
I just picked up my own Azure order this morning and had to chuckle when your video popped up. Watching Hannah playing to the camera was adorable. My favorite part was watching those cookies disappear. So funny! My husband and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary a few months ago. From the earliest days of our marriage, when I’d bake cookies, they’d disappear in a nanosecond. I’d always ask him if he knew where the cookies went. He’d always joke that the Cookie Monster must have eaten them. Once our children started arriving, they too would gobble them down, blaming the Cookie Monster! Now, my daughter in law and granddaughter have joined the ranks of cookie gobblers. I love how thrifty, industrious, and loving you are with your family. Wishing all of you a blessed Easter.
Thank you so much. Blessings
Thank you for sharing such great ideas!
You are so welcome!
I was very glad to have freeze dried eggs on my shelf, when eggs hit $4 a dozen and higher. We had gotten 20 dozen at 97 cents a dozen and freeze dried them. It was so easy, that we got 60 dozen more. Now we only buy eggs when they are cheap, otherwise we use freeze dried. I use 2 T eggs, and 2T water to reconstitute for 1 egg.😊
Wonderful video, as always! Loved seeing your Azure haul and all your yummy recipes! Thank you for taking the time to make this video for us! ❤
Wonderful ❤ hope you have a great week!
Thank you! You too!
I LOVED how you cracked the eggs into the mason jar to whip them. Less splashing than a bowl and certainly easier to pour. Jessica, what exactly was that banana dessert called? I didn't understand the basic concept, whether u we're making a custard? Cake? ??
Thankyou for a great video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your kiddos are so cute! I love your videos.
Thank you so much!
Your videos are a never miss for me. Your little helper in this video is so cute. Licking spoons and the 1st one to get several samples first. 😂 I know how much you like them with you in the kitchen.
I cook, use as few boxed and canned as posdible. Altho you are much more advanced than myself. To use even a boxed cake mix now, the chemical taste gags me. I can only imagine your kids grown and thinking to try some boxed or frozen convenience foods!! Your family us truly blessed to have you, your knowledge and your wisdom. God bless.
I saw you peeling eggs, if you're going to make egg Salad, I recently saw a post on fb that demonstrated that they just cracked all the eggs and double broiled them, and so you didn't have to peel them just chop them up!!
I was mind blown! Hahaha hopefully that helps!!! ❤
Thanks for the tip!
Those cookies look wonderful. Great easy safe and delicious dessert to bring to Bible study. Jessica you have an adoreable loving precious family. Hannah’s smile could melt any heart. ❤
What you call hash browns, as called Parmenter potatoes in the U.K. hash browns are formed grated potato shapes, usually quite greasy, hence my dislike of them!
Too many have food allergies😢 My family is gf by choice. I stopped eating wheat as suggestion from physical therapist in 2010. I also had my family be GF at same time. Much easier if everyone eats same,no worries about someone getting sick or having to cook different meals. I adapted a wheat based apple cake recipe to be Gf i agree store bought GF bread price too high. More gf recipes plz
Love your videos! I've learned so much from you! Currently saving for a freeze dryer! How much water do you use to reconstitute freeze dried eggs?
We just found our our son has ADHD and we are trying to go the natural route by changing his diet before medication. They have recommended going gluten free, among other changes, but can I ask what rice flour you are using that would be the equivalent to a store bought version for now? Would it be closer to white rice flour or brown rice flour?
Definitely suggest pickling eggs, great snacks. God bless
So, in essence the whole pantry challenge basically only nets you the saved fuel costs for a few grocery store / Azure pickups (one per month)? After all, you "stock up" beforehand and you "replenish what is depleted" afterwards. So you're still using purchased goods with your canned goods during the pantry challenge, only you don't go out those two months to resupply. I still have mixed feelings about the whole challenge thing. 🤔
No. My food budget doesn't change at all before or after the challenge. I don't "stock up" beforehand and I allow myself to run out of things during those months so that I will use up other ignored items. It also forces me to dig to the depths of the freezer to use forgotten cuts of meat and other preserved items.
Because we aren't going to the grocery store, it also forces me to use up the produce that we preserved in order to meet our daily needs of fruits and veggies.
In the long run it saves me money by preventing food waste. Because since I am not going to the grocery store to purchase some convenience items, I am forced to rely on things in storage that are not my favorites. If I didn't do the challenge I would be more likely to continue grocery shopping and ignore foods I don't love, which might end up wasted.
As a functioning homestead that is producing food every year and storing extras, it's important to make sure you cycle through your storage. Not going to the grocery store for two months forces me to do that.
So while I may need to restock some dried goods within my budget following the challenge, I am not restocking all of the fruit, veggies, meat, and eggs, that I preserved for the winter and that we ate during the challenge. And now we have made room for what we will grow this year.
I have done this for years and it absolutely saves me money, prevents waste, and clears necessary room in storage for the coming growing season.
@@threerivershomesteadI think that is a great idea!! However, I started to do that but I can’t get a sense of peace about eating down what we have. I don’t know if I’m just paranoid or what. 🤪I know many people are like this. I just keep getting flags about the future. I hope I’m wrong. I just keep things stocked. I figure that even if things don’t go crazy then we will still use everything we have. We do homestead, but still have to grocery shop. Azure is wonderful for that. We always use Costco and Sam’s. I love all three!
Hi Jessica! I’ve been watching your channel for some time, and you always impress me! I am also gluten and dairy free, which has been a challenge, but honestly finding your channel has been so helpful! Also, I passed it along to my daughter, she just had her first baby, and is dedicated to making everything from scratch..:))… we live on 15 acres, and my husband built our log cabin.. we also have chickens, and hope to have a small homestead , ie goats etc one day!.. love love your videos, and your family is beautiful..🙏❤️
Thank you 😊
The no bake cookies also freeze very well. I know that you don't need to do that, but for smaller families, it is good to know. I am the only one to eat them in my house. I get about 40 cookies from my recipe, and that is way too much for me to eat by myself. I freeze in 12 cookies in a bag, and when I want or need more, I just let the cookies thaw.
It's also great to be able to make thread, thaw, and add to a care package or take to a potluck. Makes life so much easier!
I make banana sago pudding, very easy to make. Add peeled bananas to large saucepan, cover with water and boil. After boiling, use a stick blender to liquidate the bananas then add sago and cook on med-low until the sago is clear. This can be eaten hot or cold.
You are so lucky to have this as an option. I wish Canada had something similar!
I think there is a company called Organic Matters (or the Canadian equivalent) that has comparable prices and does free shipping over a certain amount. Unfortunately we can't use Organic Matters because their bulk foods don't have the same allergy guarantee as Azure, but if you don't have food allergies it's an option.
Thanks for the dairy free and gluten free recipes. Our granddaughters have these allergies too. ❤
You are so welcome!
Love the hair straightener tip you are such a clever lady and incredibly hard working as well thank you for sharing your knowledge and tips with us all… stay blessed 😇
Do you ever use your coconut cream past the due date? If so, how long?
I had quite a bit and is past the Best Buy date. Thanks!
Helpful tips
I'm still learning about this homesteading. I was transplanting some plants when my mother in law came. She reminded me that they needed at least 4 leaves before transplanting. I'm so sad that I did it too soon. Are they going to die?
What size bags are you using for 1/2 doz eggs? I like that better than portioning them all with a doz eggs.
Love watching your channel! What ice cream maker did you buy?
Good morning Jessica. Will you be doing a recipe book!
I hope to one day!
my compliments on your lovely complexion
Good morning!
Do you allow for your viewers to send anything to you or the kids . Like a p.o. box.
The savings on coconut cream and soy milk alone makes azure worth it
21:55 Maria Emerich’s Boiled egg protein pudding is a great way to use up lots of eggs, and it’s delicious. (You can also scramble the eggs instead to avoid having to peel boiled eggs.) I have also added some cream to the prepared pudding and made ice cream with my ninja creami. You may have to play around with it to figure out the best formula for your ice cream maker. And you can easily change up the flavor. I’m always amazed that no one would guess it’s made of eggs.
Thank you! I will have to look it up!
Totally agree, it's amazing! I make it with scrambled eggs and coconut cream. You could serve it for breakfast even