Early Sunday morning before going to church I look for your weekly video. I enjoy the beginning with some coffee and milk and my morning medicine ( I am 72). When I get home about noon I enjoy the second half of your video. You do wonderful family and homestead videos! They make me happy. Thank you so much! God bless!
I was in my forties before I realized my kitchen aid stand mixer needed greased. Reading manuals go a long way to keeping equipment running and efficient. Your videos and mass kick off my week in the right direction.
Funny to hear, to know that others feel as strongly about putting meat and taters away in your pantry as I. It just makes something inside feel safe and warm, knowing I can feed my kids & grandkids & G grandkids any time. With what the Lord provides, we can subsist and thrive. Bless you Jess, for reminding me each Sunday morning how blessed I am.
Good morning! I've so been looking forward to today's post. This has been a week full of ups and downs. Hearing that familiar "Hello friends, this is Jessica" offers a measure of reassurance of the positivity and kindness in the world, particilarly when you've struggled at times to find it. Thank you!
Hannah's smile is very contagious - thank you! I also laughed at the beginning when she climbed onto the porch railing for a better view then had to squat down to see since the top railing was still too tall to look over. SO CUTE. I never thought to use the tops of the onions for flavoring and have no clue why? I won't be tossing that ever again!
Aw little Hannah at the end just makes my heart melt 🥹 my baby girl is 8 months old and I just adore their little faces. You have such a beautiful family, the children are so capable, well done. It’s funny you say that about canned potatoes, I don’t like them straight up, but canned in meat stew I love them! I think with the meat they go great.
I use that crinkle cutter to make fries also, but I don't have room in my freezers, so I canned them like that. I can easily take them and put in my air fryer and make fries quickly whenever I want them.
If $7 for 50 lbs of organic taters doesn't convince folks to grow their own groceries then I don't know what will. 😊 Another fantastic, video, Jessica. Thank you so much for sharing these little snippets of your life and blessed family. Isn't God good? He's just so faithful and we're so grateful!! 🙏
I thought the same thing. My daughter Bethany enjoyed doing the outside stuff more than the inside. She does love to cook she says I not a baker you and grandma are the bakers. She is right grandma Arloa my ex mother in law and best friend was the baker. We lost her a year and a half ago and we missed her so much. Your children learn so many skills which is good. My grandson loves to mow the lawn, weed wack, and blow the leaves they go him his own battery. Equipment when he was younger. He also loves to mop and vacuum. I think it is because my daughter always let him help. It may take longer but they learn and then they can help you.
Its still amazes me how fast kids grow up. Grace is so capable, Levi is a big boy, and Hannah is probably running after her brothers. You're doing a great job
They are really growing fast. It makes me feel old. Well I am old,pushing 80. I like to can our food. So beautiful to see. ❤️🙏🏻👣👣👀🤟blessings to you and yours 550TX
Why don't you have the 5 tray Harvest Right insert?😊❤God bless you all and many prayers 🙏🏻 Nurse Judi in Scottsdale AZ and Eucharistic Minister 🙏🏻 ☦️ 💙 ❤️
I use that expression too! ❤️🦋 “Squirreling away “ Especially at Christmas time. I tuck away great finds and sale items all year in a closet and then have a wrapping day, I make tea, get my self set up by our fireplace and surround myself with the goodies I found for family and friends. Getting up off the floor is hilarious to watch! 😬
Jessica, at the beginning of the video, you went down to your cellar to clean. You pulled 2 bags from above in the back & put them in a white trash bag. Was that garlic?
Yes, unfortunately those were from last year and did not store well. They are rotten now. I planted WAY too much garlic last year, so I definitely scaled it back this year.
My goodness what a wonderful video, Jessica! I love your French fry idea. I'm clicking on that gizmo you used! Was that Grace or Elizabeth driving the Kabota? I get so confused which is which. I can't keep my grandchildren straight either, lol. My 12 year old granddaughter drives ours around like she's been doing it her whole life. These kids today amaze me. Have a great week.
Good morning from midwest ohio!! My strawberries and peas are done! Im canning beans today, harvested some beets, pulled our garlic and most onions. Im off to take care of all my birds now!
Looking for your video today. I love your videos and your family. My husband and I both always check to see if u have a new one on Sunday morning. Hope you all are doing great! You are a family favorite at my house. The little children are sure growing up fast.
Good morning from your neighbor in midstate Michigan! Sunday morning first thing lis morning with Jessica! Thank you for keeping us motivated!! I have so much to do in the garden! It will get done. I am grateful for your video that keeps me moving along. Hannah is getting so big!! What a beautiful baby!! Have a blessed week Jessica!
Levi, oh my goodness. Look at him. He has grown and learned and this summer helping with the canning. From summer to summer, children change so much. It is pure joy to see them progress in all the ways. I remember when you guys finished the remodel of your cold storage area. It looks so clean, convenient and well lit. I imagine how much you like using that area now and how well it works for you.
I was wondering how many chickens you would have to make to feed your whole family? I encourage on your next shopping to buy a whole chicken if on sale, here it has been over 100 degrees for over a week even up to 111 degrees so don't want to heat up the kitchen: Glass or microwave Roaster Roasted Chicken in the Micro-wave oven use clear glass Pamered Chef Poinsettias Oval Roaster 1 whole chicken 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil SEAONDING MIXTURE: 1 Tablespoon flour 1 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves cook in Microwave uncovered 15 minutes while you make the glaze. In small saucepan warm 1/2 cup Apricot Preserves and 1 Tbsp. vinegar. Spoon over chicken. Cook in Microwave uncovered for 15 minutes longer or until till chicken reaches 165F.
🥰Your little ones, aw, I could hug them all. Little Hannah and her beautiful little teeth, climbing everywhere. Enjoyed the video...oh, I almost forgot, Levi...😂that look after a job well done. *Hugs*
Hi Jessica, was looking forward to a video today. Have been saving on battery (we just experience Hurricane Beryl here in Jamaica) to catch todays video but nevertheless i had to utilise all my frozen veges and meats due to lack of electricity. I do believe its time my family and i look into other sources of electricity and not just on JPS😂
Loved to see Grace driving the tractor. I grew up on a farm and started driving the tractor when I was 10. Nice to see all your canning you did this week.
Morning! Please tell me the name of the homesteading family that has done the pantry challenge in the past.The mom and one of her daughters usually have a scarves on, but I cannot remember the name of their channel so I can see what they have been up to .Hope you can help. Thanks.
This is what my weekend looked like. Lots of preserving 🤪 I am thankful hubby just bought me a second Presto pressure canner this weekend so I can do two batches at once. Love to see your kids helping with the process! ❤
Getting a freeze dryer has been god send. I got sick in January and are still struggling with the aftermath. This means that the most of the food preservation has been my son’s job instead. It’s so easy to use, and we get great product out of it. It’s also the only good method to preserve cabbages. Which we grow and eat a lot of. I checked and rehydrated, they are a little softer than fresh, but taste completely like fresh. We have already done a test batch of slaw and it turned out perfect. I love having 4 gallons of it on my shelves. It also prevented a garlic disaster. My soft neck garlic turned out as garlic leeks this year. I figured out what I did wrong, but we had 15 pounds of garlic leeks. We pealed them as we do leeks, leaving about 3 inches of the stem on. Then we ground them up. About 1/3 was put into ice cube trays and frozen. The rest went into the freeze dryer and we ended up with a fantastic strong light green garlic powder. My leeks also gave me the largest harvest I have ever had of my cold weather crops. We ended up with 100 pounds of leeks. Half went into the freeze dryer and the rest was frozen. We are also trying something new this year. I don’t have a lot of protein sources that I tolerate, but duck meat I do, so this year we bought both ducks and chickens as meat birds. We are going to process the ducks next weekend. It’s a big money saver too, since the prices for duck meat has gone way up. We are talking about close to 100$ for a 5 pound duck. Since we moved to America I have also missed having larger ducks to work with. All of my recipes are meant for 8-12 pound ducks, and here 5 pounds are what we can get. In two weeks our baby chicks will arrive. 8 Austrolops for eggs and 16 meat birds. Have you ever grown any grains? I am experimenting with gluten free grains this summer. So far it looks like Amaranth, flax and Sorghum grows the best.
I did wheat one year, but for how much space it took up and how long it took to harvest/process we never did it again. There were more efficient things to grow in that space.
@@threerivershomestead I see. Here it’s so hot that many things won’t grow in the beds, this time of year, and I didn’t want to leave them empty. Then I read that Amaranth and Sorghum both love the hot temperatures (we get up to 118f), so I thought why not try. If not then the beds would stay empty. I do worry that it will be too much work to process them, but if it is, we can use it for the animals.
All the children are growing up so quickly. Watching Hannah climb the deck gate, how can that be? Your children are healthy and quite a responsible group. You guys have done well and given them life skills forever. Plus the garden looks amazing. Abundance everywhere under your watch eyes, Jessica. Thank you for the tips on preserving. Have a blessed week!
Thank you for sharing your life with us. I have learned so much from you and greatly appreviate ALL your videos!!! May you please tell me where you got your sunhat?
Is cold pac ok Isn't the time 90 for qts n 75 for pints for canning potato??? Also I never thought of doing frozen fries thank you. I did diced potatoes Obrien but will par bake n flash freeze if I do that again. Thanks 😊
I see that you don't put vinegar in your canner? Maybe you are unaware, if you put a little splash in your canner it will prevent your jars from getting hard water on your jars. Good way for French fries, going to do that too. Nancy from Nebraska
Thank you for producing this film. The potato cutter you have shared in the description looks great 😊 I wander how long it will be sharp ? Nevertheless its worth to have 🌹🌷⚘
I was wondering how you would be able to use this for every one in the family? Homemade Bisquick Baking Mix Ingredients: 4 cups all-purpose flour 2 Tbsp. baking powder 1 ½ tsp. salt 2 tsp. sugar ½ cup melted butter (you can use shortening if you don’t want to refrigerate your mix if you prefer) Directions: 1. In a stand mixer combine flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt until well mixed. 2. While mixer is going slowly pour melted butter into bowl to distribute evenly. If you are using shortening, cut in the shortening. 3. Allow to mix for 1 full minute. 4. You can mix this by hand, and I have, but I find using my stand mixer gives it a more even distribution- especially the butter. This will give you more consistent results in your baking. 5. Transfer to an airtight container like a mason jar or freezer bag and store in refrigerator or freezer for 3-4 weeks. Homemade Bisquick makes 1 cup Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon butter Directions Sift flour into a bowl; add baking powder and salt and whisk until fully incorporated. Cut butter into flour mixture using a pastry cutter until evenly combined. Tips Shortening or oil can be used in place of butter, if desired. If using melted butter, be sure to evenly disperse the butter as much as possible. BISQUICK OVEN FRIED CHICKEN 1 tablespoon butter 2/3 cup Bisquick™ Original Pancake & Baking Mix 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika 1 1/4 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 3 to 3 1/2 lb bone-in, skin-on chicken pieces (breasts, drumsticks, thighs) Prep. Start by preheating your oven to 425°F (218°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Next, rinse 2 pounds of chicken pieces and pat dry, then set aside on a clean plate. *Make sure to sanitize your sink! Make Breading. In a bowl large enough to dip your chicken, crack two eggs into a bowl and whisk well. Then in another bowl that will fit the chicken pieces, combine ⅔ cup of Bisquick, ¼ cup of Panko breadcrumbs, 1 ½ teaspoon paprika, and 1 teaspoon each of salt and pepper (or to taste). BREAD & BAKE THE CHICKEN PIECES 1. coat the chicken with egg then breading. 2. breaded chicken in baking dish on wire rack. 3. Bread Chicken -. Dip each chicken piece into the beaten eggs, then dip into the Bisquick mixture, fully coating the chicken. Bake. Place the coated pieces onto the prepared baking sheet and put into the middle of your oven’s center rack. Bake at 425°F (218°C) for 40 to 50 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F (74°C)in the deepest part of your thickest chicken piece. Serve. When done, remove the chicken from the oven and let it cool slightly before serving. You can transfer the chicken to a wire cooling rack if desired to help keep the crispiness. Dumplings Ingredients 2 cups Original Bisquick™ Baking Mix 2/3 cup milk Steps #1. Stir ingredients until soft dough forms. #2. Drop by spoonful's onto boiling stew; reduce heat. #3. Cook uncovered 10 minutes. Cover and cook 10 minutes. tip 1. Be sure the stew is boiling when you drop in the dumplings, so the bottoms cook well at the start. Lower the heat to finish slowly cooking the dumplings completely, so they aren’t soggy and doughy in the center. tip 2. Accurately measure out the dry baking mix by spooning it into a standard dry-ingredient measuring cup, then leveling the top with a straight-edge metal spatula or knife; don’t scoop it or pack it down. This ensures the dough will be soft and just the right consistency to cook up light and fluffy rather than dense and chewy. tip 3. Stir in a couple teaspoons of a favorite dried herb or a seasoning blend into the dry mix before adding the milk, or sprinkle the dumplings with grated Parmesan cheese at the end of cooking time for a savory finish.
Is there a reason why the water in the potatoes goes foggy? Mine did and I thought I did something wrong. I'm new to pressure canning so I have been worried.
Recipe for: Chicken Soup From the Kitchen of: Esther Alderson Ingredients: carcasses of two roasted chickens, 1 small onion (sliced), 3 Tbls. butter, 5 cups water, 1 diced green pepper, 2 Tbls. parsley 1 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 cup sliced celery, 1/4 cup celery leaves, 4 tsp. pearl barley, 2 1/2 cups boiling water, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/4 cups diced carrots, Recipe instructions: Brown bones & onion lightly in fat/oil in soup kettle. Add water, green pepper, celery leaves & parsley. Cover and heat to boiling. Turn down to simmer for 2 hours & strain. Makes a basic chicken stock! now you can add anything you like to it; such as different kinds of rice or pasta. OR: Mean while drop barley into 2 1/2 cups boiling water, add salt. Cover and simmer 1 hour and 15 minutes. To broth add carrots & celery & barley. Cook 10 minutes or more till tender. add chopped up chicken if you have any. When ever I cook I save any ends or peels or vegetables that are looking a little old till full stockpile of frozen vegetable scraps such as clean ends & tops of celery, squash, onion skins and ends and outer layer of the onion, root vegetable tops . outer leaves of cauliflower and cabbage, mushroom stems ⦁ Here are some other ideas for vegetable scraps you could use depending on the season: asparagus ends, green bean ends, carrot peels, fennel stalks and bottoms, pea pods, chard and kale stalks, cucumber peels, zucchini peels and ends, dried mushrooms, herb stems such as parsley, oregano, thyme and cilantro I also save any bones from roasted or from COSTCO or a local grocery stores have Roasted chicken for $5.00 I buy 2 take them home and take all the meat off the chicken and either freeze the bones or make broth/stock as soon as possible in my crock pot. I love to combine all my frozen vegetable scraps with the chicken bones and make a really great broth! Root to Stalk Vegetable Broth Homemade broth is one of those things that is SO worth it, but can feel like such an effort. We love this root to stalk broth because you can save up all your vegetable scraps in a non-reactive freezer container and make it when you have an extra hour in the kitchen. Our favorite part about this broth is that you get to use the parts of the vegetable you might normally compost, so it's like making delicious broth for free! Root to Stalk Vegetable Broth Homemade broth Serves: makes approximately 1 gallon broth Ingredients ⦁ 3-4 leeks, green parts and ends ⦁ 1 bunch of carrots, tops and bottoms plus 3 whole carrots (remove large parts of green) ⦁ 1 zucchini, roughly chopped ⦁ 1 bunch of celery, tops and bottoms ⦁ 1 large onion, quartered or 3 onions tops and bottoms ⦁ 1 handful parsley ⦁ 1 handful thyme ⦁ 2 cloves garlic, peeled Instructions Directions: ⦁ Dump your vegetable roots and stalks in a large pot. Fill the pot until the water just about covers the vegetables. (The ratio here is about 4 cups water to 3 cups vegetable scraps). Turn the heat to high and bring to a boil, then turn the heat down and simmer for 40 minutes to an hour. ⦁ After the cooking time is up, place a colander over another large pot and strain the broth into the new pot. Season with salt and pepper to taste. The broth will keep in the fridge for up to a week, or freeze for several months. ⦁ You can also make this broth with whole celery, carrots, onions and whatever else you have, so if you don't
Oh my goodness Jessica! Levi’s toothless smile melts my heart. One of my favourite ‘phases’ of raising my boys. ❤ Thanks for another great video. I’m going to try your method of making frozen French fries!! 🥔🥔🥔
Loved this video! You inspire me in new ways every week! Now I am itching for this year's beef to can stew meat. I just finished my first canning project of the summer this morning, sliced peaches, and am canning beans this weekend.
How love how everyone works together. I've learned so much following along with you all. I've just purchased land for our homesteading journey. I can't wait to implement what I've learned from you and vlog it all. ❤❤❤
Always great to see you and your family working together! Our weeds need to be dealt with too. I’m battling with my second round of hives already this year, so things are going slowly forward, hopefully I will have no more this season. God bless you and your family♥️👍😎.
Levi captured my heart a couple years ago, and seeing his smile today filled my heart. His smile looked EXACTLY like yours! Sending your family so much love! ❤
This year we are growing our potatoes in a 5 gallon bucket and they look awesome.. We also are doing this with onions. Our garden has given us a struggle this year with the heat and all the rain.. but we we will be grateful for what ever we are able to preserve for the winter months.. We are in MI so just up from you ..
It has definitely been a difficult year. It has been hard to get any weeding done in the garden here because it's either too hot to work or it's raining!
@@threerivershomesteadI feel you there, we are in Al . & it has been absolutely miserably hot or pouring buckets of rain from the heavens ! I started & planted everything but pretty much just let God take it from there 😂 Well I helped a little but mostly just watering. Thanks for the inspiration you give us when we are weary 🤗
I enjoy canning and preserving season. I always have hopes of getting at least 1 ripe tomato by July 4th. This year I’ve had 3 so far. I never buy tomatoes from the store so it such a treat to have garden fresh tomatoes again. My freeze dryer is running almost 24/7 as well. It’s a beautiful time of year.
Jessica can you recommend a company to purchase non gmo potato seeds? Also, I'm interested in your coconut cream recipe. Lived the beef stew canning demo!
Good morning! You are such an inspiration. When making jelly, do you use the same amount of juice per pectin or do you use different amounts for different varieties?
If I am using Pomona's pectin I use the same amount of juice for every recipe. If I am using other types of pectin I always follow the recipes/juice amounts that came in the box.
I look forward to watching your videos ❤❤❤ you remind me what needs to be accomplished in my world. If a person is unsure of your altitude you can google your address with altitude to get your exact altitude. I just learned this lol . Thank you for sharing your beautiful life with us . I appreciate all you share ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.
Thank you so much for the clarification. Your way seems faster and if the taste is unaffected I’ll try it. Enjoy your channel and your family. Blessings.
I had a lot of problems with rot, the first year that I grew and braided garlic. This year I knotted my bulbs in pantyhose hose legs to (hopefully) prevent rot by not letting the bulbs touch each other and they get plenty of air through the fabric of the panty hose. We’ll see how well this works..
You are an inspiration to do little bits of canning at a time. I don't have to do a ton at once. I hate to waste - be it food, energy, or time. You might consider filling that last empty spot in your canner with a quart of dried beans. Rinse the beans, fill your quart jar about 1/3 full, fill with water, and can with your meat as beans take 90 minutes also. Also, I've found that with my freezedryer, Dairyland oil stays much cleaner and lasts longer.
Thank you for sharing today’s video, looks like things are getting busy and it’s great to see how your children take responsibility for so many chores. Life skills are amazing, what a blessing to be able to share them with your family. God bless you all.
Enjoyed your video. Watching you can motivates me to get it done. Thank you for showing the freeze dryer and changing the oil. I’ll be doing my first oil filtering soon and it was a good lesson.
Yay! Homemade frozen french fries are definitely my favorite way to preserve our potatoes! I agree that prebaking is the best way to go. I tried the blanching method for the first year but the taste and texture were just a bit off. I definitely think I like the prebaked homemade ones better than anything you can buy at the store. We also prebake cubes for making hash later. Thanks so much for the videos.....I miss my days homeschooling my boys and your videos are a great way for me to reminisce .
I was out of potatoes but then I remembered I had canned sliced new potatoes 2 pints so I drained then and fried them up,even my son loved them. So I sure will be canning up more of them and a combo of carrots and potatoes for all dinner pies and making up a big batch of pie crust for the freezer . And one big BlackBerry cobbler the old fashion way mother use too make with only bacon grease oh what I would give for just one pieces of her cobbler and yeast biscuits. So much better then any store bought breads. And will make the pop tarts too.
Hannah is so adorable. I love the way she smiles at your camera. She is growing so fast, along with her brothers and sisters.. You surely got your money's worth with your potato harvest.
Good to see you clean the vacuum vessel, any dirt of any kind will take longer for the vessel to come to the required vacuum or it will never come to the right vacuum
Early Sunday morning before going to church I look for your weekly video. I enjoy the beginning with some coffee and milk and my morning medicine ( I am 72). When I get home about noon I enjoy the second half of your video. You do wonderful family and homestead videos! They make me happy. Thank you so much! God bless!
I was in my forties before I realized my kitchen aid stand mixer needed greased. Reading manuals go a long way to keeping equipment running and efficient. Your videos and mass kick off my week in the right direction.
I did not know this! Thank you!!
I love how your family works as a team!
Funny to hear, to know that others feel as strongly about putting meat and taters away in your pantry as I. It just makes something inside feel safe and warm, knowing I can feed my kids & grandkids & G grandkids any time. With what the Lord provides, we can subsist and thrive. Bless you Jess, for reminding me each Sunday morning how blessed I am.
I can't wait for your every bit counts challenge, many channels I watch take part:)
Love this, too.
Great tip on making frozen French fries. Thank you
You are so welcome!
Good morning! I've so been looking forward to today's post. This has been a week full of ups and downs. Hearing that familiar "Hello friends, this is Jessica" offers a measure of reassurance of the positivity and kindness in the world, particilarly when you've struggled at times to find it. Thank you!
I hope this is a better week for you ❤️
Same.
I work in car dealership. Administrative.
I need moments of bliss and reality 😃
Hannah's smile is very contagious - thank you! I also laughed at the beginning when she climbed onto the porch railing for a better view then had to squat down to see since the top railing was still too tall to look over. SO CUTE. I never thought to use the tops of the onions for flavoring and have no clue why? I won't be tossing that ever again!
Aw little Hannah at the end just makes my heart melt 🥹 my baby girl is 8 months old and I just adore their little faces. You have such a beautiful family, the children are so capable, well done. It’s funny you say that about canned potatoes, I don’t like them straight up, but canned in meat stew I love them! I think with the meat they go great.
I use that crinkle cutter to make fries also, but I don't have room in my freezers, so I canned them like that. I can easily take them and put in my air fryer and make fries quickly whenever I want them.
Great idea!
If $7 for 50 lbs of organic taters doesn't convince folks to grow their own groceries then I don't know what will. 😊 Another fantastic, video, Jessica. Thank you so much for sharing these little snippets of your life and blessed family.
Isn't God good? He's just so faithful and we're so grateful!! 🙏
He truly is 🙌🏻
Nothing makes me happier than seeing a young girl driving a tractor.
You 2 parents sure do fine job with those youngsters.
Well done !
Thank you so much for the encouragement ☺️
I thought the same thing. My daughter Bethany enjoyed doing the outside stuff more than the inside. She does love to cook she says I not a baker you and grandma are the bakers. She is right grandma Arloa my ex mother in law and best friend was the baker. We lost her a year and a half ago and we missed her so much. Your children learn so many skills which is good. My grandson loves to mow the lawn, weed wack, and blow the leaves they go him his own battery. Equipment when he was younger. He also loves to mop and vacuum. I think it is because my daughter always let him help. It may take longer but they learn and then they can help you.
I think little Hannah looks like you Jessica. What a precious little gift from God, as are the your other children. Have a good week. ❤
She definitely favors me. Thank you 😊
Its still amazes me how fast kids grow up. Grace is so capable, Levi is a big boy, and Hannah is probably running after her brothers. You're doing a great job
Thank you so much for the kindness 😊
They are really growing fast. It makes me feel old. Well I am old,pushing 80. I like to can our food. So beautiful to see. ❤️🙏🏻👣👣👀🤟blessings to you and yours 550TX
Why don't you have the 5 tray Harvest Right insert?😊❤God bless you all and many prayers 🙏🏻 Nurse Judi in Scottsdale AZ and Eucharistic Minister 🙏🏻 ☦️ 💙 ❤️
Jessica, I love you and your family. You are doing a fine job raising and feeding your children, teaching them such valuable lessons.❤❤❤
I use that expression too! ❤️🦋
“Squirreling away “
Especially at Christmas time. I tuck away great finds and sale items all year in a closet and then have a wrapping day, I make tea, get my self set up by our fireplace and surround myself with the goodies I found for family and friends.
Getting up off the floor is hilarious to watch! 😬
Jessica, at the beginning of the video, you went down to your cellar to clean. You pulled 2 bags from above in the back & put them in a white trash bag. Was that garlic?
Yes, unfortunately those were from last year and did not store well. They are rotten now. I planted WAY too much garlic last year, so I definitely scaled it back this year.
I find Im always a little disappointed when your videos end. I thoroughly enjoy them. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge with us.
My goodness what a wonderful video, Jessica! I love your French fry idea. I'm clicking on that gizmo you used! Was that Grace or Elizabeth driving the Kabota? I get so confused which is which. I can't keep my grandchildren straight either, lol. My 12 year old granddaughter drives ours around like she's been doing it her whole life. These kids today amaze me. Have a great week.
Grace is the older one with the brown hair. Elizabeth is two years younger and has blondish hair.
Good morning from midwest ohio!! My strawberries and peas are done! Im canning beans today, harvested some beets, pulled our garlic and most onions. Im off to take care of all my birds now!
Looking for your video today. I love your videos and your family.
My husband and I both always check to see if u have a new one on Sunday morning. Hope you all are doing great! You are a family favorite at my house.
The little children are sure growing up fast.
Levi and Hannah are getting so big!!❤
Hannah is growing up so fast. Have a great week!
Good morning Jessica and thanks again for all you share with us!!! Have a blessed week to you and your beautiful family 😊❤
Thank you! You too!
Good morning from your neighbor in midstate Michigan! Sunday morning first thing lis morning with Jessica! Thank you for keeping us motivated!! I have so much to do in the garden! It will get done. I am grateful for your video that keeps me moving along. Hannah is getting so big!! What a beautiful baby!!
Have a blessed week Jessica!
Thank you! You too!
Levi, oh my goodness. Look at him. He has grown and learned and this summer helping with the canning. From summer to summer, children change so much. It is pure joy to see them progress in all the ways. I remember when you guys finished the remodel of your cold storage area. It looks so clean, convenient and well lit. I imagine how much you like using that area now and how well it works for you.
It has definitely freed up a lot of space in my kitchen! I am very grateful for that!
Love the idea of homemade frozen fries! So much better than the ones in the freezer section at the grocery store.
I was wondering how many chickens you would have to make to feed your whole family? I encourage on your next shopping to buy a whole chicken if on sale, here it has been over 100 degrees for over a week even up to 111 degrees so don't want to heat up the kitchen: Glass or microwave Roaster Roasted Chicken
in the Micro-wave oven
use clear glass Pamered Chef Poinsettias Oval Roaster
1 whole chicken
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
SEAONDING MIXTURE:
1 Tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
cook in Microwave uncovered 15 minutes while you make the glaze.
In small saucepan warm 1/2 cup Apricot Preserves and 1 Tbsp. vinegar.
Spoon over chicken. Cook in Microwave uncovered for 15 minutes longer or until till chicken reaches 165F.
🥰Your little ones, aw, I could hug them all. Little Hannah and her beautiful little teeth, climbing everywhere. Enjoyed the video...oh, I almost forgot, Levi...😂that look after a job well done. *Hugs*
Thank you so much for sharing ! I am not a homesteader, but I love listening to you and have received many ideas that even apply to my life. ❤️
Thank you. Blessings
Hi Jessica, was looking forward to a video today. Have been saving on battery (we just experience Hurricane Beryl here in Jamaica) to catch todays video but nevertheless i had to utilise all my frozen veges and meats due to lack of electricity. I do believe its time my family and i look into other sources of electricity and not just on JPS😂
Thank you so much for showing us the frozen French fries! I will definitely be doing this!
You are so welcome!
Such amazing videos and hints, THANK YOU for taking time to teach us, you are a treasure and a gem to us.!!! Again we THANK YOU!!!! ❤
You are so welcome!
Loved seeing the kids help with chores. Especially the precise working of the tractor 👍👍 That’s how I was raised, helping & learning 😊 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
Loved to see Grace driving the tractor. I grew up on a farm and started driving the tractor when I was 10. Nice to see all your canning you did this week.
LOVE IT 💕💕💕 I’m working hard here but that’s dream to have a huge harvest and freeze dryer and a basement to store everything in 🥰
You have beautiful children. And you are blessed. Thank you God
wheres this weeks video
"Squirreling things away" 😂 love it ..and the joy in which you said it hehe
Morning! Please tell me the name of the homesteading family that has done the pantry challenge in the past.The mom and one of her daughters usually have a scarves on, but I cannot remember the name of their channel so I can see what they have been up to .Hope you can help. Thanks.
🧡🧡Drying Food for a Large Family👍👍👍👍👍👍
This is what my weekend looked like. Lots of preserving 🤪 I am thankful hubby just bought me a second Presto pressure canner this weekend so I can do two batches at once. Love to see your kids helping with the process! ❤
Blessings on your family and growing season Jessica!🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿💚🙏💕
Thank you! You too!
Your baby girl is getting so big. Looks like brother standing behind her. Oh Jessica so blessed
Getting a freeze dryer has been god send. I got sick in January and are still struggling with the aftermath. This means that the most of the food preservation has been my son’s job instead. It’s so easy to use, and we get great product out of it. It’s also the only good method to preserve cabbages. Which we grow and eat a lot of. I checked and rehydrated, they are a little softer than fresh, but taste completely like fresh. We have already done a test batch of slaw and it turned out perfect. I love having 4 gallons of it on my shelves.
It also prevented a garlic disaster. My soft neck garlic turned out as garlic leeks this year. I figured out what I did wrong, but we had 15 pounds of garlic leeks. We pealed them as we do leeks, leaving about 3 inches of the stem on. Then we ground them up. About 1/3 was put into ice cube trays and frozen. The rest went into the freeze dryer and we ended up with a fantastic strong light green garlic powder.
My leeks also gave me the largest harvest I have ever had of my cold weather crops. We ended up with 100 pounds of leeks. Half went into the freeze dryer and the rest was frozen.
We are also trying something new this year. I don’t have a lot of protein sources that I tolerate, but duck meat I do, so this year we bought both ducks and chickens as meat birds. We are going to process the ducks next weekend. It’s a big money saver too, since the prices for duck meat has gone way up. We are talking about close to 100$ for a 5 pound duck. Since we moved to America I have also missed having larger ducks to work with. All of my recipes are meant for 8-12 pound ducks, and here 5 pounds are what we can get. In two weeks our baby chicks will arrive. 8 Austrolops for eggs and 16 meat birds.
Have you ever grown any grains? I am experimenting with gluten free grains this summer. So far it looks like Amaranth, flax and Sorghum grows the best.
I did wheat one year, but for how much space it took up and how long it took to harvest/process we never did it again. There were more efficient things to grow in that space.
@@threerivershomestead I see. Here it’s so hot that many things won’t grow in the beds, this time of year, and I didn’t want to leave them empty. Then I read that Amaranth and Sorghum both love the hot temperatures (we get up to 118f), so I thought why not try. If not then the beds would stay empty. I do worry that it will be too much work to process them, but if it is, we can use it for the animals.
All the children are growing up so quickly. Watching Hannah climb the deck gate, how can that be? Your children are healthy and quite a responsible group. You guys have done well and given them life skills forever.
Plus the garden looks amazing. Abundance everywhere under your watch eyes, Jessica. Thank you for the tips on preserving. Have a blessed week!
Thank you for the kindness and encouragement ❤️
Thank you for sharing your life with us. I have learned so much from you and greatly appreviate ALL your videos!!! May you please tell me where you got your sunhat?
Amazon. Thank you!
FFs
Toss w/melted fat (olive or avo oil if no animal fat)
375 for 30 min
Till even just slightly browning
Then salt & freeze
This is great to know
I’m cutting out ur starch removing step but others may want that!
Thx for this simple explain
Is cold pac ok Isn't the time 90 for qts n 75 for pints for canning potato??? Also I never thought of doing frozen fries thank you. I did diced potatoes Obrien but will par bake n flash freeze if I do that again. Thanks 😊
All of my canning guides recommend 40 minutes for quarts and 35 for pints
@@threerivershomestead thank u
I see that you don't put vinegar in your canner? Maybe you are unaware, if you put a little splash in your canner it will prevent your jars from getting hard water on your jars. Good way for French fries, going to do that too. Nancy from Nebraska
I usually put vinegar in my water bath canner. If I put it in the pressure canner it seems to affect the metal on the lids.
Did you soak the potatoes overnight before you canned them? I have watched a different videos where some did and some didn’t?
I don't.
Great video! Thank you. Do you think fresh green beans could be preserved the same way? I hate having to blanch them.
I should have said “preserved by baking for a little while like you did for the crinkle fries”
Thank you for producing this film. The potato cutter you have shared in the description looks great 😊 I wander how long it will be sharp ? Nevertheless its worth to have 🌹🌷⚘
You can always sharpen it if it gets dull
@@annamaria8755 Sure but it is kind of wavy not straight so it is hard t sharpen I suppose
Another great video. I love have the children help you. 😊
Miss Hanna is growing up so fast,such a sweet smile God Bless 💖
I was wondering how you would be able to use this for every one in the family? Homemade Bisquick Baking Mix
Ingredients:
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp. baking powder
1 ½ tsp. salt
2 tsp. sugar
½ cup melted butter (you can use shortening if you don’t want to refrigerate your mix if you prefer)
Directions:
1. In a stand mixer combine flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt until well mixed.
2. While mixer is going slowly pour melted butter into bowl to distribute evenly. If you are using shortening, cut in the shortening. 3. Allow to mix for 1 full minute.
4. You can mix this by hand, and I have, but I find using my stand mixer gives it a more even distribution- especially the butter. This will give you more consistent results in your baking.
5. Transfer to an airtight container like a mason jar or freezer bag and store in refrigerator or freezer for 3-4 weeks.
Homemade Bisquick makes 1 cup
Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon butter
Directions
Sift flour into a bowl; add baking powder and salt and whisk until fully incorporated.
Cut butter into flour mixture using a pastry cutter until evenly combined.
Tips
Shortening or oil can be used in place of butter, if desired. If using melted butter, be sure to evenly disperse the butter as much as possible.
BISQUICK OVEN FRIED CHICKEN
1 tablespoon butter
2/3 cup Bisquick™ Original Pancake & Baking Mix
1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3 to 3 1/2 lb bone-in, skin-on chicken pieces (breasts, drumsticks, thighs)
Prep. Start by preheating your oven to 425°F (218°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Next, rinse 2 pounds of chicken pieces and pat dry, then set aside on a clean plate. *Make sure to sanitize your sink!
Make Breading. In a bowl large enough to dip your chicken, crack two eggs into a bowl and whisk well. Then in another bowl that will fit the chicken pieces, combine ⅔ cup of Bisquick, ¼ cup of Panko breadcrumbs, 1 ½ teaspoon paprika, and 1 teaspoon each of salt and pepper (or to taste).
BREAD & BAKE THE CHICKEN PIECES
1. coat the chicken with egg then breading. 2. breaded chicken in baking dish on wire rack. 3. Bread Chicken -. Dip each chicken piece into the beaten eggs, then dip into the Bisquick mixture, fully coating the chicken.
Bake. Place the coated pieces onto the prepared baking sheet and put into the middle of your oven’s center rack. Bake at 425°F (218°C) for 40 to 50 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F (74°C)in the deepest part of your thickest chicken piece.
Serve. When done, remove the chicken from the oven and let it cool slightly before serving. You can transfer the chicken to a wire cooling rack if desired to help keep the crispiness.
Dumplings
Ingredients
2 cups Original Bisquick™ Baking Mix
2/3 cup milk
Steps
#1. Stir ingredients until soft dough forms.
#2. Drop by spoonful's onto boiling stew; reduce heat.
#3. Cook uncovered 10 minutes. Cover and cook 10 minutes.
tip 1. Be sure the stew is boiling when you drop in the dumplings, so the bottoms cook well at the start. Lower the heat to finish slowly cooking the dumplings completely, so they aren’t soggy and doughy in the center.
tip 2. Accurately measure out the dry baking mix by spooning it into a standard dry-ingredient measuring cup, then leveling the top with a straight-edge metal spatula or knife; don’t scoop it or pack it down. This ensures the dough will be soft and just the right consistency to cook up light and fluffy rather than dense and chewy.
tip 3. Stir in a couple teaspoons of a favorite dried herb or a seasoning blend into the dry mix before adding the milk, or sprinkle the dumplings with grated Parmesan cheese at the end of cooking time for a savory finish.
Is there a reason why the water in the potatoes goes foggy? Mine did and I thought I did something wrong. I'm new to pressure canning so I have been worried.
It's just the starch from the potatoes. It's harmless. If you want to eliminate it you can soak your potatoes for a bit before canning.
Recipe for: Chicken Soup
From the Kitchen of: Esther Alderson
Ingredients:
carcasses of two roasted chickens,
1 small onion (sliced),
3 Tbls. butter,
5 cups water,
1 diced green pepper,
2 Tbls. parsley
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup sliced celery,
1/4 cup celery leaves,
4 tsp. pearl barley,
2 1/2 cups boiling water,
1/4 tsp. salt,
1/4 cups diced carrots,
Recipe instructions: Brown bones & onion lightly in fat/oil in soup kettle. Add water, green pepper, celery leaves & parsley. Cover and heat to boiling. Turn down to simmer for 2 hours & strain. Makes a basic chicken stock! now you can add anything you like to it; such as different kinds of rice or pasta.
OR: Mean while drop barley into 2 1/2 cups boiling water, add salt. Cover and simmer 1 hour and 15 minutes.
To broth add carrots & celery & barley. Cook 10 minutes or more till tender. add chopped up chicken if you have any.
When ever I cook I save any ends or peels or vegetables that are looking a little old till full
stockpile of frozen vegetable scraps such as clean ends & tops of celery, squash, onion skins and ends and outer layer of the onion, root vegetable tops . outer leaves of cauliflower and cabbage, mushroom stems ⦁ Here are some other ideas for vegetable scraps you could use depending on the season: asparagus ends, green bean ends, carrot peels, fennel stalks and bottoms, pea pods, chard and kale stalks, cucumber peels, zucchini peels and ends, dried mushrooms, herb stems such as parsley, oregano, thyme and cilantro
I also save any bones from roasted or from COSTCO or a local grocery stores have Roasted chicken for $5.00 I buy 2 take them home and take all the meat off the chicken and either freeze the bones or make broth/stock as soon as possible in my crock pot. I love to combine all my frozen vegetable scraps with the chicken bones and make a really great broth!
Root to Stalk Vegetable Broth Homemade broth is one of those things that is SO worth it, but can feel like such an effort. We love this root to stalk broth because you can save up all your vegetable scraps in a non-reactive freezer container and make it when you have an extra hour in the kitchen. Our favorite part about this broth is that you get to use the parts of the vegetable you might normally compost, so it's like making delicious broth for free!
Root to Stalk Vegetable Broth Homemade broth
Serves: makes approximately 1 gallon broth Ingredients
⦁ 3-4 leeks, green parts and ends
⦁ 1 bunch of carrots, tops and bottoms plus 3 whole carrots (remove large parts of green)
⦁ 1 zucchini, roughly chopped
⦁ 1 bunch of celery, tops and bottoms
⦁ 1 large onion, quartered or 3 onions tops and bottoms
⦁ 1 handful parsley
⦁ 1 handful thyme
⦁ 2 cloves garlic, peeled Instructions
Directions:
⦁ Dump your vegetable roots and stalks in a large pot. Fill the pot until the water just about covers the vegetables. (The ratio here is about 4 cups water to 3 cups vegetable scraps). Turn the heat to high and bring to a boil, then turn the heat down and simmer for 40 minutes to an hour. ⦁ After the cooking time is up, place a colander over another large pot and strain the broth into the new pot. Season with salt and pepper to taste. The broth will keep in the fridge for up to a week, or freeze for several months. ⦁ You can also make this broth with whole celery, carrots, onions and whatever else you have, so if you don't
How much does your electric bill go up during the summer when you are using your freeze dryer daily?
It averages about $2 per load.
Do you freeze-dry with the plastic lids on the trays? I don’t think that is correct.
No, I don't. I just store them in there when the machine isn't running.
Love your videos. Question, where did you get the canning shelves in your root cellar? Thank you
They were from Sam's Club a few years ago
@@threerivershomestead Thank you!
Nice way to do fries, thanks! I have potatoes that came up from last year. Guess I didn't dig up potatoes very good.
That happens to me a lot in my raised beds. I have some potatoes in my onion beds this year that I must have missed last year!
@threerivershomestead That's where mine are coming up in onion bed. Notice it made some onions flop over all ready.
❤ the French fry idea.
YOU GO Gracie!!!!! LOVE seeing the peek-a-booers on the new deck! LOL! Thanks Jessica and beautiful family! ❤❤❤
Missed watching you today. Have a Blessed 4th of July weekend. God bless your family. ❤
That was super Jessica, thank you.
Oh my goodness Jessica! Levi’s toothless smile melts my heart. One of my favourite ‘phases’ of raising my boys. ❤
Thanks for another great video. I’m going to try your method of making frozen French fries!! 🥔🥔🥔
Loved this video! You inspire me in new ways every week! Now I am itching for this year's beef to can stew meat. I just finished my first canning project of the summer this morning, sliced peaches, and am canning beans this weekend.
How love how everyone works together. I've learned so much following along with you all. I've just purchased land for our homesteading journey. I can't wait to implement what I've learned from you and vlog it all. ❤❤❤
Always great to see you and your family working together!
Our weeds need to be dealt with too.
I’m battling with my second round of hives already this year, so things are going slowly forward, hopefully I will have no more this season.
God bless you and your family♥️👍😎.
Levi captured my heart a couple years ago, and seeing his smile today filled my heart. His smile looked EXACTLY like yours! Sending your family so much love! ❤
This year we are growing our potatoes in a 5 gallon bucket and they look awesome.. We also are doing this with onions. Our garden has given us a struggle this year with the heat and all the rain.. but we we will be grateful for what ever we are able to preserve for the winter months.. We are in MI so just up from you ..
It has definitely been a difficult year. It has been hard to get any weeding done in the garden here because it's either too hot to work or it's raining!
@@threerivershomesteadI feel you there, we are in Al . & it has been absolutely miserably hot or pouring buckets of rain from the heavens ! I started & planted everything but pretty much just let God take it from there 😂 Well I helped a little but mostly just watering. Thanks for the inspiration you give us when we are weary 🤗
I enjoy canning and preserving season. I always have hopes of getting at least 1 ripe tomato by July 4th. This year I’ve had 3 so far. I never buy tomatoes from the store so it such a treat to have garden fresh tomatoes again. My freeze dryer is running almost 24/7 as well. It’s a beautiful time of year.
Jessica can you recommend a company to purchase non gmo potato seeds?
Also, I'm interested in your coconut cream recipe.
Lived the beef stew canning demo!
Good morning! You are such an inspiration. When making jelly, do you use the same amount of juice per pectin or do you use different amounts for different varieties?
If I am using Pomona's pectin I use the same amount of juice for every recipe. If I am using other types of pectin I always follow the recipes/juice amounts that came in the box.
@@threerivershomestead Ok thanks.
I look forward to watching your videos ❤❤❤ you remind me what needs to be accomplished in my world. If a person is unsure of your altitude you can google your address with altitude to get your exact altitude. I just learned this lol . Thank you for sharing your beautiful life with us . I appreciate all you share ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.
Just to be clear, you do not blanch the potatoes before you pressure can? I am a beginner and the Ball book suggests blanching first. Many thanks.
You can blanch if you want to remove the starch. I don't blanch to save time and for preferred texture of the potatoes.
Thank you so much for the clarification. Your way seems faster and if the taste is unaffected I’ll try it. Enjoy your channel and your family. Blessings.
That was the best end of your video.....a beautiful smile. Thank you so much for sharing. God's blessing over you and your beautiful family
I had a lot of problems with rot, the first year that I grew and braided garlic. This year I knotted my bulbs in pantyhose hose legs to (hopefully) prevent rot by not letting the bulbs touch each other and they get plenty of air through the fabric of the panty hose. We’ll see how well this works..
You are an inspiration to do little bits of canning at a time. I don't have to do a ton at once. I hate to waste - be it food, energy, or time. You might consider filling that last empty spot in your canner with a quart of dried beans. Rinse the beans, fill your quart jar about 1/3 full, fill with water, and can with your meat as beans take 90 minutes also.
Also, I've found that with my freezedryer, Dairyland oil stays much cleaner and lasts longer.
Thank you for sharing today’s video, looks like things are getting busy and it’s great to see how your children take responsibility for so many chores. Life skills are amazing, what a blessing to be able to share them with your family. God bless you all.
Great tips & progress at your homestead! Thanks for sharing! Blessings to everyone 🤗🇨🇦
No weekly video on July 7. I am sad. I hope you all are well. I know this is a busy gardening season for you. God bless!
I too love having canned potatoes on my shelf. So convenient for almost everything. Thank you for another wonderful video. Have a blessed week 🙏
Enjoyed your video. Watching you can motivates me to get it done. Thank you for showing the freeze dryer and changing the oil. I’ll be doing my first oil filtering soon and it was a good lesson.
Hi Miss Hannah. She looks like Grace this week. Levi is a little man now. Such beautiful kids. Ty Jessica.
Yay! Homemade frozen french fries are definitely my favorite way to preserve our potatoes! I agree that prebaking is the best way to go. I tried the blanching method for the first year but the taste and texture were just a bit off. I definitely think I like the prebaked homemade ones better than anything you can buy at the store. We also prebake cubes for making hash later. Thanks so much for the videos.....I miss my days homeschooling my boys and your videos are a great way for me to reminisce
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I was out of potatoes but then I remembered I had canned sliced new potatoes 2 pints so I drained then and fried them up,even my son loved them. So I sure will be canning up more of them and a combo of carrots and potatoes for all dinner pies and making up a big batch of pie crust for the freezer . And one big BlackBerry cobbler the old fashion way mother use too make with only bacon grease oh what I would give for just one pieces of her cobbler and yeast biscuits. So much better then any store bought breads. And will make the pop tarts too.
Thank you for showing me how to do french fries and my foodsaver. I just froze mine and like you said came out like mush
I always enjoy and learn from your videos. I was wondering if you are doing any special devotions this summer?
Hannah is so adorable. I love the way she smiles at your camera. She is growing so fast, along with her brothers and sisters..
You surely got your money's worth with your potato harvest.
Blessed Sunday Jessica! Would you please post the link to your video for your onion soup base? Thank you and have a very Blessed week!
Did I see this right? You did not soak or blanch the potatoes before canning? If so do you get a lot of starchy water after canning?
We do get some starch in the jars, but I just rinse it out before I dump the potatoes into my stew if I don't want the extra starch.
@threerivershomestead that sounds like your actually saving a lot of time and effort doing it that way. Thank you
Good to see you clean the vacuum vessel, any dirt of any kind will take longer for the vessel to come to the required vacuum or it will never come to the right vacuum
I just bought my first pressure canner and i am suuuuuuper excited. I think i want to do chili and canned chicken
Hi Jessica❤❤❤❤ sending you a smile 😊
Your Michigan Fan and Friend Araminta 🎉🎉
Why do you leave the tray lids on when freeze drying?
I don't. I wasn't loading the freeze dryer. I was cleaning it. I store the trays with the lids inside the freeze dryer when it isn't in use.
What model number is the food saver in this video? It is extremely nice! I love the bag storage and cutter!