Celebrating Food, Family & Farm
Roasted Beet Salad
I came up with this recipe as a way to make beets appeal to more people, including my kids! I love beets but many people don't care for their sweet earthy fresh garden taste. I have prepared beets many different...
Slow Roasted Pulled Pork with a Dry Rub
This is one of my favorite things to cook! I will make more then one butt at a time for parties or for my family and use the tender flavorful pulled pork for several different meals. Pulled pork sandwiches are one of my kids favorites and with the left-overs I will...
Carolina Mustard Sauce for Pulled Pork
This sweet and tangy mustard BBQ sauce is a great change from traditional BBQ sauce that we are so used to. This sauce is such a great compliment to pulled pork sandwiches with a of couple bread and butter pickles! I cooked this one recently on the Rachael Ray show...
Chilpotle Sauce for Carnitas
This creamy sauce with a kick is fantastic on carnitas, tacos, or burritos. My kids even like it as a sandwich spread! It is a simple recipe and I made it on the Rachael Ray show that aired July 18, 2016. This one is a must for Mexican night at home! 1 - 3.5 ounce...
Maple Glazed Bacon
This is a treat I make every once in a while and not just for breakfast! It is great crumbled into a salad or cut into bit size pieces for an appetizer. It s simple to make and everyone will love it. Lay thick cut bacon on a cookie sheet sprayed lightly...
Sweet and Savory Kid-Friendly BBQ Sauce
This is a very simple, one pot recipe for BBQ sauce that will appeal to everyone's liking. It is neither too spicy nor too sweet but has a very nice deep flavor that goes with all kinds of BBQ. You will need... 1/4 cup orange Juice, 1 Cup ketchup, 1/4 cup brown...
Game Dinner
Not only do I love to hunt but I love to cook wild game that I have hunted myself. There is no better quality time spent in the woods, on a duck pond, or walking upland fields with family and friends. The camaraderie, the laughter, the outdoors, and nature are...
Family Thanksgiving
Well I am behind on my blogs but it is never too late to tell a story! For the first time in several years my entire family was able to gather for Thanksgiving. My sister Sally set it up a year in advance so that everyone had plenty of time to plan and make it happen....
Mentorship
Hunting is been a part of the American history since settlers first arrived and by the native Americans long before that. Today, hunting is not necessary for sustenance as farming and agriculture produces food on a massive scale and our grocery stores are overflowing...
Blue Ash Farm Honey
I began keeping bees about 5 years ago. I noticed my orchard did not produce as much fruit as I would have expected, so I decided I needed honey bees! I began by reading a couple books and going to a honey bee presentation. The next thing I knew I had a barn stacked...