Freezing potatoes is a great way to preserve your harvest, and also a convenient way to have potatoes on hand for future meals and recipes.   🥔 Potatoes are one of my favorite vegetables to grow in our backyard homestead. They're inexpensive to grow and require little maintenance. Potatoes can…

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This old fashioned applesauce is so simple to make and uses only 3 ingredients, apples, water, and bit of sugar for sweetness.  Homemade applesauce is the simplest and most delicious way to enjoy fall apples, especially if you have a food mill. We have 4 apple trees in our backyard and this year on…

This Chocolate Pecan Pie  has a delicious ooey- gooey chocolate pecan filling, baked in a flaky, buttery pie crust.  Pie season will be here before we know it, so I wanted to make sure to get this recipe posted on the blog. I have been baking this chocolate pecan pie for over 25 years, and for the…