by indy | Aug 28, 2018 | Foods Made From Scratch, Gardening
One of our favorite summer side dishes is a serving of crisp and cool pickled cucumbers and onions. This is a quick and easy dish to create and a great way to use up the cucumbers that grow too large to use for canning pickles. And it’s a refreshing change from sliced...
by indy | Apr 19, 2016 | Foods Made From Scratch, Preparedness
What’s Your Favorite Homemade Soup? If I had to choose an all-time favorite soup from my childhood it would be homemade cream of potato soup. No one could make it like my Grandma, and whenever I visited, I would request it. And if I was home from school...
by indy | Mar 1, 2016 | DIY Projects, Foods Made From Scratch, Preparedness
When I was a youngster, I read a folktale called Stone Soup. I was so impressed with the cleverness of this story I never forgot it. It’s the tale of a tired and hungry traveler, who enters a small village with nothing but an empty cooking pot and a stone. He sits up...
by indy | Nov 17, 2015 | Foods Made From Scratch, Preparedness, Survival
What does Made From Scratch Mean? When I was learning to cook, we used fresh ingredients and combined them to make the dishes we were going to serve. Pre-packaged meals and mixes were just becoming popular as time-savers, but were still expensive. You may remember the...
Being outside in nature is the most basic part of who I am. Besides gaining knowledge about wildlife, I learn lessons about who I am, and surprise myself about what I am capable of achieving. Nature continually inspires me. It is a part of all my writings, no matter the genre or subject matter. 
