วีดีโอ

When I was about 19 my mom made Cornish hens for Christmas. We each got one. It was so fun! I might do this for our Christmas this year using your recipe, I love lemon and chicken together!

These little game hens look absolutely delicious! I can imagine any citrus would work in place of the lemon, making this even more versatile for flavors. I'm thinking like a less expensive Duck a l'orange... YUM! Thanks so much for sharing, Jenn!

Love from India 🇮🇳❤

We grew cucamelons in 2023 and had plenty of volunteers this year. I learned that when they grow enmasse (volunteer-style groups), they don't seem to produce as well for us. Now, it just might have been a not-so-good growing year for us in general, but next year's volunteers will get a thinning so maybe we'll have better fruiting in 2025. Even in repose, your garden is beautiful and HOORAY for all the potential flowers for next year! I always struggle with getting flowers and herbs planted at the right time, so volunteers will grow when it's (mostly) the right time for them and that will give the native pollinators something delightful sooner in the season maybe. But anyway - thank you for sharing the garden bedtime and the playful cats. (BTW Shark shoes are fun!)

Nice job getting it all prepped to start the next garden adventure, Jenn! You weren't kidding when you said you had lots of cucamelons all over hahaha. Hoping your garlic grows gloriously! Seeing the kitties play was very cute too. Will be looking forward to the cooking, haul, and some painting videos for sure. 💚💚

🎶 ....daddy shark, do do do dododo...daddy shark.... 🎶 Aw man, look at the cucamelons! Mine didn't do anything, well, I got TWO fruits.

That’s a weird lookin cat

Jen your garlic should be fine. I planted 100 cloves of garlic from heads I grew year before and they all came up again this year. This is my 4th year of growing from my own crop I did not buy from seed company, my friend gave me some heads from the beginning he grew and it’s been very productive ever since. I’m sure yours will be great too. Just save your biggest heads and plant those - you will have garlic every year. Good luck to you and thanks for sharing ❤

I love casseroles, this look delicious Jenn! I bet if someone was watching carbs/gluten they could use crushed up pork rinds for the topping? I agree that this would be amazing using other squashes if yellow squash wasn't available. I've often mixed yellow squash and zuchini 50-50 to soften in chicken broth or veggie broth and eat with just a little butter/garlic/salt as a side, so this is definitely a glorious upgrade on that hahaha. Easy to turn into a main dish by adding browned ground whatever or even kielbasa/sausage sliced nicely (I always pre-saute mine for casseroles to get extra oil out and get a nice lil crispy texture on them). 💚

Look at this amazing dish....and here I sit with no squash in my pantry!! No that is sad!!! I can see this with some protein mixed in foe easy summer dinners!!!

Was this a main dish or more of a side dish? I have a recipe (can't remember what it's for) that uses panko crumbs, parmesan, and butter. That's a good crust.

DAMN IT! Now i have to make this today!

Can you use a steam canner in place of the water bath canner? Thank you for your video. Definitely will try this.

Is that parsley in the butter that you brushed on the rolls? Ty

Thank you, I will try this recipe in my bread machine on the dough setting.

And here I am, living vicariously thru you. My Doctor said no more Taters. :( Looked absolutely delicious. By far one of my favorite dishes.

Jenn, this looked so delicious. Can't go wrong with these ingredients - I love cheese, taters, and garlic - so hello! Thank you for sharing how you make it and tweaked the original recipe. 💚💚

Jenn this looks amazing! I am so making this with dinner this week! Maybe even tonight!!!!

Hahaha! I call my mandolin killer

These look really good. I think I might try some with some folded scrambled egg instead of bacon and see how they turn out. Since our asparagus really "pops" in the Sprintime when our hens ramp up laying eggs. LOL

Far as my garden goes this year, I didn't really step out of my comfort area at all. I grew what I've been growing for years and I kinda made it simple. I grew lots and lots of tomatoes and peppers and attempted to grow a few in ground crops, but they failed miserably. Far as the tomatoes go, they have already been pulled out of the beds and I'm working on my 4th pepper harvest. Yes, I said that right. 4th. Next year, I'm considering growing more tomatoes, but I really missed our squash so I may try to plant some of it. But I also want to try and grow these new Watermelons I attemped to grow back in the spring in the ground bed that didn't do so hot. I try not to give up so easily just because I fail to get a good harvest. But I also tend to do more and more research on why it failed and test new ways. THAT's why it took me 4 years to grow a good crop of Pak Choi. I may try to grow some of it before it turns too cold to germinate the seeds.

I didn't have a garden this year. I have seeds coming from MIGardener. I need to get my garlic in, but I've been concerned with how warm it's been.

So awesome to see the garden still producing this late in the year! Anything extra is always wonderful, I'd want to stretch it out too if I could. Ain't nothing wrong with more green beans! Yum. 💚

I'm so happy for your beautiful and productive garden, Jenn! I share your glee at finding ripe produce wherever it is found in our garden, too. Lessons we learned this year is we have to plant our pole beans earlier in the season so they'll hopefully be "done" by the time the kudzu beetles are out in force - Our Asparagus Bean/Noodle Bean harvest was severely impacted by those vermin. (They not only covered every centimeter of the plant and beans, they left behind chewed spots and nymphs to do further damage...) We learned we DO have an upper tolerance for cherry tomatoes, so we'll not grow even half as many next year. And we learned that not only do okra grow well in 1-2 gallon buckets, but when grouped together, they support each other to keep them all from falling over. Oh yeah - we also learned that we LOVE Tromboncino squash! Even when there were all kinds of typical squash pests, the Tromboncino seemed quite unbothered... We planted them after the danger of frost was passed and STILL have at least one vine blooming, setting, and growing fruits! Every year, we try at least one new-to-us variety of plant and this year was a bunch of things we'd never grown before... But since many went to seed, we are certain to have many more flowers and herbs next year. LOL

I love being in my garden at this time of year!!

… so many green beans… But not enough green bean. Needs some more beans 😂.

These looked awesome, very pretty and I bet tasty too. Cheese does make everything better. I add cheese to cheese! Seriously, I add gorgonzola crumbles to cottage cheese for breakfast. hahaha. My whole family would love these! I loved how colorful they are, very nice presentation especially with the cheese and pepper on top. 💚

I think it looks awesome, Jenn! Yum yum! Appreciate you showing how you did it, and what all worked or didn't work. Brava!

Great job!

Another fantastic dish. Thanks Jenn.

That would be a great Thanksgiving side dish! Thanks :)

Jenn they look amazing!!!! I cannot wait to harvest my asparagus next year now!!!!

Did it set well with that amount of pectin in the recipe? Looks delish!!!!

Hey, check out a Leather Overstitch wheel system or a Leather Tracing Tool. I think it might be just exactly what you need for those designs.

LOOKS DELICIOUS, But somewhat Spooky.

Beautiful. I always have to keep putting my dough in the fridge and keep it cold. ❤❤❤

Now I want crust roses. Thanks for showing the process! I've used a leaf cut out before, but it's been a while since I tried anything simple like that

That turned out great!

I had no idea you used the lattice in the original photos I saw!!!

Jenn you did an amazing job for your first try! I never even thought of doing a pie like this. You have shown me that this is something that I just might be able to pull off after all!!! Thank you!!!

I do love beets, this looks super fun and cool way to use them in a different way. Thank you for sharing it, Jenn!

What a fun way to make use of eggs and veggies (and a little bit of cheese)! I'm so glad you recommended heavier seasoning in this - the beets specifically seem to just soak up seasoning and not want to give it up if that makes sense? I am mildly surprised you didn't choose to blind bake/partly bake your crust before filling, but if thin enough, I guess it wasn't soggy. Thanks so much for sharing! Happy Halloweeny season!

Was at a loss for a decent cornbread recipe. I knew you'd have my back!!

Very interesting recipe Jenn! Now I have something else to do with beets besides slicing and pickling them! Thank you for sharing! What other goodies ya got in that there book lady????

Loved the video! Keep’em comin!

Great Food, even greater content!!! 🐶

Wow what a way to use beets!! Thanks for sharing!