I love how you use everything. Pear juice becomes jello. Leftover beans go into the soup. You inspire me to get more creative and not let anything go to waste.
I love watching the little ones work together to bring in fire wood. So many people handicap their kids by not expecting them to participate in the Running of the house.
Or pay them for contributing. We always had small jobs the children were expected to do and then I always had a list in the fridge of extra jobs and how much each paid. Interestingly payment didn’t depend on difficulty of task but how much I didn’t enjoy them. By 16 the boys and girl all did their own laundry, ironing, self care (grooming like showers, hair washing, teeth brushing) and changing their own sheets every week. They all learned to cook, no mater their gender and to change a flat or the the oil in a car. There was more to it. I added a new responsibility (age appropriate) as a rite of passage on their birthdate each year. At 3 they made their own bed but I made it simple at first with just a comforter and pillow. It worked out great. They are all very successful but most importantly good, kind people engaged in volunteer work on top of their full time jobs. Keep up the good work Mom!
Look up her hashtag #threeriverschallenge Or click the blue hashtag under the video. Hundreds of people do her challenge every January and have great ideas 😀
I have seen others that use their preserved food but Jessica does it with such flair. I appreciate that she actually makes entire meals from the pantry and love the way she incorporates things like the pear juice into a treat for the kids. I also like the small batch preserving she does that helps avoid waste and can be incorporated into daily life. Sometimes we just have to do the big production thing if too much ripens at one time but so much more practical and fun to do the small batches and watch the pantry fill up a little at a time
@@dianaburns6879 no arguments here. I was mainly pointing out that if you wanted some inspiration, she has started a very successful pantry challenge and I enjoy seeing what people come up with. I can be pretty creative myself when I have to throw some things together quickly that I have in my stock 😆
The pantry challenge videos are my favorite videos. I wish your camera did justice to your pastries! For some reason they come out pale. I know you explained it once. These must be a lot of work, but you do a good job with them. I’ve watched others that get a little tedious because they put in five minutes of watching a mixer run. You give enough information that I can make the dish without getting that useless time. Thanks so much. Deb from Florida
Please continue these what you eat in a week series. I find it fascinating to see how you cook up the food you preserve in so many ways. I’ve always loved to cook. I started cooking my family’s supper at age 14. Mom worked until 5 pm so I wanted to help out. I’m 70 yo and still love to cook. Now it’s for my older and my younger sister, as we retired together.
Just to let you know that I ordered 100 large lids and the can opener. They were out of the regular lids. I did get a discount and it appered at my mail box in less than a week. I have been watching your program for two years. Thank you so much for sharing.
I still learn so much from you-EVERY WEEK, even after years of watching you. I do not have little ones, or a husband, or an established homestead, but the knowledge I have gained is priceless. Thank you. 🙏
I used my used canning lids for keeping my canning jars clean in storage. I store my empty jars in a shed, with my other canning and baking dishes, pans. So keeping the jars clean makes it easier to start a canning project. No squash bugs hiding in jars. Keep the meal plans coming. We love them.😊
I do that too and for me no more dead spiders in my jars lol and ugh! I also use them for storing dry goods and for left overs in the fridge. Anna In Ohio
The Lady I Nanny for found pop tarts without the icing on top and her little ones love them. Once kids get sweet stuff it's over. They get zero sugar of any kind I find they are much calmer and will sit a little longer to do an art project. But we get outside as much as possible.
Grow lights in the kitchen, yes! It is that time again. My kids and husband all think I"m nuts. I've got 6 trays of seeds starting and the more mature ones go out the garage before going outside later. I love this time of year! Thank you Jessica and Family for being so awesome and sharing your meal planning with us.
Came here to say I truly enjoy your video content Jessica. I have for many years. You are so inspirational and the expressions of your children are priceless💗
Just to let you know I did the pantry challenge and went through Feb 7thbefore I broke down and went to the store for produce. I’m still going thru the freezers but I can see where I’ve been. It did make me more intentional. I’m going to do this again and continue this year.
I was attracted to winter sowing this year, for some reason it just clicked (I had heard about it in the past) and so I am learning more about it and will be starting my winter sowing very shortly. I think it would be great if you brought us along and show us as your plants start to sprout and the benefits that you get from winter sowing. I have read that the plants that are winter sown are heartier and healthier, so I am excited to see the results that I get. I’m glad that you mentioned flowers since I was just reading from a gardener in Canada that says the one thing he has done to get a larger crop is to inter-plant beneficial flowers in his garden in order to attract more pollinators.
Jessica one day when I am big, I wish to be as industrious as you. I feel your family is probably the most well fed family!! Watching you pull together your taco soup knowing that every single ingredient you know exactly where it grew/ate etc. I love watching you.
Jessica, you teach me to think differently about ingredients and what can I turn what I have into something…sweet, savory, etc! The treats you made were yummy ways to create from “this & that” ! I am blessed by your attitude of being pleased to have your littles around the table while you are food prepping or cooking. Thank you for sharing weekly meals etc. Keep it up. Susan
My Sunday morning lesson on Love of Family. Listened to (and peeked at) while I slice up my 10 lbs of green peppers into fajita slices, Then onto another snapping green beans and those will go into the dehydrator also. What a pleasant way to decompress, drink my coffee, and think on the lessons I may have learned in the week. I am most blest amongst women.
You are the queen of cooking from the pantry! I love this content! I have a lot of winter squash that I have not used. I am going to freeze dry them and try making the pumpkin pie mix. Your ideas of creating different meals out of what you have are so helpful. We will be having a pig butchered this spring, so I am also going to ask the butcher about the ends of the bacon. I wonder how much of the animals get wasted when you have an animal butchered. I am going to talk to the butcher about that to see what other products I can get. If you have any suggestions about things to ask your butcher for that they don't give you, I would love to see a video about that. Thank you for your ideas. I use many of them.
A tip for fresh eggs, add a tablespoon of baking soda to the water!!!! It is a restaurant trick!! I've used it on all my eggs, chicken duck and turkeys, and haven't been disappointed yet!
I do look forward to Sunday mornings. I watch your video, and then when I go to church, a couple of the ladies there and I get together to discuss some of your content. We have tried quite a few of your recipes etc. and so enjoy them. Thank you so much for sharing.
My heart rejoices at the sight of your beautiful pantry cabinet in your kitchen, what steady patient steps have brought you to this place🙌🙌 I enjoy your videos and watch them to support you all. God bless you🙏🙏
"Queen of homemade healthy snacks from scratch".👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 When my firstborns were small(twins), I used to make most of everything from scratch, especially snacks, by the time I had my son (who is now grown), We ate less variety of snacks and now "mostly" fruits, bars, nuts and popsicles. I saw donuts, rice cakes, and jello in the store a few weeks ago and remembered that we used to love them. My son and little ones have never had jello or rice cakes. I enjoyed this. I'm looking forward to seeing your garden in the Spring and summer.💖💖
I love watching your videos on Sunday morning. It’s early and quiet in the house, I have already prayed and am having my morning coffee listening to Jessica before church. Thank you Jessica. ❤
It’s good to see life moving on. Your video was a good reminder to get what’s in the freezer and cans used up. Here in SoCal I am finally done my cold season transplanting and sowing. We also had a tornado warning last week, so we had to process lemons and oranges. I picked everything ripe. In the end it didn’t hit us, which we are grateful for. In this situation I was really happy to finally have my freeze dryer. 7.5 gallons of orange juice done this way, and many in quarters. We also made orange marmalade and I fermented 2 gallons of lemons.
I grew up with homemade "Mommy McNuggets" when I was a kid. Now I like making them for my kid. I always pound the chicken breasts to get them a bit flatter and so they look more like the kind you get from a fast food place. The finished nuggets freeze really well too, then they reheat just like the ones you buy from the grocery store (in the oven or the airfryer). I usually make a couple larger chicken cutlets at the same time, they're perfect for fried chicken sandwiches, or chicken parm, or pretty much anything. The premade ones from the store are convenient, but they're made with "chicken goo" and who knows what else.
Yes!!! More content like this!!! I am taking many great ideas from these chats. I am a single person and a canning crazy person. I need new ideas. I will be preparing many meals on an open fire outside as much as weather allows. I am excited to get started. Thank you for your ideas and content!!!💚💚💚
Girl, just tap the end of the egg until you hear it "crack" prior to boiling and they will come off clean every time, no matter if it's same day egg or not! You can also crack all your eggs onto a cookie sheet and bake, then cut them up!
You are an inspiration! Thank you. My husband was skeptical about the Pantry Challenge. But he just commented that he’s enjoying the creative and delicious meals. This is my kind of cooking: creatively using what’s on hand. I love seeing those empty jars and knowing just about every ingredient we raised and preserved. Very satisfying. Thanks also for the discount from For Jars. 10% off 200 lids is a very nice savings!
Watching your videos make my week. I enjoy seeing how you use the food you have preserved. It often gives me ideas of how to make familiar items with alternative ingredients. I have also found new ways to use items that I hadn't previously considered.
Thank you for sharing all your weekly meals with us. It gives me so many wonderful ideas for using up the food we grow and preserve all summer. Your videos with your meals and canning are always my favorite. Thanks again!!!
Nice potatoes! The birds cleaned out our suet on our snowy day yesterday. I watch the birds while I wash dishes also. This was a good video for me. Have a good week!
My dad used to make suet cakes for the birds and seeing you make it gave me so much nostalgia. Adding it to my to-do list. Thank you for another great video❤️
I ordered the For Jars lid opener, along with lids and the vacuum sealer. I was able to use your code for the discount. Thank you so much! I always look forward to your video each week. You have a lovely family!
It's my second year of following your pantry challenge and I love it. I always miss it when it's over so more videos like that would be much appreciated.
Throughly enjoy your videos but that token of affection you gave your little one at the end warms my heart. I feel that is what sets you apart from so many others. Your love for your family really resonates on screen. We make stuffed pepper soup with our frozen green peppers during the winter months.
I really enjoy your watching your meal in a week videos. I’m in Australia and can my garden produce as well. There is only my husband and myself these days (our children are grown up with their own families these days). But I enjoy providing for us from our garden, our own farmed meat and cooking meals from scratch and real ingredients. I get inspiration from seeing how you use absolutely everything up with no waste.
For hard boiling fresh eggs, get your water boiling. When its ready, i turn the water down and then use a stainless spider to drop them in gently. Bring the heat back to med high and cook for 13 minutes. Have a bowl of ice water ready and shock them when you take them out. They peel like a dream. 13 is for a hard boiled, less time for runny eggs is you want. That is the only way i can get them to peel nicely. And i make a lot of deviled eggs lol.
Thank you for the great weekly-meals videos... keeps me motivated to shop-my-pantry before going to the store! Blessings on your day Kiddo!🌻🐛💕Carolyn in Ohio 🌿(NW)
Hello 👋! I have been watching your videos for a couple of years. I grew up on a farm in the Midwest in a large family so I saw my mom do a lot of the same things. Thanks for the nostalgia!
Have you ever watched the TV show Homestead Rescue? They are a homesteading family from Alaska that travel to failing homesteads that usually have severe weather conditions and need a specialized greenhouse. Every episode is something different and usually being able to use things they already have. It's fascinating!
Love your meal ideas. Your kids are growing fast as I joke with my friends you have duck 🦆 tape them down to keep them from growing!!! Little Hannah running right after her brothers and sisters at karate 🥋 she is so cute!!!
I do my eggs in an insta-pot. If you have an insta-pot or other electric pressure cooker, it’s 4 minutes on high pressure and a 5 minute natural release then dunk in ice water. They come out perfect every time and peel beautifully.
All my kids are grown and its just me. I have raised beds but since I live in the city I cant grow my own meat or eggs. I really enjoyed your peaceful, calm & educational video. Thank you...hugs from 9B Florida.
I want to do strawberries too. My grandsons love freeze dried strawberries and we use powdered to flavor our yogurt. Kids snacks without dyes can be difficult.
Omgoodness lady, you are such an inspiration! Its just me and my 12 yo grandson. He loves chicken nuggets and i think he will love the poptarts, maybe with strawberry jelly. I have a ton of poptarts but he just stopped eating them and i dont push it bc i realize now how bad they are for him. We are picky eaters but when we make homemade together we obviously choose healthier and eat it ❤ (btw, i really enjoy watching you. I wasnt brought up in your lifestyle and when i was young i would have felt sorry that you didn't get to enjoy the things i did. Now i find myself daydreaming what a life like yours would be like. Quite honestly my family wouldn't have made it bc I'm so lazy compared to you 😟. Now i see the love and value in your lifestyle ❤)
Just when I think I enjoy your videos then you show me something that makes me love your channel even more. I got so excited when you made the mini greenhouses I can do that too Jipee! what a great idea. Your ideas are the best.🎉🎉
Yes, I really enjoyed this content. I always appreciate you sharing your meals, it helps me to think a little more outside my own box, I often have a little something left over and don’t know what to do with it and watching your videos help me with that. Thank you for another wonderful video post. God bless.
I love the freeze dried pumpkin pie mix idea. I love how much less storage space my FD pumpkin uses! It’s a great way preserve pumpkin/winter squash. Also, I’m low key jealous your butcher cans your meat! What a time saver!
I really love your Sunday morning videos. When I get a break on Sunday I sit down with a cup of coffee and watch. I enjoy your meal videos. They help me come up with pantry ideas. I greatly appreciate all you share. !!
Good afternoon my dear friend, what a fun video with all the treats!! Yes, I would love to see more videos like this. The 3 little boys helping with the wood was heart warming! You are looking well! Looking forward to next week already, have a blessed week!
I always keep a sandwich size bag of chopped peppers in my house freezer and use them in eggs, italian dishes, fajitas, philly cheese steak sandwiches... they are close at hand and very convenient.
I love the bird feeder idea from the leftover lard and the pear jello!! I am all about reuse and recycling :) great video. Thank you for sharing! ~Blessings
Jessica, I absolutely love how you use every product, you try never to be wasteful at all. I’ve been adapting this now and not only does it help the environment but it makes me feel better and saves me money. Thank you.
I totally enjoyed this, the yummy food and watching your younger boys doing chores 💕. Stuffed pepper soup or casserole would be my choice for using up peppers. Watching you cook makes me think about how the food industry has adulterated healthy ingredients in the name of convenience. Leeza at Sutton’s Daze shared a little talk about how in just a couple generations of convenience food people no longer know how to cook from scratch.
An other great way to hard boil fresh eggs is in the instant pot. you just put them in there with a little water turn it on high for 5. min then let it naturally release for 5 more min then they get put straight into an ice water bath and they peel perfectly almost every time!
I love your videos. We raised our 3 girls on a farm in northern Indiana. Now I'm in an apartment with one daughter. I so miss having a garden, but we do a few containers. Thank you for sharing the recipes and ideas. May God bless you and your family.❤
You got your new kitchen furniture! It must be so nice to look forward to this growing season with your cellar project all done, finally! Blessings to you and your beautiful family.
Awesome video . I also appreciate learning how to use the canned pear juice to make jello , the beet root powder to color the poptart icing, the bird feeder block of food, and the mayo. I need to make some mayo. Thank you. Please continue to share meals and meal preservation tips.
Fry ur peppers with onion when fried add a can of tomatoes let it cook down then add a bunch of eggs put it on toast with mayo and enjoy the best sandwich ever
Becky from One Acre Homestead made a video in the last 2 days for Valentines Day treats.. she made some kind of candy glaze I can't remember which one but she used Freeze Dried Raspberries as a topping. It gave the color and the taste of raspberries. Anna In Ohio
So creative. I just found your channel recently. I'm in NW Ohio as well. I can't cook. Plus, it's just me. I also live in an apartment. However, I find watching this very informative and have enjoyed watching. 😊❤
I'd love to see salves, creams, syrups and anything else you create for health and body items! What did you do with your Calendula? Those types of videos would be inspiring as well!
I love how you use everything. Pear juice becomes jello. Leftover beans go into the soup. You inspire me to get more creative and not let anything go to waste.
I totally agree!
Yes, same I need to work on that!
Me too
Can you add please romanian language closed caption?
Does anyone know what planner she uses for meal planning?
I love watching the little ones work together to bring in fire wood. So many people handicap their kids by not expecting them to participate in the Running of the house.
It's a good way to keep them busy. Little boys especially need physical activities to burn their energy!!
Or pay them for contributing. We always had small jobs the children were expected to do and then I always had a list in the fridge of extra jobs and how much each paid. Interestingly payment didn’t depend on difficulty of task but how much I didn’t enjoy them. By 16 the boys and girl all did their own laundry, ironing, self care (grooming like showers, hair washing, teeth brushing) and changing their own sheets every week. They all learned to cook, no mater their gender and to change a flat or the the oil in a car. There was more to it. I added a new responsibility (age appropriate) as a rite of passage on their birthdate each year. At 3 they made their own bed but I made it simple at first with just a comforter and pillow. It worked out great. They are all very successful but most importantly good, kind people engaged in volunteer work on top of their full time jobs. Keep up the good work Mom!
Yes, please keep the recipes and meal ideas coming. You are like the only one on TH-cam that I have found that has meals from your pantry.
Look up her hashtag #threeriverschallenge Or click the blue hashtag under the video. Hundreds of people do her challenge every January and have great ideas 😀
I have seen others that use their preserved food but Jessica does it with such flair. I appreciate that she actually makes entire meals from the pantry and love the way she incorporates things like the pear juice into a treat for the kids. I also like the small batch preserving she does that helps avoid waste and can be incorporated into daily life. Sometimes we just have to do the big production thing if too much ripens at one time but so much more practical and fun to do the small batches and watch the pantry fill up a little at a time
@@dianaburns6879 no arguments here. I was mainly pointing out that if you wanted some inspiration, she has started a very successful pantry challenge and I enjoy seeing what people come up with. I can be pretty creative myself when I have to throw some things together quickly that I have in my stock 😆
The pantry challenge videos are my favorite videos. I wish your camera did justice to your pastries! For some reason they come out pale. I know you explained it once. These must be a lot of work, but you do a good job with them. I’ve watched others that get a little tedious because they put in five minutes of watching a mixer run. You give enough information that I can make the dish without getting that useless time. Thanks so much. Deb from Florida
@@Just-Nikki yep, she inspires me to be creative too.
Please continue these what you eat in a week series. I find it fascinating to see how you cook up the food you preserve in so many ways. I’ve always loved to cook. I started cooking my family’s supper at age 14. Mom worked until 5 pm so I wanted to help out. I’m 70 yo and still love to cook. Now it’s for my older and my younger sister, as we retired together.
🤯using the spent lard to feed the birds is genius. mind blown!!!
Those sweet boys bringing in firewood embodies “I can do hard things”. Great lesson.
I love seeing them work together on something productive. They are a good little team ❤️
Just to let you know that I ordered 100 large lids and the can opener. They were out of the regular lids. I did get a discount and it appered at my mail box in less than a week. I have been watching your program for two years. Thank you so much for sharing.
I still learn so much from you-EVERY WEEK, even after years of watching you. I do not have little ones, or a husband, or an established homestead, but the knowledge I have gained is priceless. Thank you. 🙏
You are so welcome!
I used my used canning lids for keeping my canning jars clean in storage. I store my empty jars in a shed, with my other canning and baking dishes, pans. So keeping the jars clean makes it easier to start a canning project. No squash bugs hiding in jars. Keep the meal plans coming. We love them.😊
I do that too and for me no more dead spiders in my jars lol and ugh! I also use them for storing dry goods and for left overs in the fridge. Anna In Ohio
The Lady I Nanny for found pop tarts without the icing on top and her little ones love them. Once kids get sweet stuff it's over. They get zero sugar of any kind I find they are much calmer and will sit a little longer to do an art project. But we get outside as much as possible.
Grow lights in the kitchen, yes! It is that time again. My kids and husband all think I"m nuts. I've got 6 trays of seeds starting and the more mature ones go out the garage before going outside later. I love this time of year! Thank you Jessica and Family for being so awesome and sharing your meal planning with us.
Came here to say I truly enjoy your video content Jessica. I have for many years. You are so inspirational and the expressions of your children are priceless💗
Thank you so much!
Just found your channel!! Awesome how all the kids help out around the homestead.
I always enjoy watching your videos with all the creative meals that you make. Making suet cakes for the birds was a great idea.
Thanks so much! 😊
Oh my word...your three little ones working together is the sweetest thing ever. Your meals looked great too. 😊
😊 thank you
Just to let you know I did the pantry challenge and went through Feb 7thbefore I broke down and went to the store for produce. I’m still going thru the freezers but I can see where I’ve been. It did make me more intentional. I’m going to do this again and continue this year.
I like the washi tape plant id. Very clever.
I was attracted to winter sowing this year, for some reason it just clicked (I had heard about it in the past) and so I am learning more about it and will be starting my winter sowing very shortly. I think it would be great if you brought us along and show us as your plants start to sprout and the benefits that you get from winter sowing. I have read that the plants that are winter sown are heartier and healthier, so I am excited to see the results that I get. I’m glad that you mentioned flowers since I was just reading from a gardener in Canada that says the one thing he has done to get a larger crop is to inter-plant beneficial flowers in his garden in order to attract more pollinators.
Also like the idea of flowers. Starting from seed makes it affordable and there are so many that deter the bugs while adding beauty to the garden.
Jessica one day when I am big, I wish to be as industrious as you. I feel your family is probably the most well fed family!! Watching you pull together your taco soup knowing that every single ingredient you know exactly where it grew/ate etc. I love watching you.
Thank you so much!
Jessica, you teach me to think differently about ingredients and what can I turn what I have into something…sweet, savory, etc! The treats you made were yummy ways to create from “this & that” !
I am blessed by your attitude of being pleased to have your littles around the table while you are food prepping or cooking. Thank you for sharing weekly meals etc. Keep it up. Susan
Loved how Hannah nodded her enjoyment of the pear the way the bigger children do.❤
My Sunday morning lesson on Love of Family. Listened to (and peeked at) while I slice up my 10 lbs of green peppers into fajita slices, Then onto another snapping green beans and those will go into the dehydrator also. What a pleasant way to decompress, drink my coffee, and think on the lessons I may have learned in the week. I am most blest amongst women.
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This might be my favorite weekend video treat. I love waking up to your weekly videos
Glad you enjoy it!
I love all your videos Jessica. I am 54 and just starting my homestead journey, but I have already learned so much from you.
Be blessed🌷
Hannah is getting so big. It’s so cute watching her sit at the table and enjoy the food you make for your family 😊
I would love to see meals videos all year long!! ❤
You are the queen of cooking from the pantry! I love this content! I have a lot of winter squash that I have not used. I am going to freeze dry them and try making the pumpkin pie mix. Your ideas of creating different meals out of what you have are so helpful. We will be having a pig butchered this spring, so I am also going to ask the butcher about the ends of the bacon. I wonder how much of the animals get wasted when you have an animal butchered. I am going to talk to the butcher about that to see what other products I can get. If you have any suggestions about things to ask your butcher for that they don't give you, I would love to see a video about that. Thank you for your ideas. I use many of them.
A tip for fresh eggs, add a tablespoon of baking soda to the water!!!! It is a restaurant trick!! I've used it on all my eggs, chicken duck and turkeys, and haven't been disappointed yet!
I do look forward to Sunday mornings. I watch your video, and then when I go to church, a couple of the ladies there and I get together to discuss some of your content. We have tried quite a few of your recipes etc. and so enjoy them. Thank you so much for sharing.
Awesome
Cute small dog! LOL! Your kids eat good. They are lucky to have a mom that cooks healthy meals. 👍
My heart rejoices at the sight of your beautiful pantry cabinet in your kitchen, what steady patient steps have brought you to this place🙌🙌
I enjoy your videos and watch them to support you all.
God bless you🙏🙏
"Queen of homemade healthy snacks from scratch".👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
When my firstborns were small(twins), I used to make most of everything from scratch, especially snacks, by the time I had my son (who is now grown), We ate less variety of snacks and now "mostly" fruits, bars, nuts and popsicles. I saw donuts, rice cakes, and jello in the store a few weeks ago and remembered that we used to love them. My son and little ones have never had jello or rice cakes. I enjoyed this.
I'm looking forward to seeing your garden in the Spring and summer.💖💖
I love watching your videos on Sunday morning. It’s early and quiet in the house, I have already prayed and am having my morning coffee listening to Jessica before church.
Thank you Jessica. ❤
Exactly what I do. ❤ My husband and grands give me this quiet time to start my Sunday morning. Love it. ❤❤❤
Same with me! ❤
It’s good to see life moving on. Your video was a good reminder to get what’s in the freezer and cans used up. Here in SoCal I am finally done my cold season transplanting and sowing. We also had a tornado warning last week, so we had to process lemons and oranges. I picked everything ripe. In the end it didn’t hit us, which we are grateful for. In this situation I was really happy to finally have my freeze dryer. 7.5 gallons of orange juice done this way, and many in quarters. We also made orange marmalade and I fermented 2 gallons of lemons.
More meals please, and making your own bird feed, unique. You don't waste a thing.
I grew up with homemade "Mommy McNuggets" when I was a kid. Now I like making them for my kid. I always pound the chicken breasts to get them a bit flatter and so they look more like the kind you get from a fast food place. The finished nuggets freeze really well too, then they reheat just like the ones you buy from the grocery store (in the oven or the airfryer). I usually make a couple larger chicken cutlets at the same time, they're perfect for fried chicken sandwiches, or chicken parm, or pretty much anything.
The premade ones from the store are convenient, but they're made with "chicken goo" and who knows what else.
Yes!!! More content like this!!! I am taking many great ideas from these chats. I am a single person and a canning crazy person. I need new ideas. I will be preparing many meals on an open fire outside as much as weather allows. I am excited to get started. Thank you for your ideas and content!!!💚💚💚
Girl, just tap the end of the egg until you hear it "crack" prior to boiling and they will come off clean every time, no matter if it's same day egg or not! You can also crack all your eggs onto a cookie sheet and bake, then cut them up!
You are an inspiration! Thank you. My husband was skeptical about the Pantry Challenge. But he just commented that he’s enjoying the creative and delicious meals. This is my kind of cooking: creatively using what’s on hand. I love seeing those empty jars and knowing just about every ingredient we raised and preserved. Very satisfying. Thanks also for the discount from For Jars. 10% off 200 lids is a very nice savings!
Watching your videos make my week. I enjoy seeing how you use the food you have preserved. It often gives me ideas of how to make familiar items with alternative ingredients. I have also found new ways to use items that I hadn't previously considered.
I'm so glad!
Thank you for sharing all your weekly meals with us. It gives me so many wonderful ideas for using up the food we grow and preserve all summer. Your videos with your meals and canning are always my favorite. Thanks again!!!
You are so welcome!
Nice potatoes! The birds cleaned out our suet on our snowy day yesterday. I watch the birds while I wash dishes also. This was a good video for me. Have a good week!
My dad used to make suet cakes for the birds and seeing you make it gave me so much nostalgia. Adding it to my to-do list. Thank you for another great video❤️
I ordered the For Jars lid opener, along with lids and the vacuum sealer. I was able to use your code for the discount. Thank you so much! I always look forward to your video each week. You have a lovely family!
Good to see Everybody is doing well. And Hannah is growing, Weed. 😊. God bless you all and keep safe and warm.
Love seeing your children enjoying your meals and working together. Family!
It's my second year of following your pantry challenge and I love it. I always miss it when it's over so more videos like that would be much appreciated.
Throughly enjoy your videos but that token of affection you gave your little one at the end warms my heart. I feel that is what sets you apart from so many others. Your love for your family really resonates on screen. We make stuffed pepper soup with our frozen green peppers during the winter months.
Thank you ❤️
I really enjoy your watching your meal in a week videos. I’m in Australia and can my garden produce as well. There is only my husband and myself these days (our children are grown up with their own families these days). But I enjoy providing for us from our garden, our own farmed meat and cooking meals from scratch and real ingredients. I get inspiration from seeing how you use absolutely everything up with no waste.
MINI GREENHOUSES, YESSS! That's a great idea
For hard boiling fresh eggs, get your water boiling. When its ready, i turn the water down and then use a stainless spider to drop them in gently. Bring the heat back to med high and cook for 13 minutes. Have a bowl of ice water ready and shock them when you take them out. They peel like a dream. 13 is for a hard boiled, less time for runny eggs is you want. That is the only way i can get them to peel nicely. And i make a lot of deviled eggs lol.
Thank you for the great weekly-meals videos... keeps me motivated to shop-my-pantry before going to the store! Blessings on your day Kiddo!🌻🐛💕Carolyn in Ohio 🌿(NW)
I loved all the creative uses of food. Leftovers in soup is so good! We have very little food waste here as well, and that gets composted. 🌻🌻🌻
Love that you do breakfast, lunch and dinner most what we eat is usually dinner
I enjoy the meal prep from pantry storage. Never occurred to me to can fruit without sugar. If your toddler likes it, I guess I will as well
Hello 👋! I have been watching your videos for a couple of years. I grew up on a farm in the Midwest in a large family so I saw my mom do a lot of the same things. Thanks for the nostalgia!
Good Sunday morning Jessica😊 Always look forward to spending my morning coffee with you and your lovely family.
Sunday mornings are always my favourite. Cup of coffee with another great video. ❤
Have you ever watched the TV show Homestead Rescue? They are a homesteading family from Alaska that travel to failing homesteads that usually have severe weather conditions and need a specialized greenhouse. Every episode is something different and usually being able to use things they already have. It's fascinating!
I haven't seen it. Sounds interesting!
Love your meal ideas. Your kids are growing fast as I joke with my friends you have duck 🦆 tape them down to keep them from growing!!! Little Hannah running right after her brothers and sisters at
karate 🥋 she is so cute!!!
I love so much that you have found a rhythm that works for you. It’s such a blessing.
I do my eggs in an insta-pot. If you have an insta-pot or other electric pressure cooker, it’s 4 minutes on high pressure and a 5 minute natural release then dunk in ice water. They come out perfect every time and peel beautifully.
I look forward to seeing how you build meals around the things you have in the pantry, and freezer. Great ideas. thanks
I would love to see this kind of video content continue after the pantry challenge!
All my kids are grown and its just me. I have raised beds but since I live in the city I cant grow my own meat or eggs. I really enjoyed your peaceful, calm & educational video. Thank you...hugs from 9B Florida.
Good morning Jessica! Its crazy that its gardening time already! Time flies.
I want to do strawberries too. My grandsons love freeze dried strawberries and we use powdered to flavor our yogurt. Kids snacks without dyes can be difficult.
Omgoodness lady, you are such an inspiration! Its just me and my 12 yo grandson. He loves chicken nuggets and i think he will love the poptarts, maybe with strawberry jelly. I have a ton of poptarts but he just stopped eating them and i dont push it bc i realize now how bad they are for him. We are picky eaters but when we make homemade together we obviously choose healthier and eat it ❤ (btw, i really enjoy watching you. I wasnt brought up in your lifestyle and when i was young i would have felt sorry that you didn't get to enjoy the things i did. Now i find myself daydreaming what a life like yours would be like. Quite honestly my family wouldn't have made it bc I'm so lazy compared to you 😟. Now i see the love and value in your lifestyle ❤)
I love your meal videos and would be perfectly fine with watching them every week!!! It gives me good ideas and recipes to use! Thank you!
Your use of spent lard for bird cakes is brilliant! TY.
You are so welcome!
Just when I think I enjoy your videos then you show me something that makes me love your channel even more. I got so excited when you made the mini greenhouses I can do that too Jipee! what a great idea. Your ideas are the best.🎉🎉
I'm so glad!
Yes, I really enjoyed this content. I always appreciate you sharing your meals, it helps me to think a little more outside my own box, I often have a little something left over and don’t know what to do with it and watching your videos help me with that. Thank you for another wonderful video post. God bless.
I love the freeze dried pumpkin pie mix idea. I love how much less storage space my FD pumpkin uses! It’s a great way preserve pumpkin/winter squash.
Also, I’m low key jealous your butcher cans your meat! What a time saver!
🥴it hurt to buy peppers during winter. I’m definitely growing more this year! We use a lot of them in stir fry, soups and egg wraps.
They are so expensive! Over a dollar a pepper here. Even more for organic!
I really love your Sunday morning videos. When I get a break on Sunday I sit down with a cup of coffee and watch. I enjoy your meal videos. They help me come up with pantry ideas. I greatly appreciate all you share. !!
I'm so glad!
Good afternoon my dear friend, what a fun video with all the treats!! Yes, I would love to see more videos like this. The 3 little boys helping with the wood was heart warming! You are looking well! Looking forward to next week already, have a blessed week!
Thank you so much 🤗
Please do continue sharing your meals. You are so wonderfully inventive.
I really enjoy watching how you can just take a few jars amd throw them together Nad make a hearty meal for your family. I love watching your videos
Thank you so much!
I always keep a sandwich size bag of chopped peppers in my house freezer and use them in eggs, italian dishes, fajitas, philly cheese steak sandwiches... they are close at hand and very convenient.
Great idea!
I love the bird feeder idea from the leftover lard and the pear jello!! I am all about reuse and recycling :) great video. Thank you for sharing!
~Blessings
You are so welcome!
Jessica, I absolutely love how you use every product, you try never to be wasteful at all. I’ve been adapting this now and not only does it help the environment but it makes me feel better and saves me money. Thank you.
I totally enjoyed this, the yummy food and watching your younger boys doing chores 💕. Stuffed pepper soup or casserole would be my choice for using up peppers. Watching you cook makes me think about how the food industry has adulterated healthy ingredients in the name of convenience. Leeza at Sutton’s Daze shared a little talk about how in just a couple generations of convenience food people no longer know how to cook from scratch.
Jessica love watching you cook so more please ❤❤❤❤ Like yourself really looking forward to Summer in the garden 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Love from the UK x
An other great way to hard boil fresh eggs is in the instant pot. you just put them in there with a little water turn it on high for 5. min then let it naturally release for 5 more min then they get put straight into an ice water bath and they peel perfectly almost every time!
I love watching you cooking and making meals for your family and doing it so amazing.
Yes please continue with the meals. Thank you for everything 😊
I love your videos. We raised our 3 girls on a farm in northern Indiana. Now I'm in an apartment with one daughter. I so miss having a garden, but we do a few containers. Thank you for sharing the recipes and ideas. May God bless you and your family.❤
I enjoy your early Sunday morning videos. You inspire me to use up foods I forgot about. I can't wait for gardening season to begin.
I love watching your meals in a week video. I always get good ideas, especially on how to use everything and avoid waste. Thank you!
You got your new kitchen furniture! It must be so nice to look forward to this growing season with your cellar project all done, finally! Blessings to you and your beautiful family.
Awesome video . I also appreciate learning how to use the canned pear juice to make jello , the beet root powder to color the poptart icing, the bird feeder block of food, and the mayo. I need to make some mayo. Thank you. Please continue to share meals and meal preservation tips.
Yes, I really love your recipe ideas. Keep showing that stuff. I am very thankful to you for your time to do these videos
Fry ur peppers with onion when fried add a can of tomatoes let it cook down then add a bunch of eggs put it on toast with mayo and enjoy the best sandwich ever
Or a stuffed pepper soup will taste Soo good
Becky from One Acre Homestead made a video in the last 2 days for Valentines Day treats.. she made some kind of candy glaze I can't remember which one but she used Freeze Dried Raspberries as a topping. It gave the color and the taste of raspberries. Anna In Ohio
Very good Jessica, I loved the pumpkin pie mix idea😊
So creative. I just found your channel recently. I'm in NW Ohio as well. I can't cook. Plus, it's just me. I also live in an apartment. However, I find watching this very informative and have enjoyed watching. 😊❤
Bless you for your love in all you do! Such beautiful children!
Thank you so much!
Is that grace turning aerials?! That was the first "high level" skill i learned as a tumbler/cheerleader. Such fun! Great job, girl!!
Yes! She worked really hard last fall to get it! And just this week she got her back tuck. She's so happy!!
Congrats to her! So exciting 😍
Awesome idea using pastry cutter to chop eggs! Thanks!
I loved you idea of how to use the left over grease I’ll have to try that
I'd love to see salves, creams, syrups and anything else you create for health and body items! What did you do with your Calendula? Those types of videos would be inspiring as well!
I have done a few videos in the past on salves and other toiletries