My daughter was born with digestive issues. After seeing a series of doctors, when she was 8 years old, we took her off all processed food and additives. We started organic gardening and raising chickens. Her gastro issues cleared up and we were all healthier for it. I love hearing your story. Thank you for sharing!
I just found this channel. The first thing I noticed was a family with four children who are not climbing the walls, screaming, yelling but there’s chit chat and happy banter in the back ground. The family sit together and eat their meals and of course enjoy the home cooked food, free of preservatives etc. What a breath of fresh air! 😊
Thanks for showing us how to make and use butternut squash in a variety of ways. We do make our chicken your easy way overnight in a crock pot and love having healthy chicken broth ready to use - awesome!!! We are on a mission to improve our health and your simple, easy cooking and baking ideas are making it less complicated! Thanks so much! Blessings to you and your family!!!!
I so love your videos. You make life look so simple. That is what this world needs these days. Thank you so much for all the AWESOME content you put together and share with us. God Bless.
Yall are such a blessing to watch. I wish I had known of this way of living in my younger years, so that I could have passed it on to my children. May God continue blessing your family & land.❤
Just found your channel in recommendation list. And have to say your life is really kind of my dream! I was born and raised in a tiny city in China, but your lifestyle is really similar to my grandparents' I've experienced when I was young. Now I'm in Europe living and traveling in different international big cities, but still I missed such simply and happy life so much. Thanks for sharing this sweet story, it really made me realize what I still long for even till now❤
I so love your cooking videos. I love them all but these my favorite. I just learn alot from you. I wish I had known what you know as a young mom. Such a great family. I pray you are doing well joell. You seemed to be really tired or feeling bad. You hang in there. You and Jim are the best parents. Ty for sharing your lives with us.
Yes, growing up with an Asian mom, almost all my food was unprocessed and natural. I didn’t like it too much as a kid though. Now I see what a blessing it is. My body however does not do well with red meat and wheat, it does better on soy and fish. I am glad that you find a solution and a lifestyle that is sustainable and healing for your family.
When researching soy, I came across some information that stated soy was not made for human consumption. There are other ways to get your protein. Just a thought. Oh they mentioned the fact that cows did well with soy but that they do have 4 stomachs. 😅
I always love your videos. I thoroughly enjoy the combination of subjects you cover and watching you and your family cook and plant and harvest, etc is such a pleasurable experience. I look forward to watching every time your video pops into my notifications. It's always fun to see you in your kitchen and at the Aga. I will definitely make your soup next week - this week's menu is already planned! It looks delicious. I'm just venturing off Ketovore so potatoes will be an exciting venture for me! It's been a long time. I'd love to give Jim's cheeses a try someday. He makes it look so easy. Enjoyed the family pumpkin carving and grape harvesting. Your children are delightful and a joy to see and hear. 💛🍂🧡🌻🧡🍂💛
This is so peaceful. I will offer a tip that I wish I had known years ago. For most things, you can purée the skin along with the flesh. I use most of my squash in cakes. The bits of skin aren’t a big deal and add some nutrition. Also, removing the skin was always my least favorite chore.
I can't wait for our grapes and blueberry bushes start producing. I love your farm and how you can everything. I want to learn how to make the gelatin gummies.
That's exciting!! Here's the recipe for the gummies, you can sub a different type of juice too :) - fromscratchfarmstead.com/elderberry-gummies-recipe/
If you ever shred potatoes and soak in water, you can collect the starch. It dries easily on the counter and can be used for a thickener just like cornstarch.
I didn't grow up eating butternut squash, and my husband had it once a year in a dessert-like side dish at Thanksgiving. So, I will definitely be trying to use it more now that I have these great recipes. We will also add it to our crops for next year too! We have grown spaghetti squash successfully, so hopefully we can have the same luck with the butternut variety! I'm curious if you ever roast the seeds? We eat pumpkin seeds every day!
Awesome!! Butternut squash is so good. We do roast the seeds occasionally but I usually give them to our chickens as a source of protein. Thanks for watching :).
Hi cook in our RV . I know what you are going through cooking in a small place . Keep with your cooking show. I prayed for Jesus to teach me how to cook and your show came on. I think you are doing a good job keep it up.
I wished I had your size kitchen, to do all the cooking and canning you do. But I changed also to only eating food that is not processed. I feel a lot healthier.
I love your food videos! Thanks for the tip on roasting a chicken and getting the broth all at one time - I use to cook the chicken, the simmer the bones the next day - this is so much easier!! LOVE your oven -- it's a pipe dream for me!
So glad this was helpful! I also used to do broth that way and much prefer this method. It's still hard for me to believe we own an AGA - fb marketplace find of a lifetime!
How is it roasting if it’s cooked in water? I just buy wings, feet and drums and make broth. Cook it w/vinegar and debone drums then add back all but their meat and cook 24 hrs in my crockpot.
Yes actually. Much less spicy, even just a bit sweet. The texture is good too. They're not crisp, but they aren't mushy. They have a good, sort of soft apple/half cooked carrot texture? Excellent in that stir fry
came across your channel, love it. Reminds me of my grandparents and parents and all of the gardening they did. I love the harvest and storage and cooking videos. Would love to see more gardening videos, would love to hear any tips you would part with on things that have worked for you when growing crops
We have a similar story with infertility. We were able to have our twin daughters after many medicated cycles with an RE. We decided to try again, and after many more cycles, we were unsuccessful. I came across a book called the Egg Quality Diet, and I figured what do I have to lose? We followed the diet (a lot of animal fats and proteins, bone broth, etc) and we were pregnant with our son in 3 months. It truly is amazing.
We keep milking until about 2 months before she's due. Colostrum is very important to the calf. We only milk to prevent mastitis at that point but we always leave the calf with Mama to let it nurse as much as it would like. Thanks for watching!
I'm so sorry about your Mother in Law and a Celiac diagnosis. Those are hard things! So glad you are seeing positive benefits with real foods too! Thanks for watching :)
I am so glad we came across this channel! ❤ we are moving soon & are going to grow some of our own vegetables. Cant wait! I wonder what your jam would taste like. I bet amazing! I can't wait to try Squash. I see so many ppl who love it. I always wanted to try Butternut Squash Soup
I never had beets before so I decided to try your idea of carrot and beet stir fried with egg for lunch oh so good (I also added kale) HIGHLY recommend other viewers!❤😊 so yummy
Roasted beets are to die for With s&p and vinegar I eat them cold out of the fridge Rly I eat any roasted tubers cold out of the fridge (salted and peppered and vinegared before I put them in!)
I'm allergic to tomatoes so I use butternut squash as a replacement in many dishes. I use the puree to thicken meat sauce for lasagne, to make bbq sauce that is amazing on pizza with chicken/pancetta/sliced roasted squash, pumpkin pasta sauce (just sauteed leek and garlic and roasted squash, bit of cream), put the puree in bechamel for lasagne or a pizza sauce, puree stirred through risotto, in bread and bagels, and of course... pumpkin choc chip cookies. There is honestly nothing butternut squash puree can't make and I swear it has crack in it, because every squash product I make, people devour.
My body HATES processed foods. From seasonings to frozen foods and everything in between, processed foods cause major skin issues like chronic hives and eczema, along with major water retenion. And, I'm also diabetic with a genetic heart condition and asthma (lucky me!). As soon as I realized it was the processed foods causing my skin issues and negatively impacting my other health issues, I started making my own seasonings. That chemical/preservative they use to keep seasonings from clumping is the main culprit, along with MSG and nitrates (meat products). Now, I want to grow my own food. Glad I found this channel, especially since you shared your journey:-) Thank YOU
Oh wow! I'm so sorry you've had to go through that but glad you've been able to get to the root of things! Real food for the win! :) Thanks for watching!
Hello from Ireland. I've always cooked pretty much everything from scratch, thats how i was raised but I'm moving towards organic now wherever i can. My garden was a big flop this year due to back problems, unfortunately only have a few bits. We have a local farm shop but honestly wouldn't buy anything from it as the amount of fertilisers they use is scandalous - a farmer let out his land to them and he quit eating everything they grew as he saw exactly what they were putting continuously on the crops! A saying here is "they were blown out of the ground." Maybe different from where you are, but i would have loved to have bought from them. Next year i hope to be able to grow as much vegetables as i can to keep us going even for 5 or 6 months 😊 would love to know how to can, the jars alone here are incredibly expensive and the canner can't be bought here either so would have to import but I'd constantly be worrying that i didn't do something right and end up killing 1 of my family! I'd love even a root cellar! will look forward to watching other videos 😊
Thanks for sharing your experience! Sorry it wasn't a good year for your garden and hope your back is doing better! Hopefully next year will go much smoother!
Canning is not really that hard. There are several videos and instructions and I'm sure you can follow them. Just be mindful of cleanliness in the preparation of the foods and your equipment, ie jars, lids etc. It doesn't take long before you'll be feeling quite accomplished. Good luck. 😊
Jars n equipment are soooo expensive Look for estate sales n when older relatives die. Thrift shops have been RUINED by resellers. *They should be ashamed*
Your soups look so good. I was raised on a 15 acre farm where we raised milk and beef vows, goats, turkeys, chickens, rabbits and pigs. Your family is anting working together. My sisters and I did all the chores, our little brothers were not good about helping. Problably because we were raised by out mom, dad left us. But we all turned out really good. Thanks for sharing. I did want to ask if you knew about storing root vegetables in wood ash? Also eggs as long as they aren't washed?
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Awesome content! Loved the vid. Now you opened all kinds of inquiries on nutrition and food prep and storage!!! Would love some more info on how y’all started on the dairy issue before you had your own cow?? Blessings from Tx and I think I’ll go binge watch your channel!
Before getting Thimble (our milk cow) we bought 1 gallon a week of raw milk because that's all we could afford. We bought yogurt and cheese from the store (mostly - we'd make yogurt and mozzarella occasionally). But that was also before kids, so we didn't need nearly as much as we do now! So glad you are enjoying our channel!
I love the sound of the kids in the background. Makes it so sweet. I was curious, does boiling the chicken take some of the flavor out of it when you go to broil and then eat it?
I know the question wasn't really addressed to me but I also boil my whole chicken before putting it in the oven and I feel it cooks up much juicier, tender, and delicious that way. You can get a really nice, crispy chicken exterior that way without sacrificing moisture. I keep the broth to add to rice, soups, or stews later on. However, I usually make a paste to slather on the chicken prior to going into the oven. I think it would definitely lose its seasoning if seasoned, then boiled, then baked. I boil, then season, then bake.
I was reading into what my Norwegian ancestors ate before they immigrated to ND (they had a lot of food insecurity) they could only grow oats, barley, wheat wouldn’t ripen, and they made a spot where they could grow some potatoes. They needed their livestock to survive and fed them well before themselves (and housed them before themselves), so I’m assuming they consumed a lot of butter, fresh milk, etc. they were never overweight, obviously either food insecurity. I need to move my family more away from processed but I don’t buy fake butter, low fat milk or yogurt, etc.
Yes meat based makes ppl THRIVE Eggs daily in some form, too In smoothies Hard boiled & in quarters with s&p, mustard or redhot Scrambled, fried Poached on fried potatoes or toast Quiche Strata Steamed Egg “Pudding” (it’s savory) Plus meat & raw cultured dairy/butter (kefir is super easy-as is sour cream she shows in a diff vid)
Since I first saw you slow cook a whole chicken with water ( 2/3) By doing that, I don't have to wait for the bones and start the long process of simmering them to make stock!, As you say, the 'stock' is ready done. I wish I had thought of it years ago. BTW, have you ever done the chicken from frozen please? Greetings from North Bay Ontario.
So glad this has been helping you! I’ve never done it with a frozen chicken - I’d be hesitant in a slow cooker but I think you should be able to in a pressure cooker! Thanks for watching!! 😊
@@christinebrush4399 I agree! I also used this idea after seeing it on this channel. Last week I pressure cooked a half frozen whole chicken on high for 50 minutes and it came out perfect! The chicken stock was all gelatin too!
Have you considered making browncheese from the leftover whey? Its what we make here in Norway, not sure if anyone else makes it but its incredible! (:
This is my second video from your channel, and I love what I've seen so far. What's the name of your stove and do you have a link to it? I'm learning a lot about healthy eating for my digestive system. I try to buy simple ingredient foods and organic, most of the time. But I'm also planting a few things in my little garden, until I'm blessed with more space. Making cheese is truly fun. Thanks for sharing. 💖💖
Wonderful! Thanks so much for watching! Our oven is called an AGA. We found our used on fb marketplace but they aren't very common in the US. We do have a few other videos with more dedicated information!
Here’s a link to the full recipe (it uses elderberry, I just subbed grape juice). If you scroll down to the recipe, there’s a video tutorial! 😊fromscratchfarmstead.com/elderberry-gummies-recipe/
Knox gelatin had the recipe on their boxes Maybe on their website? Use juice for the water n no sugar Just pour in pan n cut from pan. No crazy pricey molds needed.
The historian in me is twitching at the opening "food we've always eaten" watching European descendants cooking meso-american produce, the engineer in me is delighted seeing the use of at-home pasteurization with the grape juice, the interior designer in me is drooling at the kitchen and stove seetup, and the sub-par chef in me that wishes to get better is just deeply impressed with the size and quality of the dishes. Thank you for the video! For anyone interested, the rule of thumb when figuring out where food comes from goes (this gets long, feel free to ignore): - Domesticed animals = Eurasia (horses, cows, goats, chickens, etc. - note: this is also the leading theory on European recurring plagues [i.e. black plague, small pox, etc.] and subsequent resistance [those that didn't have any died], compared to the Meso-American susceptibility [~98% dead (yes, seriously, 49 out of 50 individuals is the estimate, with a dense population thought to originally be on par to Europe in the tens of millions - imagine covid, but everyone who died instead lived, and everyone who lived instead died, and everyone caught it at least once, it was that bad)]) - Bland grains = Eurasia (Europe/Middle East/Fertile Cresent = wheat/rye, Asia = rice) - Spices = Asia Proper (India, China, Indonesia, etc. - I'll throw Tea in there too as, while it's Chinese specifically, it's essentially just a spice for hot water) - Nutritious Tasty Produce = Meso America (tomato, pumpkin, corn, squash, peppers, bean, coffee, chocolate, etc. If there's a non-sugary, non-grain, produce you don't hate, it's probably from the America's unless it's onions) - Fruits and Berries = Grab-bag (fruits = anywhere tropical, berries anywhere in more northern temperate regions, but you can find varied examples across all continents. A curious, but historically impactful, example is grapes, which experts are still undecided on if they originally came from the Middle East, Meso-America, or both around the same time) Other places occasionally originated things in other groups (ex. Saffron, a spice from the Iris flower family, is thought to be from Greece [and was Marco Polo's, the Venetian explorer, biggest cash crop]) but for the majority of products, the above rule of thumb is valid most of the time. Note, however, that it was extremely common for groups originating in one region to move to another and do as well, or better, than it's place of origin, with several regions becoming famous for things they didn't originally produce, to the point that culturally, most people tend to think they came from that region. Examples include: Italians and tomatoes (think: pizza), the Irish and potatoes (Irish Potato Crisis), Indians and tea (deeply interesting subject, which intersects with English colonialism, Chinese monopolies and isolationism, the foundation of Hong Kong, and, oddly enough, the Monarchy-sanctioned, illegally propagated, Opium trade), Ethiopian and Indonesian coffee, Texan horse ranches, etc. ect.
Interesting- in my next life I’ll be a nutritional anthropologist (Good Eats, yes lol) So Mexican herbs are from Asia? EU didn’t have any herbs native? Or spices?
Bland grains=Eurasia=wheat/rye, Asia=rice That means rice was from Asia, I got that But bland grains are wheat/rye? What about oats, (corn from America), buckwheat (Asia?) & barley? Barley used to be quite universal in America old days, along with oats/corn - and rye among certain pops. Now everyone eats only wheat, including in ubiquitous pasta & rice (or quinoa if they think they’re healthy lol) - maybe down south you’ll find corn in certain regions (bread & grits)
@@YeshuaKingMessiah Almost all continents have counter-examples for all categories. I was trying to get across more "here's X kind of food, where's it most likely to have originated from?" So for instance, Europe had lots of herbs (ex. rosemary), but most 'spices' originated around Asia (ex. black pepper, cloves, nutmeg, garlic), hence aggressive sea-fairing explorations to get easier access to the 'spice market'. The new world had spices too (ex. allspice, vanilla), but the variety of fruit/vegetable dishes tended towards a more diverse flavor profile without dried spices (so, tomatoes, chili, cocoa, etc. are all used in a variety of dishes) in a way that Europe tended to be blander and denser (lots of bread, meat, cheeses, but no chili's to spice it up), and if you randomly grab stuff from a spice cabinet, most of it would be expected to have originated somewhere in Asia (top of head maybe like 45%) then the Americas (maybe like 25%) and then the rest scattered around (Europe + Africa). Maybe instead of 'bland grains' I should have said "dry grains" I was trying to draw a distinction between starches that tend to *need* to be dried and floured (wheat, barley, rye, etc.) vs starches that can be eaten as is after quick cooking (corn, pumpkin, squash) with drying and flowering being optional for storage. But some kind of starch is nearly ubiquitous across regions (rice in particular is insanely widespread, but the grain type and yield is not), so that category is kinda weak. Just that Europeans tended to have more options for their dried and ground flours than other regions, while rice is a bit of a widespread wild card. And yeah lol, flour products are really common these days in everywhere that isn't Asia despite rice being from all over.
Thank you for your videos! They have been so helpful for slowly going through the process of a healthier lifestyle for our family :) Question for you! What do you recommend for cutting boards? It has been tricky to find a nontoxic wood one. Also, as it pertains to oiling wooden utensils, do you use coconut oil?
So glad our videos are helpful! Great question about cutting boards and wooden cooking utensils. Jim actually made me this cutting board several years ago. He finished it with Tung oil from real milk paint co. That's what we finish our butcher block counter tops with as well. We try to find wooden utensils on etsy that are hand made if possible or Jim has carved some wooden spoons. Thanks for watching!
My daughter was born with digestive issues. After seeing a series of doctors, when she was 8 years old, we took her off all processed food and additives. We started organic gardening and raising chickens. Her gastro issues cleared up and we were all healthier for it. I love hearing your story. Thank you for sharing!
Yay for real food!! That's so great! Thanks for sharing your story too!
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I just found this channel. The first thing I noticed was a family with four children who are not climbing the walls, screaming, yelling but there’s chit chat and happy banter in the back ground. The family sit together and eat their meals and of course enjoy the home cooked food, free of preservatives etc. What a breath of fresh air! 😊
Thanks for watching and the sweet comment! ☺️
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Thanks for showing us how to make and use butternut squash in a variety of ways. We do make our chicken your easy way overnight in a crock pot and love having healthy chicken broth ready to use - awesome!!! We are on a mission to improve our health and your simple, easy cooking and baking ideas are making it less complicated! Thanks so much! Blessings to you and your family!!!!
Yay!!! This makes me so happy. Thanks for sharing and keep it up!!
I so love your videos. You make life look so simple. That is what this world needs these days. Thank you so much for all the AWESOME content you put together and share with us. God Bless.
Aw - Thank you so much! I'm so glad they are helpful!
Yall are such a blessing to watch. I wish I had known of this way of living in my younger years, so that I could have passed it on to my children.
May God continue blessing your family & land.❤
Thanks so much for the encouragement and for watching! ❤️
Hope you continue to have more cooking videos, I'm always looking for more ideas for items we have stored.
Thanks for the feedback! Glad they’re helpful!
Last week I did the chicken your way and got four meals out of it. Not only are they delicious but so simple. Absolutely brilliant thank you!
Wonderful!! So glad that was helpful! You're very welcome!
The squash dish and soup looks delicious. I love soups all fall and winter.
So good! Thanks for watching!
This leaving is so natural and a bless. I would love to have a big garden to grow my own food , I really love it 😊
So proud of you and your endeavors towards optimal health through whole foods! Well done! Love your channel!
Thank you!! So worth it!!
Just found your channel in recommendation list. And have to say your life is really kind of my dream! I was born and raised in a tiny city in China, but your lifestyle is really similar to my grandparents' I've experienced when I was young. Now I'm in Europe living and traveling in different international big cities, but still I missed such simply and happy life so much. Thanks for sharing this sweet story, it really made me realize what I still long for even till now❤
What a brilliant way to live! You look really healthy. God bless you and your family.
It's such a fulfilling lifestyle! Thank you!
I made your blueberry oat pancakes this morning, and it was a huge hit with my kids. I love your channel!
So glad your crew liked those!! Thanks SO much!
I so love your cooking videos. I love them all but these my favorite. I just learn alot from you. I wish I had known what you know as a young mom. Such a great family. I pray you are doing well joell. You seemed to be really tired or feeling bad. You hang in there. You and Jim are the best parents. Ty for sharing your lives with us.
Thanks, Carol!! Appreciate your care and concern! We are hanging in there and have been thankful for some restful, rainy days this week!
Yes, growing up with an Asian mom, almost all my food was unprocessed and natural. I didn’t like it too much as a kid though. Now I see what a blessing it is. My body however does not do well with red meat and wheat, it does better on soy and fish. I am glad that you find a solution and a lifestyle that is sustainable and healing for your family.
That's such a blessing to have grown up that way! Thanks for watching! :)
When researching soy, I came across some information that stated soy was not made for human consumption. There are other ways to get your protein. Just a thought. Oh they mentioned the fact that cows did well with soy but that they do have 4 stomachs. 😅
It looks so tempting! This squash and soup dish is not only visually beautiful but will definitely warm you up on chills days.
They are so yummy! Thanks for watching!
I just found your channel and I needed to see this video tonight. Thank you for reminding me why it is important to eat whole foods.
So glad this was an encouragement to you!!
I always love your videos. I thoroughly enjoy the combination of subjects you cover and watching you and your family cook and plant and harvest, etc is such a pleasurable experience. I look forward to watching every time your video pops into my notifications.
It's always fun to see you in your kitchen and at the Aga. I will definitely make your soup next week - this week's menu is already planned! It looks delicious. I'm just venturing off Ketovore so potatoes will be an exciting venture for me! It's been a long time. I'd love to give Jim's cheeses a try someday. He makes it look so easy.
Enjoyed the family pumpkin carving and grape harvesting. Your children are delightful and a joy to see and hear.
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Thanks, Lucinda!! I'll be curious to hear about your experience after incorporating more carbs into your diet. This is a good one to try! :)
Danke, wunderbar. Definitely making the berry crisp.
That's a LOT of work! I wish I was one of your children. They are so lucky!
You’re very sweet! It’s so worth it!
What a blessing. Concord grapes are my absolute favorite. 🍇💜🍇
They are so good! Thanks for watching!
Or are they elder berries
This is so peaceful. I will offer a tip that I wish I had known years ago. For most things, you can purée the skin along with the flesh. I use most of my squash in cakes. The bits of skin aren’t a big deal and add some nutrition. Also, removing the skin was always my least favorite chore.
The birds always eat our grapes 😊 when they are ripe they are usually in birds' stomachs 🦧
Thank you for a great episode ❤
Oh no! I honestly have no idea why the birds haven't touched ours. You'd think that they would! Thanks for watching!
More butternut squash recipes/ways to use please! It just grows and stores so well- a must have staple for us!
Ok! Thanks for the suggestion!!
It makes the best " pumpkin " pie you've ever tasted. 😊
I can't wait for our grapes and blueberry bushes start producing. I love your farm and how you can everything. I want to learn how to make the gelatin gummies.
That's exciting!! Here's the recipe for the gummies, you can sub a different type of juice too :) - fromscratchfarmstead.com/elderberry-gummies-recipe/
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Your family are a great blessing ❤
What a beautiful voice over ❤️
Thank you!
If you ever shred potatoes and soak in water, you can collect the starch. It dries easily on the counter and can be used for a thickener just like cornstarch.
I’d love that soup recipe please. Looks delicious!
She showed it in the video.
Here's the recipe! fromscratchfarmstead.com/cheesy-hamburger-potato-soup/
Awesome, interesting stuff
I hit send too quickly. I love your channel, and being able to share your life.
Thank you for well done video's, you have taught me lots after living in cities most of my life.
You're welcome! I'm so glad you're finding them helpful!
Yes please, looks delicious!
So enjoy all of your cooking videos!
So glad you find them helpful! Thanks for watching!
Mmmm‼️ That potato-hamburger-cheesy soup looks DELICIOUS ❣️😋
Thanks! It's so yummy!!
So envious…I’ve wanted to get back to my farm roots my whole life 🙏🏻
I didn't grow up eating butternut squash, and my husband had it once a year in a dessert-like side dish at Thanksgiving. So, I will definitely be trying to use it more now that I have these great recipes. We will also add it to our crops for next year too! We have grown spaghetti squash successfully, so hopefully we can have the same luck with the butternut variety! I'm curious if you ever roast the seeds? We eat pumpkin seeds every day!
Awesome!! Butternut squash is so good. We do roast the seeds occasionally but I usually give them to our chickens as a source of protein. Thanks for watching :).
Good video, thanks!
Wow I really enjoyed this video especially hubby making cheese. Your recipes looked delicious,ty🙂💐
He decided several years ago that cheese was going to be his thing and set out to learn how to make it. I love it! Thanks for watching!
Hi cook in our RV . I know what you are going through cooking in a small place .
Keep with your cooking show. I prayed for Jesus to teach me how to cook and your show came on. I think you are doing a good job keep it up.
Glad this was helpful! Thank you!
This video has so many good ideas that I want to try! Thank you for links to the recipes. I look forward to watching more videos!
So glad this one was helpful! Thanks for watching!
I wished I had your size kitchen, to do all the cooking and canning you do. But I changed also to only eating food that is not processed. I feel a lot healthier.
Another great video your food looked delicious 😋😋😋😋
Thank you!!
I love your food videos! Thanks for the tip on roasting a chicken and getting the broth all at one time - I use to cook the chicken, the simmer the bones the next day - this is so much easier!! LOVE your oven -- it's a pipe dream for me!
So glad this was helpful! I also used to do broth that way and much prefer this method. It's still hard for me to believe we own an AGA - fb marketplace find of a lifetime!
How is it roasting if it’s cooked in water?
I just buy wings, feet and drums and make broth. Cook it w/vinegar and debone drums then add back all but their meat and cook 24 hrs in my crockpot.
I just found out that you can COOK radishes.
RADISHES!!
My friend sliced them, and added them to a stir-fry.
They were amazing.
Do they taste less spicy when fried? Just curious
Yes actually. Much less spicy, even just a bit sweet.
The texture is good too. They're not crisp, but they aren't mushy. They have a good, sort of soft apple/half cooked carrot texture? Excellent in that stir fry
Love that!! Roasted vegetables are the best vegetables in my opinion!
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it mellows them out
Like onions or garlic
I really have learned alot, just watching your videos ❤
So glad these are helpful!! Thanks for watching!
came across your channel, love it. Reminds me of my grandparents and parents and all of the gardening they did. I love the harvest and storage and cooking videos. Would love to see more gardening videos, would love to hear any tips you would part with on things that have worked for you when growing crops
Thanks for the feedback!
I made the cheeseburger soup tonight. It was great! One of the best soups I have had. My wife had seconds.
Awesome!! So glad you liked it!
Very relaxing video ! Thanks for sharing!💚
You're welcome!
Thank you for the video!
You're welcome!!
Love your cooking videos! 🌿
So glad!! Thanks for watching!
We have a similar story with infertility. We were able to have our twin daughters after many medicated cycles with an RE. We decided to try again, and after many more cycles, we were unsuccessful. I came across a book called the Egg Quality Diet, and I figured what do I have to lose? We followed the diet (a lot of animal fats and proteins, bone broth, etc) and we were pregnant with our son in 3 months. It truly is amazing.
Wow!! Thanks for sharing!! What a powerful story!
Wonderful sounds
We keep milking until about 2 months before she's due. Colostrum is very important to the calf. We only milk to prevent mastitis at that point but we always leave the calf with Mama to let it nurse as much as it would like. Thanks for watching!
Beautiful!
Love your simple healthy meals. 😊Val C ❤️🙏🏻
Thanks, Val!
Thank you for sharing this!
You're welcome!
This hamburger soup is so good. Today is my 66th birthday and I made this for my breakfast. 😂
@@Cherie5353 Happy birthay 🎂
Happy Birthday!!! So glad you loved this soup!
@ thank you
@@FromScratchFarmstead thank you
My family's health journey started with the loss of my mother in law, and then my youngest son's Celiac disease diagnosis, real foods for the win!
I'm so sorry about your Mother in Law and a Celiac diagnosis. Those are hard things! So glad you are seeing positive benefits with real foods too! Thanks for watching :)
Great info!
Thank you!
Commenting just to say that you deserve more followers, way way more!
Aw! You're very sweet - thank you!!
I am so glad we came across this channel! ❤ we are moving soon & are going to grow some of our own vegetables. Cant wait!
I wonder what your jam would taste like. I bet amazing!
I can't wait to try Squash. I see so many ppl who love it. I always wanted to try Butternut Squash Soup
That’s so exciting! Congratulations on the move!
I am fascinated with your Aga stove.
I love it so much! ❤️
does it run on gas?
New to the channel, I smiled the whole time while watching this, thanks for sharing :)j.
Aw! Thanks so much!
So awesome!!❤❤🙏🙏xxoo
Thank you for sharing, and have a blessed weekend 😊
Love from Johanne, Norway 🇳🇴
:) You too! Thanks for watching!
Love squash and that soup is going to be made this fall Thanks for sharing !!! 😊👍👍👍
Awesome!! Enjoy!!
I never had beets before so I decided to try your idea of carrot and beet stir fried with egg for lunch oh so good (I also added kale) HIGHLY recommend other viewers!❤😊 so yummy
Oh yum!! Glad you liked it!!
Roasted beets are to die for
With s&p and vinegar
I eat them cold out of the fridge
Rly I eat any roasted tubers cold out of the fridge (salted and peppered and vinegared before I put them in!)
I'm allergic to tomatoes so I use butternut squash as a replacement in many dishes. I use the puree to thicken meat sauce for lasagne, to make bbq sauce that is amazing on pizza with chicken/pancetta/sliced roasted squash, pumpkin pasta sauce (just sauteed leek and garlic and roasted squash, bit of cream), put the puree in bechamel for lasagne or a pizza sauce, puree stirred through risotto, in bread and bagels, and of course... pumpkin choc chip cookies. There is honestly nothing butternut squash puree can't make and I swear it has crack in it, because every squash product I make, people devour.
These are all terrific ideas!! Thanks for sharing! You've got me wanting to try some things with our butternut squash.
Butternut squash as soup is my favorite!
It's so yummy!! Thanks for watching! :)
Bravo!
Thankyou for sharing this
So glad this is helpful!!
I love your videos ❤
Thanks so much!!
The stewed chicken and the cheeseburger soup looked delicious.
Have you considered writing a cookbook?
We have! Hopefully one day!
My body HATES processed foods. From seasonings to frozen foods and everything in between, processed foods cause major skin issues like chronic hives and eczema, along with major water retenion. And, I'm also diabetic with a genetic heart condition and asthma (lucky me!). As soon as I realized it was the processed foods causing my skin issues and negatively impacting my other health issues, I started making my own seasonings. That chemical/preservative they use to keep seasonings from clumping is the main culprit, along with MSG and nitrates (meat products). Now, I want to grow my own food. Glad I found this channel, especially since you shared your journey:-) Thank YOU
Oh wow! I'm so sorry you've had to go through that but glad you've been able to get to the root of things! Real food for the win! :) Thanks for watching!
@@FromScratchFarmstead Thank YOU! God bless you and your family!
Hello from Ireland. I've always cooked pretty much everything from scratch, thats how i was raised but I'm moving towards organic now wherever i can. My garden was a big flop this year due to back problems, unfortunately only have a few bits. We have a local farm shop but honestly wouldn't buy anything from it as the amount of fertilisers they use is scandalous - a farmer let out his land to them and he quit eating everything they grew as he saw exactly what they were putting continuously on the crops! A saying here is "they were blown out of the ground." Maybe different from where you are, but i would have loved to have bought from them. Next year i hope to be able to grow as much vegetables as i can to keep us going even for 5 or 6 months 😊 would love to know how to can, the jars alone here are incredibly expensive and the canner can't be bought here either so would have to import but I'd constantly be worrying that i didn't do something right and end up killing 1 of my family! I'd love even a root cellar! will look forward to watching other videos 😊
Thanks for sharing your experience! Sorry it wasn't a good year for your garden and hope your back is doing better! Hopefully next year will go much smoother!
Canning is not really that hard. There are several videos and instructions and I'm sure you can follow them. Just be mindful of cleanliness in the preparation of the foods and your equipment, ie jars, lids etc. It doesn't take long before you'll be feeling quite accomplished. Good luck. 😊
Jars n equipment are soooo expensive
Look for estate sales n when older relatives die. Thrift shops have been RUINED by resellers. *They should be ashamed*
Your soups look so good. I was raised on a 15 acre farm where we raised milk and beef vows, goats, turkeys, chickens, rabbits and pigs. Your family is anting working together. My sisters and I did all the chores, our little brothers were not good about helping. Problably because we were raised by out mom, dad left us. But we all turned out really good. Thanks for sharing.
I did want to ask if you knew about storing root vegetables in wood ash? Also eggs as long as they aren't washed?
That sounds like a lovely childhood! I don't know anything about storing root vegetables in wood ash. We haven't tried that but it sounds intriguing!
I buy 50 lbs. of chicken feet from Youngs Farm here in Az. Perfect for chicken soup!📿✝️🙏🏻✨️😇💕God bless you all and many prayers 🙏🏻 Nurse Judi in Scottsdale AZ and E Minister 🙏🏻
That's awesome! The best broth!
Thanks for sharing . How long do you cook it for , the chicken feet ?
Wow that’s awesome idea!
@@desireejacobs9140it’s for broth
Just throw in with carcasses and wings if u have any
I like skin in mine so there’s good amount of fat.
Im new here i love watching your vedio😊❤watching from phillipines
Thanks so much for watching!!
You could make a great jelly or jam with the grapes too!
Yes! That would be delicious!
Awesome content! Loved the vid. Now you opened all kinds of inquiries on nutrition and food prep and storage!!! Would love some more info on how y’all started on the dairy issue before you had your own cow??
Blessings from Tx and I think I’ll go binge watch your channel!
Before getting Thimble (our milk cow) we bought 1 gallon a week of raw milk because that's all we could afford. We bought yogurt and cheese from the store (mostly - we'd make yogurt and mozzarella occasionally). But that was also before kids, so we didn't need nearly as much as we do now! So glad you are enjoying our channel!
Lovely healthy meals😅
Thank you!
Great video looks delicious 🤤 I will have to make this this winter :)
Awesome! Enjoy!
Great video ❤
Thank you!!
I love the sound of the kids in the background. Makes it so sweet. I was curious, does boiling the chicken take some of the flavor out of it when you go to broil and then eat it?
I know the question wasn't really addressed to me but I also boil my whole chicken before putting it in the oven and I feel it cooks up much juicier, tender, and delicious that way. You can get a really nice, crispy chicken exterior that way without sacrificing moisture. I keep the broth to add to rice, soups, or stews later on.
However, I usually make a paste to slather on the chicken prior to going into the oven. I think it would definitely lose its seasoning if seasoned, then boiled, then baked. I boil, then season, then bake.
It's always still been very flavorful and moist. Adding additional spices for broiling helps, too! Thanks for watching!
@@delilahmertoglu Thank you! I appreciate your comment
@@FromScratchFarmstead Thank you! I've been loving your videos. Already rendered tallow and made both your soap recipes!
@@delilahmertogluYesss the process you described works very well and delicious 👏🏻
New sub here. Absolutely loved this video.
So glad to hear this! Thanks for watching!
I was reading into what my Norwegian ancestors ate before they immigrated to ND (they had a lot of food insecurity) they could only grow oats, barley, wheat wouldn’t ripen, and they made a spot where they could grow some potatoes. They needed their livestock to survive and fed them well before themselves (and housed them before themselves), so I’m assuming they consumed a lot of butter, fresh milk, etc. they were never overweight, obviously either food insecurity. I need to move my family more away from processed but I don’t buy fake butter, low fat milk or yogurt, etc.
Interesting to hear! Thanks for sharing!
Yes meat based makes ppl THRIVE
Eggs daily in some form, too
In smoothies
Hard boiled & in quarters with s&p, mustard or redhot
Scrambled, fried
Poached on fried potatoes or toast
Quiche
Strata
Steamed Egg “Pudding” (it’s savory)
Plus meat & raw cultured dairy/butter (kefir is super easy-as is sour cream she shows in a diff vid)
Love your cooking videos 💕
So glad they're helpful! 😊
Since I first saw you slow cook a whole chicken with water ( 2/3) By doing that, I don't have to wait for the bones and start the long process of simmering them to make stock!, As you say, the 'stock' is ready done. I wish I had thought of it years ago. BTW, have you ever done the chicken from frozen please? Greetings from North Bay Ontario.
So glad this has been helping you! I’ve never done it with a frozen chicken - I’d be hesitant in a slow cooker but I think you should be able to in a pressure cooker! Thanks for watching!! 😊
Thank you. I am very much enjoying your videos.
@@christinebrush4399 I agree! I also used this idea after seeing it on this channel. Last week I pressure cooked a half frozen whole chicken on high for 50 minutes and it came out perfect! The chicken stock was all gelatin too!
I cook my stock from frozen almost every time in my crockpot! It works really well, I just leave it until I feel it’s done.
Ooh I'm going to try this!!
Bravo
Have you considered making browncheese from the leftover whey? Its what we make here in Norway, not sure if anyone else makes it but its incredible! (:
Now I need to look up brown cheese! I haven't heard of that. Thanks for sharing!
This is my second video from your channel, and I love what I've seen so far.
What's the name of your stove and do you have a link to it?
I'm learning a lot about healthy eating for my digestive system. I try to buy simple ingredient foods and organic, most of the time. But I'm also planting a few things in my little garden, until I'm blessed with more space. Making cheese is truly fun.
Thanks for sharing. 💖💖
Wonderful! Thanks so much for watching! Our oven is called an AGA. We found our used on fb marketplace but they aren't very common in the US. We do have a few other videos with more dedicated information!
@@FromScratchFarmstead Thanks for the information. I also just received your E-book, thank you for that also.
I love you, you're amazing
👷🏻♂️🇨🇦❤️Hello from a retired couple about to embark on our Homestead Adventure. We own The Ole Church with 5 Acres. Happy to learn. Let’s connect!
That's so exciting!! All the best to you!!
Please make a video on how you make the gummies 😊
Here’s a link to the full recipe (it uses elderberry, I just subbed grape juice). If you scroll down to the recipe, there’s a video tutorial! 😊fromscratchfarmstead.com/elderberry-gummies-recipe/
Knox gelatin had the recipe on their boxes
Maybe on their website?
Use juice for the water n no sugar
Just pour in pan n cut from pan. No crazy pricey molds needed.
Hi aweseome video. Thanks! What is the type of that oven?
It's an AGA! We have a few more dedicated videos about it. It was a fb marketplace find of a lifetime! :)
The historian in me is twitching at the opening "food we've always eaten" watching European descendants cooking meso-american produce, the engineer in me is delighted seeing the use of at-home pasteurization with the grape juice, the interior designer in me is drooling at the kitchen and stove seetup, and the sub-par chef in me that wishes to get better is just deeply impressed with the size and quality of the dishes. Thank you for the video!
For anyone interested, the rule of thumb when figuring out where food comes from goes (this gets long, feel free to ignore):
- Domesticed animals = Eurasia (horses, cows, goats, chickens, etc. - note: this is also the leading theory on European recurring plagues [i.e. black plague, small pox, etc.] and subsequent resistance [those that didn't have any died], compared to the Meso-American susceptibility [~98% dead (yes, seriously, 49 out of 50 individuals is the estimate, with a dense population thought to originally be on par to Europe in the tens of millions - imagine covid, but everyone who died instead lived, and everyone who lived instead died, and everyone caught it at least once, it was that bad)])
- Bland grains = Eurasia (Europe/Middle East/Fertile Cresent = wheat/rye, Asia = rice)
- Spices = Asia Proper (India, China, Indonesia, etc. - I'll throw Tea in there too as, while it's Chinese specifically, it's essentially just a spice for hot water)
- Nutritious Tasty Produce = Meso America (tomato, pumpkin, corn, squash, peppers, bean, coffee, chocolate, etc. If there's a non-sugary, non-grain, produce you don't hate, it's probably from the America's unless it's onions)
- Fruits and Berries = Grab-bag (fruits = anywhere tropical, berries anywhere in more northern temperate regions, but you can find varied examples across all continents. A curious, but historically impactful, example is grapes, which experts are still undecided on if they originally came from the Middle East, Meso-America, or both around the same time)
Other places occasionally originated things in other groups (ex. Saffron, a spice from the Iris flower family, is thought to be from Greece [and was Marco Polo's, the Venetian explorer, biggest cash crop]) but for the majority of products, the above rule of thumb is valid most of the time. Note, however, that it was extremely common for groups originating in one region to move to another and do as well, or better, than it's place of origin, with several regions becoming famous for things they didn't originally produce, to the point that culturally, most people tend to think they came from that region.
Examples include: Italians and tomatoes (think: pizza), the Irish and potatoes (Irish Potato Crisis), Indians and tea (deeply interesting subject, which intersects with English colonialism, Chinese monopolies and isolationism, the foundation of Hong Kong, and, oddly enough, the Monarchy-sanctioned, illegally propagated, Opium trade), Ethiopian and Indonesian coffee, Texan horse ranches, etc. ect.
Interesting- in my next life I’ll be a nutritional anthropologist (Good Eats, yes lol)
So Mexican herbs are from Asia?
EU didn’t have any herbs native? Or spices?
Bland grains=Eurasia=wheat/rye, Asia=rice
That means rice was from Asia, I got that
But bland grains are wheat/rye? What about oats, (corn from America), buckwheat (Asia?) & barley?
Barley used to be quite universal in America old days, along with oats/corn - and rye among certain pops.
Now everyone eats only wheat, including in ubiquitous pasta & rice (or quinoa if they think they’re healthy lol) - maybe down south you’ll find corn in certain regions (bread & grits)
@@YeshuaKingMessiah Almost all continents have counter-examples for all categories. I was trying to get across more "here's X kind of food, where's it most likely to have originated from?"
So for instance, Europe had lots of herbs (ex. rosemary), but most 'spices' originated around Asia (ex. black pepper, cloves, nutmeg, garlic), hence aggressive sea-fairing explorations to get easier access to the 'spice market'. The new world had spices too (ex. allspice, vanilla), but the variety of fruit/vegetable dishes tended towards a more diverse flavor profile without dried spices (so, tomatoes, chili, cocoa, etc. are all used in a variety of dishes) in a way that Europe tended to be blander and denser (lots of bread, meat, cheeses, but no chili's to spice it up), and if you randomly grab stuff from a spice cabinet, most of it would be expected to have originated somewhere in Asia (top of head maybe like 45%) then the Americas (maybe like 25%) and then the rest scattered around (Europe + Africa).
Maybe instead of 'bland grains' I should have said "dry grains" I was trying to draw a distinction between starches that tend to *need* to be dried and floured (wheat, barley, rye, etc.) vs starches that can be eaten as is after quick cooking (corn, pumpkin, squash) with drying and flowering being optional for storage.
But some kind of starch is nearly ubiquitous across regions (rice in particular is insanely widespread, but the grain type and yield is not), so that category is kinda weak. Just that Europeans tended to have more options for their dried and ground flours than other regions, while rice is a bit of a widespread wild card.
And yeah lol, flour products are really common these days in everywhere that isn't Asia despite rice being from all over.
@ thanks for the clarification!
@@YeshuaKingMessiah course course!
Hi there, I’m wondering if you could share which cod liver oil you use? Thank you for sharing your recipes and way of living!
We use Rosita Cod Liver Oil from Full Script!
Thank you!
What kind of oven it that? It looks very interesting! Love your lifestyle. ❤
@@barbaracasey9233 it ia Aga
Thank you! It's an AGA! We have a few other videos that talk about it specifically :).
Thank you for your videos! They have been so helpful for slowly going through the process of a healthier lifestyle for our family :) Question for you! What do you recommend for cutting boards? It has been tricky to find a nontoxic wood one. Also, as it pertains to oiling wooden utensils, do you use coconut oil?
So glad our videos are helpful! Great question about cutting boards and wooden cooking utensils. Jim actually made me this cutting board several years ago. He finished it with Tung oil from real milk paint co. That's what we finish our butcher block counter tops with as well. We try to find wooden utensils on etsy that are hand made if possible or Jim has carved some wooden spoons. Thanks for watching!
@@FromScratchFarmstead Thank you so much for the helpful advice!