This chicken stew is one of my most requested meals! It’s a hearty, stick-to-your-ribs old fashioned meal and one of my favorites to enjoy when it’s cold out! My girls love dumplings in stews and soups but, you can easily omit the dumplings, and substitute for rice or pasta instead. You could also use this…
Crockpot Chicken and Gravy with Vegetables
I love crockpot meals for the simplicity of it! Toss everything in and at the end of a long day, you have a lovely hot meal waiting for you! This crockpot chicken and gravy is one of our favorites! I add veggies in like potatoes and carrots, but you can add any vegetable you like….
Easy Homemade Egg Drop Soup
We love soups in our house. Nothing beats a warm bowl of soup on a chilly fall day. I like this easy homemade egg drop soup because it takes just a handful of ingredients and it isn’t heavy so it’s a great way to start a meal. We make this soup when we have too…
September 2023 Garden Update
This month gardening at the community garden has definitely had its challenges. Let me share with you what’s happened this month. September 6 and it has seemed to take forever for the sunflowers to bloom. Looks as though they will soon open and we are looking forward to them blooming. Not only are the seeds…
Harvest the Past at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
I love learning about history, cultures and what life was like in the past and have been fascinated by it since I was around 8 years old. I have always enjoyed learning about what food was eaten and how it grew, what the settlers daily chores were, how they lived, how they grew and preserved…
August 2023 Garden Update
Welcome to our garden! We have been gardening in our plot in the community garden as well as in a bunch of containers and a garden bed at our home this season. It has been hot this month with a few rainy days. I will share with you all of the updates throughout August. Let’s…
July 2023 Garden Update
Let’s take a gander at our garden throughout July and see its progress! Let’s get to it! Our garden update begins July 2 and here’s our white patty pan squash – also called sunburst squash. I’ve never grown a white one before, always yellow, so I’m excited to see all the flowers and squash growing!!…
