Lemon Chicken Quinoa Soup

This Lemon Chicken Quinoa Soup is light, bright, and deliciously satisfying.   Loaded with both flavor and nutrition, you can’t go wrong with this one!  Our children rarely all like the same meal, but they all give this one an enthusiastic thumbs-up!  Start with an organic, pasture-raised chicken and home-made stock.  You will be setting yourself up for an incredibly wholesome meal, minus the bad stuff that usually comes with chicken soups. Who really needs MSG in their soup anyway? The tumeric is what gives this dish it’s beautiful yellow color. The addition of quinoa gives a hearty and nutritional bonus.   This is truly a delicious, satisfying meal! Continue reading Lemon Chicken Quinoa Soup

Preserving the Harvest by Liz Porter

Many of you know that we have been attending classes at Lady Slipper Nursery on Saturday mornings.  This Saturday we had the opportunity to attend Preserving the Harvest by Liz Porter of Buckeye Creek Farms.  Liz led a fun, informative class and gave tips for both newbies and veterans alike.  She had excellent suggestions for tools, methods, and resources.  Specific topics discussed were pressure canning versus water bath canning, blanching before freezing, canning additives, and the canning of Continue reading Preserving the Harvest by Liz Porter