More Wordless cute? Here.
More Lucky Buddy Bear? Here.
More little Gnat? Here.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Sunday Dose of Cute: The Hokey Pokey for Dogs
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Recipe: Really Easy Baby Shortbread Cookies with Mini Chocolate Chips and Toffee Bits
A scrumptious cross between butter cookies and shortbread, perfect for giving and munching (recipe here).
Getting a jump on your holiday baking—or just in the mood for a little sweet treat? These cute baby chocolate chip and toffee cookies are perfect to have on hand this time of year, and the batter comes together in less time than it takes the oven to heat up. Pile them on a pretty plate and serve them to guests as a light dessert with coffee, or add them to an afternoon tea tray.
They keep for several days and travel well, making them a wonderful choice for holiday goodie boxes mailed to faraway loved ones. They also freeze beautifully, so you can make them now and enjoy them later. Pack them in little cello bags tied with a colorful ribbon for handy gifts, perhaps tucked into oversized cappuccino cups. Everyone loves them.
Looking for more holiday baking inspiration? You'll find links to all my sweet and savory Less Fuss, More Flavor recipes in the Farmgirl Fare Recipe Index.
© FarmgirlFare.com, where cute is a way of life—right down to dessert.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Friday Dose of Cute: Beagle Backup
More Bert? Here.
More sheep? Here.
More front field photos? Here.
© FarmgirlFare.com, where nobody has just one job—and hard working beagle Bert has finally earned his Junior Guard Dog Badge. According to Daisy and Marta, he's now a full-fledged, part time livestock guardian—though he prefers the Mole Patrol (more action).
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Thursday Dose of Cute: Happy Thanksgiving!
George, our mechanic's pet turkey
George is thankful he'll still be around tomorrow, and we're thankful for homemade apple streusel pie and ice cream for breakfast. Gotta go!
What are you thankful for today?
Thanksgivings past:
(click here to see all these posts on one long page)11/24/05: Happy Thanksgiving to You
11/24/05: Year Round Thankfulness
11/23/06: Thankful to Call this Place Home
11/22/07: Enjoying a Feast
11/27/08: Gobble Gobble
11/27/09: Thanksgiving, the Morning After
11/25/10: Post Feast Nap
© 2011 FarmgirlFare.com, thankful every day to call this place home.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Holiday Gift Ideas for Bakers and Cooks: 16 Favorite Kitchen Essentials, Most Under $25
Affordable, Useful Gifts that Will Last for Years
Updated 2011: It's a new holiday season, but I'm still loving, using, and recommending all the same great stuff!
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I spend a lot of time cooking and baking, and the right equipment makes all the difference. When a friend came to visit for the first time a while back, she took one look around the kitchen and said, "You could outfit a restaurant with all this stuff!" Actually, a lot of it did.
I spent several years in the restaurant business when I lived in Northern California, including running my own little bakery cafe, and I quickly came to realize that heavy duty, well made items may cost a little more at first, but in the long run they're the best deals around.
These are the kitchen tools that I love and use all the time. Whether you're buying for yourself or someone else this holiday season, they're sure to be appreciated for many years to come.
Free super saver shipping is available from Amazon.com on everything here. The Chicago Metallic loaf pans, baking sheets, 9"x9" baking pan, and muffin pan, plus the 3-quart and 5-quart stainless steel mixing bowls, rolling pin, stackable cooling racks, magnetic knife bars, and some of the cookie scoops are all eligible (along with thousands of other items and books) for Amazon.com's 4-for-3 holiday promotion—buy any 4 eligible items and you get the lowest-priced item free. More details on the product links below.
Free super saver shipping is available from Amazon.com on everything here. The Chicago Metallic loaf pans, baking sheets, 9"x9" baking pan, and muffin pan, plus the 3-quart and 5-quart stainless steel mixing bowls, rolling pin, stackable cooling racks, magnetic knife bars, and some of the cookie scoops are all eligible (along with thousands of other items and books) for Amazon.com's 4-for-3 holiday promotion—buy any 4 eligible items and you get the lowest-priced item free. More details on the product links below.
More below. . .
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Recipe: Easy, Creamy Mashed Cauliflower (Cauliflower Purée) with Garlic
This healthy side dish, which calls for just 2 Tablespoons of butter and 2 Tablespoons of milk or cream, is low fat, low carb, easy to make, and really hard to stop eating. You can dress it up in all sorts of ways—with sour cream and dill, cheddar and chives, even lemon juice and baby arugula—or just enjoy it plain.
"This is really good," said my foodie mom.
"I know."
"Why is it so good?"
"I've decided that the cauliflower must go through some sort of magical transformation when it's puréed, bringing out more of the flavor."
"I think maybe it's the garlic."
"I think I should have cooked both heads of cauliflower."
Until I discovered and fell in love with kohlrabi purée several years ago, the only vegetables I'd mashed up were potatoes and things with the potatoes, like carrots and turnips (both of these combinations are wonderful). But it turns out there's a whole delicious world of versatile vegetable purées out there. My food processor is my new best friend.
One of the most popular puréed vegetables is cauliflower, which is often called mashed cauliflower and is usually touted as a low carb substitute for mashed potatoes, especially around Thanksgiving. But this really isn't fair to the cauliflower purée. It tastes so good it shouldn't be considered a stand-in or alternative to anything.
If you have trouble eating enough fresh vegetables in autumn and winter, try puréeing them. They taste great, and the volume really shrinks down. I had no idea it was so easy to devour an entire head of cauliflower. I've eaten more cauliflower in the past three years I have than during the rest of my entire life.
Recipe below. . .
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Recipe: Easy Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Onions, Apples, and Hint of Orange
This pretty & healthy side dish would be perfect for Thanksgiving (recipe here).
For years I prepared sweet potatoes the same old way: cut into chunks and then steamed, mashed with a fork, and sprinkled with lots of salt. I loved them, but this scrumptious roasted sweet potato recipe requires only slightly more effort and yet is ten times tastier.
This dish is nice enough to serve to company, though I usually devour it all on my own. The roasting does take a little time, but it will make your kitchen smell marvelous.
This dish is nice enough to serve to company, though I usually devour it all on my own. The roasting does take a little time, but it will make your kitchen smell marvelous.
More Thanksgiving recipe inspiration from Farmgirl Fare:
Kohlrabi Purée (I love this stuff)
Still hungry? You'll find links to all my sweet and savory Less Fuss, More Flavor recipes in the Farmgirl Fare Recipe Index.
© FarmgirlFare.com, where if you're like me, you make these vegetable recipes every other day of the year, because on Thanksgiving it's all about the stuffing and the gravy—and dessert. Oh, and the turkey.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas: Quick Breads, Rolls, & More
There's nothing like homemade bread for the holidays! From easy but impressive quick breads to yeasty little rolls that make great leftover turkey sandwiches, these nine favorite recipes from the Farmgirl Fare archives will have everyone singing your praises throughout Thanksgiving weekend, and your kitchen will smell divine while they're baking. The scones, rolls, muffins, and Italian rosemary raisin bread all freeze beautifully, too. Enjoy!
I created these Savory Cheese and Scallion Scones with Feta during a 1993 scone craving when there was no butter in the house, and they've become one of my most popular recipes. Made with softened cream cheese in place of the butter, they mix up quickly and always garner rave reviews. I love the leftovers split in half, toasted, and made into little cream cheese and ham or turkey sandwiches.
Eight more recipes below. . .
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Tuesday Dose of Cute: Lunch on the Go
Because we live so far from everything (10 miles to the post office to get our mail, 17 miles to an itty bitty library, 40 miles to a big supermarket, 90 miles to Lowe's), unless it's an emergency, we never leave the farm for just one thing.
During today's seven hour outing we made 11 stops, which was actually on the low side (and we only forgotthree four things!). We never travel without snacks, sandwiches, jugs of water, and emergency miniature candy bars.
During today's seven hour outing we made 11 stops, which was actually on the low side (and we only forgot
The chickens, on the other hand (foot?), just have to look down and peck for their lunch—though of course they also never have to leave the farm. Lucky clucks.
© FarmgirlFare.com, always glad to be back home sweet home.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Friday Farm Photo: Through the Kitchen Window
Twenty-two degrees and a graceful morning view.
Firearm deer season opens tomorrow. All around the area, hearty community breakfasts will start being served at 3:30 am. Businesses will be closed or short-staffed all week, and the kids are off from school. Vacation days from work were scheduled months ago, and campers and RVs have been parked in favorite hunting spots for days.
The small local meat processor, located five miles outside a town of 325, will take in something like 600 deer over the next week and a half—and those are just the ones hunters don't process themselves.
Deer season is a really big deal around here.
More below. . .
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Thursday Dose of Cute: Treasure Hunt
There's no doubt about it—farm dogs love stinky stuff. There's nothing like relaxing on a giant pile of aged sheep manure! So when I pulled an icky vet wrap bandage off a ewe's hoof yesterday and tossed it into an old wheelbarrow (where it would be out of reach of the dogs) while we finished chores, it was no surprise that beagle Bert sniffed it out in seconds.
More photos below. . .
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
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