by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Baking, Our Kitchen, Recipes
Growing a garden in Fairbanks is challenging at best with a very short growing season of just 60 days guaranteed frost free. The silver lining of growing this far north is the 24 hours of sun for two months. I do not possess the natural green thumb of my sister...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Our Kitchen, Recipes
Greek Chicken and Rice Soup or Avgolemono is a favorite in our house. We usually make this right when the garden is starting to produce and we go out and harvest the vegetables and herbs for dinner. Except for the lemons, I want a lemon tree so badly and our northern...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Canning & Pickling, Gardening, Our Kitchen, Recipes
Garlic is a must in my kitchen and in my garden. Garlic has a very long growing season, about 7 months from planting to summer harvest. That’s a very long investment for one food crop so I want to make sure that my harvest is preserved so it will last the...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Baking, Our Kitchen, Recipes
I really love to bake, the process of baking is my zen moment in a hectic and busy day. I love to bake pretty much anything. Sometimes, I like the baking process more than actually eating what I make, I swear. This is one of those recipes. My husband really...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Canning & Pickling, Our Kitchen, Recipes
My family loves beans, black, garbanzo, white, navy and pinto are some of our favorites. We eat them at least once a day in salads, soups, dips and more! My children’s favorite ‘mom doesn’t want to cook’ meal is bean and cheese...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Fermenting & Cheesemaking, Our Kitchen, Recipes
I personally don’t own milk goats, so instead, I bought into a goat share of my neighbor’s milk goat. Basically, I own part of their goat, I help pay for the goat’s upkeep, and I get to have a certain amount of milk every week for myself. ...
