Besides gardening, what I love about spring is that it's the beginning of bbq season! For me and mine, that usually means more recipes using a good, thick, sweet and tangy bbq sauce. I like to make pulled pork sandwiches in the slow cooker, bbq pork ribs and beef short ribs, ham hock with baked beans, and, of course, bbq chicken pizza... my favorite! Unfortunately, many bbq sauces sold pre-bottled have many processed ingredients including high fructose corn syrup. It's a blessing that you ... continue reading...
5 Simple Tasks Your Kids Can Do in the Garden!
This past weekend my sister Susie (who runs this website with me) and I spent time cleaning up, amending, and sowing seeds in our garden beds at our parent's home. As usual, with everything that we do, we always include our children – all six of them, ranging in ages from 1-8. Since my children were itty-bitty's, they've watched me sow, tend to, and harvest our garden year after year. Along the way, they've always helped me in the garden. ... continue reading...
A Braised Spring Stew Recipe
Thanks to Jovial for partnering with My Humble Kitchen. Please remember that if you order anything from Jovial's online store you will receive 10% off PLUS free shipping by using the online code, HumbleK. I haven't been making many braises in my kitchen lately. Humble pieces of meat, browned on both sides, then simmered in a homemade sauce, low and slow, until the meat is perfectly tender and the sauce is filled with everything good that was added to the pot. Since a braise to my liking takes ... continue reading...
Simple Lives Thursday, #190
It's Simple Lives Thursday! My favorite day of the week where you share your tips and recipes for living a simple life. Whichever blog that you choose to link up your post, it will show up on all 4 sites! As a reminder, this blog hop is a way to share with many people your posts on what you are doing to live a simple life. Whether that's gardening, raising urban chickens, homeschooling, sewing, making your own deodorant, or cleaning supplies... we want to know about it! If you're into ... continue reading...
The Nourished Kitchen Cookbook and Exclusive Recipe
Each year there are new cookbooks that are published and released during the spring and fall. In these seasons I excitedly research the vast variety of new cookbooks set to release. As I've written before, a well written cookbook that includes history, tradition, and proper cooking technique can be looked upon as a text book for the home cook or chef. For me, it's these text book quality cookbooks that I long for – those that teach. A well written book like this encourages roughened pages, ... continue reading...
