Farmhouse DIY Bird Feeder As were new to the area I am slowly finding favorite stores, I happily report I found a new store, with sadly high prices. The store had an incredibly nice galvanized bird feeder for $85. I’m pretty sure we have all shared the experience of simultaniously falling in love with something…
For Halloween this year I have decided to make a black cat cake. The problem with making a black cake for Halloween is getting the icing a nice dark black. Have you ever tried to make black icing? I bought some black gel food colouring but the icing didn’t turn out truly black, more of…
Of all canned pickles I think Homemade Dill Pickles are the easiest to make, and pretty much everyone’s favorite pickle. Who hasn’t eaten a dill pickle? Now that Hubs is retired and eating at home most of the time. I have dusted off all my classic pickle canning recipes. I and am happy to share…
You will often see either dill pickled carrots or dill pickled bean recipes online. I have always made them together as Dill Pickled Carrots and Bean for no other reason than that’s how I learned to make them 40 plus years ago. This dilled pickled carrot and bean recipe is classic, tasty, and uses the…
Spicy and Moist Tomato Soup Cake I have no idea who first made this tomato soup cake, but its been a long loved Canadian prairies favorite simply forever. It likely came from a woman on a cold prairie farm having to shop in her pantry to feed her loved ones something different. I can just…
Hi everyone. I am still in BC tending after a loved one with very limited internet. I hope everyone had a great week, and Waste not Wednesday will be back next week as usual. I have not read any posts from last week yet, but look forward to it once I return home. Hugs and…
Apple butter is different than apple sauce. Its much thicker and is used like a less sweet jam. This apple butter recipe is made on the stove top so it can be canned. You don’t have to peel the apples for this apple butter recipe, which means you can use small apples or even crab…
Don’t let the long name of these Peanut Butter Oatmeal Raisin cookies fool you, they are really easy to make and use every day ingredients. You can mix these oatmeal raisin cookies up for lunches, faster than you can drive to the store to buy something. I don’t even bother using a mixer, and just…
