Holy Hot Sauce!

Hey and welcome back to the farm! So this week we haven't had to much going on. We moved a bunch of animals around on different leads to try and ease the amount of animals eating all the grass in the main fence. Since the baby piglets are getting in and out of the pig pen on their own we decided to move the mama out into the main fence and put Miss Piggy and George back into the pig pen. They were just tearing up the nice pasture making pig mud holes and it really was frustrating me. They were always getting into the baby pool we use for water for all the animals and making it so muddy also. Super annoying! Other than that just a normal work week. The girls had a sleepover at my moms Friday night and came back spoiled with clothes, new shoes, and Minnie mouse lunch boxes for school that are super cute! What are grandma's for right? But seriously my mom is the best, Thank you mom!

The other thing that we got into this week is that Frank decided to make his own hot sauce from our jalapeno and habanero peppers we're growing. I don't know how this will turn out but we'll see! We started by washing and cutting all the tops off the peppers. Then into the blender they went and the smell alone was hot! I had to send the girls to their room to play it was so intense. We added the salt and now it's sitting, fermenting, in our laundry room for now. We got the recipe from Mother Earth News magazine, it's a great resource with all kinds of great articles. If you want to check it out here is the link: Make Your Own Hot Sauce

I'll keep you posted about how this goes along, we'll see! Thanks for stopping by and see ya'll next time!

Chicken Thighs

Hey ya'll! I recently googled a new recipe and after we tried it we found it was super easy and really good. I normally buy chicken breast and we make tacos or bake it but this time we tried chicken thighs. They turned out really tender and juicy and the kids actually liked them and ate all of their dinner. So needless to say they are a favorite around here now. I've found that the skin on, bone in ones work better but boneless worked as well. Just have to adjust the cooking time. Your supposed to mix all the spices together but I just shake them onto the chicken one at time and it turns out just fine. One less container to wash right? Happy Cooking!

Baked Chicken Thighs

8 Bone In Chicken Thighs
1/4 Tsp Garlic Salt
1/4 Tsp Onion Salt
1/4 Tsp Oregano
1/4 Tsp Black Pepper
1/4 Tsp Paprika
1/4 Tsp Thyme

Preheat oven to 350, mix all the dried ingredients in an bowl together. Brush the chicken thighs with olive oil and sprinkle the spice mix over the chicken. Bake in the over for about 1 hour. The juices should run clear and if use a thermometer it should read 165 degrees.

Breakfast Casserol

Good afternoon ya'll! So with the girls starting preschool in September I've been trying to come up with quick breakfast ideas. We also have all these potatoes that need to be used since I still haven't solved the pressure cooker problem yet. So I decided to try to throw together a breakfast casserole that can be made ahead of time and you can just microwave what you want to eat in the morning. It actually turned out pretty well. Tomorrow we'll see if the kids will actually eat it though, that will be the real test. We used 1 lb of sausage from the freezer, half an onion, half a green pepper, 12 eggs, and probably 1 lb of diced up potatoes. Oh and cheese, have to have cheese! Salt and pepper as well for taste. We cooked the sausage and potatoes first then combined all the ingredients in a dish and cooked it in the over at 350 for about 25 minutes.  I'll let you know how the kids like it. Please pass along any tips or recipes ya'll use for quick breakfast options! 

Looks super good!