tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10857794035798413732024-03-05T17:07:09.757-05:00Ramblings of a Farm Girl ImposterRamblings of a Farm Girl Imposterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08621336024773419542noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085779403579841373.post-62414672158195000492012-08-23T09:13:00.001-04:002012-08-23T09:15:00.831-04:00Weight-Date #1I reluctantly got on the scale this morning. I've been avoiding it. Why? Well, I haven't exactly been following my diet! I gave up on my shakes because I just plain missed eating! I haven't been exercising. Like at all. Notta. Zip. Zilch! So the thought of getting on the scale this morning and witnessing the numbers climb back up to where I had started some thirty days ago, was just not appealing. You've seen what I've been eating! That apple pie - I've had three just this week!!! <br />
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But I did it anyway. I stood on that scale, then hopped off and stood on it again sure I was reading it wrong! Somehow, I have no idea how, I had lost three pounds! Not a whole lot, but hey - I'll take losing three pounds to gaining it! So what are the numbers? <br />
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8.02.2012: 164lbs<br />
8.23.2012: 161lbs<br />
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Now how in the world did I manage that when I ended up eating more and not exercising at all? <br />
<br />Ramblings of a Farm Girl Imposterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08621336024773419542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085779403579841373.post-20639692604170249722012-08-20T11:43:00.000-04:002012-08-21T19:24:56.652-04:00The Best Apple Pie (In My Humble Ole' Opinion)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cinnamon Roll Pie Crust from <a href="http://taste-for-adventure.tablespoon.com/2011/11/17/sweet-potato-pie-with-cinnamon-roll-crust/" target="_blank">Taste For Adventure</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A little searching revealed it's all over the Internet. Nevertheless it left me excited to try for myself! We were invited over to fa riends house for dinner this past weekend, so I used it as a perfect opportunity to try a new recipe! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First we make the apple pie filling! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay - now this is a messy recipe, so I wasn't able to take as many pictures of the process as I normally do, so you're just going to have to follow closely and excuse me this time. I promise I'll make this pie again and come back and fill in the missing steps with pictures.........One day, when I'm not milking, or mucking, or homeschooling, or bandaging up a wounded child, or baking bread, or baking granola (which I have yet to put on the blog). Anyway, you get the idea. Now, where was I? Ah, yes, the filling!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Place the following ingredients in a large bowl</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">3/4 cup granulated sugar</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">2 Tablespoons cinnamon</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">1/4 teaspoons salt</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">1/4 teaspoons nutmeg</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">and slice 3 lbs of your favorite cooking apples (I'm using Pink Lady), and then place in your sugary bowl, pour 1/4 cup whipping cream on top and mix well. Then set aside and begin on your pie crust.</span> </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The crust is simple as pie - no pun intended! It's simply the pre-made <a href="http://www.pillsbury.com/Products/Pie" target="_blank">Pillsbury Pie Crusts</a> (they come two to a pack). If you make your own - that's even better. Next time, I plan on doing that - I just didn't have the time as the decision to bring a pie happened last minute for me. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Roll out one of the pre-made, room temperature, pie crusts. Set the other aside to use as the top of the pie. </span></td></tr>
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Now I believe what makes this pie the best is the filling. So, could you make this pie using a regular crust? Would it be just as good? I believe so! Although I didn't get any pictures of the pie cut so you could see the swirls on the bottom; they were there and in my opinion, added character! I do think that I could have just smeared the bottom of the crust with some butter and cinnamon and had the same flavor results, but it would not have been as fun! </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the kids morning feeding chores, they found two baby snapping turtles! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Babies three, four and five brought me more than oodles of love and joy, they also brought me about 45 extra pounds that I have been unable to shed as easily as I did the weight from babies one and two. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the last few months Hubby has lost a tremendous amount of weight! He's gone from a size 38 to a 34 almost right before my eyes! I'm still hanging around at a size 12/14 and 164 lbs. It's not fair! As much as I feel it's not fair, I still struggle with the idea of exercising. Hubby is far more active than I am - I lack the energy he seems to have! I did really well for two weeks walking/jogging, swimming, and mucking each day. But I quickly got burned out with it. Maybe I tried too much at once? Maybe I need to slow down and just do one method of exercise per day - like walking. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've drastically changed our diets, trying to only eat organic, and watching the portion size, but even that doesn't seem to be enough. I'm even on a healthy shake twice a day in place of two meals (I've been pretty good about sticking to it). But, I'm starting to see that even though when my daughter was born, 13 years ago, exercise wasn't something I needed to shed my baby weight, today, it seems to be the missing key. I've heard all the pep talks about how good exercise is for the body, mind and soul. I believe that it is - I just can't seem to get enough enthusiasm from the pep talks to make me get out there and walk! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So, maybe we can do this together? Maybe we can get healthy and in shape and keep each other on track and motivated? It's worth a try! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Here are my goals regarding my weight:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I want to lose about 39 pounds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I want to weigh about 125 lbs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I want to get in shape - not just lose weight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I want to do some form of exercise daily</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm putting it out here in hopes y'all can keep me accountable. I promise to post weekly updates on my status. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So, what are your goals regarding your weight? Are you ready to make the change with me?</span>Ramblings of a Farm Girl Imposterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08621336024773419542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085779403579841373.post-82729642811429819672012-08-01T10:22:00.000-04:002012-08-02T20:32:33.364-04:00September 4th, 2012<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Somewhere along our homeschooling journey, we decided our school year would start after Labor Day. This year, Labor Day falls on Monday, September 3rd so school will start on Tuesday, September 4th. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are so many health benefits to raw milk. I have friends who drink raw milk, and we've had raw milk. When we give the milk to our animals, it's always raw. We notice their coats are shiny and they are very healthy! However, when we decided we would start milking our goats for ourselves, we just didn't feel we were comfortable enough with the process to drink the milk raw. We also knew we didn't want to pasteurize it as it is done in commercial settings. With research we soon decided on flash pasteurizing.</span> <br />
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<br /></div>Ramblings of a Farm Girl Imposterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08621336024773419542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085779403579841373.post-42647835055277698562012-07-28T12:22:00.000-04:002012-07-28T12:23:26.150-04:00Another Random RamblingCan you believe it's July 28th and all the blueberries we<a href="http://ramblingsofafarmgirlimposter.blogspot.com/2012/07/its-blueberry-season.html" target="_blank"> picked</a> earlier this month are gone!Ramblings of a Farm Girl Imposterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08621336024773419542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085779403579841373.post-26280539304214505872012-07-28T06:00:00.000-04:002012-07-28T11:22:28.998-04:00Ratatouille<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know about you, but the first time I saw the movie, "Ratatouille", I knew I had to make the dish! Well, how many years later is it? FIVE! Five years later, I finally found the time and inspiration to give it a try! Now, if it took me five years to make a recipe, you can understand why I'm not very good at blogging every day! </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I suppose I had my reasons, Hubby has never been very keen on eggplant. He once made eggplant Parmesan, but as I was the only one who would eat it, I quickly grew tired of it! Imagine two large trays of eggplant Parmesan to consume all on your own and I'm sure to have your sympathy! I don't think I made it through half a tray, before it went bad and had to be tossed! Anyway, on Thursday we found ourselves at our CSA picking up our weekly share and wouldn't you know there were three eggplants! Not wanting it to go to waste, I set out trying to figure out what I would do with it - and, with luck, I found a recipe for Ratatouille while browsing through my new cookbook </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nourishing-Traditions-Cookbook-Challenges-Politically/dp/1417665114" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nourishing Traditions.</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take a moment to love one of your family members. Here is my Spud - showing off the gap where a tooth stood just earlier today!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The season of tomatoes is upon us and if you're like me, you're wondering how to store them, and how to use them! I've always thought the process of peeling them to store, or make sauce, would be daunting - I was surprised to find out this was not the case! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In May we decided to join a </span><a href="http://www.localharvest.org/csa/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CSA </span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Community Supported Agriculture), because we worried our gardening attempts would again be thwarted by the weeds, goats, chickens and dogs. Thank goodness I had the foresight because if we were left to harvest the fruits of our garden; we'd have starved! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After some research we decided </span><a href="http://greenbranchfarm.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greenbranch Organic Farm</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> offered the best CSA for our family. We've thoroughly enjoyed picking up our veggies each week and learning to cook with new vegetables. It wasn't until we joined the CSA that we learned about bok choy - now one of our favorite greens to use in salads or stir-fry's! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week, potatoes were in full harvest at Greenbranch and so I wanted to make one of my favorite childhood soups; Cream of Potato! I've never made it from scratch - my memories of the soup all stem from a can of Campbell's, but nevertheless, I was up for the challenge! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was one of the hottest days we've had with a heat index of 110 degrees! But we had had a bad storm come through the night before, and with another planned for that evening, combined with the heat, we worried if we didn't go, we would miss the opportunity!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Like before, and as usual, I start out by <a href="http://ramblingsofafarmgirlimposter.blogspot.com/2012/05/back-to-basics.html" target="_blank">milling my wheat berries </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Place 3 cups warm water in a large mixing bowl and sprinkle in 2 tablespoons yeast. I think the yeast makes a difference - my yeast of choice is <a href="http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/grains_baking_supplies.aspx" target="_blank">SAF Instant Yeast</a>. It makes the bread rise very well, and as other yeasts tend to really upset my stomach, I find this one does not! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I LOVE Papa John's, The Works, pizza, but every time I have it - my stomach hurts - it has got to be the yeast in the dough! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">After you've added the yeast to the water, add in 3 cups flour and mix well (about 1-2 minutes). Then allow to sit for 5 minutes or so until you see bubbles form and the mixture begins to look spongy. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Once this happens add:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Loretta is our ADGA Nubian dairy goat. She supplies all our milk, which in her first freshening, is just enough for a days supply. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those of you not familiar with <a href="http://www.weeddragon.com/" target="_blank">The Weed Drangon</a>, it's a 100,000 BTU propane torch kit that generates heat up to 2,000° F. The Weed Dragon quickly hooks up to any refillable propane tank making it perfect for natural, organic weed control around the home, garden and
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Actually, our new puppy has already entered this big world, he was born May 3rd! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The lower knob controls grain feed and turns the mill on and off. The feed rate will affect the fineness of the grind. I keep this one set in the middle too, at 12:00. For a finer flour, I would also turn this knob to the left, at about 10-11:00. For a bread flour it would between 12-1:00, and for coarse/meal texture, all the way to the right at 3:00.</span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is all personal preference. I suggest playing with it to see which texture you like best. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><br />
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</span>Ramblings of a Farm Girl Imposterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08621336024773419542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085779403579841373.post-45700106173217515282012-05-11T06:00:00.000-04:002012-05-11T06:00:10.688-04:00Back to Basics<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On my quest for a more self sufficiant lifestyle I find that there is always one more step to making our food cleaner and healthier. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we started, I was content to make our own bread from store bought flour. We are a large family, and as such, the most economical way for us to buy flour, is in the large bags from Sams </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Club. This worked for a while, but my biggest complaint was they only had white bleahed flour and bread flour, as time went on I wanted wheat and unbleached flour and I wanted organic. Because, what's the point of making my own, if the stuff I'm using is full of chemicals? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And have you priced organic flour? The stores here sell little bags and the stuff is $$$! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, what's a step back from buying flour? Growing my own wheat? Well, that's what I thought, until a friend told me I could buy whole wheat and mill it myself! Say what? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If we had enough land, oodles of time, and the fancy equipment, we might very well try to grow the wheat ourselves. But since we have none of the above, we opted for buying a mill and the whole wheat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">All of the grain is triple-cleaned to ensure purity and protct grain mills from any foreign objects that could be harmful to the mills. In addition, all (organic and conventional) of Pleasant Hills Grain's whole grain products are natural (non-GMO). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This is the Organic Hard Red Winter Wheat. Sooo, sooo yummy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know when things changed, maybe they were changing all along but so slowly and quietly we didn't see them. Maybe the change came with the turn of the economy and wanting to pinch pennies. Maybe the change came from all the food recalls. Maybe the change came from wanting to know where our food came from and what was in it. Maybe the change came from all of the above. I don't know when, where or why change came about, but I know it did. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what is this change I am rambling on about? Homesteading! Living a life of more sustainability. Growing our own food, milking our own goats, and buying from local organic </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">farms the things we cannot provide ourselves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hubby was the one to suggest we get a dairy goat. I had in mind one day we would have a cow; a Jersey with big brown eyes! But Hubby pointed out how BIG a cow is compared to a goat, how much more feed they require than goats, and how hard they are on fences! None of which I could argue with, so I agreed on a dairy goat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Within a few days we were on our way to pick up Loretta, an ADGA (American Dairy Goat Association), Nubian, in here first freshening. Meaning her fist time having babies. As an added bonus, we got a package - Loretta came with her two babies; a doe Patsy and a buck Clyde. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yup! Hubby was right to get a dairy goat! In fact, so right, that after just one week here we were looking for another one! She'll be here in just a few weeks!</span>Ramblings of a Farm Girl Imposterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08621336024773419542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1085779403579841373.post-89301784567443190452012-05-09T13:47:00.000-04:002012-05-09T14:44:41.013-04:00I've Returned and may no longer be an IMPOSTER<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A lot has changed around this so called Imposter farm. I'll tell you all about it, if you stick around. </span><br />
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