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Maple Pecan Sweet Potato Casserole

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Jan 28, 2012 - By Betty_1

Ingredients: 4 large sweet potatoes 1 C milk ½ C butter, softened 2 T vanilla extract 1/3 C honey ½ C Maple Syrup , plus 2 T reserved 2 eggs 1 C pecans, chopped plus ¼ C reserved Directions: Roast sweet potatoes on a...

Friday, planing for the weekend.

Tangle Tree Ranch   -   Jan 28, 2012 - By Marte Holen

Books and more books, no not the reading kind, well, you can read the numbers, but there is not more text. Mostly numbers. You got it, I am preparing for our taxes, so we can pay what we owe, or get money back. We do not mind paying taxes, as long as it is...

Honey Apple Tartlet

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Jan 27, 2012 - By Betty_1

Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon dried currants 3 Tablespoons finely chopped walnuts     1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon , plus additional for dusting 6 Tablespoons honey, divided 2 large baking apples 2 prepared pie dough for...

Maple Walnut Scones

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Jan 27, 2012 - By Betty_1

Ingredients: ¾ C buttermilk 1 egg 4-inches of scraped vanilla bean or 1 tsp vanilla extract 3 T Maple Syrup ½ C rolled oats 3 C flour 2 ½ t baking powder ½ t baking soda 1 T corn starch 3/8 t salt ¾ C sugar or Demerara...

Sometimes it hurts

Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm   -   Jan 26, 2012 - By Jody_1

Sometimes it hurts… Much of the joy we receive from farming is in the connections we have with our customers/members and the other businesses that make CVSF go. At each delivery, we get to talk with our extended farm family.Usually, we hear about yummy...

Milk and Honey Loaf

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Jan 26, 2012 - By Betty_1

Ingredients: 1 cup graham flour 1 cup unbleached white flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup whole milk 1/2 cup raw buckwheat honey Directions: Preheat the oven to 375°F Butter a loaf pan Put the graham...

Dig early dig often

At Home in Nature   -   Jan 26, 2012 - By Mary_5

Tilling the soil is the best way to improve it. Adding air to the soil, even if you integrate NO manure or green matter, helps the beneficial microorganisms breathe and mineralize important nutrients from the air. More than 16kg/ha of nitrogen can be...

Could I possibly be considered a hoarder?

Wild Things Farm   -   Jan 26, 2012 - By Terry_5

I’ve not watched any of the new reality shows on hoarding, but once in a while I ask myself that question.  I do have hoarding tendencies for saving plastic plant pots (I do use them, really I do), plastic produce containers, egg cartons, fabric (she who...

Maple Honey Cookies

Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles   -   Jan 26, 2012 - By Betty_1

Ingredients: 1 C butter ¾ C Maple Syrup ¾ C Honey 2 eggs 4-inches of scraped vanilla bean or 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 t salt 1 t baking soda 2 ½ C flour 1 C chopped walnuts 2 C dark chocolate chips Directions: ...

Welcome back to the LocalHarvest newsletter. Three years ago this month I started taking a new approach to meal planning. It sounds like an exaggeration, but it really has changed my life. If you're like me, you like to cook, but don't enjoy...