Food & Swine. Literally. I’m making a valiant effort to swing back the roots of this blog and what it was made for. #1: Me forgetting recipes I make frequently that I never…
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Making homemade play dough is the easiest activity to do with kids. The dough cooks up in minutes, cools a bit and then can be customized with colors, glitter and different extracts…
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There’s no doubt that a quick and easy bar recipes are tops on the list of my followers. Consistently, recipes like my sister’s Dutch Letter Bars make their way to the top of my ‘most loved’…
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If you know me, I love a ‘fussy dessert’ that is relatively low maintenance. Cheesecake is THAT dessert in my book. Sure, are there a few steps involved in this creamy, delicious dessert? Yes. However, with…
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Pork Belly + Whiskey + Honey + Curing and Smoking = Bacon Fantasia. Seriously, could life get any better? We butchered a pig recently, a Duroc barrow (Cookie Dough’s bro) and we…
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Cherry D is one special pig. She’s the newest addition to our small show pig family. When I win a baking contest, it is now tradition to buy a pig (usually a…
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We’re going to have a bounty of pork to eat this fall and winter after recently taking a pig to the locker. I’ve asked some of my fellow Iowa Bloggers to help…
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Today is a busy day at the Fair. My daughter will be competing in “Create a Family Baking Legacy” sponsored by the Knop Family and Miss NiNi’s Fine Desserts. She’s baking Red White and…
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The other day, upon letting the gilts out that we have at home, it was discovered that they would chart a different course on their evening walk. “Cookie Dough” one of the…
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By: Cristen Ground pork has seriously made its way into my kitchen. We’ve got plenty of it and I’m always trying to use it in different ways. The price is right and it…
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Over the weekend we (somewhat) dove in to tidying up the machine shed to make a nice place for a couple Duroc gilts that we may take to the State Fair. Their…
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Before getting all fancy yesterday for Winefest Des Moines’ “Iowa Lawn Party”, we did chores. Here are some pictures of all of the fun and some of the nonsense. We were totally…
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This weekend we got to head up to NE Iowa and visit dear friends. My goddaughter had her 3rd birthday party and it was a blast! We had an old fashioned tea…
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The last few weeks have been busy but we’ve still managed to clown-around quite a bit. Lots of our fun times have included the various animals in our lives and here are some…
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Today we weaned 2/3 litters of our little pigs off of Oink and Cinnamon. It is certainly time to do that and it was fairly easy. The two big ladies were excited to…
