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Pasta Noodles

Yes, pasta noodles.  With this recipe that I found here, I make my lasagna noodles, multi-purpose broad noodles and really thin noodles I use as spaghetti.  It was way easier than I thought making my own pasta would be.

     Pasta Noodles

  • 2 1/3 c whole wheat flour (I milled a combo of hard red, hard white and soft white for this)
  • 1/2 sea salt
  • 2 eggs (beaten)
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1 t olive oil

Mix flour and salt together in a large mixing bowl.  Make a large pit in the mixture.  Pour your beaten eggs into the pit then add the water and oil.  Stir until the ingredients are all combined.  Put on well floured surface and knead.  Begin rolling out dough with a floured rolling pin.  If the dough begins to stick to your surface, just lift it up and sprinkle more flour under.  Once dough is about 1/8″ in thickness or less, cut with knife or pizza cutter into desired shape.  Photo below was from my lasagna noodles. 1 recipe of this dough made enough for exactly one 3 layered lasagna in a 9×13 dish.

 


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Salmon Patties

I am not a huge fish fan, BUT I will eat tuna and sometimes salmon.  This salmon patty recipe is one of my favorite ones so far.

      Salmon Patties

  • 14 oz salmon (wild caught)
  • 1 egg (free range)
  • 1/2 cup bread crumbs (I save from my fresh milled bread)
  • 1 t worcestershire sauce (use a good quality one with natural ingredients)
  • olive oil for frying

In a bowl mix together all ingredients.  Heat small amount of oil in a skillet on med-low.  Grab golf ball sized amount  of salmon and pat it into a flat patty and place into skillet cook 5-7 min turning once, you just want a nice brown crusting to form on each side.

 


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Homemade Natural Dish Liquid

This is what I use when I hand wash my dishes:

  • 1/2 c liquid castile soap ( I use Dr Bronners Castile Soap )
  • 1/8 c water
  • 4 drops essential oil scent of choice (I often use Peppermint, if you aren’t using the vodka, I would choose an oil that is disinfecting)
  • 1 t Vodka (you can omit this if you choose not to have this in your home)*
I shook it up a little to show you just how sudsy this could be 🙂

*Changed Vinegar to Vodka because Dr. Bronners brand suggests never mixing vinegar and castile soap… I figure they probably know what they are talking about 😉


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Lasagna

I made this recipe with noodles I made following this recipe, making them from my fresh milled wheat.

     Lasagna

  •     1 batch lasagna noodles
  •     1 lb ground beef { grass fed of course }
  • ≈  1 lb Ricotta cheese
  • ≈ 1/2 lb Mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • ≈ 6 oz Cheddar cheese, shredded { I use raw if available or hormone/antibiotic free at least }
  •     1 jar spaghetti sauce
  •      garlic powder, italian seasoning, minced onion to taste
  •     1 1/2 T olive oil

Cook noodles in boiling water or broth for 20-25, I add about 2 Tablespoons of olive oil to it to keep them from sticking.  Brown ground beef adding garlic powder, italian seasoning and minced onion for added flavor.  Add in spaghetti sauce (if you are not cooking with grass fed/clean meat, you will need to drain first then return to skillet) and simmer for 5-10 min.  Layer noodles, then 1/3 sauce mix, then half of the ricotta and half of the mozzarella, repeat, then last layer is noodles, remaining sauce mix, and the cheddar.  Top with the olive oil drizzled across the top and sprinkle with italian seasoning.  Bake at 350º for approx 35min.  Serve with garlic bread.. yum.


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Sausage and Egg Puff

Sausage and Egg Puffs

  • 6  eggs, beaten
  • 1lb. sausage browned and drained (I used chicken, free-range)
  • 1 c biscuit baking mix (I use my quick mix)
  • 1 c Shredded Raw cheddar cheese
  • 1 3/4 – 2 c Milk (I used almond)
  • 1 t dry mustard
  • 1/2 t dried oregano

Mix all ingredients. Cover and refrigerate.

Heat oven to 350º.  Pour mixture into greased 2 quart casserole dish.  Bake until knife inserted in center comes out clean approx. 1 hour.

I served with salsa over top.

 sausage egg puff

 

 


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Chili-Basic Recipe

Chili is something I make ALL the time, and I can guarantee you, I have not made it the same 2 times in a row.  The basics are the same but chili is so easy to add your own personal variations to, that you can have lots of fun with making it your own. Oh yeah, and remember, I use organic ingredients and my beef is grass fed.

Jen’s Chili

  • 32 oz tomato juice
  • 30-60 oz chili beans (2-4 cans)
  • 2 lbs ground beef  (I will reduce to 1lb when the budget is a lil tight){grass-fed}
  • 1 onion diced
  • 1 green pepper diced
  • 1/2-1 t   dry mustard
  • 1/2-1 t   turmeric
  • 1-2    t   cumin
  • 2-4    t   chili powder
  • 1-2    t   garlic powder
  • 1/2-1 t   black pepper

Fry up your beef with the peppers, onions and half of the garlic powder.  Combine this and remaining ingredients in crockpot and cook for 4 hours on high or in a pot on stove and simmer on low for 2 hours.

 


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Homemade Basic Bread Recipe

This is my basic go to bread recipe.  I occasionally will switch things up or make variations, I will post some of those later.

Basic Bread

  • 1 1/2 c hot water
  • 1/3 c extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/3 c raw honey
  • 2 t sea salt
  • 1 free range egg
  • 4-4 1/2 c freshly milled flour (I mill 1 1/3 cups hard red wheat and 1 1/3 cups hard white wheat)
  • 1 T dry active yeast

Put ingredients in order I have them listed into your bread machine making sure to mound and crater your flour for your yeast.  Set your machine to desired settings and viola! Bread. 🙂

 

 


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Homemade Powder Laundry Detergent

After using the Homemade liquid laundry detergent and liking it, I wanted to give the powdered a try just for a comparison.  I will let you know which I like better after more washes.

     Powder Laundry Detergent

  • 1 bar natural soap (I used Tom’s Sensitive)
  • 1 c Borax
  • 1 c Washing soda
  • essential oils of your choice (6-8 drops)

Grate soap, add powders, mix.  hmmmm simple enough but well, who likes that?  So, I made this x5, and the last cup of washing soda I had to replace with 1 cup baking soda, because I ran out…… oops!  Also I added about 30-40 drops of Peppermint before I stirred it all up just to give it a nice ahhhhhhh smell, my kids really like the peppermint.

Enjoy!

Purchase pre-made HERE


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Homemade Wheat Crackers

So in my quest for non processed wheat intake, I am stumped at the cracker problem….. I like my chili with a lot of crackers (after my pb sandwich is gone of course) but homemade crackers????? That’s just nuts.  Well why not try it after all, I am a bit nutty!  So I grabbed the Whole Wheat Crackers recipe from Heavenly Homemakers and thus began my adventure to crackers.  Here is what I did, however thinking back now and tasting my end result, I MAY have accidentally used too much flour.

Homemade Wheat Crackers

  • 2 c whole wheat flour (I milled 1 cup hard red and 1/3 cup hard white)
  • 1/2 t sea salt
  • 1/2 t baking soda
  • 1/2 t baking powder
  • 1/4 c oil (I used evoo but Laura at HH used coconut oil)
  • 1/2 c water

Mix flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Stir in oil and water until a ball of dough has formed. Roll dough very thin, about 1/16″ thick.  Cut into 1″ strips and place on cookie sheet. Bake in a 350º oven for 12 min. Turn off the oven, but leave crackers in until cool, allowing them to dry out for added crispiness.

Cut up cracker dough before baking


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Sloppy Joe

I just want to make note that I used grass fed beef and organic ingredients the only exception being the Worcestershire sauce.  I used Lea & Perrins original, which was the only brand I could find without HFCS.  Next I am going to try an organic brand I seen at Sprout’s. This recipe I got from one of my favorite sites: Heavenly Homemakers

     Sloppy Joes

  • 2 lbs ground beef {grass fed}
  • 2 T minced onion
  • 1 c ketchup
  • 1 t prepared mustard
  • 1/4 t garlic powder
  • 1 T Worcestershire sauce

Brown meat with minced onion and garlic powder.  Add the remaining ingredients and allow to simmer for a few minutes. I served on my homemade Garlic Onion Rolls.