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Category Archives: Recipes
Cinnamon Bread – easy and fast! Delicious!
I had one hour free and guests coming – so decided to make some Cinnamon Bread – found the recipe in ALLRECIPES.COM – it was fast, easy and divine! Enjoy!! Cinnamon Bread Easy and Fast ( 1 hour) Ingredients · … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged Allrecipes, baking, baking powder, baking soda, butter, canola oil, cinnamon, Cinnamon Bread, cooking with kids, crumble, eggs, family, Fast and Easy Baking, flour, Grandma, Loaf, salt, sugar
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Our Farm Manager Max Arteaga has the best seasoning mix! Here it is! Use on all main course holiday foods!
We use this seasoning mix on everything – fish, meat, poultry and vegetables. I even added it to a cheese sandwich the other day! YUM! And so easy. Try it out! Little Farm Manager Max Arteaga’s Seasoning Mix – for … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Fish, Gluten Free, Little farm products, Meat, Pasta, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad, Slow Cooker, Soups, Starters, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged Cayenne, cheese, chili, Chili Powder, Crushed Red Pepper, Fennel, Fish, garlic, meat, oregano, pepper, Poultry, sea salt, Seasoning, soups, starters, vegetables
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Having fun with the grandkids – nothing better! Painting, Making Bread and more
Watching our identical twin grandsons grow up is such a joy. They are sweet and smart – and love hanging out at the farm. Always chores to do and baking and cooking with grandma. Here they are making bread with … Continue reading
Finding an easy fast comfort food dish that the whole family will LOVE! Here it is!
What is the kind of food that your family considers to be COMFORT FOOD? We have a number of dishes that come from our heritage in South Africa – and a few that we picked up along the way. One … Continue reading
Butternut Squash soup is an old favorite – with a twist of rosemary adds a wonderful flavor
We LOVE butternut squash soup but I tried something different this season and it worked out really well! Hope you like it! INGREDIENTS: 2 lbs of butternut squash cut in half 4 Tbsp of olive oil 4 sprigs of rosemary … Continue reading
The best part about the election is that it is over! YAY! And now we can focus on great recipes!
So relieved that the election is over – now to focus on some really great recipes! I was longing for some lamb stew – so I took pieces of lamb already cut into bite sizes, and made a really delicious … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Meat, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad, Slow Cooker, Vegetables
Tagged basmati rice, Brown rice, curry, lamb curry, lamb stew, lemon pepper, paprika, red kidney beans, rice cooker, roasted tomatoes and juice, salt, slow cooker, stock, tomato sauce, white pinto beans
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Birthday cakes made by Grandma – a Vampire cake and a Lego one – for our twins who turned 5!
This year was a challenging cake year! Noah was very specific – he wanted a vampire cake with teeth and a vampire figure on it – and blood! It had to be chocolate with chocolate frosting. Sigh. Then his twin … Continue reading
Enjoying the early fall weather – gorgeous time of year!
The California Drought Continues. We worry a lot about our water bill which is HUGE and getting larger. We get no release for being an agricultural property. And we recycle, and reclaim etc etc. But the bill keeps going … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Meat, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged beef, cilantro, comfort food, cooking with kids, Coriander, dutch oven, Grandma, paprika, pepper, Tagine
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Tips on how to keep mushrooms fresh from Cooking Light Magazine
We love mushrooms of all kinds – my favorite way to cook them is with olive oil or lower calorie Pam olive oil spray, salt, sliced onions on a flat baking pan in the oven for 30 minutes. YUM! Here … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Tips, Vegetables
Tagged mushrooms, olive oil, onions, portobello, tips
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Turkey Meatballs with a twist
Our farm manager share his recipe for Turkey Meatballs and frankly, they are the best I have EVER tasted! Max Arteaga is a really great cook – makes a terrific Paella and more! Here is one of his best! This … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Little farm products, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad
Tagged comfort food, cooking with kids, garlic, grandma cooking, mint, onion, pepper, rice, salt, tomato sauce, turkey meat balls
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Apples and Cinnamon – what a great combination! Any time of year!
This recipe started out very high in calories but with the substitute unsweetened apple sauce it is still delicious and lower in total calories. Apple Cinnamon Cake 1/3 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2/3 cup white sugar 1/2 … Continue reading
Chicken, Capers, Artichokes – easy tasty meal! Don’t overcook the chicken!
This was a fast easy meal as long as you have all the ingredients – which I did! Chicken Breast Cutlets with Artichokes and Capers Ingredients 1 cup white flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon black pepper, or to taste … Continue reading
Sour Cream Coffee Cake with English Custard – YUM
We love custard – it comes from our South African ( British) heritage I guess. And it is SO easy to make with Bird’s Custard Powder. I paired it with this easy Sour Cream Coffee Cake – which I made … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged baking, Birds English Custard, cakes, coffee cake, comfort food, cooking, cooking with kids, cream, desserts, family, Grandma, recipes, Recipes to make with kids, sour cream, sour cream coffee cake
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Gluten Free Tamale Casserole
Easy Gluten Free Tamale Casserole Serves 8 Made with gluten-free cornbread mix, this is a great recipe to make with kids (no knives needed so even younger ones can help), and you’ll have leftovers. Round out your meal with a … Continue reading
Having a great weekend – every weekend!
Now that the summer is officially over – in many parts of the USA it is not actually cold yet! Certainly in California we are still living in a heat wave and a drought. So entertaining outdoors during the day … Continue reading
Making Orange Ice Cream- its easy and delicious
This is a great recipe for summer! Add a sprig of mint for color! Orange Ice Cream Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (360 ml) heavy whipping cream 1/2 cup (120 ml) half and half 2 cups (480 ml) freshly squeezed orange … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Gluten Free, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cream, frozen orange concentrate, ice cream, lemon juice, mint, oranges, sugar, Water
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Summer evenings with friends and family – the best chopped salad from leftovers!
I love cooking in summer – and especially when its easy! This is a wonderful recipe for a ‘throw it all together’ chopped salad – which is satisfying and fun to eat and make if you have family members or … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Goats, Leftovers, Little farm products, Meat, Poultry, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Salad, Vegetables
Tagged arugula, carrots, chicken, croutons, cucumbers, dates, Feta, filet mignon, jicama, Kale, parmesan, Quail eggs, salad, spinach, steak, tomatoes, turkey
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There is nothing better than fresh ripe cherry tomatoes – picked from the vine!
Here are just a few of the amazing cherry tomatoes we are presently enjoying from The Little Farm. Take off the stems, cut in half and toss with a little balsamic, olive oil and chives – then drizzle on some … Continue reading
Pumpkin – love baking it just the way it is – or pumpkin bread
It is the beginning of the season for pumpkins and for some reason ours are ripe already! So today baked them in the oven and are making pumpkin bread. A great recipe. We do not like allspice ( unless it … Continue reading
Ground turkey – boring? Not with this amazing recipe!
Turkey Meatballs and Little Farm Tomato Sauce Ingredients 1 small onion, grated 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 large egg 1/4 cup dried bread crumbs 3 tablespoons ketchup 1/4 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves 1/4 cup grated Parmesan 1/4 cup grated Pecorino … Continue reading
