 This recipe is so easy and is definitely one of our family favorites! It is so easy and quick to prepare. You can also double, triple or quadruple it! Sweet Potato Souffle Ingredients 3 c. mashed sweet potatoes 1 c. raw sugar 1/2 tsp salt (where to buy REAL salt) 1 tsp vanilla 2 eggs 1/4 c. butter 1/2 c. milk Mix all ingredients together and ...  How many of you have family traditions associated with Christmas time? I know we do. Many we may practice for a few years and then try something new. But, we have a couple which never change. We have a trim the tree party every year. In the days leading up to our tree decorating, Christmas cookies ... I received an email from Jim, a reader who had purchased a Bosch Universal Plus. He had questions about my Whole Wheat Bread Recipe. He asked what type of yeast I use and where I purchase dough enhancer. I thought these questions might be of interest to others. The most economical place in our area to purchase ...  Time leading up to and following harvest has certainly flown! We harvested the Roussanne, Montepulciano and Aglianico successfully and with much help from family and friends. Because of the extreme heat which causes problems with the harvester, harvesting began anywhere from 10pm to 3am. Before dawn there is an amazing beauty in the vineyard. Lit up by ...  With temperatures over 100F for most of June and July, we expected the grapes to shut down. Thankfully, that has not occurred. Instead they are thriving and it appears that harvest for us will be a month earlier than last year. This means that we will begin as early as Thursday! Having drought conditions this entire year, ...  Guess what is being carried and stored in the blue shirt. I think they look guilty of something! You might assume that with 20 acres of grapes and working in the vineyard every day, we would be tired of eating grapes. Nope, no way. In fact, I am convinced that our yields are going to be low because we ...  While our days are mainly filled with vineyard work for now, we do take time to play. The following shows a glimpse of the lightheartedness of our boys. They have a healthy (I hope!) competitive spirit amongst them. I must admit though, sometimes they are a bit too daring for my mother's heart. In our backyard, John hung ...  While we have not actively been working on the house recently, it is so nice to look over the vineyard and see it in the distance. Much of the house is complete. All but a couple of pieces of sheet-rock have been put up and the last pieces are cut. We even started mudding it. Once the sheet-rock is ...  Our 13 year old son had a dream in which he could do a back flip. Now, he is probably one of our most agile children. While living in Alabama, water skiing came very easily to him at a young age. But in this dream, not only could he do a back flip, but he started ...  I would like to give you a glimpse into the routine of our daily life. Every morning we wake, eat breakfast and walk the half mile to the vineyard (we are saving money and getting exercise!). Most people walk their dog but we walk our cow. Yes, you read it right. Buttercup walks with us every ... |
     
 
God has amazingly blessed me, Dina-Marie, with a wonderful husband and 10 beautiful children. Moving from our "secure" life in Alabama to the "exciting" life of starting a vineyard in west Texas has definitely been challenging. Besides frugality, farm life and simple living, I have learned the importance of diet, quality of food and traditional cooking. Through the GAPS diet, I am successfully reversing my rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and food allergies. I hope to encourage you to make the most of where you are and what you have as I share my life with you. 
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