Anybody else wishing she would publish a cook book???!!!

@morethanfarmers

2 ай бұрын

Maybe someday 😉

Really appreciate your insight on growing things no one likes to eat! I always just give them away, but, it's true, it's a lot of wasted time. I just enjoy growing things. I do cherish the memory of the garden i had in the side yard of a house I rented in town. An older lady was walking by and came to talk to me about getting some eggplant from my garden. I was so happy to give her all the eggplant because i grew them for fun and i dont even like them. She was on a fixed income and was so grateful. I think everyone in towns should grow big gardens, mulched deeply for less work and less watering and give all the excess food to poorer families and seniors who would really appreciate the fresh produce. Iv given lots of garden produce to senior centers and senior housing complexes and food banks over the years. To me it is free food

@helenebennie3961

5 ай бұрын

What a beautiful idea!

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

That's great! I love the opportunities to be generous.

@alorastewart7091

4 ай бұрын

I also grow things for fun/ learning. I don't like egg plant but I like knowing how it grows and how to grow it well and I like experimenting with different ways to grow things. My family doesn't like eating most things. My kids will eat melons and some salad and carrots pretty much anything else you could grow they don't like. They complain at every single thing i make and my partner is super picky as well so if I was growing what my family would be happy to eat there would be no point in a garden at all. I just share with friends and family but I'd like to keep scaling up so I can give more and more away.

@helenebennie3961

4 ай бұрын

@@alorastewart7091 Don't loose hope. I don't know about partners - they are grown up and their taste maybe fixed - but children can change. My son hated all vegetables and would only eat fruit, yoghurt, Weetbix and Promite sandwiches. One day I served pizza with no vegetables. He looked at me and saaid, "I want a real meal." I asked, "What is a real meal?" He replied, "One with vegetables." I was blown away. Now (grwon up) he always cooks meals with lots of vegetables and even eats salad too.

@alorastewart7091

4 ай бұрын

@helenebennie3961 I figure the more we transition into scratch cooking the more the kids will get interested in it. I grew up on processed meals and up until this last year that's all I really had half an idea how to make so considering my older kids are 10 and 9 it's a big change for all of us. My toddler however is completely unbothered so at least I have one on board.

Y'all nailed this one! I am a 61-year-old woman learning to homestead in my apartment. I can access my church's community garden so that part is easy enough. For the past couple of years, many homesteaders have said, "Only grow what you will eat." I heard Michelle repeat it in this video AND IT FINALLY MADE SENSE! I, too, have grown exotic veggies and canned things because everyone else did and wasted so much food. It is sickening to think about it. And it also explains why, even though I have many jars of food put up, I still drive through places on my way home from work. Wow. This winter I plan to give away 90% of my garden seed collection and narrow it down to what I actually eat! The sweet potato, beef, and lettuce meal is something I would absolutely gobble right up. In fact, I sometimes eat sweet potatoes for dinner. Thank y'all very much for everything I am learning!

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

It's all a learning process, and it sounds like you're makin strides! Keep it up 😊 Glad you can join us!

It would be great if you had a playlist of cooking. Your meals look fantastic.

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Right here: kzread.info/head/PLYpi_nHTms5BXOq4VTZL8U5LNsWxMRitU&si=OqXQzuSqItnC2VPh

This is BY FAR one of my favorite videos of y'all's. I love seeing how you use the things you grow. Also, learning more about the cow/calf was super interesting. Thanks a bunch for the marinade recipe too!

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Great to hear! 😊

Loved this video!!! Please do more like this. I don't have a homestead with animals, but I do garden and can food. I'm really working on making my own things instead of buying pre-made from the store. I have been making my own bread for about 3 or 4 months consistently now and don't buy it from the store. I make my own hamburger buns and flour tortillas. Nothing better than homemade. Sometimes the things that you show sparks an idea of what I can make with what I have. I'm really trying to figure out where I can fix up a place like you have that I can grow lettuce like you do by the house.

@5GreenAcres

5 ай бұрын

I have been making my own bread for 7 years now. I have learned to double my recipe and I use some of the dough to make cinnemon rolls. Just roll out. Slather butter all over the rolled out dough. Sprinkle generously cinnemon and sugar. Roll and cut the log. Crouton Cracker jacks has a great cinnemon roll recipe but I just use my bread recipe and use his caramel and pecan topping. This makes my bread baking day even more fun!!!

@laurielyon1892

5 ай бұрын

@@5GreenAcres I used the bread recipe and made cinnamon rolls also. So good! I also made cinnamon raisin bread with it. Homemade is SO much better!

@5GreenAcres

5 ай бұрын

@@laurielyon1892 I think those of us that have been doing this for decades just naturally get creative. Yes I have also made onion bread and cinnamon raisin bread with the same recipe. God Bless

@laurielyon1892

5 ай бұрын

@@5GreenAcres not sure what onion bread is, but I'm sure it is good. God Bless you as well.

@5GreenAcres

5 ай бұрын

@@laurielyon1892 Just add dry onion flakes into the dough. It is really good to make sandwiches with. God Bless again.

Hey you two. Please continue this style of cooking video. I am a simple ingredient cook and gardener, I tend to get new ideas from your kitchen style of cooking. Thanks! Merry Christmas. I pray the Lord blesses y’all’s home mightily.

I love the idea of a Monday reset. I also do not enjoy cooking. I think getting things prepped ahead of time would make dinners easy and quick which be a game changer for me. Thanks so much for the tips and for keeping things simple! It’s so encouraging to see simple healthy meals that don’t require a ton of ingredients and time to make from scratch.

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

It really makes the biggest difference!

For those of you who don't have leftovers for lunch, you're missing out! Many foods taste better on the 2nd day. Thanks yet again to Cody and Michelle for yet another very relevant video to home farming. Don't know if this can be on homesteading due to the demands - one thing we do here as both of us travel for work, we prepare everything but the meats for the week on Sunday- including chopping onions and cutting veggies. Saturday night is at the farmer's market then supermarket, Sunday afternoon is the food prep. This way we always know whats in the fridge and what we want for the following week - repeat of the tastier foods and usually something new for at least one meal.

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Right on! Michelle does meal prep every Monday. It helps so much!!

We do the same with our sourdough starter. I love how easy it is to make a "flatbread" or breadsticks. Our favorite though is making pizza crust from it. Same process in the cast iron. We top with homemade pesto, homemade mozzarella, and sliced jalapenos. So good! Beautiful meals!!

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Yes! 🤤

Helpful hint from a granny....To get crispy potatoes rinse, rinse, rinse until water is clear. Then DRY them with a towel as much moisture you can get out the better. If you want crispy hashbrowns do this and put them in a very hot cast iron skillet cover for 3-5 min. Then flip. Oven roasted....just do the wash rinse and dry. Get the starch out. You two are such an adorable couple. You remind me of the Hollar Homestead Ben and Meg.

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Oh thanks!

@5GreenAcres

5 ай бұрын

@@morethanfarmers Forgot to mention: Put lots of your choice of oil or fat in skillet prior to frying. I do mine in the little 6" skillet that way it is easy to flip in one piece. I know that is not feasible for a family though.

Extra greens are a good thing to grow for your chickens. Especially collards and mustard greens. Your chickens will love them and lay better and less store bought feed.

Greens are easy to grow and very nutritious. Cows and poultry love them!

I’m the primary cook in our house and I agree with using the leftovers. But I try to make a second dish with them. The other day I took the leftover roast (minus the veggies as those were already eaten) and combined with the leftover beans (dried black and red beans) with some added spices. Oh, now will be one of our favorite recipes. 😊 So give it a try folks, you never know what you’ll come up with.

It is a lifestyle, you need to learn to enjoy them. And when you eat them you will feel nice.

Please do a video about your herb/lettuce garden and how it survives the winter!!

I love that you respect your animals. The milk is for the baby. Allowing the baby to get what it needs before you take from the animal, is the godly way to raise and care fir animals. Thank you ….🙏😊❤️

My youngest daughter was a picky eater. I had a large organic garden and sixty-two organic fruit trees. I finely chopped up swiss chard, bell peppers, onions, garlic, and other things and hid them in the food l made. One day, I was out of a few things and was making a family favorite for dinner. My youngest daughter wasn't happy about the taste and asked me if I used a packaged taco seasoning. I didnt have a red and green bell pepper to mince up and add to the ground beef. That night, I just had minced onion, garlic, salt, pepper, and a few other seasonings. Everything she said she didn't like, she really did. 😊

Absolutely love seeing how you cook & prep your meals, I used to meal prep but didn't do it simple like this. I'm gonna have to try this, more videos like this please!!

The cream is easy for the cow to hold back because it's the last part of the milk to leave the udder. When the udder is nearly full, their muscles aren't strong enough to hold their milk back against that pressure even if they wanted to, but when it's nearly empty, it's easy. Human lactation works the same way - the foremilk is more watery, and the hindmilk is more fatty. This means in hot weather a baby can have frequent small drinks and stay hydrated, but then when they're tired and want a full happy tummy while they sleep, they have a longer feed and get all that cream as well. If you want your cow not to hold back the cream, giving her an hour after milking time before reuniting her with her calf will make a big difference. They don't really hold the cream back to reserve 'the best bit' for the calf because what the calf needs is a balanced diet, not extra cream. If you turn a hungry calf loose on a cow who has just been milked out, she's got no food for the baby and the baby is going to beat her up for it - you've seen how calves bunt when they want more milk! That hurts, so the cow learns to hold back a bit of milk so the calf won't hurt her. If you give the cow time to make more milk after the milking before she has to feed her calf, eventually she'll stop bothering to hold back that milk - but it's easier if you do this right from the start, so she never gets the habit of holding back.

@morethanfarmers

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip! I'm tryin it!

I REALLY think you should try making your own vanilla! You will be AMAZED by the flavor!!

I love your videos! You bring up such practical, simple ideas for living a healthy, happy lifestyle! I have been in competition with all the grow your own food homesteads ( lol) and growing foods we don’t really care that much about. This year my mindset will be simpler. ❤

Do you have a recipe book or blog?!! I love youre style of cooking!!! Thank you for sharing.

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

We don't.. Maybe SOMEDAY 😊

I made the bread sticks last night!!!! SO GOOD!!!! We Loved them!!! Such a unique idea!! Will be a regular in our home now🤗 Thank You Thank You!!!❤

@morethanfarmers

3 ай бұрын

That's great! You're welcome 😊

Got to admit that I just came across you channel yesterday and have been binge watching all weekend. Love the content.

@morethanfarmers

4 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

I really enjoy watching your videos because you guys not only try to live sustainably but with kindness. The baby calf needed the cream more than you and so you made the choice for now to cut back because you guys didn’t need it. God gave us humans intelligence and ability to choose is what makes us different from animals. God bless you!

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Yes! Thank you!

I’m from the south and we often hide vegetables in different dishes. Eggplant is good smothered down with onions and garlic. Add ground beef and rice into a casserole dish. You can top with cheese and bake to melt the cheese.

Absolutely LOVE this video! Love you easy simple way of preparing your meals! Thank you for sharing your ideas! Love it! ❤❤❤

You nailed it. If the family doesn't like it, don't grow it. It is hard, though, looking at those seed catalogs with the cool looking vegetable images.

@morethanfarmers

3 ай бұрын

Seed catalogs are tempting, that's for sure!

Great information on growing what you know you eat. I tried growing all the things and we will eat all the things but it just isn’t necessary and my space is limited. I cook from scratch 3 times a week and we alternate leftovers. I also big batch steel cut oats and switch up what goes in them, such as Greek yogurt and fruit or nut butters and cacao powder and maybe a few dark chocolate chips, cinnamon and melted butter, walnuts and banana, fruit compote and peanut butter etc. That way it doesn’t feel like eating the same thing. I make ( for example ) several dozen pepperoni rolls and healthier no bake cookies and that’ll be the snacks for the week. Sausage balls and breakfast burritos are fun.

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Sounds great!

Try using one of those roasts as a base for a Chili instead of mince....if you have the time to let it go for a few hours in a Dutch oven and top it off with bone broth if you need to.....when you pull that meat apart at the end just before serving,it's literally a game changer

Does that coconut spread make everything taste of coconut? I found your channel by accident and my how l enjoy it. I truly think the basics of life are the best, family, fresh food you grow or at the very least know the provenance of.My nephew and his wife have a few acres. They grow loads of stuff and can it too.They raise chickens and pigs plus they both have full time jobs!! I so admire you ethos and the decisions you have made in how you want to live and raise your children. Take care 💜 🤗🇨🇦

@morethanfarmers

4 ай бұрын

It can sometimes gives things a little flavor, but it's usually little to none. Glad you're here and enjoying the channel 😊

I'm always excited to see a new video from y'all pop up on my feed. This one did not disappoint. Those breadsticks looked amazing!

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Good to hear 😊

That was my biggest lesson when gardening. I use to grow all the exotic stuff & they'd not get eaten. Now I concentrate on cooking leafy greens, tomatoes, peppers, root veggies, onions, garlic, potatoes, green beans, & squashes. Things we love to eat.

Loved the video with meal ideas. Please share a recipe for breadsticks, thanks!

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

It’s literally what you saw in the video. Just sourdough starter with the seasonings on top 😊

Have you tried Kale chips? You take Kale and make them into chip size. Coat them with Olive oil and sea salt and bake them in the oven until they start to brown then pull them out and let them cool. They are soo good. Anyway, you may have tried to that already, but I love them.

@QBeezy444

5 ай бұрын

I also love kale chips 😍😍😍

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Pretty sure Michelle made em in the past.. Tasty, but I think she decided it wasn’t worth her time.

Keep rockin it y’all 🎉💪🏻👍👍🤍

Love, love, love this video. My hubby and I have tried all the recipes in it this past week and we really enjoyed all of them. Your cooking takes me back to my Amish grandmother’s kitchen…simple, healthy and delicious. Thank you so much! Keep ‘em coming, please!

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

That’s great!

Hey guys we hope you have an Awesome Christmas! Blessings and Joy to you from the Appalachian mountains!

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas!

Love the simplicity of your meals / speaks to my busy momma heart! Your channel is great - love all the encouragement and positivity!!!

May I make a small suggestion, when you do your meal prep if blanch the pots and carrots for about 5 mins in a steamer. This will soften the outside alittle and with this will come little crispy it’s and the best roast potatoes ever. Have a go I promise if you roughen the outside of the potatoes they will be phenomenal, carrots are so sweet roasted but can burn on the edge, I happen to love it.

You need an outdoor kitchen in the summer time it’s great keeps the heat outside and in spring and fall on days where it’s not really cold it’s a nice place to cook and hang out

Comfort food should not be complicated. Thanks for showing this.

Absolutely love this and how you KISS- Keep It Simple Sweetie- your meals and meal prep! Blessings ❤

Oh I enjoy cooking myself my favorite is my apples cooked with butter and cinnamon it’s the bomb

Ok, what kind of lettuce did you grow? It looked so yummy and delicious! It actually made my mouth water! How do you water it in the winter and when did you plant it? I'd really love to know how that works as I want to do the same! Thanks for always having great informative content!

Another wonderful video. I'm always looking for meal ideas that are simple and healthy and sometimes quick. Love the idea of prepping for the week. That would be so helpful to do when it's hay season and I'm in 12 different directions. Have a great weekend

I really appreciate all your tips to make things a lot easier. I am learning very good new ideas from you. Thank You 🙏🏻

@morethanfarmers

26 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

I love you guys videos! A family favorite super easy meal that can also be made ahead is sausage green bean potatoe casserole. You cube washed unpealed potatoes and place in a 9x13 pan. Add a chopped onion, sliced kielbasa sausage and a quart or more of green beans. At some water, olive oil, paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper and bake covered for an hour at 375. We make this the day before and let it sit in the fridge until the next day when we need it for church fellowship meal. Btw, its still amazing warmed up the next day as leftovers. 🙂( Thought Michelle might appreciate that fact) 🙂 Keep up the amazing be content! Elizabeth Alexander

When the produce is fresh & home grown simple recipes work best as the natural flavour comes through & tastes better than any complicated meal.🌿

I love every single video! You guys are truly an inspiration and so easy to watch, very informative, and fun. I can't wait to try a cold-frame like you have. Also going to try prep day for all my meals. Thank you :)

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad you enjoy 😊

Totally agree ! Simple food is the best and can stand on it's own.

Love watching you in the Kitchen preparing meals Michelle, this is my favourite video!

For new recipes, I highly recommend trying them with store bought. You aren't investing in an entire season of growth only to be disappointed

Found your channel a few weeks back and just wanted to pop in and say I’m loving your content!☺️🧡

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Awesome! Welcome here!

All the extra veggies are chicken food! Grow what you like, eat the best. The chickens don’t care what it looks like. ❤

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Right on!

Thank you for the yummy, yummy creations and the suggestions about making better whipped cream. Just starting out homesteading and I really appreciate your help for the novice - me.

I saw your interview with Lisa this morning and it went so well! I really enjoyed it.

Loving these vlogs. You grow a garden but then it's hard to know how to use it all. Thank you for sharing all your ideas! And I love what you did with the sour dough. Can't wait to try it.

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

I'm so glad!

I literally cannot get enough of your channel!!!… Bravo, very well done!!🙌👏👏👏🙌

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it! 😊

If your family doesn't like "leftovers" you can do a different meal with the 2nd roast or half of a chicken, etc.

I really enjoyed this video. Please continue to do these. Merry Christmas

Really enjoy y’all’s simplicity to the kitchen but SO WHOLESOME AND NUTRITIOUS 😍

Loving this type of video, thanks. Any tips on keeping the precut potatoes from browning after you cut them on your Monday prep days? Thanks!

@marthaneudorf1899

5 ай бұрын

What I do to prevent this is put them is a large pot or bowl and cover them with water.

@ambethk77

5 ай бұрын

Keep them in water.

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

We’ve just never felt like it’s an issue, but if you want to avoid it, you can try dipping them in saltwater.

Thank you for sharing your easy recipes . I am bored with my regular meals. My family will appreciate a change in menu items this week. Keep the recipes coming. Many thanks and relax over the holidays !

You're such a an inspiration...Everything you've said is so true.I appreciate you and look forward to making you're wonderful meals.

I am so thrilled to have found your Channel!!! You guys have inspired this mama to start growing more of what we actually eat. I am very guilty of years of growing things we just wasted. No more hobby garden for me. Can I ask how much pf each plant do you grow to feed your family of 6? We are a family of 6 over here as well. The oldest is 10 and the youngest almost 5. I want to be able to feed us manly from the garden this year.

@morethanfarmers

4 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it! Hard to put that all in a comment, but we'll be doing a seed order video soon, and we'll try to talk about it in there.

@taylorferrell8308

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Blessings

I Love your channel! I have learned so much. I’m interested in knowing more about your salad garden. Do you have more instruction on how you stated that and how you keep up with it.

@micheleibranton2226

5 ай бұрын

I meant to say “started that”. And yea am talking about the garden with the windows.

@ambethk77

5 ай бұрын

Most people refer to it as a cold frame garden. If you Google that you'll get lots of ideas.

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

We haven't put out much more info on it, but pretty much if you put a frame around a piece of dirt with just enough height for the plants to grow and some glass on top, you've got a mini greenhouse 😊 I would HIGHLY recommend this book to get started: amzn.to/3vf0735

Another great video! Merry Christmas!

You are so freaking wonderful.

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Why thanks 😊

So eggplant was a difficult one for me to make meals from as well. I finally found a way to make it where my family enjoyed it. Very simple. I slice it then put it on a flat cookie sheet in the oven with pizza sauce and some mozzarella and my family loves it. Especially the second day for some reason it taste better the second day.

Those meals all look amazing!!! ❤❤❤ and I love the info on the cream and cows feeding their babies 😊

Thank you for sharing your beautiful meals with us.

The greens are delicious when stir fried with garlic. I would love to have all of your greens.

Love this video! Awesome tips and I want to try my hand at the whipped cream 💕

Hou guys are so amazing 😍 Thank you for sharing 🤗

Great video guys! So simple, yet so obvious. Thanks for the encouragement to keep it simple.

I love your lettuce greens green house along your home. I have also learned that if I have an abundance of garlic and onions I take a snowy day and peel and chop my garlic and freeze it. No waste and I always have garlic on hand. I do the same with onions. If they are starting to sprout I chop and freeze. Potatoes once the sprouting gets out of control I start canning them. Canned potatoes make EXCELLENT potato salad. Love your channel. Love your content.

I’m trying to find your smoothie recipe please. Ps kudos to you both. Great job

@morethanfarmers

4 ай бұрын

No recipe.. just throw a bunch of stuff in the blender 😊

“Good food can stand on its own” thank you for this. I grew up on a farm where we raised our own beef cows and we only seasoned with salt and pepper. My husband’s family covers everything in some kind of sauce or cheese 🤦‍♀️ drives me crazy 😂 Also I’ve started doing a Monday reset and it’s a huge game changer for getting things accomplished

The meals look so delicious. Love watching you

You make me want to homestead thank you ❤

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it 😊

All of this looks SO delicious!!!

I tried the sourdough starter breadsticks tonight. Amazing! So easy and tasty. Thank you for sharing!! 😊

Love those tips ❤

One tip I learned about measuring ingredients when you measure with your heart not with a spoon is to use a kitchen scale before and after using a spice so way the chili powder before you use it and then weigh it after you use it and then there’s an online converter for grams to teaspoons etc. I hope that helps but that’s only if you have a kitchen scale if you don’t have a kitchen scale I don’t know I found one at Walmart though for like 10 bucks lol

@morethanfarmers

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

Thank you for video

Our left over roast beef get more seasoning and turned into shredded beef enchiladas. Just a little seasoning, some cheese and tortillas topped with red sauce and back into the oven to heat up. I often roast five pounds or more of beef at one time. Great video. God bless y'all and keep growing

Love love love your videos! Always look forward to to watch your videos ! Their so refreshing and amazing!!

Everything looks so good!

I don’t normally enjoy watching cooking videos from the US because I can’t get any of the ingredients here in Australia. But all of this looks so good. I think I’m going to try the sweet potato thing you showed first.

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed 😊

Hi Codi and Michelle, thanks for this great Meal Prep video. I always cook Pot Roast in a pan with the vegetables. Will have to try searing it on both sides and cooking it in the oven with some Coconut oil and Wine. That looked really delicious. Thanks for all of the good cooking tips. Very interest fact about the cow holding back some extra milk for their calf.

@morethanfarmers

5 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome, Ben!

Thank you! Great helpful tips!

Really enjoy your channel and all the wonderful things I learn. Thank you so much! ❤

Excellent video again..great pace!!

I love this kind of content because making things from the garden taste good has been a real struggle for me. I think I am over seasoning them and trying to get to fancy. I end up ruining many dishes. I am not giving up though. I love to cook, I'm just not very good at it, yet. I'm trying your marinade on some boneless pork chops tonight. It sounds delicious and I can't wait to taste it. Thank you so much!

Now I’m hungry!!!

Excellent video. I love your meal suggestions.

Some yummy simple meals

Love watching you guys! I also hate cooking, and get overwhelmed trying to figure out what to eat. Great tips!