Category Archives: Vegetables

Casseroles, The Essential Amish Kitchen, Vegetables

Remembering a beloved neighbor, and her first plate of cookies

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Remembering a beloved neighbor, and her first plate of cookies Daughters Verena and Loretta are making supper. On the menu is tater tot casserole, rare beef, and cheese. The casserole is a new recipe they are trying out. Rare beef is thinly sliced steak from our beef we butchered. It’s heavily salted and peppered, then … Continue Reading ››
Casseroles, Side Dishes, Vegetables

Garage sales yield great bargains, including gifts for the grandchildren (of course)

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Daughter Lovina, 14, and son Kevin, 13, just left for school. It’s cold and windy outside, and the temperature has dropped to 54 degrees. We had just enjoyed a few nice warm and sunny days until yesterday, when it was rainy and cooler. Daughters Elizabeth and Susan … Continue Reading ››
Side Dishes, The Essential Amish Kitchen, Vegetables

Sticky lessons with Gorilla glue, and happy for supper on daughter’s patio

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Head: Sticky lessons with Gorilla glue, and happy for supper on daughter’s patio It’s 8:30 p.m. and we just came home from daughter Elizabeth and Timothy’s house. Elizabeth made supper for us. She made cooked potatoes, cooked carrots, corn, Sloppy Joe sandwiches with ice cream for dessert. It was nice to not have to cook supper … Continue Reading ››
Side Dishes, Vegetables

Stuck buttons, Abigail helps Grandma, and tight hugs

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I’m sitting outside here by the grill as daughter Loretta grills hamburgers for our supper. We will also have vegetable soup with the hamburgers. The hamburgers are from our freezer which we packed individually last winter after butchering beef. This pack of hamburgers had cheese added. Today daughter Elizabeth and Abigail plus daughter Susan and Jennifer … Continue Reading ››
Breads and Muffins, Vegetables

Summer’s waning days bring bucketloads of tomatoes and family hog roast

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In addition to lots of tomatoes, the Eichers canned these great looking peaches recently.
Summer’s waning days bring bucketloads of tomatoes and family hog roast It’s Wednesday evening around 7:00 p.m. Supper dishes are washed and put away. Everyone is cleaned up and relaxing before … Continue Reading ››
Canning and Freezing, The Essential Amish Kitchen, Vegetables

Ice cream ensures that back-to-school open house pleases even the littlest attender

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Ice cream ensures that back-to-school open house pleases even the littlest attender Happy birthday to my sister Verena, whose 52nd birthday was August 22. We wish her God’s richest blessings and many more happy, healthy years! This is Thursday morning, and it seems the hours are going faster than I can keep up! School doors opened Tuesday, … Continue Reading ››
Casseroles, Meats, Vegetables

Verena’s view from camping week, plus super easy supper on the grill

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Verena and sister Loretta made this delicious supper on the grill.
Verena’s view from camping week, plus super easy supper on the grill This is Verena, 20, writing for Mom this week. Mom isn’t home and I know she needs this written. I’m off work on … Continue Reading ››
Meats, Soups, The Essential Amish Kitchen, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Camping with the Eichers: Horses, wagons, boats and even a pontoon

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Camping with the Eichers: Horses, wagons, boats and even a pontoon Our whole family is spending this week (July 4) at a lake about 11 miles from our house. Timothy and Elizabeth and Mose and Susan’s places are only half that far from here. They came with horses and wagons. Timothy and Mose brought their boats … Continue Reading ››
Breads and Muffins, Vegetables

Summer commences with sewing and cleaning projects

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June is here, and we are almost halfway through 2018 already! It’s unbelievable how time just seems to go faster each year. Speaking of time: we have more sewing that needs to be done. Congratulations are in order for nephew Levi Jr. and Arlene. They chose July 4 to unite in holy matrimony. Levi will be … Continue Reading ››
Side Dishes, Vegetables

Little Abigail gets introduced to the Coblentz family water battles

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Little Abigail gets introduced to the Coblentz family water battles  It looks dark towards the southeast like a storm could be forming. We sure could use the rain. It’s been dry this week. We watered the gardens a few times this week but hoped it would rain tonight. Our soil is sandy so all the rain … Continue Reading ››