The Harried Homemaker Preps

There comes a time in the life of every chicken-keeper when you have to make some tough decisions. When laying hens get over two years of ag...

One of the fun things we did on our mini-vacation to southwest Missouri was visit Laura Ingalls Wilder's house. Laura Ingalls Wilder...

When a Facebook friend of mine raved about the easy bean burgers she had made for dinner this week, I knew I had to get the recipe. It's...

Here comes an admission that I find pretty embarrassing: I regularly buy frozen pizzas. We reserve such pizzas for crazy days like the one...

Looking for a quick and easy treat for your sweetie this Valentine's Day? Look no further! These Chocolate Caramel Graham Crackers t...

I've been meaning to share this recipe with you all for the longest time. This is the best version of sloppy joes that I've ever tr...

When I saw this recipe in the American Profile  insert in our local paper, I immediately knew I had to pass it on. Not only is it based arou...

We grow the Heritage variety of red raspberries. Heritage produces two crops of berries, one in June and one in September. If you cut the c...

This recipe couldn't be easier, and yet it is one of my family's favorite ways to eat vine-ripe tomatoes. My mom came up with this c...

It's the world's klutziest woman checking back in. :) I got a new accessory today - an arm sling.Turns out I separated my right sho...

This is a recipe my mother-in-law makes frequently during the summer for family get-togethers. It's sweet, creamy, and has a nice zip fr...

I apologize for the formatting issues you may see on this and other recent posts. I'm having issues with Blogger working, period, much l...

Hubby Dear was on-call from 5 pm Friday until 7 am Monday. That meant that every person that showed up at our hospital with ailments large o...

Before I got married to Hubby Dear, I went through my Mom's recipe collection and copied all her best recipes into a little cookbook of ...

I have a confession to make. I am addicted to casseroles. I don't care how far the humble casserole is from "haute cuisine". ...

I don't cook breakfast very often - FYOF (Find Your Own Food) is my rule for breakfast - but I do regularly cook breakfast-type foods at...

One of the blogs I have followed for years is that of Ree, the Pioneer Woman . She's famous now, having a cookbook, romance novel, and c...

I love it when I cook a great meal for my family and no one knows it's from food storage! I made food storage-friendly dirty rice the ot...

The recipe that I'm going to share with you today is one of my family's favorite winter meals. The ingredients are so simple that it...

 Stew simmering away  Hubby Dear had a very long, hard day at work yesterday. His job is stressful on the best of days, but he got i...