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I love canning, but I also love dehydrating. I bought my dehydrator in 2020 and since then I have dehydrated tons of things for long term food storage that are staples in our family's menu. In this video, I show you some of those items: •Diced Potatoes O'Brien (breakfast potatoes) - from frozen •Mixed Vegetables - from frozen • Garden Peas - from frozen • Peppers & Onions - from frozen • Scalloped Potatoes •Mushrooms I also talk about dehydrating your summer's harvest from the garden, as well as delicious dehydrated snacks like fruit leathers. I'll include some affiliate links below for products I recommend. This is the dehydrator I have: https://amzn.to/3vQLa51 This is a great budget-friendly option: https://amzn.to/38YSouI I use these in my dehydrator for making things like fruit leathers: https://amzn.to/3kPe9jy For all things dehydrating, I HIGHLY recommend @The Purposeful Pantry . She has wonderful advice, tips, and tricks about dehydrating — things you should and can do, things you should avoid, etc. Also, lots of items you may never even have thought to dehydrate.

This slow cooker pot roast recipe doesn't include potatoes because it gets served with mashed potatoes. Instead, it has delicious root vegetables (turnips and carrots) along with onion and garlic. Start this pot roast in the morning and let it cook on slow all day. It will be ready by suppertime. A simple, comforting recipe that's easy to customize.

For USDA guidelines on canning dry beans, go here: https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_04/beans_peas_shelled.html You can get 10% off and try out ForJars canning lids for yourself by clicking here: https://bit.ly/OTK10ForJars This review of ForJars canning lids may help you make a decision as to whether or not you want to spend your hard-earned money on this product. I know my mind is made up. Some backstory: I've had more than more jar failures than I care to count over the last year or so — and with Ball lids, no less! I don't know what is going on with them lately, but their product is just not up to the standards that I've long come to expect from them. I wanted to try out a different brand —and put this different brand to the test on some totally new jars from the same case in which I had a few failed jars when I canned potatoes a month or so ago. I thought it would be good to put aside the unused (brand new!) Ball lids and rings that came with them, and use ForJars lids instead. So, how did they turn out? You'll see in the video! For more canning videos, visit this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJoRtr4JpTE&list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a5f2mdQmSL6D0848NhgLy5O&ab_channel=OldTimeKnowledge

Preserve your harvest with this delicious Summer Soup recipe. Full description is below. Find my full playlist of canning recipes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJoRtr4JpTE&list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a5f2mdQmSL6D0848NhgLy5O Get a 10% discount on ForJars lids with my coupon code OTK10: https://bit.ly/OTK10ForJars Summer Soup is a very traditional eastern NC soup. It may be popular elsewhere, but I'm from here so this is what I know. This is an ideal way to enjoy the fruits of your garden harvest and even have them in your pantry through the winter. This soup uses a small amount of ham for seasoning and it is SAFE as it is using the same ratio of ham to vegetables as you will find in the tested safe recipe for Split Pea with Ham soup. Some say that you can never can ham, but if you follow the principles in the tested recipes, you certainly can can ham —but just know what you're doing. This is not something that brand new or inexperienced canners should do, but modifying recipes with the same content principles is how we wind up with so many canning cookbooks with lots of safe recipes. In this video I'm canning 9 pints. The ingredients are: •just under 2 cups of ham • corn • okra • green beans • fresh (or frozen) lima beans (not dried lima beans) • tomato • salt I also use a weighted gauge (regulator) on my canner. Here is an affiliate link if you're interested in checking it out. This will help you listen to ensure your canner is at the right pressure without having to keep your eye on the dial gauge the whole time. https://amzn.to/3LGHqcw Here are other tested canning recipes that use a small amount of ham or other cured meats: Canning Split Pea Soup https://ucanr.edu/sites/mfp_of_cs/files/312455.pdf Baked Beans (Bernardin - Canadian division of same company as Ball) https://www.bernardin.ca/recipes/en/baked-beans.htm?Lang=EN-US Salt Pork National Center for Home Food Preservation https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_04/beans_baked.html Pork, ham, or bacon Bean Soup (Bernardin - Canadian division of same company as Ball) https://www.bernardin.ca/recipes/en/bean-soup.htm?Lang=EN-US

This chili recipe comes from a 2003 Ball Bluebook. The most recent versions don't have this, but it's a classic and so delicious! The recipe says it yields about 6 pints or 3 quarts, but the way I make it, I wind up with 10 pints. Your mileage may vary! INGREDIENTS 5 lbs. ground beef (I use 80/20) 2 cups chopped onions 1 clove garlic, minced (I use a couple of heaping Tbsp of minced garlic) 6 cups canned tomatoes and juice (I use two quarts of my home-canned Roma tomatoes and I added an 8 oz. can of tomato sauce) 1 tsp. cumin 1 1/2 Tbsp. salt 1/2 cup chili powder 1 hot red pepper, finely chopped (optional -- I don't use this) 1. Brown meat and drain off fat. 2. Add onions and continue cooking. 3. Add remaining ingredients, then cover and simmer for 20 minutes. 4. Fill jars and process in pressure canner at your required altitude for 75 minutes for pints or 90 minutes for quarts. To learn about your altitude and for other canning basics, go to the National Center for Home Food Preservation https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_home.html

Need some Christmas Cookie recipe ideas? Well, you've come to the right place! In this video, I'm sharing my recipes for Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies, Ginger Molasses Cookies, and Church Windows. This video is part of a collaboration put together by Lou Ann of @HeartFilledKitchen and there are several great ladies sharing their favorite Christmas cookie recipes with you. For the full playlist, go here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL51z0E9DW4SgeURoYV0gALZTIkO7N8O8j&jct=EsqkU_TpLI7Nze_26DsadXZLeFJiwg I have lots of Christmas (and Thanksgiving recipes) in a playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcGWpets42Y&list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a4wv2xCsN8zZXYZWqSVFfWC In this video, I'm sharing three of our family's favorites: ============ OLD FASHIONED OATMEAL COOKIES 👵🏻 INGREDIENTS 1 cup butter 3/4 cup white sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla 1/4 cup water 1 1/2 cup flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking soda 3 cups oatmeal INSTRUCTIONS For best results, wrap cookie dough in rolls in sheets of wax paper and refrigerate for a few hours before baking. Bake ~12 to 13 minutes (or longer, if necessary) in a 350º oven. If you have refrigerated them first, they should start to brown around that time. At that point you can decide how done you want them before you pull them out of the oven. Get a nice glass of milk, a plate of warm cookies, and enjoy! ============ CHURCH WINDOWS ⛪️ INGREDIENTS 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips 1 stick of butter (1/2 cup) butter 1 package colorful miniature marshmallows INSTRUCTIONS 1. In a large pot, melt chocolate chips and butter over low heat; stir until smooth. 2. Take melted mixture off the heat, give it a stir. 3. Add in marshmallows and mix them in. 4. Put mixture into roll shapes on wax paper and refrigerate for a few hours. 5. Slice and enjoy! ============ GINGER MOLASSES COOKIES 🎄 INGREDIENTS 1 stick (1/2 cup) of softened butter 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1 egg 3/4 cup molasses 3 cups flour 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. ground ginger 1 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground cloves 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg Decorative or large granule sugar for decorating (or you can use this cookie dough recipe to make gingerbread men!) INSTRUCTIONS 1. Preheat oven to 350º. 2. Mix all ingredients. 3. Chill dough until it's firm enough to roll out. 4. Roll out dough to about 1/4" thickness and use your favorite cookie cutters to cut them into shapes. (I just used circle cookie cutters.) 5. Dust tops with decorator sugar or wait until they come out of the oven and then decorate with icing. 6. Enjoy! Holly Pond Hill Christmas Treasury (out of print) https://amzn.to/3izf09U Want to make your own vanilla extract? Go here: http://bit.ly/homemade-vanilla-extract My cookie cutters (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/3Ut98fJ

How long has fruitcake been a popular Christmas treat? When and why did it fall out of popularity? Is there an old-fashioned fruitcake that I can make that will taste great and be perfect on the Christmas dessert table or to give as gifts? Watch this video and find out the answers! If you're not interested in any of the history, jump ahead using this link: https://youtu.be/kNmmUUZr0Bg?t=737 Here is the recipe: https://www.oldtimeknowledge.com/old-fashioned-fruitcake-some-history-a-recipe-a-christmas-classic/ Here are links referenced in the video: The book I show in this video (KDLE & OTHER EBOOK EDITIONS ARE FREE): https://amzn.to/3jOLCaX My book series: https://www.adamfletcherseries.com/ American Cookery, 1796 - Amelia Simmons https://amzn.to/3jNiAIw The Art of Cookery, 1747 - Hannah Glasse https://www.adamfletcherseries.com/18th-century-kitchen-look-inside-hannah-glasses-1765-cookbook/ Here are a couple of items about the history of fruitcake: The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink (https://books.google.com/books?id=AoWlCmNDA3QC&lpg=PP1&pg=PT109#v=onepage&q&f=false) History of Fruitcake - Did we always hate it? (https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/191667/history-of-fruitcake-did-we-always-hate-it/)

Crispy, lacy cornbread is so easy to make. You don't even need a precise recipe. You just need to understand the principles of how it's made. You're using regular corn meal, salt, and water. If you like sweet cornbread, you can also add sugar. Some people call this hot water cornbread, but we never bothered with using hot water to make this. It turns out the same with room temperature water. The main thing to remember is make a batter that you like the taste of and then thin it out to make a crispy cornbread. The thicker the batter, the thicker (and chewier) your cornbread will be. The thinner the batter, the crisper and thinner the cornbread will be. Learn how to make eastern NC style collards and cornmeal dumplings here: https://youtu.be/MFMT5sz5fNY More traditional, old-fashioned, southern recipes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFMT5sz5fNY&list=PLcyZYj2Dr9a6LbnIJGxmNHjwsWyDC95zm

You may very well have the ingredients to make this Atlantic Beach Pie in your kitchen so I recommend you whip this one up right away and enjoy it as the weather gets warmer. Let it take your taste buds to a sunny day at the beach here on the Crystal Coast. 👩🏻‍🍳 ⚠️ IMPORTANT:⚠️ 👩🏻‍🍳 I DO RECOMMEND BAKING THE CRUST EVEN THOUGH I DON'T DO IT IN THIS VIDEO! Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't, but honestly, it's better baked first! Bill Smith's Atlantic Beach Pie made its debut at the 2011 Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium and his recipe became not only a staple dessert at his Crook's Corner restaurant in Chapel Hill, but also gained national fame as it was reprinted in North Carolina's own @Our State Magazine (https://www.ourstate.com/atlantic-beach-pie/) and other publications online. This is a DELICIOUS take on the traditional lemon pie that Bill Smith used to enjoy when his family would come down here to Atlantic Beach when he was a boy. All of us Carteret County locals know that all of the seafood restaurants serve some kind of lemon pie. They are nearly as expected as hush puppies! That said, there are some variations in Mr. Smith's recipe in comparison to the traditional recipes you'll find in cookbooks like Island Born and Bred from a Harker's Island church group. Ladies down here like to make their lemon pies with either a Ritz cracker crust or a graham cracker crust, but I will say I love Mr. Smith's saltine crust, though I don't always bake it first. (Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Just depends. But it really is better if you bake it first.) Here is that movie Shag https://amzn.to/3cLqlyq INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 sleeves of saltine crackers 1/2 cup softened butter 3 tablespoons sugar 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk 4 egg yolks ½ cup lemon juice INSTRUCTIONS 1. Crush saltines well, but not into a fine powder. Add sugar and butter and mix together until you can squeeze some of the mixture in your hand and it holds a shape. 2. Press saltine mixture into pie dish and chill for a few minutes. 3. BAKE PIE CRUST at 350º for about 15 minutes for a crispy crust, then while it cools, mix pie filling. 4. Mix together egg yolks, lemon juice, and sweetened condensed milk. Make sure you mix this well and that there are no lumps. 5. Pour pie filling into crust and bake in 350ºoven for about 17 minutes. 6. Remove from oven and let cool a bit, then transfer to the refrigerator and let it chill completely. This pie should be served very cold. 7. Serve with homemade whipped cream or your favorite whipped topping. NOTE: If you prefer, you can make a meringue topping for the pie instead of using whipped cream or other whipped topping. Watch my Chocolate Pie video for instructions on how to make meringue topping. https://youtu.be/6G-1TsIillM

Chicken Tinga is a highly flavorful shredded chicken dish made with chipotle chiles. The most common way to eat this is on a tostada with a variety of traditional toppings. Often, people like these with shredded lettuce, cheese, salsa, and thinly sliced radishes. Sometimes they use sliced avocado or guacamole. You can do it your way! Here are links to other recipes referenced in this video: How to make Refried Beans - https://youtu.be/jNOAKWAvmLE Can Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast - https://youtu.be/OK5RCU9HagE Can Bone-In Chicken Breast - https://youtu.be/wV7hn40Zlb0 How to can Pinto Beans - https://youtu.be/R6rWJ155BuI How to can pork for carnitas - https://youtu.be/RsoUpT9NYsQ

This Molasses Cake recipe was published in my great-grandmother's "Home Comfort Wood Stove Cook Book." The company started producing wood stoves before the end of the Civil War. This copy of the cookbook comes from the early 1930s, but no doubt, this recipe goes back to the 1800s. Molasses Cake is a very old, traditional southern dessert. I've tried other Molasses Cake recipes but I love the flavor of this one. The baking instructions were written for a wood stove so you'll have to determine the best time and temperature for your liking, but I'll publish the recipe below exactly as it was printed in the cookbook. Cinnamon Roll recipe from this same cookbook - https://youtu.be/gzeQjObCGdM My New Channel - OTK Gardening & Preparedness @otkgardenprep https://youtube.com/@otkgardenprep ⚠️ Also, I noticed while typing up this recipe that I read the baking time wrong! I baked this too long anyway. Even 40 minutes would've been enough by this recipe. I thought it had said 45-55 minutes. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Still, in the future, I'll start checking this at around the 30 minute mark for doneness. INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup molasses 1/2 cup milk 2 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon mixed spices 1 egg INSTRUCTIONS Cream butter, and gradually cream in the sugar; add molasses and beaten egg and mix; sift and measure flour, add baking powder, salt, soda and spices, and re-sift together; add flour and milk alternately and mix well; bake in well greased shallow pan in a moderate oven-baking time about 40 to 45 minutes. Serve while yet warm. Ice if desired.

As of this writing, these Vittles Vaults, which I meant to mention in the video are MADE IN THE USA, are only $14.01 on Amazon. I grabbed an associates link to share with you: https://amzn.to/399py8v These are normally $37.99 so getting them at $14.01 is a STEAL! And just so you know I wasn't joking about the Gamma Lids often costing as much as one of these Vittles Vaults, just look: https://amzn.to/3vCfe2o (Note: Sometimes you can get them cheaper, but it's really hit and miss!) Also, I mentioned Wanda from Deep South Homestead talking about using the 30 gallon metal trashcan for toilet paper storage, but it was Wanda's personal channel, Crazy Dazes. Here is the video where she talked about that: https://youtu.be/Wm-5eQ9Ksp0 I do use a 30-gallon trash can for storing lots of cleaning supplies that I buy in bulk. This is the one that I have. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Behrens-31-Gallon-Silver-Galvanized-Metal-Trash-Can-with-Lid/3475295?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-lwn-_-google-_-lia-_-127-_-outdoortrashcans-_-3475295-_-0

Everything keeps getting more expensive! Take matters into your own hands and save money by starting to grow at least some of your family's food. This is the time to get started! Get seeds started indoors so you can transplant them outside as soon as you can, or if your last frost date has already passed, or you're growing cool weather crops, you may be able to start sowing outside now. ARTICLES FROM MY BLOG: How and Why to Plan a Survival Garden https://www.oldtimeknowledge.com/why-andhow-to-plan-a-survival-garden/ When to Start Plants Outdoors https://www.oldtimeknowledge.com/when-to-start-plants-outdoors-how-to-learn-whats-right-for-your-area/ No Seeds? No Problem! Plants you can grow without buying seeds https://www.oldtimeknowledge.com/no-seeds-no-problem-food-you-can-grow-without-buying-seeds/ More Gardening Articles https://www.oldtimeknowledge.com/category/blog/garden/ SELL SEEDLINGS & MAKE MONEY from @Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) Make $500 Selling Garden Vegetable Plants at a Yard Sale: Starting 7 Great Herbs Indoors (Part 1 of 4) https://youtu.be/7hegp3hqTms How I Made $1000 Selling Vegetable Plants E-2: Best Plants, When to Plant & Where & When to Sell (Part 2 of 4) https://youtu.be/ZxeV_TbY6wU Make $1000 by Having A Garden Plant Yard Sale E-3: Potting Up, Seed Starting & Almost Ready to Sell! (Part 3 of 4) https://youtu.be/CEBiJnuuskc How to Make $1000+ by Having a Garden Plant Yard Sale - All the Steps! https://youtu.be/VKSKquzMncw SOME OF MY OTHER FAVORITE GARDENING CHANNELS ON YOUTUBE @Gardener Scott (All things gardening, like having a personal gardening mentor - Master Gardener with years of teaching experience!) https://www.youtube.com/c/GardenerScott @Self Sufficient Me (Fun and informative gardening channel from Australia) https://www.youtube.com/c/Selfsufficientme @Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy (Fantastic tips for gardening on a budget) https://www.youtube.com/c/Robbieandgarygardeningeasy/

Boneless, skinless chicken breast is probably one of the best, most convenient items you can add to your pantry. This can be used in a wide variety of quick, easy-to-make meals, such as: - Chicken salad - Chicken enchiladas - Shredded chicken Philly sandwiches - Casseroles - Quick and easy homemade chicken noodle soup & much more! I have to say "THANK YOU!" to Leisa Sutton of Suttons Daze (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_JPNIxSg8llJJTOupC86jQ) here on YouTube for giving me the nerve to start canning meats back in the spring of this year. I have now made multiple batches of this and other meats and I wonder why I didn't start doing this sooner. Here is the link to her famous "Ugly Chicken" video that got me started canning meats! - https://youtu.be/m_dbY6cqJIE Pressure canning bone-in chicken breast https://youtu.be/wV7hn40Zlb0 Quick chicken and pastry (aka chicken & dumplings) https://youtu.be/Fc7Oxy_FYvY National Center for Home Food Preservation (Canning Poultry & Meats) https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can5_meat.html DIJON CHICKEN RECIPE Saute a finely chopped shallot or onion until soft, then deglaze pan with white wine or chicken stock. Whisk in 2-3 heaping tablespoons of Dijon mustard and about 1 to 1 1/2 cups heavy cream. Put the chicken pieces (for pressure canned chicken legs, thighs, or leg quarters) into the mustard mix, then simmer until chicken is heated through and the sauce has thickened. Taste & adjust salt & pepper if needed. Add chopped parsley if desired & serve over rice, noodles, or potatoes. (Recipe from Suttons Daze Friends group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SuttonsDaze/)

This has been a long-time coming! I'm launching a brand new channel, OTK Garden & Preparedness (@OTK Garden & Preparedness). I'll be covering canning, dehydrating, pantry preparedness, general preparedness, as well as news, tips, hacks, and much more. I hope you'll check it out and subscribe. New videos to be published soon so get notified as soon as one posts. Here's the first video for the new channel: https://youtu.be/VnzL3Ms5fLU

I know seeing ChatGPT in a title for one of my videos seems out of character, but trust me you’re going to want to watch this. I am just going to give you a super straightforward, non-techie introduction and show you all the ways you can use it in your kitchen and your garden and so many different ways.

This is the BEST REFRIED BEANS RECIPE that you’ll ever have. These are so easy and economical to make. At the most basic level, all you need are some cooked pinto beans and a little bit of oil or fat (I use bacon grease). I also like to add a tiny bit of finely diced onion. See how I make the most delicious refried beans ever and be sure and share with your friends. There is no need to pay extra to buy factory-produced refried beans when they are so easy to make at home. Also, I'm tagging @Poplar Preparedness because it was totally after watching one of his videos the other day that I decided to make this one. I hope he sees this and can learn how to make refried beans at home so he can enjoy all those pinto beans he has stored up! In this video, I also mention earlier videos: Canning Pinto Beans (with Dollar Tree Lids) https://youtu.be/R6rWJ155BuI ACP (includes Mexican style rice) https://youtu.be/OBd3mEqoxV0 Chips & Salsa https://youtu.be/qpDEC4eCMRY

This spiced pumpkin bread will remind you of the Starbucks Pumpkin Loaf. The perfect taste to get you in the mood for fall. 🍂 🎃 Here's the recipe: Ingredients: * 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour * 1 teaspoon baking soda * 1/2 teaspoon salt * 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon * 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg * 1/2 teaspoon cloves * 1/4 teaspoon allspice * 1 1/2 cups sugar * 1/2 cup canola oil * 1/3 cup water * 1 cup canned pumpkin * 2 eggs * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract * 1/2 cup pepitas (pumpkin seeds) Instructions: * Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan, or line it with parchment paper. * In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices. * In a large bowl, combine the sugar, oil, water, pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla extract. Stir until well blended. * Gradually add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture, stirring until just combined. * Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle the top with the pepitas, pressing them slightly into the batter. * Bake for 60-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. * Let the loaf cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then transfer it to a wire rack to cool completely. Mentioned in the video: How to Make Homemade Vanilla - https://www.oldtimeknowledge.com/make-your-own-vanilla-extract/ Safe Cut Can Opener - https://amzn.to/3YpiVXH

We're seeing lots of food shortages around here. Supply chain issues? Why is this happening? No one is unable to stock their pantries, but if you expect to get all the things you might typically buy this time of year, think again. In all likelihood, you're going to run into some items that just are unavailable. There may not be completely empty shelves where you live, but you'll definitely see some empty spots where some of your favorites used to be. Add to that the ominous messaging from the White House that half of this country is, "looking at a winter of severe illness and death." I just want folks to be prepared. Are you? What kind of shortages are you seeing in your area? Comment below. I'll be back to posting recipes tomorrow, but I wanted to make sure y'all are thinking about this if you're not already. For daily shortage reports, be sure and watch @Poplar Preparedness. The host reports regularly on viewer comments around the world of food shortages they're seeing in their areas. References: President Biden's comments from 12/16/21 - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/12/16/remarks-by-president-biden-after-meeting-with-members-of-the-covid-19-response-team/ Jeff Zients comments from the White House 12/17/21 - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/12/17/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-74/

This traditional blueberry cobbler recipe is how our family has made cobblers of all kinds for generations. The ingredients couldn't be easier: - 1 cup self-rising flour (you can use all purpose flour, but it won't yield any rise to the crust) - 1 cup sugar - 1 cup milk - 1 stick butter - 1 egg - vanilla (optional) - 2-3 cups of fruit Here is my peach cobbler video from the early days of this channel: https://youtu.be/KLitOESu2vM Here is how I make homemade vanilla extract: https://www.oldtimeknowledge.com/make-your-own-vanilla-extract/

I have had a bad experience with a metal raised garden bed, so I was skeptical when I was first approached by Vegega to review one of their garden beds. Nevertheless, I went into it with an open mind. Even once the box had arrived, I could tell it was different than the other one I had. It was HEAVY. In this video, I show you the 9 possible configurations for this bed from the garden bed's instructions, how I chose to assemble it, how I filled it with cardboard, compost from my own garden, collard leaves, garden soil, and covered with a layer of straw mulch before adding plants. I am definitely going to want more of these. No wood to haul home from the hardware store. MUCH taller than my regular raised beds (which I do love, because my son built them for me). MUCH sturdier than other metal raised beds I've seen (and used!). I like these so much I signed up to become an affiliate so I can offer you a *discount code* to order one for yourself. Go here to check out the beds they have. https://www.vegega.com/?ref=OTK If you decide to buy something, here's a coupon code that will get you 10% off your order: OTKGARDEN

This is the PERFECT chicken fried rice recipe —at least for our family. I'm not giving exact amounts because you can make this so many ways. Just learn the basics in this video and then make some delicious chicken fried rice for your family!

Start a garden now. Don't put it off. It could be a matter of survival, and if you wait until you need it, it might be too late! The other day I saw a video about prepping, and the lady talked about picking up garden tools because if the SHTF, we'll all need to be gardening. Planning to have a survival garden to feed your family if the SHTF? WHAT?! Well, you're liable to have a dead family then because you're likely to struggle to grow enough food to feed everyone and you'll use up your seeds and wind up with nothing to show for it. Y'all might starve to death! YOU HAVE TO GARDEN BEFORE IT BECOMES A MATTER OF SURVIVAL IT'S ABOUT SURVIVAL IF YOU'RE DOING IT NOW –BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LEARN! Here are a few of the resources I mentioned during the video: Old Time Knowledge gardening articles: https://www.oldtimeknowledge.com/category/blog/garden/ The Rusted Garden - Starting Seeds Indoors (grow lights) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRAjOA-1h0E Gardener Scott https://www.youtube.com/user/GardenerScott MIGardener https://www.youtube.com/user/MIgardener Charles Dowding (No Dig Gardening) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg

This Spaghetti and Meatballs recipe is a slight variation on a delicious recipe shared by Italian Grandma (link is below) from right here on YouTube. This is for one pound of ground beef and for me it makes almost 20 meatballs. (Of course, if you made larger meatballs, you'd wind up with less.) INGREDIENTS • 1 lb ground beef • 1 egg • 1/4 cup bread crumbs • 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese • 2 - 3 tsp of dried parsley or 1/4 cup fresh parsley •1/2 tsp. salt • 1/4 tsp. black pepper • 1/8 garlic powder INSTRUCTIONS 1. Mix ingredients together well. 2. Form into meatballs about the size of walnuts. Cook in pan until they are browned all over. 3. Add desired pasta sauce. 4. Cover and reduce heat to simmer. 5. Cook spaghetti (or pasta of choice). 6. Once spaghetti is done, serve with sauce and meatballs. 7. Sprinkle with a little bit of parmesan cheese. Enjoy! ***** MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO ***** Italian Grandma's recipe is for two pounds of ground beef and she makes homemade sauce from scratch. https://youtu.be/NFnKaAnXQiY Leisa Sutton's recipe for canning meatballs (includes no bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, or egg) https://youtu.be/vi6fKekQts0 My Sausage Ball recipe https://youtu.be/CgoFC-jm6tw