Homemaking on the Homestead

It's another hot week coming up. Today is grocery shopping day for me. I think I'll pick up a pizza for dinner tonight and make a big salad. The rest of the week is looking like this. Pulled Pork Sandwiches I'll cook the pork roast in my IP and serve it with coleslaw and some summer fruit. Asian Braised Chicken I'm using THIS recipe, which is for pork, but I'm substituting chicken for the pork. I'm serving this with rice and a veggie of some sort (yet to be determined). Instant Pot Shrimp Scampi I've never made this in the IP before, so we'll see how it goes. I'm going to try THIS recipe. I'll serve it with either rice or angel hair pasta. I'll add french bread and green salad on the side. That should do it for the week!

This post does contain affiliate links.  Thank you for your support. I truly appreciate all purchases made though this blog.  It helps me keep my blog going.  :)     Today's Friday in the Kitchen is about making banana bread and iced tea in the Instant Pot. What I loved was that I made both of these things this week, plus a few other things and never heated my house up. We have had a hot string of days, near and over 100 degrees and I don't have air conditioning in my home. So making efforts not to overheat the house is a high priority. If you think an Instant Pot is just for cooking meat, think again! I'm constantly amazed at all you can do with an IP. I seriously feel like it is one of the best investments I've made for my kitchen and my life in quite some time.  Here is a link to the Instant Pot I own:     Banana Bread ...

Wednesday Snap Shot is a quick peek into my week. If you'd like to join in on my Wednesday Snap Shot.. copy and paste my post, add your answers (you can also copy the pic..BUT Please download the picture to your computer first.. do not just directly copy and paste.. otherwise you are using my bandwidth..thank you! :) .. link your post to my blog and then come back and let me know you shared your week. I'll come and visit you and read about your homemaking week!! :)   So Far This Week Happy August!!    It's been a good week. I'm feeling better and better each day. My daughter Hannah and her kids came out to visit and swim in the pond. The kids had not met my new duck, Ping, yet. So they were excited to come. It was a fun afternoon at Grandmas. My son Jacob and his girlfriend also came up over the weekend for a visit. It's always a good week for me when I get to see my children. I also had a couple hours worth of phone conv...

It's a hot week coming and I don't have air conditioning so I'm planning on making good use of my Instant Pot and the BBQ to avoid heating up my kitchen when making dinner. Tonight will be spaghetti & meatballs in the IP. I'll have french bread and a salad to go with it. The rest of the week is looking like this. Burritos I'll make black beans in the IP and then cook some seasoned hamburger in the IP to use in the burritos. I'll serve with cheese, salsa and a salad. Grilled Salmon I have some wonderful wild caught salmon to cook up on the bbq. I'll serve this with some IP potatoes and coleslaw. Teriyaki Chicken I'm going to try THIS recipe. I'll also make rice in the IP for this meal and a salad. All of these meals should be easy and very do able for me this week. 

Wednesday Snap Shot is a quick peek into my week. If you'd like to join in on my Wednesday Snap Shot.. copy and paste my post, add your answers (you can also copy the pic..BUT Please download the picture to your computer first.. do not just directly copy and paste.. otherwise you are using my bandwidth..thank you! :) .. link your post to my blog and then come back and let me know you shared your week. I'll come and visit you and read about your homemaking week!! :)   So Far This Week I'm happy to report that this week I'm feeling much better. Everyday is a little better then the day before and I'm regaining my strength again. I'm very thankful. Recovering from blood loss anemia is a slow and steady process, I'm discovering. I've just taken it easy and my hubby and son have been wonderful at helping out with food and household chores. My son even decided to cook us a meal one night. He does great with simple things but wanted ...

I'm slowly regaining my energy and have cooked a little bit. But, not a lot. My son has did some cooking and my hubby is a master at the grill so it's not been hard to keep us fed. This week I'm hoping to do a little more. The hardest part has been deciding what to make. I don't have a huge appetite and finding meals that sound good to me is challenging. Tonight is burgers on the grill. Hubby will handle the grilling and we'll have the typical trimmings to go along with the meal. The rest of the week is looking like this.. Pork Noodle Bowl Sometimes, when all else fails.. just make a bowl/plate of food for dinner.. it's simple... Start with a bowl or plate of cooked noodles (in my case for this meal, but it could also be rice or potatoes), Add meat of choice (mine will be a pork roast cooked in my Instant Pot using Yoshida's sauce diluted with a little water), your meat ...

Wednesday Snap Shot is a quick peek into my week. If you'd like to join in on my Wednesday Snap Shot.. copy and paste my post, add your answers (you can also copy the pic.. BUT Please download the picture to your computer first.. do not just directly copy and paste.. otherwise you are using my bandwidth..thank you! :) .. link your post to my blog and then come back and let me know you shared your week. I'll come and visit you and read about your homemaking week!! :) So Far This Week What a week it has been. I've been missing in action for several days now. This will be a shortened version of WSS. On Saturday I came home from a 4 day trip to the hospital. I had a chain reaction of issues that put me in the ER. It's a long story and I'll just share the basics of what happened to me. I was taking a medication for one issue and the side effects of that medication irritated my stomach and ca...