Apple Pie, Salsa Verde, Marinara Sauce and So Much More! 

Hey Becky. Quick pro tip for spoons and tasting... You only need two. Dip one into the product and drizzle/drop the food into the spoon that will go into your mouth. Learned that working in a professional kitchen and it beats using all the spoons in your drawer every time you cook! Love your channel. Keep on growing and cooking and sharing in your effervescent, authentic way!

I just have a word of caution about feeding large numbers of apples to your chickens. About five years ago, I fed all my bright red crabapples to my flock, thinking I was doing them such a favour with all the vitamins. After chicken number five died, I started getting worried and sent dead chicken #6 to the provincial lab for testing. The test results came back - cyanide crystals in the kidneys, caused by the apple seeds turning to cyanide in the digestive system. Symptoms were lethargic chickens, decreased appetite and activity and then death. I still give my chickens apples, but I cut the core out to avoid the seeds. FYI

When my mom is steaming tamales, she puts a couple of coins on the bottom of the pan. This is in case she accidentally allows all the water to evaporate, you’ll hear the coins start hopping around the bottom of the pot!

They aren’t wasted as long as your chickens can enjoy them.

So many people have already said it, but your channel and this community is so positive and encouraging. This is my favorite channel right now. Becky, you’ve motivated me to be more creative and to be a doer, especially in the kitchen! My family deserves the best side of me, and you’ve inspired me to deliver my best at home. I’ve never been a baker, but I went on a bender and in the the span of two weeks, I made two loaves of homemade bread, mini pumpkin pie, apple pie, chicken pot pie, banana bread, preserved some onions, peppers and kale, and more. Your energy and attitude are contagious!

I am not the best with commenting, I never know what to say. One of your videos popped up in my suggested a few weeks back now and I have been hooked ever since. I love your content, everything you do is so educational and down to earth and real. I look forward to seeing whatever you come up with next. You're such an inspiration!!

The outer shell of the nutmeg is called mace, and is also used as a spice

When you said, "It's noon now," I was blown away. So much accomplished!

Becky your channel is the only one I have EVER put the bell on for. I am so proud of you and the wonderful work you're doing with your channel. Way to go!!!

I saw you use that juicer a few videos ago and told my husband about it. Well he surprised me with it and I ended up throwing a bunch of Concord grapes in and made my own juice. Oh my gosh is it good!

Just found out a "ChiveHack" In an earlier video you talked about that chives was difficult to dry. I just found out why! The hack is to cut them in small pieces and then put them in to the freezer in a freezerbag. After they have been frozen the cellular structure changes and now you can pour them on the freezer trays and then mix them to powder when they are really dry and a bit warm. They dries really quickly after they have been frozen and the colour is really good looking online a bit pale. They taste even more amazing and makes your Ranch powder taste amazing. Have a sunny weekend!/Mia

It’s so hard to sit and wait 2 hours for this video to be available! So blessed you make videos that brighten our day, and teach us so much!

The shell of the nutmeg is called Mace and it's also a spice 😍 can be used for all kinds of baking and cooking. It has an almost sweeter smell to it. Also, I about died at "husband in law " 😂😂 you are so adorable 💜

🇯🇲 here, that travels offer. FYI: you are allowed to carry dried nutmeg because there are no longer an agricultural risk- so custom allows it. so fun hearing you talking about it. And yes, we like whole nutmeg. Sounds like such a fun trip.

It was great to meet your sister today. You have such a wonderful family that loves to work together with you. I have to say that when you were calling your chickens my dog Charley was running all over trying to find them..haha

Totally fine to bring back spices. It's live plants / cut flowers they question to prevent invasive species and bugs. I have family in the Caribbean and we have nutmeg trees. Fun fact. The red webbing on the outside of the nutmeg is dried and is known as mace.

We used to make apple sauce with skins on and often with cores in but seeds removed - in the big turkey roaster using the oven and a Foley food mill.. When apples ripened, we would quarter or 1/6th them, remove the seeds, cut off any bruised or bad spots, decide about the cores, indiscriminately toss them in a plastic bag (usually a department store sized), then toss in the freezer for "later". Depending upon what else was going on, some would be sliced, have the lemon juice and seasoning added as called for in a pie recipie, then placed in a labeled bag for use in a pie or other dish during the winter. In terms of actually making apple sauce, most often later occurred when the freezer space was needed amd we typically cooked down two turkey roasters full over the course of one or two days before canning or freezing. If canning, as soon as the hot batch 2as milled, the previous roasters worth was added, mixed, moderate,y spiced, and the pot was brought back up to plopping hot. Final,space, sugsr added depending upon who was taste testing (less when freezing than canning), and all was added to hot jars with hot lids. If making apple butter, the cores were left in, more spices were added, more sugar was added, some lemon juice was added, amd the mixture was reduced with stirring in the stove before being jarred up. We generally had an old school lower sugar looser butter than some began to have; especially looser than those who used pectin.

From a long time gardener/farming family, no matter how organized I try to be, and how many years I've been doing it, any time I work with large quantities of produce or have massive harvests of a few things at one time, I will always lose some due to time. It happens. I always feel guilty but it happens to the most experienced of us so try not to feel bad! You are doing amazing! We have the best of intentions but sometimes life just gets in the way...and sometimes our gardens get in the way of our own gardens! There is never enough time in a day!

You get so much done and have so much energy. I've made a bunch of the freezer meals you've posted and can I say...Yum! My youngest son doesn't care for pumpkin but loved the sausage and pumpkin pasta bake. Most of what we've tried will be kept in the rotation. I follow Jennifer at A Country Life as well and just bought her cookbook. You've bot inspired me to expand even more. Thank you!

Your channel is my absolute favorite and is so inspiring to me! As a full time teacher you motivate me so much! I’m always telling myself “if Becky can do this on her day off/after work… so can I!”

I love watching and learning from you, Becky. I’m going to recommend your channel to my 9 year old granddaughter who loves to make her own cooking videos (only for family and friends for now). 🧡

Can't wait! Also: The kindness and positivity here in the Acre Homestead community just brightened my day 😊😊

I've been processing apples myself and I have learned from past experience that I sort the apples and the pristine ones go into my second fridge and can last a little bit and I have to process sooner rather than later the ones that have bug bites or blemishes. Don't beat yourself up about it. I think we have ALL had to learn that lesson. I am just in awe how much you do get done, so kudos to you! You're doing great :D

It's the French Bulldog wandering around the kitchen with flour all over him for me. Adorable!

Can't wait. I just got placed part time at work(I'm happy) and now have time to watch this video!!! So excited !!

You can use lime juice in place of lemon juice too for canning. I love the lime flavor in all salsas.

I love all your posts, but I really like the controlled chaos like today. Then, suddenly, it all comes together and you have all this work done! Great video!

Your chickens talk to you and follow you around like my cat does. So cute!

The outer shell of nutmeg is actually another spice called "mace". It is a pepper/hot flavor. Try it in chili!

Catching up on videos, I’ve been so busy canning myself!! My poor pressure canner is tired even 😂 Be easy on yourself Becky!! On top of working outside the home, you have MORE than a full time job running your homestead!! You ARE AMAZING!! You inspire all of us to keep going!! Keep pushing!! Much love from your neighbor in Oregon ❤️💕🌲🌲 ~Trina~ I just saw Gizmo!!! Hahahaha he’s so cute 💕❤️

You can use the tomatillo skins as a tea! Just rinse them and steep them for a few minutes. Great if you have a cold or cough.

I used to smash my garlic to peel it as well, but a trick that I learned for peeling mass quantities of garlic is to put the cloves into a stainless steel bowl, use another stainless steel bowl flipped upside down (lip edge to lip edge) and shake like crazy. The peel comes off the garlic. I just pick out the cloves, toss the garlic shells left behind and do the next batch. I tried it with 2 pots and it works just as well. A pot with the lid did not work for some reason... so stainless steel to stainless steel is the key!

You don’t like apple pie!?! 😱😱😱 Tip:You can use a little white vinegar in pastry instead of vodka - same effect!

Becky, you work you butt off. I'm glad you gave yourself grace on the apples. One human can only do so much. Even when you "waste" something, it doesn't go to waste. Love your content.

OMG..did you see the look on the doggies face. Becky's calling him over and he has this look of like...wait a min...they got apples!!! Where's my treat!!! He so stood there waiting for his treat!! Absolutely adorable!!!

It is so cute how your chickens all ran to you. They were all happy to see you like "yay, it's mom!"

You are such an inspiration to me! I don't have enough space to have a garden but I've asked my neighbour if I could use some of the ground that he doesn't use for my vegetable garden and he said yes so I'm going to have some fresh vegetables next year 😊 just for the record, I'm not a native English speaker so forgive me the mistakes I make.

Becky I watch you often you are very interesting I have had that juicer for thirty years. I have not used it for apples but grapes every year. The juice of Concord grapes makes the best jelly ever and we also drink it either watered down or with ginger ale you can make wine too. Thanks for inviting us into your kitchen . I hope you succeed in getting more people into their own kitchens.

Hi Becky! I have been beng watching you vlogs since I found your channel a couple of weeks ago. You do such a great job at making me feel like I am right there with you. A little tip on the steamer. I put 3 marbles in the bottom with my water. When I hear them moving around. I know the water is getting to low an it is time to add more water. Keep up the good work!!

This year, our apples didn't have much juice so we ran the steamed pulp through a food strainer. It was so thick and luscious, we turned it into apple butter. It is delicious!!!

You are amazing girl. I'm always shocked how much you get done in a few hours. WOW

My husband and kids bought me a pear, apple, fig, and weeping willow tree for my birthday this passed weekend and put them in the ground. I know they wont bear fruit for a few years, but I am so excited to add them to my questionable orange and lemon tree! I can hardly wait for my first harvest and preservation attempt!

I am just here imagining the amazing smell of apples baking that you are creating in your home.. Enjoy! So inspiring to cook and preserve seasonally.

LDA and a gardener from MN here!! I love everything about what you put on here!!!

I love you and your channel! I bought a pressure canner & steam juicer. I'm excited to try them. Hubby won't be thrilled lol, but after I make him some cider, he'll chill out. 😉 I'm old, 54, and I can remember canning and picking vegetables from my grandma's garden, eating all the raw peas I could. I still do that. Watching your channel reminds me of that time with her. Also, it's renewed my desire for preserving more of our food. I'm going to have to do it via the supermarket for now. But, I'll have my garden again next year. Also, you'll have to tell me where you got those gorgeous peaches. I actually live not far from you. I'm on the long beach peninsula. It's gorgeous here. 💜💜💜💜 Anyway, thank you for teaching an old dog new tricks!!!!

Love you and your Sister working together! I have 1 sister we went separate paths havent spoken to her in 25 years these videos show me Families that love each other so great!

Becky I always learn new ideas here. Thank you. I’m here today for Apple pie.

Hi Becky! Just started watching a little late, but catching up. Before I forget, I'm really glad you mentioned Jennifer @ A Country Life. I really like her channel & was subscribed a while back, but until today, hadn't realized I had been unaubscribed! That's been happening a lot for the last several months somehow. I've been really short on time lately, so haven't been able to go looking for some of m "missing" channels. So I really appreciate it when the you tube channels I do get to watch mention some of their favorites. Glad to see your sister & neice with you today! Gonna go back to watching... looks like another great one! Have a great weekend! ❤

Hello, Becky, I have a tip/recipe(?) for the dried apple slices. While they are delicious on their own, they are even better this way: chop them into cubes of roughly 1*1cm, melt any kind of chocolate you like, pour over the cubes, mix, then put little spoonfuls of the stuff on parchment paper. Wait till solid, voila.

Hi Becky. I just wanted to tell you that I love your channel although I live in a very small apartment in the middle of a city. Regarding nutmeg, its exterior layer is called “macis” (at least here in Spain is called that way) and it is a very fine spice on its own. It is sold separately at a very high price here. XOXO

Hi! I love watching your channel. Very informative and entertaining. Love your family sharing the screen with you.

I'm working through your earlier uploads. It's so heartwarming to see how you've progressed. You truly were an inspiration, and with your increased confidence, even more so now.

Becky, I would LOVE to know how you keep inventory of what you have! How you keep track of what you use/give to family and friends. I’ve never found a good way to do this but it seems like you never run out of anything and always know what you have! 💚

For a lot of Mexican salsa and sauce recipes chicken bullion powder is added instead of salt. It adds A lot! When you are just missing something to round it out, it does the trick.

I thought I was the only country hit that brought wheelbarrows in the house but you have a beautiful house and a beautiful garden and I love your chickens

I’m always exhausted after watching your videos! You are amazing!❤️🍎

Hi Becky, I have watched your videos you have said that you hate pealing garlic, and I do too. I was watching Chef Jean Pierre on RU-vid and he gave a tip to soak your cloves in warm water and they will peal off much easier. I did this the last time I harvested a ton of garlic and what a game changer. I normally do it myself and it can take me hours because of the amount I do. Soaking it in warm water saved me hours. I did 50 heads of garlic and it took me approximately an hour or so. The skins soften and peel right off. I also use a paring knife and that helped the ones that were still being stubborn. When you peel the garlic do it in the warm water and it will not be sticky. Just thought I would share this tip with you and others.

Love how your family always help you out.

You inspired me to pull out apricots that I had cleaned & pitted and tossed in my freezer this summer because I didn't want to do anything with them at the time. They are now in my steam juicer. I have not used it for about 30 years. Fortunately the tubing is still very good. Keep up the great work. I just wish I had your energy now!

These videos are my favorite!! I could spend all day in the kitchen with you 😊 I get so much inspiration from you Becky! 💞

I recently found you, and I've been enjoying your work 🙃 It's inspiring to see a great homesteader around my age! My husband and I do a small scale of homestead in an urban setting but eventually want to move and do it at a bigger scale.

Can’t wait! I am learning so much. I hope you make some apple syrup from your cider. These are the ingredients: Apple cider. It is sooo good.

You're my new favorite channel. You are doing everything I want to do and awesome to learn from. Thank you for documenting everything! Side note, apple seeds have cyanide and are poisonous to chickens. In small amounts they're harmless, but just something to be aware of if you're feeding a bunch!

You are truly blessed with family that comes to help you and you bless them with all the goodies they get to take home. Your niece was just precious and such a good girl while her mom worked getting them apples peeled. Becky, sometimes a harvest is just so much it’s hard to get it all processed before it started to go bad. It just happens, so don’t feel bad. At least you have chickens to feed them to, so really they didn’t go to waste. Your pies came out beautifully! Thank you for sharing!

I enjoy watching your harvest and then the process all the bounty. I had a small garden that didn’t do great, but friends have been giving me tomatoes and peppers. I have been cooking tomatoes, peppers and onions down for spaghetti sauce and salsa. Can’t wait to see what you do next. I also enjoyed your large freezer meals, it gave me some great recipe ideas to use. Thanks for sharing. Blessings

About the spoons... Every taster gets an empty coffee cup (better mobility) and a spoon. Hold your taster spoon over your coffee cup (in case it drips) and use the stir spoon to drop a bit on your spoon, taste and put back in *your* coffee cup. One stir spoon per item and 1 taster spoon. Boom! Rinse your taster spoon if your recipes vary greatly... like super sweet to super spicy... so it won't cross-influence your taste buds. Don't confuse the coffee cups. 🤭 LOVE your videos. If I lived even remotely close, I'd come to help and get jars in exchange. Dallas is 29 hours driving so.. pass.😭🤩

I'm so glad I'm not the only one that calls my chickens like that. I love your vids! Thanks for sharing your homestead with us!

Hi Becky! I just want to tell you how impressed I am of your knowledge and energy!! I found your channel when I wanted to learn more about Azure Standard. I had placed my first order and was eager to learn more about the company and that’s how I found you! Since then I have binged a lot of your episodes. You are a joy to watch and I wanted to let you know that a grandma in Colorado loves your channel!

I get so excited when you have new videos and I can bunge watch the older ones! The chickens following you was cute!

Thrift store tip. Find a cheap stainless steel cocktail shaker. Add a handful of unpeeled garlic cloves and shake. All your cloves will be peeled. There’s something about the stainless steel and shape of the shaker. Works like a charm.

Love how you and your sister work along side each other. Also to share the fruits of your labour ❤️

Thank you I just started gardening and transforming. It so nice to have you doing and explaining how to do it. The best thing about your videos is that you are a down to earth person. And love that you are always so energetic and happy . Something that we all need.

Love how your family works together

What a hoot, Im canning Salsa Verdi tomorrow morning too, using my green tomatoes.

Those apples didn't go to waste! You're just turning them into eggs. 😉 Speaking of which, your chickens are too cute!

So glad your sister came to help and that you blessed her with food to take home. You always amaze us with the amount of things you are able to accomplish.

Oh good lesson for me as I wondered how you would process all your harvest while fresh. Don’t feel guilty, you said it, a learning curve. Gardening for preservation superwoman.

Love it!! A bit early to catch this live stream from New Zealand but will definitely watch later, what a great team in the kitchen 🤗

Thank you for your content! You are such a bright light and helped me realize I just need to start! I always get super overwhelmed when trying to garden and preserve, but after watching your videos I am so pumped to keep going!

This is so cute they are listening and following you.

The chickens will love them!! And I LOVE that you show the bad as well as the good! Makes me feel better when I mess up too!

How perfect! I'm canning salsa Verde today... although now maybe I should wait till tomorrow in case you have some tips I haven't thought of. 🤫

Love love love it!!! 🥰🥰🥰 I wish I had sisters that I can do stuff like this with.. cnt wait for more videos.. Sometimes I rewatch ur videos wen im cooking or cleaning just cus I enjoy them soo much .. ty for the time u take to do this for us!

We love the seasoned salt recipe. We made fajita veggies the other night with that and taco seasoning and they were AWESOME!!!!!

If you haven't thought of it already, the after school weekend food programs are always looking for fresh fruit to put in the weekend food bags to go out to school kids who may not have food sources or permanent living situations.

Awesome job Becky. Thank you!

I’m glad you gave yourself grace over the apples. The chickens are going to love the worms in them. When I lived on the west coast, we had a winter apple tree. I layered them with newspapers in cardboard boxes right by my kitchen door. We had apples for the kids’ lunches all winter! You are doing amazing. :)

Love the tip on Lemon juice for the salsa verde! I USE the same recipe, but also decided to roast the tomatillos in the oven, much easier and more efficient! I learn so much from you, and you are such an inspiration! Love from Norway🇳🇴😀

That was great that your sister got to help, with all the mistakes we make it's just a learning curve! Your videos are awsome!

If you freeze some of the apple a scraps the chickens can have sweet treats all winter

Yay! I have been meaning to make some salsa Verde and I just didn't get to it this year but I can't wait to see you make it!

Omgosh I'm nosey today..how many siblings do you have?are they all in dentistry..you are the one blessed with the homestead/prepping thing..glad that you cook n bake.....luv the videos

I made homemade applesauce for the squeezables for my granddaughter when she was smaller. Your apple trees are amazing.

I just love your videos! I process a lot from our home garden and you’ve inspired me to try new things! I made pizza sauce - 14 pints, and it’s a hit. Thank you for being such a bright spot in the day. ❤️

Your chickens are adorable! That was so cute to watch them when you called them 🥰

You are so blessed to have family so close. What a great team.

Love your channel. I have learned so much. You inspired me to make my meals ahead and get a juicer/ steamer. Looking forward to your next video.

Once again an amazing outcome. You are organized and get alot done in a few hours

My BF and I do all day canning's and when we are done we are dead!!! But the end product is awesome. TY so much for showing us your special day with your sister.

I swear these videos, Becky, are basically ASMR to me. The crunchy sounds of walking in the garden and the cooking noises are lovely ✨