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Please could you do a quick video on how you wrap you baby in their sling as mine is now 4 months and wants to sit differently but still carries by me. Thanks and love all you content 🥰
I think the fact that your kids forget about the candy soon after is a testament to how nourishing and delicious the food you cook for your family is ❤
I am with you on throwing out candy that has been forgotten. I also do that with toys missing parts and seriously regift toys to others when they are completely forgotten.
Despite the inherent noise and chaos of a household filled with kids, your ability to consistently produce serene, cozy, and quiet videos showcasing the positive aspects of homemaking is truly commendable. Your dedication to your work, even when overtired, deserves applause.
When I hear of all the turmoil in our country and the world, your calm, soft voice is a balm for my soul! It makes my little world feel peace for a bit!
Throw ALLLLL the candy away!😂 Great job, Mama!!! Also, great compromise letting them have some while it’s exciting, but not putting it out on the counter and encouraging it.. You’re a smart lady!
Letting the kids have some candy, hiding it a few days and tossing it is exactly what i do! They can have it but they certainly dont need it in excess. Dont worry about the comments, its 💯👌😁🤗
It’s actually very encouraging to see you in more casual clothes and fresh-faced! I sometimes feel like I’m not doing as great because I don’t dress “cute” every day, but it was nice to see I’m not so far from being like you 🤪☺️
To use more eggplant you might look for Greek Eggplant Moussaka Recipe. It has eggplant, potatoes, ground beef, along with a Bechamel Sauce. Very good and filling.
Your videos are amazing! Your voice is so calming and you move around the kitchen as if you don’t have a baby strapped to your chest! You are a perfect example of someone who is passionate about what they do! ❤
Mousakka is the best ! I like it with ground beef but I love it with ground lamb sometimes even a mix of the two. There is a Greek chef on here named Akis P …… something…..he is amazing and I trust any recipe he gives. Very traditional. My tzatziki is the best you’ve ever had because I follow his recipes which are traditional lol 😆
Our favorite eggplant recipe is baba ghanoush. Char a whole eggplant on the grill or gas stove like you would a bell pepper, and squeeze it out of the skin after it swears and cools. Immersion blend with tahini, olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon, and whatever herbs you have on hand. So good as a dip or sandwich spread!
My mantra with throwing out non-nutritious items like candy is - “better to throw the garbage into the garbage instead of treating your body like a garbage can”
I'm having the same kind of day on our homestead! And frankly, facing down the tasks had me just the teensiest bit overwhelmed, so this video has perfect timing! I, too, have a trash can (more than one if you count my barn lol) thats "a little yucky" 🤣🤣🤣 Btw, I did the same thing with candy when my kids were younger!🙋♀️ Have a beautiful day, Lisa, and everyone ❤️ 💕
That strata looks amazing! You’re blessed to have a family that will eat a variety of things! I love watching Johanna in the kitchen. My grandson is a little older than her but he’s been cooking since he was little and is very talented in the kitchen. It’s refreshing to expose children to tasks that some people think they’re not capable of. I hope she won a ribbon for her pie! 🥇🥧
I love the clips where you’re working with your kids or talking to them. I understand why you would typically cut most of them, and I thank you for the voice over, but it makes it seem more “real” with the raw scenes in there. ❤
Can i just get 1% of your ability?! lol. The things you do might seem like "nothing" to someone else but to me, they really inspire me to be a better wife and homemaker! The home and the family is our highest priority. I know that cleaning, cooking, and mothering is what God gave us time for. You go girl! 👏🤩🥹😍
You have mentioned pumpkin pie pumpkins in your last two videos, I actually have a tip: the best pumpkins to cook with are actually the really beautiful decorative ones such a Cinderella pumpkins. They have been bred with other squash varieties and have way denser, thick skin that cooks down amazingly and is super flavorful. After they have lived on the porch awhile for decor definitely cook with them. Also, pumpkin puree from the store is mostly butternut squash, not pumpkin 🤯
We are a family that throws out candy from parades as well, especially now that we avoid numbered dyes due to my daughter having an allergy to them. Also, I love the coziness of your home in the warm night at night! Made me feel so calm. I can't wait for your sourdough cookbook! I am definitely impatiently waiting for it. I know a lot of it is on the blog, but I love having the books displayed and laid out while I make it.
So nice to see you make your biscuits and sausage gravy the same as I do. I've seen some "professional" chefs who don't know diddly about making sausage gravy.
You always give such good tips on finding ways to use all food and store it properly, so that it does not get forgotten. We, too, get rid of old candy, broken things that cannot be repaired, and give away anything we simply no longer use for any purpose.
Cheers! to you!🎈🥳🎉 You manage ur kitchen like a Pro! Fridge & pantry Inventory ;rotating product & cooking diversity for ur family!👏🏻 I love how your children help w/food prep; how you give dough to the toddler. Your Smile for your younger son! Beautiful vlog!❤️🥰🫶🏻
I love that you’re encouraging your children to teach each other how to make pie! ❤ I love my Birch Mattress and have trouble getting out of bed cause it’s so comfy (and finally a mattress that doesn’t cause me back pain!) 😊
Thanks to your comment, we finally ordered a Birch bed!! It'll be delivered in 5 days!! My fiance is building a bed for us!! So stinkin' excited! We went with the Luxe in King size. We've never had a bed that big. Hahahahaha!
You could make ratatouille, which uses eggplant, peppers, onions, zucchini, tomatoes. It can be eaten hot over pasta or at room temperature as a side. You can make it spicy or not. Also uses olives. Fabulous with your sourdough bread.
At Halloween/Easter/Valentine's/Christmas etc anytime where copious amounts of candy are around I let my children indulge for 3 days and on day 4 the remainder is tossed in the garbage. I never get any blowback, the children are satisfied and I feel good that I set a reasonable limit. Each family does what is best for them🌻
These are my favorite videos! Great ideas for using all of the produce and food in the fridge! (Also, I've never seen anybody use their vacuum in the fridge before! 😂 I LOVE your kitchen helpers~especially the tiny one. 😘
Biscuits and gravey!!! OH MY LANTA!!!!!! Sour dough plus fresh farm milk. I'm envious. We do candy more than we should and I have gotten to where I now hide it too. Then I forget about it. Toys, I have 3 and I have a room full of toys that they don't play with. My oldest is a gamer so that's his toy. My 3 year old plays with his trainset and "buildies" which are big legos. My 1 year old plays with what the others play with haha. So I'm seriously considering doing a mass toy removal.
Late to the party, as I'm only now watching this interesting video. Wanted to say that with eggplant we always make baba ghanoush, a middle-eastern dip that everyone loves. Roast eggplant, mashed with garlic, tahini, and lemon juice, seasoned with salt and cumin. Delish!
For eggplant, try this recipe. It’s delicious, Russian dish. Saute chopped onions with some oil, garlic, carrots, peppers. Then add cubed eggplant (small cubes), don’t salt or season until the end as eggplant will become spongy. Let it sauté until cooked, add seasoning little bit of pasta sauce and simmer for 5 more mins. It’s so good on a toast, delicious cold too.
For eggplant I like to cut, blanch and freeze it and add it to smoothies! It adds a creamy, flavorless texture and nutrition as well. Thanks for your inspiring videos!
Loved seeing those sweet kids making the pie. I’ve been using up what I have on hand. The fridge and cabinets are pretty bare. It’ll be a good time to wipe everything down. Thanks for the motivation Lisa! Take care and God bless y’all! 😀❤️
This brought back childhood memories of shelling peas in my grandparents home in the 1950's sitting at their big ktichen table and listening to old stories from my favorite aunt.
I had such a warm and cozy feel while watching this video and baking. It almost seemed as if I could smell all of the goodness coming from your kitchen. Nice!
You are definitely a skilled homemaker/cook! Your "use up what I have" meals all look super delicious. I myself also love the challenge to use what we have in fridge/pantry. It lets me get creative and most dishes turn out tasty. Thank you for taking the time to create these videos.
This was a really useful video, Lisa. I love that it feels like a game to you. My game is no waste, easy, no stores as possible, too. And i feel a silly amount of accomplishment when i can say i haven't been in a grocery store in months!
I would do the same with candy. My kids are all grown now but I remember finding Halloween candy in like July of the next year and be like yuck! I love your lists. I have made lists forever, I like to go back and see what my goals were and what I actually got done….and vacuum the fridge, check, check. I laughed out loud when I saw that. This stick vacs are so nice.
I'm a little late commenting, but we definitely did the same thing without kids regarding throwing away their excess candy. 100% worth it! It keeps ALL of us from over consuming it.
About the candy, you go to all the trouble of making sure they have a healthy diet. So smart to through out the forgotten candy. It will save their heath in the long run, good on you mamma!❤❤❤
Thank you Lisa, for those quick and healthy ideas to use during this very busy fall harvest season. Our house is filled with all things being harvested, dried, frozen, jellied, and baked for winter
I do not fry eggplant in eggplant parmesian. I peel it, slice it, season with salt, pepper, garlic & onion powder. Then add sauce, eggplant, sauce, cheese and repeat. Then I bake. It takes longer to bake. There is no breading, frying and it is delicious.
Becky on Acre Homestead makes baked oatmeal with 12 eggs to use up her chicken eggs. We make it yet do not have chickens so I only use 4. You could make 3 of these and use up 36 eggs. I have been making pumpkin ones lately. If you allow you kids to Trick or Treat, make a deal they can only keep the quality chocolate. If you allow 1 month worth of desert only candy for the month of Oct. You can use some of it in cookies etc.
Came across your channel a few weeks ago but I must say, it became one of my favorites very fast. Your voice is so soothing and I always enjoy seeing what new ideas you come up with. Also big fan of the throwing candy away. I am sure they don't miss them since you always cook them such delicious wholesome treats. Totally baking a pumpkin pie this week myself.
I have the same problem with my fridge and have discovered if I slide it out a few inches I can then get the drawers to pull all the way out allowing me to clean those areas with ease.
I am not a homesteader but I like the same game of seeing how long I can go without going to the grocery store and trying to make sure I am using things up and not wasting.
Yes, it is a fun challenge and worthwhile as you use what you have and sometimes come up with some delicious dishes that maybe you wouldn't have otherwise thought of!
You cook just like I do. I am a dump cook. I give you huge props for doing a cook book with actual recipes! That had to be extremely hard and time consuming to have to measure out each ingredient. Lol
The onion cream gravy sounds like one I will look forward to trying. Love seeing the day to day actives! It really gives me a boost, new ideas to stay excited, and ready to get back to mothering my best. I really find that the from starch meals keep my husband and children loving each day. It's truly amazing to me how simple that sounds... not always as simple as we make it though LOL Thanks for you time and talent.
Your videos are the perfect ending to my day. Always so calming! My mother taught us to "always clean the things that clean for you," so I had to smile when you wiped off your garbage in your pantry. She would be proud. 😊 Blessings and love from my home to yours. ❤
Here in the Deep South, pumpkins are only seasonal if you want them to be. We grow different varieties almost year round. Our kids favorite recipe is my Pumpkin Quinoa Fritters. I’ll be doing a video on those soon. We also make pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin fettuccine etc. We did an entire day last year where the kids had a contest to make a pumpkin recipe for every meal that day.
You can use eggplant for: eggplant casserole, fried eggplant, eggplant Parmesan. Just never eat it raw, because it can cause stomach problems and some people are highly sensitive to a chemical they have in them unless cooked.
Roasted eggplant in a Buddha bowl with other veggies and a homemade tahini sauce is delicious! Also eggplant lasagna and grilled Jamaican eggplant is divine.
We are the same way with Halloween candy. My kids are excited about it for a day or two and then to get it, I'll stash it in the pantry for a few days and then toss it.
Greetings from the middle of Nebraska! My head was spinning after watching you do a million things in the kitchen! You are amazing!!! I love seeing the children. Your older son is so handsome (all your kids are) but I haven't seen him in a while. He sure has a cute smile! And how wonderful that your children are in the kitchen. Thank you for sharing your recipes and family in the kitchen!! I hope you are getting some rest now and then!!!
The only way I like, eggplant and I’m Italian, is eggplant Parmesan. So you dip it in egg then breadcrumb then saute gently for just a few moments until it’s brown then layer it with your sauce and mozzarella and Romano or provolone cheese more sauce another layer, another layer until you have like a lasagna that you made out of eggplant. if you try to do it without sautéing it first it’s kind of disgusting. You need that little bit of crisp in there to make it taste good. You could, if you want to, bake it for just a few minutes until you brown it almost broiling it. Instead of frying it, that will save you all that oil and time. Put it on Sheets in the oven and then into your pan to layer to make a lasagna with it. Eggplant Parmesan. Delicious!
You can cut egg plant in slices and salt the slices. Let set for around 30 min to remove moisture and it also helps to remove any bitter flavor that kids can be sensitive to. Also, egg plant added to spaghetti sauce is amazing. I do the same thing with candy including Halloween candy. Who can eat that much candy?
I don’t know if you’ve made a video on this already but I would love to hear about your parenting style - like how you get your kiddos involved in cleaning, how you raise your babes, toy usage, etc 🤍
I learned eggplant stacks in Rome and it's my favorite way to eat them. Cut them in slices bake them with salt pepper and olive oil. Then stack in repeating order an eggplant slice , tomato/ marinara sauce, and a slice of fresh mozzarella. Then throw them in the oven again long enough to melt the cheese.
I’m Italian. Make eggplant Parmesan just dip the slices of eggplant in the egg and milk mixture and then put breadcrumbs on them fried up and pan. You can have sandwiches with cheese on it. It’s delicious.
For eggplants … You can slice and fry them and dip it soy sauce. Other times we do “torta” and it’s a delicious way of serving eggplants. Kinda hard to explain here, but you can look it up if you want to checkout other eggplant recipes 😊
Eggplant dishes ideas Eggplant lasagna - exchange the pasta for Eggplant sliced thin lenght wise. Eggplant pizza - use Eggplant sliced lengh wise as the pizza dough
Eggplant Parnassian is delish if you cut the eggplant the night before and soak it in water and a little salt it turns out delish. It was my daughters favorite. Also, make one of those giant milk jars of home made salsa you can take tortillas and make chips or use it on eggs, tacos, burritos, plus it’s all natural and can keep in fridge. I make a really good one
