Thanksgiving is over. It always seems surprising to me because of such build up to Thanksgiving and for all the work that goes into the one big meal. It is definitely one of my favorite meals of the year, how can it not be with all those delicious dishes! My favorite part of the big meal though? The leftovers. I’m sure that you all have been eating leftovers for … [Read more...] about Beyond the Leftovers – Turkey Stock & Turkey Pot Pie
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Amazing and Easy Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe
I am a stay at home mom and we homeschool, because of that, I think it should be incredibly easy to get a healthy, homemade, amazing meal on the table each night. For some reason, it is not easy. While I do tend to make most of my meals from scratch, I realized that having to start dinner at 3pm in order to eat by 6pm was not working. There are so many amazing and easy crock pot … [Read more...] about Amazing and Easy Sweet and Sour Chicken Recipe
Hunger Is – Make Breakfast Happen
Living in America it is easy to overlook the challenges that many Americans face. I know that I often will go through the day so consumed with my own children that I forget what is going on in my own little city. Hunger is one of those issues that you don't necessarily think about. What is interesting is that we live in a lower income area, and a large majority of the children … [Read more...] about Hunger Is – Make Breakfast Happen
Zucchini Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
There are affiliate links in this post. If you make a purchase through one of these links I will receive a small commission. Thank you for supporting Townsend House! The other day when I was shredding up zucchini for the freezer, it was a bit of a chilly day. And when the air has any chill to it – ever – I think of baking. With all that freshly shredded zucchini, … [Read more...] about Zucchini Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Easy Ways to Preserve the Harvest
This post contains affiliate links which means if you make a purchase through one of these links I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting Townsend House! Food preservation – is it something that you ever think about? Growing up in Maine, and with a mother who had a very large garden, putting up food was something that was always done, jams … [Read more...] about Easy Ways to Preserve the Harvest
A Garden Tour – Week Twelve
I think that this may be my last weekly garden tour of the season! Of course I still plan to share my garden with you all, but we have come to the point when there really is only garden cleanup, tomatoes, and potatoes left. Not that tomatoes and potatoes aren’t extremely important, they absolutely are, but obviously there are only so many pictures of tomatoes and potatoes that one may … [Read more...] about A Garden Tour – Week Twelve