Snow Day

It snowed a long time yesterday with snow piling up little by little. This is the first "big" snow storm this season, so it was exciting. But awful temperatures are coming with the snow. It will not be much fun doing chores with a possible below 0 degrees later this week. 

                Luckily there was a pause in the cold weather today with being in the 40s so the animals were able to be outside (maybe the snow will melt). But the silkies must have forgotten about the snow. They were by the door of their house waiting to be let back in, and wondering what this cold white stuff is.

                     It is so beautiful right after a snow storm.....

                                          That it is hard to walk anywhere to ruin the beauty of the snow.

                                                        The goats loved entering into this sunny weather. And feasting on                                                              lots of grain.

                                                                 Then the sheep came out.

The two babies were the last, probably scared of the white stuff on the ground.

                                                                     Then they ate.

                                                                And the goats ate.

                                                              Can you find the sheep in this photo?

Sprinkles wearing her blanket for the cold weather.

                                                                      "Can I come in now? I am tired of the snow."

                                                       The goats realized that the hay was better that gran....

                                                            So they crawled under the corral panel to eat.

Tex says"Go away snow." 

Toaster Pastries

Apple Cider recipe

                                                           Apple Cider Recipe

                                                    3 cups apple juice ( I prefer the clear kind)
                                                    2 cinnamon sticks
                                                    5 cloves

                              Heat the spices and juice in a pot on low-med for 30 minutes, or on low for an hour.    Enjoy!

Trial and Error: Croissants

                 

                       Happy 2015!       I have tried to make croissants, only one time. I watched this amazing video about how to make croissants!:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgsN1gymxxY  But, if you have allergies and diet restrictions, you will have to change up the recipe. Gluten free dough does not stretch out as much as wheat dough, so it is hard to keep the layers in the croissants nice.  I made my first batch of croissants a few days ago with my own recipe, however they didn't turn out that well, and I was impatient! I guess it is all with trial and error! I will revise my recipe and try it again!

Inside of my croissant: it doesn't have the layers like regular croissants. 

             Bonjour!

  

P.s I have a toaster pastry recipe in the making that will be posted soon!

Long Farm update

           



                Ok! You caught me, I haven't written a post in almost a month!!

  I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Mine was wonderful with the family and with food!

             We had apple pie with a crumbled brown sugar crust, among other wonderful fares. 

        

         On another day I tried out a vegetable spaghetti maker called the veggetti which was bought at CVS, but I saw it at Walmart and it looks like you could buy it at: http://www.buyveggetti.com 

I used it to turn zucchini into spaghetti strands and whipped up one of their recipes with Parmesan Alfredo sauce. Just as long as there is enough cheese in my zucchini spaghetti, it tastes amazing.

Yummy alfredo sauce with zucchini noodles.

The spaghetti maker in work.

On another note Marshmallow, one of the adult ewes, had a baby ram last week. His name is very traditional, Spotty.  

Those bug eyes are so adorable!!

          I started making short goat leads in a variety of colors. I am thinking about selling them, but am not quite sure yet. 

Blue and black lead on Milkshake.

Newbie, modeling oh so wonderfully in this shot (and staying still long enough!)

         I will post a recipe of hot apple cider soon, so keep posted!


 

Thin Mint Copycats- Paleo!

        Yes! Chocolate mint cookies that are healthy and paleo!! I have made my homemade recipe twice in one week and still can't get enough of these cookies. Since I live gluten free, there are no more Girl Scout Thin Mints-(filled with hfcs, caramel color, artificial flavors, and..wheat)- for me!
  If you do not know what the paleo diet is, here is a good link- The paleo diet.

          Paleo Thin Mint Copy Cat Recipe 
             Cookie Ingredients:
                 3 cups almond flour
                 1/4 cup coconut flour
                 1/4 + 1/8 cup cocoa powder
                 1/2 cup honey
                 1 egg
                 1/3 tsp baking soda
                 1 1/2 tsp peppermint extract

              Coating:
                     1/3 cup honey
                     6 oz unsweetened chocolate
                     2 tsp peppermint extract
                     1 tbs coconut oil

           1. Mix all the cookie ingredients together.
           2. freeze the dough for an hour, so you can form it later.
           3.Use a  flour dusted cup to cut out the cookies.
           4. Cook them on a greased pan in the oven for 10-15 minutes at 350F or until done ( It depends on the size of the cookie)
           5. Place the cookie in the freezer until the coating is finished.
           6. Mix all the coating ingredient together on the stove. (Melt on low so the coating deos not harden.
           7.Coat the cookies and freeze until ready to eat!

      Note: Keep them in the freezer so that the coating does not melt.  Yields 50 small cookies.
         
         

     
         
           
   
             

Fall is here!!

              Fall is such a beautiful season! I love it when colors change on the leaves and the nights become cooler (not cold!). Here are some pictures of the farm with hues of yellow and orange colors. ~Enjoy