This is my entry into the #whatscookingchallenge by @jaynie. Check out her most recent #whatscookingchallenge post here.
I was challenged by @watersnake101, his entry was amazing! A trek beside him to the local market begins a post filled with pics to get your stomach churning!
I recommend you check it out here.
Lets begin this challenge in one of my two favorite places at Borrowed Earth Homestead...
The Garden!!
I head out to the garden to look for something that is shouting to me.
I'm ready to eat!!
Today it's the peas!
Read more about these peas here!
So I gather up a shirt full along with a few Onion flowers that needed removing and head inside to begin shelling the garden peas.
Pause for beauty.... This one was so full!
The peas are ready! Time to fill the bowl with more veggies from the pantry.
This bowl is a perfect veggie portion size when cooking Homestead Slop to feed four!
Carrots are next, sliced thin to cook fast. The garden carrots are still weeks away, looking forward to them.
Onions are added. Those flowers from my garden make me nervous mine won't grow nice bulbs... Removing the flowers is my best chance.
Celery... Something I am not growing this year.
Sweet colorful peppers fill up the bowl!
I could stop right here and grab a fork.
Instead let's head to my other favorite place on the homestead...
The Kitchen!!!
We are homesteading, which in our case means we are building our home as we go. I don't have refrigeration, pork is what was in the cooler and needs to be eaten. So Pork Slop is What's Cookin'
I often make one dish meals, we have only a camp stove, currently with one burner! Dishes I call Slop!
The pork gets chopped up and put in the skillet with spices to marinade an hour or so.
Tonight's spices are a creative blend of soy sauce, garlic, ginger, black pepper, lemon pepper blend, and cayenne pepper.
Time to fry! I add a good dose of olive oil to the pan, dump in all the veggies except the garden peas and fry until they are a bit tender.
Next I stir in chicken broth and rice. I go a bit heavy on the liquid to rice ratio as I don't have a lid that fits my pan tight.
Stirring in the garden peas is the last step. The whole sloppy mess gets brought to a boil then turned down to simmer until the rice is tender.
Its Finished!
Here's a bowl full of Pork Slop! Served up with Love from my garden and my kitchen.
This is how I cook most nights, a hearty homestead meal for my hardworking crew.
Last but not least... @jaynie always serves dinner with Wine as I recall.
Here in the Ozarks I don't keep Wine on hand, so I include a wee jar of our Local Homebrew to complete the picture.
Replace the 'W' in wine with a 'Sh' and you have Shine...
Moonshine that is! XXX for uncut!
A sip of this White Lightening will curl your knees as it warms the rest of you right through.
Cheers!
Here's a wishing you were here smile. A beautiful end to a productive day. Hugs All!
I almost forgot to nominate some folks...
@freedomtowrite
@jayclar30
@warpedweaver
@earthmother
@armadillocreek
What's Cookin' at your house?
~all text and images are my own unless otherwise credited
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