There has been a 3 year old that has needed some extra time on the GriggsDakota farm lately. She has learned where her favorite baked beans come from by investigating the pinto beans in the fields, picked a few cobs of corn for Sheyenne the horse, combined with Grandpa Fred and lined bales with Uncle Jim. Her 2 year old…
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5 Easy Steps: Rhubarb Sauce Recipe
Filed Under: Family Values, Fruits, Life in North Dakota Tagged With: cooking with kids, North Dakota, prairie, rural life 2 Comments
I once had a woman tell me on Twitter that we should grow more fruits and vegetables in North Dakota and less wheat and corn. I reassured her if she could come from California to North Dakota to teach us how I would be game to learn. But honestly the only plant that I consider a fruit that grows for…
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Wordless Wednesday w/ linky: Our boy of Fall
Filed Under: Life in North Dakota, Small Town Sports Tagged With: prairie life, wordless Wednesday 8 Comments
It’s Wordless Wednesday and I’m going to keep it short today. Simple and sweet. 32 is our boy our Fall, an 8th grader playing small town nine-man football on the North Dakota prairie. Small town games are a community event. It’s a gathering place. Win or lose, which we were on the losing end tonight, it is still a memory…
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2 Lil’ Fancy (Nancy) Farm Girls
Filed Under: America's Farm Table, Family Values Tagged With: agriculture, family, family farm, farming 6 Comments
Have you ever seen a fancy farm girl? On the North Dakota prairie, we have two little girls who love the Fancy Nancy book series. They have started weekly trips to our small town library to check out as many Fancy Nancy books as they can. Being fancy has rubbed off on the girls and our entire family. “Mama Jane”…
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Broccoli Swiss Casserole Recipe, Gooseberry #7
Filed Under: Family Values, Recipes, Sides, Vegetables Tagged With: broccoli swiss casserole, cooking, cooking with kids, Gooseberry Patch cookbooks 2 Comments
Need a quick side dish this holiday weekend that is a real family pleaser? Patty’s Broccoli Swiss Casserole from Gooseberry Patch’s Comfort Foods is just the recipe you need. It will take you less than 10 minutes to get in the oven and 30 minutes later you’ll be serving a side dish that you’ll make again and and again. You’ll…
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