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Glazed Spiced Apple Smash Roll Ups

All the warm, comforting flavors of fall in a jammy, sticky, glazed spiced apple roll up.

I love making apple pies, but I also love to try new recipes. So when I saw the recipe for Shortcut Easy Apple Fritters on the Half-Baked Harvest site, I had to give them a try. 

They were good... really good, but because I didn't have some of the ingredients (apple butter, puff pastry, etc.), I had to make substitutions, and my recipe ended up coming out very different from the original. So I'm not actually ...

Girl Dinner: Sardines for Chickens

Even chickens are getting in on the hot new "girl dinner" trend and enjoying sardines!

If you're on Tiktok, you likely have seen one of the latest trends - namely, "girl dinners".  The term was coined by Olivia Maher back in May in a video she posted that took off like fire.

And you also may have been watching sardines going viral as the ultimate new girl dinner. 

So I decided to do my own take on girl dinners, and share some sardines with my chickens! After all, they're girls too! And sardines are...

Pecan Pumpkin Spice Pancakes

These pumpkin pancakes embrace all the warm fall flavors and spices. 

Too soon? Sorry! 

But the temperatures are really starting to drop at night and pretty soon the leaves will be turning, so I wanted to share this fun alternative to plain pancakes that uses all the warm fall spices.

I never thought of pancakes as seasonal until I had some pumpkin puree leftover after Thanksgiving one year and was looking for ways to use it. 

Instead of giving the pumpkin to the chickens as I normally do, I experim...

Espresso Walnut Biscotti with Chocolate Drizzle

What’s better than that first cup of hot coffee in the morning? Crunchy biscotti to dip in it, of course! 

Fuel your mornings with these espresso-laced biscotti packed with crunchy walnuts, mini chips and topped with a semi-sweet and white chocolate drizzle.

Biscotti are uniquely-shaped oblong cookies that originated in Italy and were traditionally flavored with almonds.

Their name is derived from the Latin "biscoctus" which literally means twice-cooked (or baked) and refers to the method of baking...

What Should I Feed my Chickens?

Chickens require a balanced diet for optimal health and egg production.

Like all animals, and people too, chickens need a balanced diet to stay healthy and live long lives. 

But what exactly does that mean? 

I get lots of questions asking "what should I feed my chickens?" There's starter feed, grower feed, and layer feed. There are organic and non-GMO options. 

And there is pelleted feed, crumbled feed and whole grain feed. Then there's cracked corn and scratch grains. 

It can all get a bit confusing...

All About Cayuga Ducks

Cayuga ducks are solid black and the only domestic duck breed that lays black eggs. 

Cayuga ducks are very striking with their black feathers that have an iridescent teal, emerald green or purple sheen in the sun. Solid black bills and feet complete their "goth" look.

But the really unique thing about Cayuga ducks is that they lay black or charcoal gray eggs. They are the only domestic duck breed to lay eggs that color. All the other duck breeds lay either white or cream-colored eggs or greenish-b...

Mojito Cocktail Recipe

All of my recipes have now moved to my new site Coop to Kitchen.  
There you'll find all kinds of egg cooking tips and family favorite egg recipes, plus some recipes from my cookbook and TV show. 
You can now find this and many other recipes there.THIS RECIPE IS NOW HERE


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Minty Mojito Cocktail Recipe

Mojitos make the most of an abundance of fresh mint from the garden. If you ask me what my favorite cocktail is to sip while laying in the hammock or slowly rocking back and forth on the porch on a hot summer day, my answer would have to be the Mojito.
It's my go-to cocktail in the summer when we have tons of fresh mint growing wild everywhere. Cool and refreshing, Mojitos go down really easily on a hot day! 
The ingredients are all pretty commonplace, but definitely illustrate the definition of th...

Paloma Cocktail Recipe

Each summer, my husband and I choose a "signature" cocktail and try different recipes until we've hit upon the perfect formula. This summer, it's the Paloma.

My husband retired from the Navy in 2015 and we packed up our household belongings, chickens, ducks, our corgi Winston, our German Shepherd Bella, and our cat Linus, and moved to a farm in Maine.
Every summer since, we've chosen a "signature" cocktail and recipe tested as many recipes as we can find, tweaking them until we stumble upon the pe...

10 Steps to Convert a Horse Stall into a Chicken Coop

Converting a horse stall into a chicken coop can save you time as well as money.

Getting started with chickens can be expensive, especially these days with prices of everything going up across the board. And when you total the cost of the chicks and their feed, plus coop accessories like feeders and waterers, heat lamps, and a brooder, it can add up fast.

And that's not even talking about the coop and run - which will be by far your largest expense. 

But the good news is that if you have a barn wit...