Lisa Steele's Blog, page 9

Patriotic White Chocolate Jam Blondie Barrs

These sweet patriotic red, white and blue jam blondie bars come together quickly using basic ingredients from your pantry.

If you're looking for a quick and easy dessert for your summer barbeques and picnics that uses simple ingredients from your pantry, travels well and can  be made in advance and left out at room temperature for a couple of days, look no further than these sweet white chocolate jam blondies. 

These sweet patriotic red, white and blue jam blondie bars come together quickly using ...

Planting a (Nearly) Chicken-Proof Window Box

It can be hard to grow flowers and other plants when you raise chickens, but I have some tips for chicken-proof flower gardening. Learn how to plant a (nearly) chicken-proof window box.

Anyone who raises chickens learns quickly that chickens will pretty much destroy all your landscaping and gardens. They love to scratch up roots looking for seeds and bugs and nibble of flowers, vegetables and leaves. 

But it's still possible to grow pretty flowers - if you use window boxes!

Not only window boxes, b...

Warm Bacon and Eggs Breakfast Salad

Here's a warm, citrusy salad recipe from  The Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook  that you're going to love.
Warm Bacon and Eggs Breakfast SaladBacon, eggs, toast, and orange juice—they’re what breakfast is made of! Transform typical breakfast ingredients into a hearty dinner salad by adding mixed greens and a citrusy dressing. If you have some slightly stale bread on hand, this is the perfect way to use it. The stove-top croutons add a satisfying crunch to this dish. You'll have extra bacon, but when has t...

9 Tips for Perfect Deviled Eggs

Your deviled eggs will be Instagram-worthy with these few simple tips.

It's deviled egg season and there's nothing more frustrating than trying to get 12 perfectly formed, perfectly peeled egg white halves to fill with your favorite filling.

Deviled eggs aren't difficult to make, but to achieve picture perfect deviled eggs, there are a few important things you should keep in mind. 

My tips require getting into some of the sciency magic that surrounds eggs. Once you understand that, you'll be turnin...

Lavender Honey Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Locally grown lavender and locally harvested honey make these cupcakes extra sweet.

After visiting Moore Manor Lavender in nearby Newport, Maine to shoot an episode of my TV show Welcome to my Farm a couple of years ago and talking with Peggy, the owner, about all the ways to use lavender in cooking and baking, I just knew I had to bake something with the culinary lavender I bought while we were there.

Lavender Honey Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

I decided to make a batch of lavender ...

Seed Starting Tips for Beginners (and Everyone Else)

Use these simple seed starting tips for a more successful garden this summer.

Whether you plan on getting a jump on the growing season by starting seeds indoors or you're planting your seeds right into the ground once the danger of frost has passed, using these simple tips will increase your odds of a higher germination rate and a more bountiful garden.

Seed Starting Tips for Beginners (and Everyone Else)

Of course each different plant has a different type of seed and specific way it likes to be pl...

How Often Should You Collect Eggs from your Chicken Coop?

In addition to feeding your chickens and giving them fresh water daily, you'll also need to collect their eggs. But is once a day enough?

You've successfully raised your flock from baby chicks to laying hens. You have experienced the immense joy and sense of satisfaction from collecting your first egg. 

And now you're probably wondering, how often should you collect eggs from your chicken coop?

Collecting eggs from my chicken coop is the highlight of most days! 

I always leave that until last - unti...

Don't Feed Guacamole to your Chickens!

There are lots of healthy chicken treats you can offer to your flock. However, guacamole isn't one of them.
Chickens can (and will!) eat almost anything. As omnivores (meaning animals that obtain nutrients and energy from both plant and animal matter), chickens who are offered a wide variety of foods as treats will be happier and lay more nutritious, delicious eggs.
The list of things that are okay for chickens to eat is way too long to list here, but you can find a comprehensive list here. 
The li...

The Secret of How to Peel Fresh Hard-Boiled Eggs

There's a secret to perfectly peeled farm fresh eggs which are notoriously difficult to remove from their shells. Never boil your eggs again! Using my tips, you'll find that there's some "eggy magic" that happens, which makes removing the shells so easy ensuring that your eggs will peel perfectly. Every. Single. Time.

I love hard-boiled eggs.  I like to keep a container of them in the fridge to grab throughout the day when I get hungry for a quick, nutritious - and delicious - snack or to make up...

Two-Ingredient Egg Chaffles

A "chaffle" is a two-ingredient egg and cheese waffle that contains no flour, baking powder or other ingredients, making them perfect for low carb or keto diets.

I generally ignore stuff that goes viral on Tiktok or elsewhere on social media because, honestly, by the time I find out about it, it's already passe and the masses have moved onto the next latest and greatest trend. 

Also, and even more honestly, I'm just not really cool enough to even be on Tiktok.

Two-Ingredient Egg Chaffles

But when t...