Mary Bryant Shrader's Blog, page 10

How to Make Favorite Easter Baking Traditions

Here are two of our family’s Favorite Easter Baking Traditions, including how to make the best Hot Cross Buns ever and an Italian Easter Bread that will make the perfect centerpiece for your Easter Sunday dinner table.

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Does Eating Food in a Specific Order Fight Disease?

In today’s vodcast, I’m thrilled to catch up and fill you in on everything I have been up to, including writing for some of our favorite publications like Backwoods Home Magazine. Plus, I discuss some research that studied how the order in which we eat our food may significantly impact our health and ability to fight disease. I look forward to your comments, and I will also have more to share on this topic in future vodcasts, so stay tuned!

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Mary’s Nest at Sean Cannell’s Grow with Video Live Conference

When my channel reached over a million subscribers a few months ago, I received the YouTube Gold Creator Award. That was such an honor, and I want to thank you, my sweet friends, for helping me reach this milestone. You subscribed to my channel and learned how to make recipes in your traditional foods kitchen. I’m so glad we’re on this traditional foods journey together! 😊

I also want to thank Sean Cannell and his Think Media team for their advice on how to structure my content to best serve...

6 Best St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

I’ll show you six delicious recipes you can make to celebrate St Patrick’s Day on March 17 in the United States. Find the recipes you and your family would enjoy and get your shopping list together to make sure you get all your ingredients and the choicest corned beef at your local grocery store.

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How to Make Traditional French Onion Soup

Nothing is more comforting than a spoonful of French Onion Soup with caramelized onions in a rich Brown Beef Stock topped with crisp baguette slices and bubbly cheese. Whether you’re a new traditional foods home cook or a pro, you will find this soup easy to make with results that will be incredibly delicious!

Watch my video tutorial and see how easy it is to make this classic French Onion Soup in your own kitchen. I’ll show you different ways to prepare and enjoy this recipe that’s even bet...

Enter the Ultimate Medicinal Herb Seed Collection Giveaway

I’m excited to let you know that Survival Garden Seeds is having a giveaway that includes three outstanding items:

The Ultimate Medicinal Herb Seed Collection. (Survival Garden Seeds’ newest seed collection contains a whopping 36 medicinal herb seeds.)A signed copy of The Modern Pioneer Cookbook . (I’m so happy to personalize a copy of my bestselling book for you!)A General Admission Ticket to this year’s Modern Homesteading Conference held in Coeur d’Alene, ID, June 28 and 2...

How to Make Brown Beef Stock from Scratch

Here is a recipe for making Brown Beef Stock from scratch that’s perfect for the traditional foods home cook. You can use your stock as a base for making sauces, gravies, stews, and soups, and braising vegetables. This recipe is easier than the more complicated Escoffier Technique.

For example, with this simpler recipe, you’ll brown both the marrow bones and the meat in the oven together rather than separately. This time-saving approach enables you to create a flavorful, rich stock in half t...

Shaking up Homemade Butter at a Homeschool Shindig in Central Texas

Today, I was delighted to give a presentation to the local homeschool group that meets at the Lake Travis Community Library. I talked about cultured dairy and the students created homemade butter during the homeschool event. (Or maybe I should say homeschool shindig in Central Texas.)

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Mary’s Nest 1 Million YouTube Subscribers!

I’m excited to share the news that my Mary’s Nest YouTube Channel has over 1 million subscribers, and I received a YouTube Gold Play Button Award commemorating the achievement. I’m thrilled to share it with you today, along with my thanks and recommendations in case you want to start a YouTube channel.

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Mary’s Nest 2024 Channel Update

Today, I’m excited to share my Mary’s Nest 2024 channel update video with you. I’ll give you a tour of what I have planned for my Mary’s Nest YouTube channel and website, along with some news and a terrific conference I’ll be speaking at this summer.

As I mentioned in previous newsletters, I wasn’t able to launch my 2024 kickoff video earlier this month due to family concerns. I hope you’ll enjoy today’s video as I discuss what we’ve covered and what we will cover in future recipe vide...