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torchlightgirl
Oct 291 min read
Chocolate Pudding - Yummy
One of my very favorite desserts was chocolate pudding. My mom would buy the boxes with the powdered mix. My auntie would buy be the...
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torchlightgirl
Oct 221 min read
Sweetened Condensed Milk
The season of baking is upon us. You open up your recipe book and many seasonal desserts have sweetened condensed milk as an ingredient....
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torchlightgirl
Oct 81 min read
Old Fashioned Corn Fritters
I have made this recipe and it went well with hamburger patties I made the patties on the stovetop. Very low cost to make and very...
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torchlightgirl
Oct 11 min read
Oatmeal Dumplings
I haven't tried this recipe yet. Though I will with my next big pot of soup. This recipe does come from an old WW2 cookbook. I carry on...
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torchlightgirl
Sep 241 min read
Lentil Bacon Soup
Lentils are one of my favorites to add into soups and stews. They soak up the flavor of whatever you have put them in. Packed with lots...
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torchlightgirl
Sep 172 min read
Replace Butter With Apple Sauce
Well, I still have some butter in my freezer. Eventually it will run out and I will not be buying anymore. The price is just not worth it...
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torchlightgirl
Sep 142 min read
September 2024 Update
Time has flown by the last few months. Taking care of my garden, canning, freezing, dehydrating and freeze drying has kept me busy...
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torchlightgirl
Jul 181 min read
New Thrifty Recipe
Life has been extremely busy. My garden is doing fantastic and have canned, dehydrated and freeze dried foods from my garden and...
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torchlightgirl
May 281 min read
Garden Tour #4
I am gooving to my jam...lol Those are my beautiful wild black berries. Since 2022 I have made at least 2-3 batches of black berry jam...
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torchlightgirl
May 212 min read
Garden Tour #3
Carol's Torchlight Cottage is a place where you can find recipes and other ideas for making your own household and personal products. Come l
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torchlightgirl
May 141 min read
Garden Tour #2
Lovely rows of Bok Choy are coming up. Our growing season here in east Tennessee has been about 6 weeks earlier. Already picked and...
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torchlightgirl
May 72 min read
Garden Tour #1
Hi everyone! This is my busy time on our homestead. So much to do in order to have food planted for eating fresh and for later down the...
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torchlightgirl
Apr 231 min read
Homemade Salsa
Recently I needed to rotate and use some of my canned items. So, making some salsa was the task. This turned out amazing and very tasty....
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torchlightgirl
Apr 162 min read
Black Berry Jam
On our property we have anice sized wild black berry patch. Yep, they have thorns and have been poked several times since we have been in...
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torchlightgirl
Apr 111 min read
Foraging Wild Onions
I do have a few things I like to forage on our bit of property. One of them is the wild onions. I snip the tops off and leave the bulb...
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torchlightgirl
Mar 261 min read
Garden Experiment Success
Yesterday I worked out in the garden. Digging up the potatoes I had planted last fall. They did well. Most were a good size overall....
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torchlightgirl
Mar 191 min read
Pork Pie
This meal is one that has no recipe honestly. I have several of those. No measurements. On my meal plan calendar was turkey pie. Well, I...
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torchlightgirl
Mar 121 min read
Chili Con Carne
This was a new recipe I tried recently. It turned out like a soup which was fine. Tasted really good though. I did add some frozen turkey...
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torchlightgirl
Mar 51 min read
Making Beef Bone Broth
I finally took out the beef bones that were in my freezer from the previous cow we had purchased. The process of making beef bone broth...
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torchlightgirl
Feb 271 min read
Quinoa Goes Cajun
I put this recipe on my meal calendar once a month. It is one of our very favorites. You can easily add any type of meat to it. This time...
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