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Kale Flakes…or, How to Get Your Kids to Eat More Vegetables using “Green Sprinkles”

Kale Flakes…or, How to Get Your Kids to Eat More Vegetables using “Green Sprinkles”

I’m 75% more likely to eat something if it has sprinkles on it. I always grow several long rows of kale in the garden. It’s one of my favorite veggies- it is reliable and hardy and economical to grow. I leave some in the garden through the winter and dig it out of the snow when I need a bunch. Kale is great for beginner …

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My favorite thing about winter squash is that they My favorite thing about winter squash is that they don’t require any “processing” like tomatoes or zucchini do. They store just as they are (if you treat them right!).

We cut them off the vines to keep their stems intact. Then set them out to cure on wagons that we can wheel into the garage at night if it’s going to be below freezing. Then we wheel them back out for the day.

They stay outside for a couple of weeks to cure before we bring them inside to our old farmhouse coat closet. 😊
We always try to have the most sincere pumpkin pat We always try to have the most sincere pumpkin patch! Only a few more days until The Great Pumpkin arrives!

The 2026 squash harvest is safely tucked away for the winter. It was an overall okay squash year— luckily I planted them early enough so they had a chance to size up before the drought hit. 

(And this is one of my favorite monologues from any movie ever… for obvious reasons.) 😊🎃
Don’t have a root cellar? Make one! Keeping an ex Don’t have a root cellar? Make one!

Keeping an extra fridge has been incredibly valuable for us— we store sooo much fresh produce for eating over the winter, mostly:

•apples
•carrots
•sauerkraut
•refrigerator pickles
•napa cabbage
•regular cabbage
•oranges
•eggs
•beets
•seed potatoes 

You’d be amazed at how long these foods can keep for! (Some an entire year!)
Cranberry Raspberry Baked Apples with Maple Syrup! Cranberry Raspberry Baked Apples with Maple Syrup!

Recipe on my website and in my second book, Freeze Fresh Meal Prep (because this also freezes well!).

This one's an oldie but a goodie. One of my favorites for Fall!
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