Grow and Regrow

     Use your scraps to grow new things 

        Last year when the pandemic started and people were crazy over seeds we looked around to find seeds at home. One of the sought-after and most used veggies in my house is the carrot. We are always trimming the tops. Last year we put them in water and grew them a few weeks .... they failed. This year I had to do a juice diet as part of a gastro thing and we had a ton of carrots we tried every way to re grow them just trial and error and finally, it worked

Here are our steps to get it to work cut off the top leaving about an inch. Then put it into a container and drain the water every other day. We left them on the counter in full sun. When the little carrot bit gets some roots plant them in the soil. 

We put ours in a pot to see how they grow this time last time we put it in the soil and it failed. If they fail this time we will do cold frames and our greenhouse next year.

Momma's Mayo Muffins

Mayo Muffins

 

                            As part of this Homestead journey, we are learning to bake from scratch and use what we have. We have a very old cookbook from the great depression and picked up a few things from in it and look for more all over the internet. We are really trying to use my cookbooks more but I am not alone in the cooking adventure most nights my 9-year-old helps cook or bake. 

One thing you will never see me do is "fix " a mess or a tray she has made ... she is learning from her mistakes if it has flour on the tops she knows to mix it better next time.

They were so yummy and they think next time we add cheese or seasoning to them to really get some bang out of these in different meals.

Now for how to make these wonderful fluffy muffins

2 cups flour 

2 tsp baking powder 

1 tsp of salt 

1 cup of milk

4 tbs of mayo
1 egg  
stir in wet to dry for 5 mins scoop into a well-greased muffin pan bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 15-18 mins.