January Planning and Backwards Day

A busy time of year and who would have thought January would be so  busy.  It is a lot of planning.  We are looking at our seed packets and planning gardens.  It is time to start getting our chicks again, both layers and meat hens. We need to decide where were we are going to build a permanent place (could be temporary if we decide this is the year for the barn to be built - we aren't getting any younger) for them before they go to the Big House.  They were in the greenhouse last year.  Soon we will get turkeys too.  We are raising turkeys for  more than just for us this year.  The BIG ADD to the homestead  will be the new copper roof and the rain barrels. And in the spring we plan to get a new little lamb to mate with Wilbur plus Wilbur will be sheared. 

But for now, we celebrate each day in small ways. Today is National Backwards Day.  My mom, being a military wife and home alone with six kids most of the time, had to get very creative...and creative she was!  We had Backwards Day twice a year... preferably when there was no school. We wore our clothes backwards (Even my dad wore his uniform backwards. He wore a jacket over it and changed as he got on the base!)

So here we go with our meals.  Dinner for breakfast. A cornbread /dog casserole!  Just your favorite box mix with dogs gently nestled on in there.  Back for 25 minutes at 400*.

Serving with ...okay, I couldn't do coleslaw first thing this morning! 

Next I had to get my lunch ready using homestead food!  Egg salad with dill pickle powder. 

Awhile back I dehydrated some of my dill pickles. Woooey! They are some powerful things dried. 

Here they are dried. 

Then ground them into a powder. 

Ohso, tasty! 

Hard boiled some of our hens eggs, added mayo and mustard, some ground pepper and teaspoon of ground dill pickles ...ohmy, this is good.  Lunch is ready and packed to go! 

Breakfast for dinner is granola with yogurt and honey topped with berries. 

Time to hit the road. 

peace