Welcome to In My Homestead Kitchen, where we join up with Sherry @sherry'spickings to talk about how the month went, what we did, bought, tried, and enjoyed. October gave us some wonderful weather, which inspired quite a few new recipes, and ended with the realization that we had had a predator visiting the hen's yard with too much success...
We were not prepared for the October food needs of the local predators. Coyotes have one breeding cycle each year, in the spring. Pups then stay with the mother for 8 to 12 months before heading out on their own late fall to early winter. With that departure the mother is free to rebuild her strength for the upcoming breeding season just after the new year. But October is a month of great food needs for the pups, they need to eat well to be able to be on their own. We had grown too secure in our chicken yard and rooster for taking care of the hens. We have since changed our chicken keeping ways, with what remains of our flock so this doesn't happen again. We lost six hens to the coyote family I hear howling in the night...
The garden is still an active part of my day.
I have been mulching the beds (an experiment really...) hoping to keep the weeds from taking over during this rest period, as well as hoping for great composting action from the mulch, to happen. I have learned a lot about gardening in zone 9 a/b which is so much different from the Pacific Northwest where I had lived my entire life before moving to Texas.
We have leaves everywhere, which is wonderful!
The beds have been thickly mulched, and these two leaf silos are full as well as topped off each day when leaves are raked. We might need to build 2 more.
I harvested the the radishes I planted in late summer. They were specifically planted for the greens, so I let them grow as long as possible. Radishes are a wonderful vegetable to add a touch of bitter to food. Bitter elements are a part of most countries flavor profile, but not so much here in the states. The greens were oven roasted quickly to blanch, then chopped finely and tray frozen before being placed in a freezer container for long term storage and use. The roots were roasted and divided into small freezer bags to easily be added to a stew at the last minute.
I will have a few Sugar Pumpkins to harvest, some for kitchen use and the rest for the hens to enjoy. The large tomato plant along with two mixed pepper plants will need to go into a quickly made greenhouse along with the thyme, basil sage, and those pineapple plants, before too long. It rarely freezes here but the temperatures do drop sharply, plus having a ripe tomato in the middle of winter will be nice!
We also celebrated another family birthday!
My daughter had a birthday in October. We had a lovely dinner celebration where her hubby grilled up delicious steaks for everyone to enjoy! Jessica is also a wonderful cook and you can find many of her recipes here on Scratch Made Food! & DIY Homemade Household. Including one of the new recipes for October!
I have been learning more about Low Histamine diets.
This is a very new to me. A different way to cook. As I had mentioned previously it was a real shock to me that I would no longer be able to eat my homemade bread until my gut had healed from this condition. Histamine Overload while not fatal is quite uncomfortable depending upon your particular symptoms. But a girl's has got to eat! So from time to time when I have successfully created a recipe, I will post it. Bread and cakes being my prime focus. I too miss bread and the occasional dessert.
I did have the opportunity to share six new recipes!
And they are all quite delicious, as well as being easy! But let's be honest when have you ever seen a food blogger post a recipe where it is shared that this particular dish is only tolerable? Or that they would never make it again? See what I mean? So let's get on to those delicious and easy recipes!
Carrot Cake Granola. This is a delicious breakfast! I have love carrot cake since the 70's so having those same delicious flavors in my breakfast bowl is lovely. This beauty is inspired by Sherry @sherryspickings where I noticed her recipe!
Jessica's Chocolate Date Cake. Yes from my daughter, made with whole wheat flour, dates and no refined sugar! One of my husbands favorites.
We actually work together in the kitchen quite nicely, it is fun cooking with her, and we teach each other so much.
Other Jessica recipes shared through the years:
Jessica's Favorite Deep Dish Pecan Pie. (this one I created for her!)
Grape and Celery Salad with Pecans. This is a perfect way to serve celery for those who are tired of celery sticks! Not to sweet, delightfully crunchy and perfect along side just about anything.
Thanks so much for stopping by In My Homestead Kitchen November, looking back on October 2025!
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