Feathered Friend Friday

For today's FFF, I have some very exciting news to share! A few months ago, Gretchen from The Backyard Farming Connection asked if I would like to participate in an ebook focused on growing your own fresh food and getting it from farm to table. This is something I'm very passionate about, so of course I jumped at the opportunity!

The ebook is organized by month, with each chapter featuring a different blogger writing about a crop specific to that month. My month is March, and the chapter is a complete guide on how to raise guinea fowl, collect their eggs, and cook up a delicious meal (my guinea toast). You can find the complete list of contributors here - you may see some familiar faces!

The book will be released next Thursday, March 14, so be sure to check back here and download your FREE copy of this informative ebook!

~Tammy

Wordless Wednesday

Naked Mushroom Pizza

Over the weekend we had David's grandparents out for lunch and to also help hook up the generator (yay!). I decided to make pizza because it is easily customizable to different tastes. I don't eat meat or cheese on my pizza, but that's what they prefer. So I made a pepperoni thin crust pizza for them, and I made my "naked"  no cheese mushroom pizza for myself.

I love to make homemade pizza and have been trying out all sorts of recipes for dough lately. For my naked mushroom pizza, I used this basic dough recipe. I used half white whole wheat flour and let it rise for about an hour and it was perfect. I also like to make my own pizza sauce, and have been using this recipe for quite some time now. It's super easy and very yummy. It also freezes really well, which is handy for future pizza nights (I just freeze it in a mason jar and thaw in the fridge the night before I want to use it).

Then comes assembly! After rolling or spreading the dough out with your fingers, simply top with the pizza sauce and thinly sliced button mushrooms. Drizzle a little olive oil on the mushrooms and sprinkle with salt & pepper. Then bake in the oven at 450 degrees on a preheated baking stone for about 8 minutes. (PS - If you don't have a baking stone, I've found that a cheap 12x12" unglazed floor tile works really well!)

If you've never tried eating pizza without cheese, give it a try! Would you ever consider eating "naked" pizza?

~Tammy

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Feathered Friend Friday

Welcome to our series "Feathered Friend Friday." Every Friday I write a post with interesting facts, photos, videos, or funny stories about our chickens and guineas. If you need to catch up, you'll find all the Feathered Friend Friday posts here.  

There's something I love about watching my chickens as they enjoy a special treat.

When they see me coming down the hill with something in my hand, they know what's up. They all rush to the fence and line up waiting impatiently for me to make it down to them.

If I have a treat they've never seen before, they will eye it cautiously for a moment before deciding to take a taste. Usually they decide it's pretty good, so they chow down. If their treat is something messy or stringy, it's especially fun to watch them tear into it.

I observe as they methodically bite away at the treat, tails up in the air.

They usually make pretty quick work of special treats, and then go about their business. And so do I. But it's fun to take a treat break every once in a while, even if you're not the one partaking.

~Tammy

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