ask TennZen Baking cooking fall frugal living recipes Self sufficiency trees Ask TennZen: What to do with paw paws It's time for another edition of "Ask TennZen," in which I do my best to answer your questions. As always, any advi… Friday, August 21, 2009 Add Comment Edit
Baking Children fall freezing frugal living recipes Self sufficiency summer trees What to do with apples, part 1: Apple Pie Filling Yesterday, Mr. Zen and I got the opportunity to pick apples at a local orchard. We left with about 2 bushels of apples - over 80 … Thursday, August 20, 2009 Add Comment Edit
canning freezing frugal living garden Self sufficiency Southern living summer Freezing and canning purple hull peas Purple hull peas are coming in! I grew up on purple hull peas. They're my favorite! Purple hull peas are a Southern pea and… Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Add Comment Edit
canning frugal living preparedness survival trees Elderberry - a natural flu fighter Elderberries are starting to ripen and I'm preparing to make elderberry syrup this year. Here's my post on how to properl… Monday, August 10, 2009 Add Comment Edit
dehydrating food safety frugal living preparedness Self sufficiency About dehydrators and which one I use Wow, I really opened the flood gates when I started talking about dehydrating! I've received a ton of questions about it. K… Thursday, August 6, 2009 Add Comment Edit
ask TennZen cooking dehydrating frugal living preparedness recipes Self sufficiency Ask TennZen: Dehydrated Scalloped Potatoes It's time for another edition of "Ask TennZen," in which I do my best to answer your questions. As always, any advi… Tuesday, August 4, 2009 Add Comment Edit
dehydrating frugal living garden preparedness Self sufficiency survival Dehydrating and how to ease into it Last week was no fun. Stomach flu made the rounds at Chez Zen and it wasn't pretty. Anyway, we're all better now and I… Monday, August 3, 2009 Add Comment Edit
beans frugal living recipes What's soaking? One of the things that I have implemented over the last few months is using lots more legumes in my cooking. While we eat organic… Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Add Comment Edit