Tips and Techniques « K7 Farm, Concord MI

How to peel tomatoes

Perhaps you are making tomato sauce and don’t want to run the tomatoes through a food mill. Or you want to can whole tomatoes, but they need to be peeled. Or, you are making salsa and need tomatoes peeled and diced. Whatever your reason, if you need to peel tomatoes, rest assured that it is […]

Make cubed steaks (from any roast)

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I got a bit of sticker shock the last time my husband mentioned he wanted chicken fried […]

Keep a Master Cookbook

Every kitchen needs a master cookbook, and that is a project only your family can do!

A master cookbook is, simply put, a collection of your favorite recipes. You could keep recipes in a binder, or a filing crate organized with file folders, or a index card holder, shoe box, folder (to start, you will […]

Limited Time & Scratch Cooking

The past few months have been crazier than I think I have ever known. It wasn’t my intention to post recipes so infrequently on Scratch Cooking with the Concord Country Cook, but with this being our first season on our new farm, trying to balance everything has been quite the experience. It’s silly, because I […]

Corned Venison

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This is simply marvelous. It tastes exactly like corned beef, but without the slimy, fatty and grisly […]

Grocery Budget Busters From My Family to Yours

I’m on Facebook quite a bit. And I am a part of many groups that span interests including cooking, farming, homesteading, homemaking, Christian living and more. And one common question that pops up everywhere involves grocery budget and cutting costs. I notice that families half the size of mine are spending twice as much as […]

Using Mason Jars in Your Kitchen

I love mason jars. I have a large collection of them. Aside from their most obvious use, they are used quite regularly in my kitchen. They can hold just about anything, but I love using them to store mixes or ingredients. And I make things really easy on myself concerning their use – I write […]

Homemade Sausage (Venison or Pork Kielbasa, Smoked Sausage)

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I recently made kielbasa and smoked sausage and thought I would share with you the recipes I […]

How to Pan Sear Meat

Oddly enough, for as long as I’ve been cooking, I had never experienced the magic of pan searing meat until a few years ago. My first experience pan searing was chicken with fresh garlic, rosemary and thyme. It was so simple, so quick and yet so moist and delicious. The magic […]

How to deglaze (and why you want to)

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