Sorry for kind of dropping off the face of the earth for a while there, I’m still here haha! Mothering many is the greatest and often fills up my days. All is well here, we have had the most mild winter here in Wisconsin and it already feels like spring! The grass has started to green up a bit this last week and it appears we might already be out of mud season. Here’s Luke and Audrey feeding hay to the cows today, she’s driving for him while he uses a pitchfork to spread it out for them.

And Clare Bear’s first birthday! Can you believe her?! She is everyone’s favorite and never wants for anything. Sometimes her siblings make a “bear”icade to try to contain her and keep her with them. “Clare don’t leeeeave meeeee!!!!”

I wanted to share the breakfast sausage recipe that we like to use with you and I’m sure that those of you signed up for the subscription have noticed that we have the ground pork plain at the moment. A lot of you have food allergies or are control freaks (raises hand) so this way we can do it ourselves. Pro tip, you can do this with ground beef too or a combination of beef and pork. Hopefully we will have more lamb this year, it’s delish with ground lamb! Here’s a picture of it made into a patty with ground beef, my family loves it!

DIY Seasoned Breakfast Sausage

Ingredients

1 lb ground pork or beef or combination
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp sage
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
1/2 tsp fennel seeds

Directions

Combine all in a bowl and mix with your hands until all incorporated. Did you know that the fat in pork and beef are very moisturizing and good for your skin? Now your hands are soft and beautiful, you’re welcome.

Heat a skillet over medium heat and cook as patties until browned or cook it crumbled and make a scramble. The patties make great breakfast sandwiches too!