All posts by Lovinas Amish Kitchen

Amish wedding and Coblentz reunion highlight week

August 1, 2014 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 1 Comment

Such a lovely July morning. My wash and wringer machine is working again now, and it would be a great laundry day but we don’t have any hot water. A service man will come out this morning to look at our gas water heater. Hopefully after he gets it going there will still be time … Continue Reading ››

Casseroles, Meats, Vegetables

Wedding prep and washer breakdown: all in a week’s work

July 25, 2014 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 7 Comments

All is quiet here at the Eicher household. Everyone has retired for the evening. I will be glad to join them, but I can’t neglect the duty of getting this column ready for the mail tomorrow. I will leave early to go help bake pies at brother Albert’s house. Albert and Sarah Irene’s daughter, Irene, is … Continue Reading ››

Meats, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Camping offers delights of food and family

July 18, 2014 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 1 Comment

My husband, Joe, returned to his job at the RV factory after being on vacation for a little over a week. Daughters Elizabeth, 20, and Susan, 18, are home a few more days before they will return to their jobs at the RV factory where they work. Lovina's … <a href=

Desserts, Pies

Pie filling to store up summer sweetness

July 11, 2014 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 5 Comments

Strawberry pie filling — Lovina's strawberry pie filling, ready for the freezer.

It is a quiet morning at 5:30 a.m. Our two oldest daughters, Elizabeth, 20, and Susan, 18, just left for the factory a few minutes ago. All is quiet with the six other children still … Continue Reading ››

Cookies, Desserts

Diary of a Day in an Amish Household

July 1, 2014 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 6 Comments

Sugar Cookies — Lovina's daughter Susan baked these sugar cookies for a friend.

My name is Lovina Eicher. I have been married for 21 years to my loving husband, Joe. We feel blessed to be parents to eight sweet, wonderful children: Elizabeth, 20; Susan, 18; Verena, 16; … Continue Reading ››