Category Archives: Vegetables

Lovina writes down her huge recipe for canned vegetable soup

March 18, 2016 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 7 Comments

We’re having another warm day with the temperature in the mid sixties. Yesterday was even warmer plus it was also sunny. We did laundry and hung it all outside on the lines. By the afternoon hours everything was dry. It sure gives a person spring fever. It was so good to be able to wash, … Continue Reading ››

Salads, Vegetables

Eicher family adjusts to new routine after daughter’s marriage

October 9, 2015 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 2 Comments

This is already the last day of September. Only three more months of 2015 remain. Time—it does not stand still. Joe and I traveled to New Haven, Ind., one evening with sister Emma and Jacob and sisters Verena and Susan. We attended the viewing of my dad’s cousin Frances. Our sympathy goes to the family. It … Continue Reading ››

Side Dishes, Vegetables

Recycling lumber, worries over illness, and more weddings in the works

July 10, 2015 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 9 Comments

There is a lot of activity going on around here this week. Our neighbors Abe and Fredia are taking our old pole barn down to save the lumber that is still good enough to reuse. Abe, his sons, my husband Joe, and our boys have been busy taking it all apart. Last night they finished … Continue Reading ››

Breads and Muffins, Vegetables

Pondering on the porch in the cool of a summer evening

July 3, 2015 Lovinas Amish Kitchen

We are officially in the summer months now. We have had a few cool nights, with the temperature in the 50s by morning. Sure makes for good sleeping after some hot evenings with temperature in the 80s. Actually, this morning we had to close most of our windows. The thermometer showed 54 degrees. Not really … Continue Reading ››

Side Dishes, Vegetables

Wedding, a new buggy horse “Mighty,” and birthday highlight week

May 29, 2015 Lovinas Amish Kitchen

The sun is shining bringing a little warmth with the chilly weather. Our mercury on the thermometer dipped down all the way to 35 degrees this morning. Brrr! Without heat in the house it felt good to wear a sweater. Even Izzy (Elizabeth’s Yorkie) is trying to find a spot to lie where the sun … Continue Reading ››

Meats, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Baby colt delights Eicher children; Lovina offers delicious spring asparagus recipe

May 15, 2015 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 2 Comments

BlackBeautyFoal — Black Beauty was born to Itty Bit May 1, 2015!

May is here already. It seems as though 2015 just began and now we are already in the month of May. The first of May brought some excitement here. Our horse Itty Bit gave birth … Continue Reading ››

Soups, Vegetables

Eichers anticipate spring training for the pony, and homemade butter and cheese

March 6, 2015 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 2 Comments

This column will wrap up my columns for February 2015. This year is going way too fast for me to keep up. I remember Mother telling me that the older your children get, the faster time goes. I see that is very true! I often would be glad to have one more conversation with Mother. God … Continue Reading ››

Vegetables

Remembering an uncle and enjoying an autumn haystack meal

September 19, 2014 Lovinas Amish Kitchen

Another week has passed, and it is time to get this column on its way. Last Friday around 8:30 a.m. sisters Verena and Susan; sister Emma and her husband Jacob; and my husband, Joe, and I hired a driver with a minivan to take us to Lafayette, Ind., to Uncle Andy’s funeral. It took us more … Continue Reading ››

Meats, Vegetables

Busy butchering day proves a blessing

September 12, 2014 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 1 Comment

Today is our youngest child Kevin’s ninth birthday. Has it really been that long? It was also the first day of school, so he was a tired little boy tonight. Daughter Verena baked a horseshoe-shaped cake for him today since I wasn’t home all day. He requested a horseshoe cake and wanted chocolate cake. [caption id="attachment_194" … Continue Reading ››

Casseroles, Uncategorized, Vegetables

Garden goodies and a midsummer night’s sleepover

August 8, 2014 Lovinas Amish Kitchen 8 Comments

We are having all kinds of garden goodies lately. It makes meal planning so much easier. Our first batch of sweet corn is ready. We’ve also been enjoying tomatoes, green beans, buttered red beets, zucchini, cucumbers and hot peppers. The peas are now over for the season.