Wishing Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving

 

All of us here at 4D Farms would love to wish each and everyone of you a very Happy Thanksgiving. May we be thankful of our everyday blessings that the Lord so graciously gives us. May we take this day to reflect on and count our many blessings and truly be thankful. We will be taking the weekend off to spend with our loves ones and we hope you will be able to also. 

Tracy

Keeper of the Home

What To Do On Work Trips

 This is why dear hubby doesn't like packing my truck. 😂😂😂😂 I have a project box that comes with me.  I have to have something to do while I'm here all day. I bring things to keep me busy. He better be glad I didn't bring my sewing machines this time. I would have but in this last place there is no room. However, I can get things prepped and ready to sew for when I do get home. And yes there will be something for him too. #sewing #projects #patterns #material #hobby 

My view. Sun 🌞 ☀️ shining but rain 🌧  is coming and geese are foraging. I get to see these geese every day. 😍 

Occasionally we can find somewhere that has a pool or whirlpool. Gives me a chance to ease arthritis inflammation. 

Of course, we don't always eat out. I go to the nearest stores and catch those sales after meal planning for the week.

There are times I get out and find things to do.

If he gets to have a day off, we will find a signature place to eat in that area and have a date day. 

And before you know it, he says its time to go home and you get the green light to start packing and a confirmation day to hit the road. See ya Virginia, until next time. We have enjoyed you but we miss home and can't wait to hug our people. 

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Have a Blessed Day

Tracy 

Keeper of the Home 

Homemade Bread Is Not Hard At All

 Hello friends, welcome to today's post. Come on in and set a spell.

Please do not ever think or let anyone tell you that making homemade bread is too hard, complicated, time-consuming or any of that nonsense. To anyone too intimidated to try, let me be the one to say, IT IS NOT HARD!!!! 

 I did an experiment today and ON PURPOSE,  hap hazardly tried this. When I say I "winged it", I am not exaggerating. 

I took ingredients that I knew worked well together (milk,  honey, oil, yeast, flour, and salt) NO MEASUREMENTS.  I literally eyeballed them. Barely mixed them together. NO KNEADING AT ALL. Put the lid on the bowl and set in a warm sunny window watching the sun come up. Throughout the day, I only did 3 stretch and folds. I could not believe the results after such minimal work. Look at that rise and elasticity!!! It was a sticky, hydrated texture. I resisted the urge to add any more flour. 

After the last stretch and fold, I dumped out on a floured surface, no kneading, shaped and made a mini loaf of bread and breadsticks. Set them aside one last time for the last rise and baked. Look at that rise and fluffiness again. 

This was all done in a hotel room with nothing but an air fryer. 

This goes to prove that making homemade bread is not dramatic. We overthink it too much. 

If you have been intimidated or nervous to try, please just give it up and dive in. Go for it!!!!! 🍞 🥪 🥖 🥐 🍞

I even experimented with making an artesian loaf using my 5-Minute No Knead dough that I use when we travel. 

If you have never made bread and think you would like to give it a whirl, please join me on my YouTube channel. I have a Breadmaking for Beginners Series on a playlist by itself that you are free to hop in and watch. I would advise starting from the very beginning. I start the series by making a few simple southern favorites like Quick Rolls, Cornbread, and Biscuits. Then we work our way up to a bread dough that is so simple. It's called 5-Minute No Knead Dough. This is great for people who want quick, easy, no fuss, no-knead, no stand mixing required, bread dough. This dough also mimics sourdough through a fermentation process without maintenance. Then we graduate to intermediate where we begin with kneaded doughs. We will get to the advanced stage later. It's a doozy. It is still in the making. But you can catch that series here 

I hope you will join us and embark on this Breadmaking journey as well. There is nothing I love more than the smell of fresh bread baking. It is one of my favorites. 

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4D Farms LLC. is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. Our storefront link is an affiliate link that earns our farm a commission at no additional cost if you click through and make a purchase. You can trust that we recommend products that we use in our own home and love and maybe some we wish to have. Our storefront is designed to help you locate items easily by specific, organized, and titled lists. 

Thank you for your support. 

If you like video versions of our content here on our blog, you can visit our YouTube Channel here 

We hope you find something that you enjoy. We also have our channel designed by playlists so you can find your favorite topic to search for certain videos easily. We hope to see you there also. Subscribe to our channel so you can be notified when new videos are uploaded. Be sure to turn your notification bell on too or you will miss them. 

We also have a Novelty Merch Store for 4D Farms where you can find apparel, housewares, and novelty gifts for yourself, friends, and loved ones. We hope you like our custom-made designs by me and one of my daughters-in-law. They are our own and copywritten. 

You can visit our store here 

Have a Blessed Day

Tracy 

Keeper of the Home 

Making a Home Away From Home

 Hello friends, welcome to today's post. Come on in and set a spell.

I can still enjoy the comforts of home even while in a hotel on a work trip. 

Sweet tea in the Keurig ✔️ ✅️ 

Chocolate Oatmeal NO Bake cookies for dear hubby in the instant pot ✔️✅️

Mashed potatoes in the instant pot ✔️✅️

Pork chops in the air fryer ✔️✅️

Bread dough rising in a warm window seal for dinner rolls. ✔️✅️

I try to make our work trips as comfortable and homey as possible. 

If you would like to know how I make all these things possible for me and my dear hubby, you can check out my 4D Farms Travel/Small Space Cooking Playlist on our YouTube channel (link is below) where  I share tips and tricks of travel living, and making delicious meals using nothing but an instant pot, air fryer or microwave. 

The magic of making homemade bread in a hotel will be in another post. Stay tuned. 

#travel ##cooking #baking #travelvlog #instantpotrecipes #microwave #airfryer

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If you are curious about any products you see in our images or that we use in our kitchen, please feel free to visit our Amazon Store where everything is organized into lists for each category. 

Visit our 4D Farms Storefront here 

4D Farms LLC. is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. Our storefront link is an affiliate link that earns our farm a commission at no additional cost if you click through and make a purchase. You can trust that we recommend products that we use in our own home and love and maybe some we wish to have. Our storefront is designed to help you locate items easily by specific, organized, and titled lists. 

Thank you for your support. 

If you like video versions of our content here on our blog, you can visit our YouTube Channel here 

We hope you find something that you enjoy. We also have our channel designed by playlists so you can find your favorite topic to search for certain videos easily. We hope to see you there also. Subscribe to our channel so you can be notified when new videos are uploaded. Be sure to turn your notification bell on too or you will miss them. 

We also have a Novelty Merch Store for 4D Farms where you can find apparel, housewares, and novelty gifts for yourself, friends, and loved ones. We hope you like our custom-made designs by me and one of my daughters-in-law. They are our own and copywritten. 

You can visit our store here 

Have a Blessed Day

Tracy 

Keeper of the Home