Jessica!!!! Thank you for inspiring me every single day!!! Your positive attitude and trust in the Lord, has helped me as I have been grieving the loss of my mom back on November 29th 2020. I have been so angry because I was not allowed to say goodbye to her, or touch her, or comfort her, due to Covid. I just wanted to say that your videos make me smile and uplift me. Have a beautiful home church day Jessica!!! sincerely, Araminta

I love how you get the most out of everything. AND also how your kids are learning so much alongside you. What a blessing this is. Thanks for sharing!

Jessica you make me want to be a better person. Your videos are teaching me many new things. I just feel a peace come over me when you are talking. The little boys always make me smile acting silly and making faces. My kids are all grown and I would do it all over again if I could. God Bless you Jessica.

For that 'french toast casserole' you can do an egg and milk base and then add veggies and sausage or cheese for a savory strata!

Thank you for sharing you blessing with us. I could only have two children but God blessed me with three other grown children. I know God comes first in your family and I pray he will give you a healthy baby soon, Again thank you for sharing your family

"...some... not cumin!" 🤣 How many people have almost - or worse, definitely - made that mistake! That cracked me up. Relatable.

My kids like when I freeze the pickle juice in ice pop containers. It's a refreshing treat on a hot day.

ALWAYS Blessed! And you and yours as well! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🕉☮️🙋‍♀️‼️

And in no time the mother of eight have almost emptied a magnum bottle of vodka for the whole world to see!

Jessica is such a righteous Lady 🤍

Almond extract from peach pits?! WHAT!!? My mind is officially blown. 🤯If I like the taste, that would be the most revolutionary thing I've ever done! I have a relatively new tree nut allergy (over the last 6 years or so), but I used to love almonds and cashews. One of my favorite applications is in my oatmeal. I put in peach chunks, dried cranberries, brown sugar and almond extract. At the end I used to sprinkle sliced almonds on top...and chocolate chips (whispers chocolate chips). I know...I know...don't judge me, all of you out there. I already feel your judgment 🤦🏽‍♀️😄. I am going to look up the specifics of how to do that. Thank you SO much for that amazing tip!

We call that a bread and butter pudding here in New Zealand. I often put butter and jam on the slices and layer it then make my egg and milk mixture. You are so creative in all that you do and your children just a joy 😊

Omigosh, brilliant minds - yest I diced some apples for hand pies. Stirred in sugar, flour, lemon juice, a pinch of nutmeg and you got it "cinnamon". As I stirred I couldn't figure out what that savory aroma was....it was cumin from the identical bottle my cinnamons in. So my filling took a cold shower in the sink which saved it w no lingering taste. So glad I caught it before plopping it into my pastry rounds!! 🤣

Watching the little baby at the end trying to keep up with the big kids in the yard is so sweet! 🥰

I thought i was the only person who lived pickle juice n pickles on popcorn. I think I’ll dehydrate some pickles n make into powder after watching this.

I love how simple extracts are to make, thank you for sharing!

Ha Jessica thanks for the video and all the good thinks ,you let my se,God Bless you and you family Greetings from the Nederlands.

I will never be able to write down all of the terrific ways yout preserve food. I wish you would write a book!

I’d call your French toast bread pudding. Our French toast is savoury. Bread pudding I make with mixed spice and currants.

I am about to can my last big batch of pickles and a large batch of carmelized onions to can, and some vanilla extract for gifts.

Should have used those bananas for banana extract. They have to be really ripe like that for it work. Peal them, slice them up, put in a jar and add you vodka. takes about 3 - 4 weeks then strain it out. Same with Strawberries, but not so ripe, you want them a little soft, same amount if time. I have made the following extracts: Vanilla, lemon, orange, strawberry, banana, chocolate, coffee, cinnamon and a few others. Never could get the Nut extracts to work for me.

I put shaved almonds over my french bread casserole, suuuuch a good topping. Nice crunch, keeps the bits of bread from roasting too much. Love it!

I'm so happy 😁 that I came about your and your family

A peaceful walk through your week, which I gratefully and completely enjoy. You are a true testament to God's love in motherhood. God bless each one of you!

Thank you so much for the seed saving lesson! I didn't know to ferment the tomato/cucumber seeds. I would have been so disappointed next season!

The last part of the show with the kids playing in the yard, makes me think of playing in the sprinkler as a kid, looking for frogs and lighting bugs. good times.

It was easy to make lime, orange, mint and vanilla essence using vodka and homegrown citrus and mint. I’m also drying oregano from our garden. A little everyday and my pantry will be fully of homemade goodies. Thank you for the how to and inspiration.

So much packed in information, i filled up an entire page, thanks Auntie Jess 🙏

In the south that casserole would be a dessert called bread pudding if you added the sugar in the mixture

Also I can't keep okra around. I have a big wok style pan full of oil of different kinds bacon...olive...avocado constantly changing. Add defrosted or raw okra as is and get to a light golden..salt pepper...so yummy!

Very nice 👌 on all your extracts, the blue berries i done acouple yrs ago love it. On the oil ones I've never put mine near light always in a dark Warm place, as the plants are already dead and the sun light take the medicinal properties away, I don't know maybe it's still strong enough for what you need for, just what I learn over 50yrs ago from family member who knew herbs for health reason. Love your videos, y'all are a beautiful family lots of love ❤️ and see you again on your next video.

Brilliant!!!! The pickle juice powder is terrific!!!!

You're getting a lot more people subscribing to your lovely videos!🥰

Looking forward to the soap making video. God bless you and thank you for sharing pieces from your life.

You have a beautiful family...God bless...Shalom

in my mind i was thinking i love eating freeze dried fruits , the bananas would be so tasty 😋

How I wish I could justify getting a freeze drier, but as a single older woman and living alone, it really wouldn't be worth the cost for me. (But how I would love to have one!) Ah well, I'll just have to live with the desire. Instead, I can enjoy watching you and other homesteaders show what new foods you are trying and giving your opinion on which you would continue to make. Thank you for giving us a peek into your home and sharing your lovely family. Blessings on you all.

If you make that 'almond extract' from peach pits, there's another cyanide source right there.

That David is a great help

Domnu sa va binecuvinteze va urmăresc din rominia

Anxious to watch the soap making. I've really wanted to learn how to do make them and candles.

I know you wanted a sweet French toast casserole (no cumin!). But you CAN make a savory version with cooked leftover veggies, cooked breakfast meat, maybe some nutritional yeast? I wonder if you and your children might enjoy trying that?

Thank you so much your videos keep me motivated I was able to get 40 pounds of bananas for $10 so I'm busy dehydrating, freezing, and making monkey butter this week. Your tips of freezing fruit and then making jams or syrups later is really helping with my Mango harvest from the spring. I'm trying to clear some room in the freezers for protein. Thank you from the island of Guam!

Pickle juice…yum!! Take care and be blessed.

When we had a bunch of kids of all ages, we would play Donkey Baseball.

Love that casserole idea... We enjoy french toast, but so time consuming in the mornings. Will definitely try this recipe 😋

I really enjoy your videos. I look forward to them every week!

Love lemon extract in breakfast muffins like blueberry and cranberry so so good. Maybe I will make sure I do need more!

The recipe for your French bread bake is the same that I use for bread pudding.

Ive learned so much from you, Jessica. Thank you for sharing this with us and allowing us a glimpse of your life. My favorite part about your channel is how you rarely waste anything.

Oh my, your breakfast is basically what we had in my early childhood as "bread pudding" for dessert. We didn't have chickens so there weren't as many eggs in our egg custard. Ours was generally sweeter with added bits of fruit padded out with raisins depending upon the amount and type of fruit. And for a while, ours used day-old, unfrosted doughnuts sold or given as animal feed from a local mom and pop bakery. Egg custard based, bread and rice pudding were frequent, winter desserts and mid-day snacks for us.

I am writing to you because I want to share what happened to my son in hopes that you can also help me share. My son was a victim of a carjacking on 9/21/22. We live in west palm beach Florida and he just so happened to be visiting the beach as he suffers from depression. He stated that he stopped to send a text and next thing he knew he was being dragged and beaten out of the car. I can’t even imagine the horror my son was feeling in that moment but as his mother my heart breaks to know I couldn’t be there to protect him. When he tried to hold on to the car in order to keep the thieves from taking it they sped up dragging his body in the process. My son stated that the next thing he knew he was lying on the side of road left for dead. He tried to flag people down to help him, and no one stopped(which my heart continues to break knowing I couldn’t be there to protect and save him). Finally a trucker stopped and called 911. Once my son reached the hospital they called my husband to tell him that our son had been taken to the hospital as a victim of a carjacking but couldn’t give us any further information until we arrived. As a mother, words and emotions could not describe what was going through my soul, but as God is my witness I cried out to God to take control of the situation and give me strength. When his dad arrived the police were there taking a report and my husband was taken back by how unprofessional they were handling the situation. They stated to my husband that they found our sons car with someone inside but did not arrest them because they did not have enough “probable cause” to do so. My husband and I are still trying to wrap our heads on why the police made that type of decision knowing that the car had already been reported stolen, and obviously the person inside of the car was not the actual owner. In the process of the doctors working on our son my husband came to get me because he didn’t want me driving and having an accident myself due to how distraught I was from the news that we had just received. On my husbands way home the hospital called and told my husband that our son was ready to be picked up from the hospital. We where completely taken back and shocked as we could not understand how a hospital could release him considering that his injuries were significantly serious. When my husband arrived back at the hospital he found our son sitting outside in a wheelchair. Our son was crying in agony and pain and we made the immediate decision to take him to another hospital and advocate for him. The doctors who took care of son at the ER were full of empathy and compassion. They immediately took care of him and started working on his injuries and pain management. As God is my witness this has been the most challenging traumatic experience I’ve had to go through as a mother and everyday I have to ask God to give me continued strength, as I need to be strong for Alex. I’ve had to take time off work because I refuse to leave my son alone. We received news yesterday that our son has a small brain injury and there may be a possibility of facial paralysis on his right side. We are praying and continue to share his fundraiser in hopes that anyone reading this can help me spread the word. Please if you find it in your heart, help share this fundraiser so that it can reach as many people as possible as our son has a long road to recovery ahead of him. God bless♥️ gofund.me/35646c62

Love hearing what other families do for their reading time!? What are you guys doing right now?

Simply beautiful

Your videos are so refreshing. They are like a sermon. So great to start the week. Blessing to you and your family. Thank you for inspiring me.

I love how thrifty you are nothing goes to waste x

31 weeks pregnant and also craving hot cocoa! So funny 🤣!

interesting watching you this week god bless you all x

Hi Jessica always love to see you. Today I got lemons and began the process of making limincello. After I got the peel off, I juiced and got a pint of lemon juice, put the remaining parts on to boil and got half a pint of the lemon not juice, rather thick when strained. I guess it can be used as flavoring. They are In the water bath now. I'm going to see about making candied lemon peel when the time comes to strain the vodka off the peels. 5 days to a month. It should be good. That will have gotten my money's worth from the lemons. I try to use all of whatever I'm working with. I dried the peels from some peaches.. I read you can make peach tea from them. I drink hot tea,, but can't find a recipe, would you just tastes them in boiling Water? You are such an inspiration to all who watch you. I look forward to each video. Thank you for taking tine to share with us. God bless. 🥰💖🙏

Jessica, I see that you have a lazy bred recipe in one of your videos... Have you ever done a video to show how you make it? I really want to be able to make bread for my family, but most of the time it comes out really dense. I see in this video how comfortable you are with the process, and I would really like to learn what you do :) Thanks. Tara

Another great video, look forward to your Sunday videos.

your French toast casserole is bread pudding that i make - i add raisin and and pecans, but it is the same

Thank you once again Jessica! So enjoy learning from you!

You are such an inspiration! Your videos make me feel as if I'm sitting with a good friend. You are beautiful with a beautiful soul. Pregnancy makes you even more beautiful. Thank you for all the work you do for your family and us. You are a blessing to this world. God bless! ❤️

I’ve made the cumin/cinnamon mistake in our morning porridge - must have been so sleepy that I didn’t smell the difference!

I didn’t know about wet leaves in alcohol (I always assumed dry like for oil and honey). I love that I literally learn something from you every week!

😄 I glad I'm not the only one who sometimes muddles the cumin and the cinnamon! Thankfully I haven't actually ever tipped in the wrong one yet! Love to your family ❤️

You are truly amazing. So so glad I joined your channel xx

I make the French toast casserole as well. Something that I have found makes busy mornings easier for me is making it the night before and letting the bread soak up all the eggy goodness in the fridge overnight. Then just pop it in the oven in the morning! I also make a brown sugar crumble for the top but powdered sugar seems like a much quicker way! Thanks for all the inspiration you share!

We planted peppermint this year, I’ll be making extract. Thanks!

Have you thought of getting silicone mats for the liquids you freeze dry. It might make it easier to get it out

Oh man, I need a freeze drier now. 😂

Thank you for your Videos. Best wishes from germany!

You can use the spent vanilla beans for vanilla sugar as well. Let them dry and then put them in a jar with sugar for a while and then just mix it in a blender until you have a nice powder. Looks like powdered sugar and smells and tastes of vanilla.

Jessica , I love how you use everything !!!!! You are truly a superwoman ! Blessings !

You always show how you can save oddball items to use another time. And I mean things that you would normally think of. Thank you so much. Hope you’re feeling well.

Thank you for sharing. I have watched many programs for homestead and preservation. I don’t save all of them😊

We had planted 2 Roma tomatoes and inadvertently planted a cherry tomato in between. They cross pollinated and we got cherry tomatoes shaped like romas. 😂😂

You might want to reconsider using peach pits or other kinds of fruit seeds to make an extract. They contain cyanide properties that will extract out if you put them into the alcohol. Be safe and keep your kids safe.

We like to add raisins to our French toast bake. Looks delicious

Thank you.

Jessica I don't know how you do everything. Your voice is calming

Jessica, I am amazed at how much you are able to get done in the kitchen with all your other responsibilities while pregnant. We love the french toast casserole, but make it at night and bake in the morning. It's always our holiday breakfasts. Sometime I'll put 4oz cream cheese in the middle or berries too. Love all the homemade extracts!

Thank you for sharing your time and helpful hints and breakfast recipe, it's good to see the children enjoy fun time inside and out. Take care,God bless

Your baby is so cute. Going for the Vodka. And then the older children taking care of baby when he was playing out in the yard and he fell down. That was so sweet. You have wonderful children. God-bless you and keep you safe and from harm.

Thank you Jessica. You will never know how much I appreciate you. Be Blessed

You are looking lovely my dear! All the extracts, never knew about the fruit ones, will have to try. You fascinate me with all your knowledge.

I love watching your videos. I get a lot of great ideas from you. I learned from another channel, If you add small amount of water to the pickle juice it will freeze dry much better. I use 1:3 ratio. It wont be so sticky. It will not take any longer to dry. You will have a much better quality of an item. This works great for fruit juices or the juice off canned fruit.

French toast looks great

Pickle juice is also good to soak some chicken breasts in overnight and then cook them for chicken sandwiches. This is the secret ingredient that chick fillet uses for their chicken.

I, too come from a large family. Last night 3 sisters and 1 brother with our spouses, got together. Missing 2 brothers and one sis. We were 11 sibs. We were 6 girls n 5 boys. Now minus 4, who have passed. Love love my sibs. Why use pickle juice? What other uses? I usually throw out. BLESSINGS

I love watching the interactions between your children and them with you. I am from a family of 9 children and this is how we grew up. It is so wonderful and brings me such joy to see little Benjamin on the counter helping you. I also had only 2 left handed sisters and they were the sweetest and kindest of all 9. Love your sweet family.all your content.

You continue to inspire me. Because of you, I started 2 bottles of vanilla extract in March. I'm going to try peppermint next. So I can use oil if I dry the leaves or use the vodka if I don't? Pickle juice powder!! Great idea. I so want a freeze dryer. God bless you & yours.

Super excited for soap making! I was just talking to my husband about wanting to make soap this morning before church ❤

I always learn something from every video you share! Thank you so much! You are a Blessing to all who watch!

I used to have a herb shop and I would make vanilla extract to sell. If you leave the vanilla beans in the jar, all you have to do is keep replacing the liquid as you use it and you could keep it going for years, rather than buying new, expensive vanilla beans.

I am soo excited to start my own Vanilla Extract! Its hard to find vanilla beans locally... Thanks for sharing! 💜

Oh Jess the extract was such a fun class!! Extracts are so expensive and alot of times taste cheap. And the oils my kids always want to do this type stuff ,going to watch this with them! Idea: pocornoplis makes a strawberry and cream popcorn. I know that like freeze dried strawberries pulverized and some kind of hardened creme (cold coconut something) but no coconut flavor a vanilla and it'd amazing ..the strawberries anyways sounds easy!

Such wonderful tips and ideas. Thank you

In our house your French toast casserole is called bread pudding used for dessert. We add sliced almonds or pecans. Sometimes there is caramel in the bottom of the pan.