Stoned Gnome Homestead

 When life gives you lemons, it’s time to make some lemonade. If anyone’s ever had this happen to them, I feel your pain. If not take some steps and precautions, so it doesn’t happen to you.  While I was getting ready for work this morning. Peter came in to the bathroom and told me that some really bad news. It seems someone left the meat deep freezer open and it defrosted a lot of the meat inside.  So unfortunately, I spent my morning. Throwing out everything that was not salvageable. Starting to cook stuff that needed to be cooked right away. And re-freezing items that could be refrozen. After looking on the USDA website, I was surprised to learn that you can re-freeze a lot of thawed meats. Which growing up I never thought you could refreeze meat. I was worried about all the pork that had defrosted. So that went into my roasting pan. We’re going to cook all that up, then divide it up after it’s cooled off and refreeze the cooked meat.   Which will help 2-fold, because then we will h

  Welcome to The Stoned Gnome Homestead, where we will talk about all the good things for a modern homestead.  From cooking, cleaning, gardening, make-up, how-to videos and how to shop for the best deals.  I'm a full-time busy working mom of 2 and this is my take on modern homestead living.   I'll show you quick and easy was to get homecooked meals on the table almost every night of the week, without having to resort to take-out. I'll show you quick tips, tricks, and money-saving ideas to help you stream-line your home to be able to maximize time with your family so you can enjoy life.  My goal for myself is to provide my family with from-scratch home-cooking as much as possible.  I'll guide you through learning gardening & cooking basics, canning & preserving, buying bulk, laundry tips and so much more.  You'll get the benefit of all my years of searching for the best of everything right in one place.   Find us on Facebook: Danielle Ragozzine: Stoned Gnome