My admiration for you both just keeps growing. Your work ethic, your willingness to reuse, repurpose, and be consistantly aware of our earth and its needs, and as you say, give back, is such a wonderful way of life. To share these parts of your philosophy is such a gift to everyone, and I thank you for it.
There or! Hurricane Harvey brought (In Texas) out the3 best after the hurricane, water was 84: inside my daughters and son-in-laws house. People bringind ice, water, food, and just helping out total straingers.
Be the change you want to see. If you want a sense of community, get out and meet your neighbors, volunteer, help someone who is elderly or a single parent. It can happen anywhere.
It doesn’t seem to matter what issues come your way, you always have positive attitudes and smiles on your faces! I think that’s why all other Alaskan videos can’t compare to yours!
My favorite UA-cam channel, it's just so pure and real. Never any crazy music or funky edits. You guys are great. Thanks for bringing us with you with everything you do!
You are such a joy to visit...that's what it feels like to this senor girl still in emergency stay home order in North Bay Ontario. Only recommended to go out for groceries or meds! So you can see how special it is when we get one of your videos. Thank you so much.
I love watching you guys. I live in Wasilla and it great to see people living like you guys do. I have started using some of the tips and tricks you guys share. Not everyone understands what it is like to live up here. You guys definitely show what Alaska living is like unlike the other fake shows like history channel and discovery channel shows people.
I live in Homer, and it's exactly like that. It's so refreshing and, especially compared to the kilcher's show. I live just a few miles from them, basically in town. They are wonderful people, just get portrayed as people they aren't.
@@nathanasimpson one of the Kilchers saved my uncle’s life back in the late 60’s - might have been Otto. Anyway we try to watch their show but it has moved on from what it was in the beginning.
You guys are soooo disciplined. If I had driven to the nearest big town I would have got a heck of a lot more than ziplock bags. I would have shopped and shopped! 🤣
If anything, that tells a lot about the price of gas in the states. Anywhere else in the world you'd be damn sure to make that trip worth more than 20 bucks worth of ziplock bags.
This much snow is aggrivating. I just cant deal .... I would just stay inside and do nothing. You guys should have a clip of doing nothing but chill and cozy up with your pups 🥰
For someone that has never seen snow that blows me away,just watching what you have to do on a daily basis,wow.keep it it up.love watching.o and I live in Queensland Australia
In the winters of 1977 and 1978 when we had that much snow on the ground, the Army Core of Engineers came in to clear our roads. We also had Helicopters rescuing people and taking them to shelters here in SW Ohio. Never want to go through that again. You guys need a pole barn or shead to store all of your vehicles and snow removal equipment in. Wow, what a job ya'll had😲😨🥶😰 Have a blessed day, stay safe and healthy 🙏🥰👍👌🙏🦅🔔🗽🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸
We LOVE you guys. I am close to 74 an love what you have done on the homestead. I wish we were younger to keep doing what we really want to do with our lives. We just retired so these golden years are just starting. Again Love you guys.
I’m new to your channel, but I long to find someone who wants to live like this with me! So happy for you both and keep on doing what you’re doing ! Oh and the doggy time is the best!
Arielle and Eric, thank you so much for sharing your egg pickling video a few days ago. I’d never made them, but there’s a sale at our local restaurant supply store, so why not? I tasted the dill brine I’d made (Claussen dill pickle juice, diced dill pickles, minced garlic [whatever they’d used] as well as additional mustard seeds as well as Gaujillo chilis). I’ve waterbath-canned the jars and dated them for 3 weeks out. ‘Feels like a future Christmas present to myself. 😉 Thank you for sharing your moose carcass breakdown as well as your shelter. MUCH better than the usual “Costco tent”. Thank you so much for sharing yourselves and your life’s journey. Bless you both!
Seeing you guys work as a unit I can see all of your tasks completely accomplished. I truly enjoy your videos. Be careful you two, keeping looking out for each other.
I grew up in Alaska and lived in Wasilla for a bit! These videos are so nostalgic for me, when he pulled out the snow blower I smiled at the memory of snow blowing my drive way
“Do you want to build a Snowman? It looks lovely but I can see it’s difficult to manage. Your opening shots immediately brought memories to me...... of Christmas cakes my mother used to make at home...... Royal icing, white and shining like your snow and with little frosted fir trees for decoration. Mum used to take orders for her cakes and one of my jobs was to do the soaking with brandy or whisky:). She could never make enough of those cakes and I remember the dining table covered with beautiful cakes ready for collection.
Sometimes, when I get done processing a baby moose and clearing a ton of snow, I like to sit down and leaf my way though the Burgess Spring 2021 Garden Catalog. Another awesome video, love them dogs!!!
"I hope she doesn't get stuck again." ... "Yep, she got stuck again." This made me laugh so hard! Thank you for sharing your life with us, as a Uni student in a city, it brings me a lot of peace !
I just started watching your videos for a few weeks & I am thoroughly enjoying them. I am a 67 yr. old now home bound woman who's only outlet has been writing stories for fanfiction & UA-cam videos. I am also a big fan of My Self Reliance with Shawn James who got me very interested in these types of videos. I also wrote a story for fanfiction called 'LIFE' about a young woman making a home in Alaska right outside of Fairbanks. I only wish I could have discovered this type of life style when I was a tons younger as I would have made it my life making a home as you all are now living. I appreciate your sharing your lives with me as it is my outlet out of this house. Thanks muches.......Jamie Crabtree-Messenger.......Chattanooga, Tennessee
Man, here I am putting in some spring crop outdoors and you all are still getting snow! Alaska is beautiful, but I would be going crazy not having my hands in the dirt by now! I wish you an amazing gardening season and excellent video!
What a score of a bounty for you and those good boys! Those will be some very happy dogs over the next few months' time. Lookin' forward to seeing the pix you end up getting. As soon as it warms up a bit, the scent will travel well.
Bravo! As always, you guys delivered a beautiful video. So many people try to hard to do a video and fail miserably. You guys are 100% natural. All that snow would of made me cry!!! I'm done with snow too!!! Love the dogs going through the new snow. God bless and keep safe and warm!
Yeah you guys have gotten some late snow storms this year. I guess it’s making up for last years weak sauce winter. It’s spring here in Oklahoma and already 70’s trying to add garden boxes to my garden and I’m already sunburnt this week!
What a great video! You two are living a beautiful life, and you work so hard!! You produce such interesting, well edited videos. The chickens are gorgeous, the dogs and kitty are precious, and you two are like a well-oiled machine when you’re working together. What a fascinating view of life in Alaska you share with people like me who will never live that life. May God always bless you and keep you safe. ❤️🙏🏼 Thank you for sharing your joy with so many!! 😘👍
I've been watching your videos completely out of order but this is what I have hoped for since I can remeber. I've always had chickens we live pickling eggs!!! I live the life you lead and congrats on learning every single step of the way.
Looking at all the snow and cold plus unexpected snowstorms... when are you going to build a sauna? You've got enough wood to fire it up and enough snow to cool of in most of the time of the year.. I'd think you would really benefit from a good sauna!
@@gracieshepardtothemax1743 If you're going to put cocoa powder into chili, you MUST--and I cannot stress this enough--YOU MUST simmer it for a MINIMUM of 2 HOURS. Sorry for the shouting, but at about the 2 hour mark, some sort of culinary alchemy takes place, and the chili will go from meh to HOLYDEARGAWD OMNOMNOMN NOMNOM!!! Anything less than 2 hours of simmering & stirring and it will NOT taste like it was worth the effort. I usually simmer mine between 2.5 and 3 hours (but no more than 3 hours, since that requires adding in too much water to keep it from burning). The original recipe comes from the cookbook "Well Fed" by Melissa Jouwan, p. 73, but the variation I make omits stewed tomato chunks in favor of tomato paste (as that is the kind I tend to have on hand)... 2T ghee (or clarified butter) 2 medium onions, diced (about 2 cups) 4 cloves of garlic, minced (about 4tsp) 2 pounds of ground beef (or chicken/turkey) 1tsp dried oregano leaves 2T chili powder 2T ground cumin 2T unsweetened cocoa powder (I tend to add double, aka 1/4 cup) 1tsp ground allspice 1tsp salt 2 cans (6oz each) tomato paste 1 can (14.5oz or 1.75c) beef broth (or chicken/turkey broth) 2.5c water Heat a large deep pot over medium heat, and add the ghee. When the ghee is melted, add onions, stirring with a wooden spoon, until the onions are translucent (about 7 minutes). Add the garlic and as soon as it’s fragrant (about 30 seconds), crumble the ground meat into the pan, mixing with the wooden spoon to combine. Continue to cook the meat, stirring often, until it is no longer pink. In a small bowl, crush the oregano to release its flavor, add the chili powder, cumin, cocoa, allspice, and salt. Combine with a fork, then add to the pot, stirring vigorously/like you mean it. Add tomato paste and stir until combined, about 2 minutes. Add the broth and water to the pot, and stir well. Bring it to a boil, then reduce the heat so the chili gently simmers. Simmer uncovered (but put on a mesh splatter screen!!) for at LEAST 2 hours. Do NOT skimp on the simmering time!!
I am addicted to you both.You are so natural in your everyday activities. Please do more! I am learning to be more patience watching you get stuck (haha}. You are making many more trails than you are trying to.
Greetings you awesome, hard working couple. While I understand that waking up to that much more work for the day may not be appealing, it must give you a great sense of security knowing how all your hard work (growing, canning and preserving food) and chopping wood for times like these really pays off! What an amazing life you two have built for yourselves there. Thanks so much for sharing the videos with us.
Yay, sharing that baby carcass is wonderful, like the natives,every part will be consumed. Nice snow mobile trip, that snow is DEEEEEEP! Venus cat trap.pretty cute!!❗️
Haha yeah. Don't you love it when the plow comes by and builds a fort in front of your driveway. I know that makes me laugh, esp when in the midst of shovelling Snow rake is 💯
I just went to the Smoky Mountains for the holidays and I am in awe of Ariel's coolness in the vehicle, in that weather, on mountains!!! I felt sick, like I was going to fall off the world! It is so beautiful and I could not enjoy it :( You are the most badd a$$ !!
Bo's says to Bandit -- "Still got em fooled, they still help me in and out every time" :) --- on a serious note I see at 12:02 they figured you needed a little extra snow so they pushed some your way :/ ---- Where I'm at I swear they have cameras watching and once they see we have all shoveled they go buy for a second pass to make sure they got the "roads" good the first time :( -----
Nice dump of snow. So jealous right now. Nice of the grader operator to plug your driveway. $9.50 to fill a 20# bottle in Alberta. So much fun in that snow. Pin it and drive it like a rental. Standing up driving helps. Now to see the camera photos. Cant wait to see what shows up. Thanks for the video
I love watching every single video of you. It's so interesting and I learned a lot thanks to you. Greatings from France 🇫🇷 😊 In French "moose" is called "élan"
I love you guys... I have laughed my ass off at this video... The two of you on snowmobiles taking turns getting stuck was about more than I could take...lol
So good to see you guys again (you to Ariel and Eric 😏) That was a baby moose! Hope the chili was half as good as it looked. I was all set to watch a movie then saw your upload - watching you guys is better than a movie anyday! Thanks again for sharing Kitty, Bandit and Bo.
@@SimpleLivingAlaska orrhhh hes really cute, well got a toxidocat my self and he is really mom’s boy on 8.7kg😱😱 hehe and he is 14 years old but behaves as 1 on 3 hehe
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"Give back to the earth" is not a phrase I hear often anymore.. Thank you for reminding us
Definitely
And then get back to each other🥰
A true partnership is when you can dump a carcass together and still snuggle ☺
😆😆😆
LOLzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
Love this comment 💪🏽💙
A friend will help you move.
A *true* friend will help you move a body!!
Hahahaha the best comment in a long time
Bo is so adorable, I just want to hug him.
And Bandit!! They’re both so precious. Really different in energy level, but two sweethearts!
@@martylaughery9138 Yes Bandit is hilarious, he reminds me of a cartoon dog.
My admiration for you both just keeps growing. Your work ethic, your willingness to reuse, repurpose, and be consistantly aware of our earth and its needs, and as you say, give back, is such a wonderful way of life. To share these parts of your philosophy is such a gift to everyone, and I thank you for it.
I love the tight sense of community in Alaska and how everyone is helping each other with what they can. Wish more places would be like that
There or! Hurricane Harvey brought (In Texas) out the3 best after the hurricane, water was 84: inside my daughters and son-in-laws house. People bringind ice, water, food, and just helping out total straingers.
It's because there's no diversity and people feel a sense of community
Be the change you want to see. If you want a sense of community, get out and meet your neighbors, volunteer, help someone who is elderly or a single parent. It can happen anywhere.
It doesn’t seem to matter what issues come your way, you always have positive attitudes and smiles on your faces! I think that’s why all other Alaskan videos can’t compare to yours!
When I see a Simple Living Alaska video.. my heart warms and I know I will experience happiness for a while.
My favorite UA-cam channel, it's just so pure and real. Never any crazy music or funky edits. You guys are great. Thanks for bringing us with you with everything you do!
You two are so humble,so real!! You use such wisdom! God bless & keep you!
And no unnecessary drama. Just regular day (Alaska style) to day life with a couple of hard working people.
took me a bit to get used to this channel but now it's one of my favorites, maybe because they are getting really good at documenting their adventure!
@@vernareed2692 you
You are such a joy to visit...that's what it feels like to this senor girl still in emergency stay home order in North Bay Ontario. Only recommended to go out for groceries or meds! So you can see how special it is when we get one of your videos. Thank you so much.
I agree.
These two are one of the best couples on UA-cam, and the BEST of life in Alaska channels!! ❤️😘👍
@@martylaughery9138 Yes Indeed.
North bay my home town . Say hi to lake nippissing and the whole west Ferris area, especially Campbell ave for me . Be well all.
@@gurugossip7450 Gladly. :)
The cat eating the fly was too cute. Kinda threw their head back like they were taking a vitamin.
I love watching you guys. I live in Wasilla and it great to see people living like you guys do. I have started using some of the tips and tricks you guys share. Not everyone understands what it is like to live up here. You guys definitely show what Alaska living is like unlike the other fake shows like history channel and discovery channel shows people.
I live in Homer, and it's exactly like that. It's so refreshing and, especially compared to the kilcher's show. I live just a few miles from them, basically in town. They are wonderful people, just get portrayed as people they aren't.
I couldn't do it but it's like a wonderful dream watching them (but then again I am over 70).
K
@@nathanasimpson one of the Kilchers saved my uncle’s life back in the late 60’s - might have been Otto. Anyway we try to watch their show but it has moved on from what it was in the beginning.
I lived in Michigan, done all except the moose.
Bandit is like "ya it snowed!" Beau on the other hand is like "oh it snowed ugh!"
I've definitely got that Bo energy.
You guys are soooo disciplined. If I had driven to the nearest big town I would have got a heck of a lot more than ziplock bags. I would have shopped and shopped! 🤣
I'm with you!! I can't imagine driving that far on those roads to buy 75 Zip Locks 😳 😆😆
If anything, that tells a lot about the price of gas in the states. Anywhere else in the world you'd be damn sure to make that trip worth more than 20 bucks worth of ziplock bags.
@@Bramble20322 Wasilla gas prices are around $2.89 right now.
When you all have to pay $1.80 a litre then you can complain.... (3.78 litres in a gallon- $1.80 x 3.78 = $6.80) (in Australia 🇦🇺)
@@kateymateymusic1 ...and just a touch dearer in New Zealand!!
Beau, doesn’t like to play outside. Every time your in the yard in the winter he’s AOWL. He’s like I’ll watch the house n wood stove 😂
It was zero degrees two days ago in Palmer. This Alaska winter is taking its sweet time this year
This much snow is aggrivating. I just cant deal .... I would just stay inside and do nothing. You guys should have a clip of doing nothing but chill and cozy up with your pups 🥰
I just love how well you two work together.
Always amazed that you have to keep lighting your wood stove. When I lived there, we kept the fire going all day and night.
I thought they do that
We tend to let it go out or our cabin gets too hot
@@SimpleLivingAlaska that's some great insulation
For someone that has never seen snow that blows me away,just watching what you have to do on a daily basis,wow.keep it it up.love watching.o and I live in Queensland Australia
You've done a good job with the baby moose. Nothing wasted. Wish you and your friendly neighbours a great year in beautiful Alaska.
Love how you both communicate with each other so well! Great score on the moose.
Love your videos... Can't wait for garden season 😍
I'm impressed with how well behaved your dogs seem when there's fresh food around. That moose meat will be a nice change from fish for the lads.
In the winters of 1977 and 1978 when we had that much snow on the ground, the Army Core of Engineers came in to clear our roads. We also had Helicopters rescuing people and taking them to shelters here in SW Ohio. Never want to go through that again.
You guys need a pole barn or shead to store all of your vehicles and snow removal equipment in. Wow, what a job ya'll had😲😨🥶😰
Have a blessed day, stay safe and healthy 🙏🥰👍👌🙏🦅🔔🗽🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸
Living in Alaska is a full body workout!
We LOVE you guys. I am close to 74 an love what you have done on the homestead. I wish we were younger to keep doing what we really want to do with our lives. We just retired so these golden years are just starting. Again Love you guys.
I’m new to your channel, but I long to find someone who wants to live like this with me! So happy for you both and keep on doing what you’re doing ! Oh and the doggy time is the best!
Arielle and Eric, thank you so much for sharing your egg pickling video a few days ago. I’d never made them, but there’s a sale at our local restaurant supply store, so why not? I tasted the dill brine I’d made (Claussen dill pickle juice, diced dill pickles, minced garlic [whatever they’d used] as well as additional mustard seeds as well as Gaujillo chilis). I’ve waterbath-canned the jars and dated them for 3 weeks out. ‘Feels like a future Christmas present to myself. 😉 Thank you for sharing your moose carcass breakdown as well as your shelter. MUCH better than the usual “Costco tent”. Thank you so much for sharing yourselves and your life’s journey. Bless you both!
Wow ,that’s a lot of snow. Love from a snowless part of the UK. 🇬🇧
Despite everything, awesome attitude! Great score with that moose! Glad to see Beau! 🐶 😊
That drone footage tho!
Seeing you guys work as a unit I can see all of your tasks completely accomplished.
I truly enjoy your videos. Be careful you two, keeping looking out for each other.
I grew up in Alaska and lived in Wasilla for a bit! These videos are so nostalgic for me, when he pulled out the snow blower I smiled at the memory of snow blowing my drive way
Why move away?
@@MrJonrocker I really like it there and I can see myself retiring in AK but it’s wasn’t the best career movie for me to stay
@@Hinshawlizzy Understood. After bouncing around the world, I cant picture myself living anyplace else.
“Do you want to build a Snowman? It looks lovely but I can see it’s difficult to manage. Your opening shots immediately brought memories to me...... of Christmas cakes my mother used to make at home...... Royal icing, white and shining like your snow and with little frosted fir trees for decoration. Mum used to take orders for her cakes and one of my jobs was to do the soaking with brandy or whisky:). She could never make enough of those cakes and I remember the dining table covered with beautiful cakes ready for collection.
Christine Auld the cakes sound so good! So pretty! Love the picture you painted with the description!!
You guys have that down to a science! Great job!
Love how you show the ups and downs...!
Sometimes, when I get done processing a baby moose and clearing a ton of snow, I like to sit down and leaf my way though the Burgess Spring 2021 Garden Catalog. Another awesome video, love them dogs!!!
You guys are hardy stock! I don’t even leave the house if there’s more than 3” of snow on the ground. Great video!
Now that’s a lot of snow!!
Nice, a new video!
"I hope she doesn't get stuck again."
...
"Yep, she got stuck again."
This made me laugh so hard! Thank you for sharing your life with us, as a Uni student in a city, it brings me a lot of peace !
Wow, you know you've gotten a lot of snow when you need a snow blower to get your snow blower out!!
Haha 👍😂
I love how many homemade food recipes they share with their viewers! That chili looks sooo freaking awesome and yummy
That's one thing I don't miss about Alaska, driving on the snow and ice covered roads.
the dogs seem amazed by all the manipulations and efforts of human beings and at the same time supportive :-D
I just started watching your videos for a few weeks & I am thoroughly enjoying them. I am a 67 yr. old now home bound woman who's only outlet has been writing stories for fanfiction & UA-cam videos. I am also a big fan of My Self Reliance with Shawn James who got me very interested in these types of videos. I also wrote a story for fanfiction called 'LIFE' about a young woman making a home in Alaska right outside of Fairbanks. I only wish I could have discovered this type of life style when I was a tons younger as I would have made it my life making a home as you all are now living.
I appreciate your sharing your lives with me as it is my outlet out of this house.
Thanks muches.......Jamie Crabtree-Messenger.......Chattanooga, Tennessee
Man, here I am putting in some spring crop outdoors and you all are still getting snow! Alaska is beautiful, but I would be going crazy not having my hands in the dirt by now! I wish you an amazing gardening season and excellent video!
You handle every bounty with such grace and care
I appreciate and enjoy the beauty and real life of how you choose to live.
What a score of a bounty for you and those good boys! Those will be some very happy dogs over the next few months' time. Lookin' forward to seeing the pix you end up getting. As soon as it warms up a bit, the scent will travel well.
I love it when you guys make your own bread. Everything you cook makes me so hungry
Bravo! As always, you guys delivered a beautiful video. So many people try to hard to do a video and fail miserably. You guys are 100% natural. All that snow would of made me cry!!! I'm done with snow too!!! Love the dogs going through the new snow. God bless and keep safe and warm!
Love your videos. A story in each episode.
Wow what a job. Well done ✅ with the baby moose awww bless his heart 💜
You two deserve tje blessing for your dogs, you do amazing things!
Omg,Ariel,I keep going back and watching all the intros.,you r great lady,keep them coming pleass,please, Eric's drone coverage is awesome,ty so much
Love this could not be more real
Your hard workers that's why I love alaska and it's people your tough. Thanks for saving the moose meat .
I love that you take your dogs everywhere
Yeah you guys have gotten some late snow storms this year. I guess it’s making up for last years weak sauce winter. It’s spring here in Oklahoma and already 70’s trying to add garden boxes to my garden and I’m already sunburnt this week!
It's been 80 some days!
I love the random cold and snowy bout last week and now it’s darn near 50°! Late snowstorm, that’s for sure.
The most wonderful couple on earth !
Live the drone footage!
Great drone footage! Love it, too!
Oh my gosh! Those corn muffins and Chilli must taste ausum after being out in that cold snow all day!😋! Spring is just around the corner!
I like when Arielle says " I think it's March ", lol
Oh hey, fellow Alaskans! Maybe one day I'll run into you guys in Wasilla!
Me too!
In Palmer
What a great video! You two are living a beautiful life, and you work so hard!! You produce such interesting, well edited videos. The chickens are gorgeous, the dogs and kitty are precious, and you two are like a well-oiled machine when you’re working together. What a fascinating view of life in Alaska you share with people like me who will never live that life. May God always bless you and keep you safe. ❤️🙏🏼 Thank you for sharing your joy with so many!! 😘👍
Well said!
I've been watching your videos completely out of order but this is what I have hoped for since I can remeber. I've always had chickens we live pickling eggs!!! I live the life you lead and congrats on learning every single step of the way.
The smirk when Eric got the snowblower going the first time 😂 First things first, get access to the outhouse 👍 Edit: 12:10 min
OMG SO MUCH BEAUTIFUL SNOW I AM GLAD IT DOESN'T SNOW HERE LIKE THAT LOL LOVE WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS YOU ARE SO ADORABLE COUPLE
Looking at all the snow and cold plus unexpected snowstorms... when are you going to build a sauna? You've got enough wood to fire it up and enough snow to cool of in most of the time of the year.. I'd think you would really benefit from a good sauna!
Add some instant coffee or some leftover coffee to your chili. Makes a big difference.
I'm going to try this. Thanks
Me, too! Thanks!
I will add cocoa too!
@@gracieshepardtothemax1743 beer
@@gracieshepardtothemax1743 If you're going to put cocoa powder into chili, you MUST--and I cannot stress this enough--YOU MUST simmer it for a MINIMUM of 2 HOURS. Sorry for the shouting, but at about the 2 hour mark, some sort of culinary alchemy takes place, and the chili will go from meh to HOLYDEARGAWD OMNOMNOMN NOMNOM!!! Anything less than 2 hours of simmering & stirring and it will NOT taste like it was worth the effort. I usually simmer mine between 2.5 and 3 hours (but no more than 3 hours, since that requires adding in too much water to keep it from burning).
The original recipe comes from the cookbook "Well Fed" by Melissa Jouwan, p. 73, but the variation I make omits stewed tomato chunks in favor of tomato paste (as that is the kind I tend to have on hand)...
2T ghee (or clarified butter)
2 medium onions, diced (about 2 cups)
4 cloves of garlic, minced (about 4tsp)
2 pounds of ground beef (or chicken/turkey)
1tsp dried oregano leaves
2T chili powder
2T ground cumin
2T unsweetened cocoa powder (I tend to add double, aka 1/4 cup)
1tsp ground allspice
1tsp salt
2 cans (6oz each) tomato paste
1 can (14.5oz or 1.75c) beef broth (or chicken/turkey broth)
2.5c water
Heat a large deep pot over medium heat, and add the ghee. When the ghee is melted, add onions, stirring with a wooden spoon, until the onions are translucent (about 7 minutes). Add the garlic and as soon as it’s fragrant (about 30 seconds), crumble the ground meat into the pan, mixing with the wooden spoon to combine. Continue to cook the meat, stirring often, until it is no longer pink.
In a small bowl, crush the oregano to release its flavor, add the chili powder, cumin, cocoa, allspice, and salt. Combine with a fork, then add to the pot, stirring vigorously/like you mean it. Add tomato paste and stir until combined, about 2 minutes.
Add the broth and water to the pot, and stir well. Bring it to a boil, then reduce the heat so the chili gently simmers. Simmer uncovered (but put on a mesh splatter screen!!) for at LEAST 2 hours. Do NOT skimp on the simmering time!!
I am addicted to you both.You are so natural in your everyday activities. Please do more! I am learning to be more patience watching you get stuck (haha}. You are making many more trails than you are trying to.
Greetings you awesome, hard working couple. While I understand that waking up to that much more work for the day may not be appealing, it must give you a great sense of security knowing how all your hard work (growing, canning and preserving food) and chopping wood for times like these really pays off! What an amazing life you two have built for yourselves there. Thanks so much for sharing the videos with us.
Thanks for another great video. Look forward to the next one as always. 😊
Love these videos!! It’s what they give back to Mother Earth and real living.
Yay, sharing that baby carcass is wonderful, like the natives,every part will be consumed. Nice snow mobile trip, that snow is DEEEEEEP! Venus cat trap.pretty cute!!❗️
Always happy to watch your videos!! Thank you!! 🇺🇸
Isn't it great when you can do life together with your best friend?
Snow, snow, beautiful snow!
You are so perfectly joined together as a couple !!
This winter is never going to end
Feels like the summer is never going to end in Australia (and we're halfway through 'autumn' here).
Haha yeah. Don't you love it when the plow comes by and builds a fort in front of your driveway. I know that makes me laugh, esp when in the midst of shovelling
Snow rake is 💯
I just went to the Smoky Mountains for the holidays and I am in awe of Ariel's coolness in the vehicle, in that weather, on mountains!!! I felt sick, like I was going to fall off the world! It is so beautiful and I could not enjoy it :( You are the most badd a$$ !!
Your joy and positive attitude is infectious ☺️🥰
Bo's says to Bandit -- "Still got em fooled, they still help me in and out every time" :) --- on a serious note I see at 12:02 they figured you needed a little extra snow so they pushed some your way :/ ---- Where I'm at I swear they have cameras watching and once they see we have all shoveled they go buy for a second pass to make sure they got the "roads" good the first time :( -----
In this episode, Eric & Arielle show how easily they can hide a body (even in four feet of snow)!
😂 my thoughts exactly!
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LOL... dang man... had me chuckling good
Lol epic
better idea would be to take it to canada. RCMP can't solve any murders here
😅 the dog driving a Ford Edge at 4:12
Alaska, always amazing me ❤
Please make a Q&A video. I'm intrigued to learn about your background, how you ended up there and about the challenges you had at the beginning.
If you were to have children what an inheritance they would have! God bless you two 🕊
Nice dump of snow. So jealous right now. Nice of the grader operator to plug your driveway. $9.50 to fill a 20# bottle in Alberta. So much fun in that snow. Pin it and drive it like a rental. Standing up driving helps. Now to see the camera photos. Cant wait to see what shows up. Thanks for the video
What a beautiful winter day and thank you for sharing your life with us
I love watching every single video of you. It's so interesting and I learned a lot thanks to you.
Greatings from France 🇫🇷 😊 In French "moose" is called "élan"
What about “orignal”?
Yours dogs 🥰 are having fun playing in the snow 😄
I love you guys... I have laughed my ass off at this video... The two of you on snowmobiles taking turns getting stuck was about more than I could take...lol
So good to see you guys again (you to Ariel and Eric 😏) That was a baby moose! Hope the chili was half as good as it looked. I was all set to watch a movie then saw your upload - watching you guys is better than a movie anyday! Thanks again for sharing Kitty, Bandit and Bo.
You said it!! They’re the best!!! 😊👍
I am glad to see I am not the only one who uses a broom to de-snow the vehicle...
Don't worry, I'm not coming all the way to Alaska to steal your bank card. LOL. You were looking at that camera awfully suspicious.
The funny part is we hear 6 beeps. I don't think he typed in his pin, just zipcode + "enter."
@@eldiesel4593 you're right but the look on his face was funny.
Seriously i have falling in love in the black cat so cute sooo floffy
Thats Pepper ;)
@@SimpleLivingAlaska orrhhh hes really cute, well got a toxidocat my self and he is really mom’s boy on 8.7kg😱😱 hehe and he is 14 years old but behaves as 1 on 3 hehe
@@SimpleLivingAlaska isnt it abit thought would to live in alaska, so far from any thing
Do y'all ever get mad and argue?! 😅
You both compliment each other so well. I look forward and enjoy every video. Great job!