Hi Becky! I used to own a little online bakery for four years and here’s some tips and reasons for why your mom did the things the recipe told her to do: when beating sugar and butter together, most recipes don’t state for how long to do this for but generally for cookies and sponge cakes, you want to beat this mixture for 7-10 minutes. The longer you beat the butter and sugar, the lighter and more aerated the mixture becomes. (This is the opposite of what you should do when it's time to add dry ingredients in cookies -less mixing is best, just folding the dry ingredients in with your cookie mix-ins to avoid developing the gluten in your cookies.) As for mixing the dry ingredients in 3 parts with the wet mixture in between, it’s mostly for equal incorporating, to avoid dry lumps of flour without needing to overmix the batter. The wet mixture needed to sit for at least 3 minutes to allow the acids in the lemon to curdle the milk, creating sort of a sour cream/buttermilk mixture. All that aside, just wanted to let you know I’ve been an avid follower for the past 3 years! I am sooo excited for your new garden. Sometimes I watch your old videos just because I miss your old kitchen and old garden so much. Your last day in your previous garden made me cry! But still so so very excited to watch your new garden grow 😍🥰
Becky really is unique in that she brings us all together in a safe environment to learn from each other. Not everyone has a mum or grandma who teaches us kitchen basics and family recipes. We are from all over the world but it's like we are neighbours, friends and a creative team. I'm personally in New Zealand and while I love anything to do with feeding others but it's all self taught as my Mum didn't share my enthusiasm.
It’s almost comical how Becky’s mom is an organized and to the book cook, while Becky seasons and measures with what makes her heart happy. Together though, that is an amazing pair!!
When it comes to asparagus you waste a lot if you go by the snapping method, what you do it’s just cut a small piece at the base of it and see where the tender part starts and use as a reference guide for the rest. I learned that from Dan from the test kitchen.
Hello Becky and Susan! Growing horseradish in a pot is highly suggested. If you put it in the garden, it will grow fast, like bamboo, and take over everything. I agree that we all learn from each other. That’s why I love your videos. You’re always teaching us, and sometimes we can teach you, too.
YES!!! Jess over at Roots and Refuge Farm just shared that on her channel. It was in a bed that they removed and it was coming up where the bed had been at. She's going to plant it at the edge of the forest. Such a great community here!!! Love you and your mom's adventures!!! Reminds me of my sweet mother!!! You girls rock!!!!💖
TOTALLY agree with this! It took me several years to completely get rid of horseradish in my raised bed. Any little bit of the root that is left behind will sprout another plant!
Yes, I love you and your mom!! More videos of you two together, please. You are so blessed to have the mom that everyone should be blessed with. God bless you both!!
My Mom and I used to cook together for the holidays. She now has advanced dementia and hasn’t been able to cook for the past 4 years. Watching you two together makes me feel like I am with family again. Thank you for sharing with all of us. 💗
I love seeing your Mum, she’s a beautiful woman who is an amazing hostess. I can see why you love shopping and meal prepping with her. Blessing you all this Easter weekend ❤🙏🇮🇪
My favorite thing was to cook with my mom grandma and listen to their stories from when they were younger and how things have changed since then oh how I miss them so much rip
It seems so much more fun prepping the food WITH someone rather than doing it all alone! Your Mom is so nice and a fun person to cook with. Your Dad is such a nice man...considerate of all that you both do! HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL
I love the dinner party prep cooking videos with her mom. Cherished memories! Thank you Becky for sharing your mom & her wisdom with us! Thank your mom for us too please?
I made you’re no-knead-bread for the 4th time and… it’s AMAZING! I don’t know why I waited to make it. YOU and your videos have made me a confident cook and not scared to try to cook new things. ❤ i watch ALL of you’re videos, in fact i watch your videos and i cook to give me ideas to make! I love your videos! 😊
Dear heaven! It is not surprising that you turned out she well as a person, Becky, when we get to spend time with your mum (and on occasion, your dad). You are all such lovely people! The effort that you go into for family gatherings is amazing. I truly believe the planning rivals a war time military operation, no word of a lie. I appreciate the time your mum takes to arrange the schedule for the roasts and the baking and so on. Plus … it needs to be said, your mum is such a natural in front of the camera. The two of you carry no pretence while you are demonstrating the putting together of the recipes. There is no doubt that your Easter family meal will be a success. I hope your family recognizes the effort that the two of you have put into the organization of this family event! Happy Easter!
I lost my mum when l was 8 of cancer and my dad died 18 months later of a angina attack miss both of them every day but l have my loving family for support
Great tip is pick up some shelf stable milk at the $tree(they carry whole, 1%, 2%, almond and oat milk. Then you always have milk for recipes without having to buy a whole gallon or time sensitive.
Becky, It makes me smile and feel happy to watch you and your mother working in the kitchen together. You know how a married couple can finish each other sentences, well, you and your mother, in a kitchen sort of way, help each other create the yummiest dishes and meals. You both look like you are throughly enjoying your time together. Thank you both for such an enjoyable visit.❤😊
I really wish I had this type of relationship with my mom, but for now I'll just live vicariously through the two of you. Thanks for posting Becky, and thank you Becky's mom for joining in the video fun. ❤️ I hope your family has a lovely Easter/birthday celebration!
Ever since I started watching your channel I have wondered how someone so young was so knowledgeable and smart. This prep video shows where you get it. Your mom is amazing and so organized. Love her!!
It is really sweet to see your dad behind y’all reading his book. Also, I always park boil my potatoes before putting my au gratin potato casserole together.
Another way to get more juice from your citrus is to microwave for 10 seconds, then roll firmly on the counter and THEN juice it! I put all my tough asparagus ends in a big ziploc in the freezer. Once I have a full bag I can make asparagus soup because if you blend with a high powered blender (I have a Blendtec) it will take care of those tough ends.
I love when you spend time with your Mom Cooking. It's nice to see such genuine respect you have for one another. I wish with all my heart I still had mine to cook with. You are a very blessed woman! Thanks for sharing your family!
Don't throw away you bottoms of the asparagus, freeze them for cream of asparagus soup(which is delicious)! Even though not as tender, still alot of goodness from the vegetable in those ends.
"Cupboards" are freestanding units of shelves, some with drawers at the bottom and they can be open fronted or enclosed with doors like an armoire. Cabinets are permanently installed against walls or into permanently attached work islands. It's a bigger difference than between a sharpening wand or a honing rod which is merely linguistic, more like the difference between an "ice box' and a refrigerator which are different things.
LOVE the Mama and Becky videos! Tell sweet Mama to look for a helix lemon juicer, she will LOVE IT, easier on aging hands!😉 Also! Tell her if she holds the lemon in the opposite hand & turns her zester upside down and drags it across her lemon, she can see how much of the zest she's getting off her lemon (not pith) AND she catches all the zest on top of the zester, seeing how much she's actually getting. It was a total game changer for me on only getting zest. 😊👍
How fortunate you are to still have your Mother. She is a beautiful and vibrant woman so enjoy her and love her, like she deserves. Have a great Easter.
Enjoyed watching you and your Mom cooking together, so delightful! I bet her kitchen smelled wonderful. Happy Easter and Easter Blessings to your whole family.
So the reason for adding the lemon juice to the milk / sour cream mixture and having it sit for 3 minutes is so that it can curdle and become like a buttermilk which helps with the richness and the flavor of the cake.
Hi Becky. So wonderful to see you and your Mom in the kitchen. I am the youngest out of 6 kids and my Mom just turned 98 and I just cherish those days when we cooked and baked together. Enjoy the times with your Mom! ❤
I absolutely love when you & your mum cook together, not to mention the delicious food, your family is blessed to have you both in their lives...a little tip u have when I'm slicing potatoes, u cut a slice off the bottom to make it flat, I find it easier & much safer as the potatoe stays put & you don't notice any difference once they are cooked...cheers from a loyal fan from Australia 👏👏👏😍😍😍
I don’t care what you guys make, I just love the relationship that you have. You are so blessed to have that strong bond. Blessings that you had a great dinner. Hope you show us the rest of the prep and final product, especially the cake. Happy Easter to you and your family.🙏💕💕
Hey Becky I always wonder why you use a knife for thin slicing and not a good mandoline with adjustable slice thickness? My mother in law gave me one for Christmas three years ago and it has been a game changer. It is so much tidier and quicker especially if you need to slice a bunch of stuff. But maybe you just enjoy using your knife more which is also totally valid, I just thought I mention it. Thank you for letting us be part of your life and giving us amazing content.
I really love the times when you two shop and/or cook together, as well as other homestead activities. Also your Dad, Renée, Josh or either family members are involved.
Cherish these moments with her mom! It’s so nice to see the both of you on the kitchen together. I wish my mom was still here with me. She was an amazing cook and I learned a lot from her.
Love seeing your beautiful mom! She is so enjoyable to watch cook and talk about recipes. I love her calm and kind spirit. Love the videos when you have her in them!
I love these videos with you and your mom! I used to spend a bunch of time in the kitchen with my mom prepping for family dinners. She has passed now and I miss her terrible. I feel so blessed that I have all my memories of our beautiful times together. I also have learned from you, your mom and many of your friends that message you on your videos! I’m 65 yrs young and still learning every day! Blessings for you and yours! 🦋🥰💕🙏
For my potato bake I always sauté the onions first whatever the recipe says it takes away that raw onion taste. It’s the one recipe that makes me glad I have a mandolin! Happy Easter ❤❤
Becky I love watching you and your mom. You are great together. There is one point in this video when your mom looks at you and you see her concern for you. It just melted my heart. I hope you got lots of rest when you went home.
I absolutely love it when you and your mom cook, shop and are just together! The two of you are “the dynamic duo” in cooking/gardening! You are years younger than me but I have learned so much! Keep up your videos, so enjoyable!!!
Hi Becky, if you are truly considering growing horseradish, I suggest you either grow it by the woods or build it It’s own garden box! horseradish roots, grow very deep into the ground, and even a small piece can create a whole new plant. Guaranteed it’ll spread! wherever you plant it the first year is where it will live for all of time! Lol I am a northern gardener. horseradish is very prevalent here. I would assume even more so in a zone 7 climate. Be careful where you plant horseradish it’ll be there for your grandchildren!♥️ happy Easter 🐣
Hello Bekky, your mum was saying about getting more out of the lemons, she is full of so much info but another way of getting more juice out of your lemons is to roll them and even putting them into the microwave for just a couple of seconds, you will really be surprised how much more juice you will get out of your lemons.
I learned a new trick for scalloped potatoes...put the in your instant pot with the chicken broth and cook the sliced potatoes for 5 minutes and then pour the cheese sauce over and then bake in the over until you have your desired brown-ness.
You and your mom are so funny . You two work so well with each other. Delious recipes. And your dad is the clean up guy. So sweet. 😊Love all you videos.
My mom's bday is April 8th she is 84 years old!! We are celebrating on Easter on Sunday April 9th... she is awesome like your mom!! We are having ham and scallop potatoes but with cheese!! So YUMMY HAPPY EASTER!
Hi Becki. I recently discovered Chef Jean Pierre’s UA-cam channel and found under his Vegetable episode, he demonstrates how to prepare/cut several vegetables. I was intrigued by how he cleaned/cut asparagus and broccoli. I’ve tried both and was surprised at how little waste I had! Peeling the bottom 3/4 of an asparagus stalk vs breaking the ends off saved so much from going into the compost and stalks of the broccoli were so tasty. Thought I’d share this recent discovery 😊.
if not eating the "tough" part/stem of either asparagus, broccoli or even cauliflower..save in a freezer bags and use for stick making day! then compost the cooked stems etc cut once use thrice ! ☮️&🌱's -tracee (LeRoy's wife)
Hi guys. Just a quick note on the two tools ... the second smaller item is called a 'steel'. You might see chefs and butchers pull one out and run their knife along it a few times. It doesn't sharpen the knife, it just gives it a quick clean up before using. It maintains the knife's sharpness for a little longer before it needs proper sharpening. Love all your recipes!!
How Fun 💕!!! I learned something new at 60!!! To coat the berries!!! Thank You!!! My Mom and I used to cook the holiday meals like this up until a few years ago but now She has advanced Alzheimer's so we can't. She's 85 and I moved in with Her so we find other fun things to do. God Bless Your Family 🙏 and Happy Easter 🐣❤. Western Upstate New York here
I love watching you and your mom! When citrus fruits are in season, I zest in two forms (microplane shreds and vegetable peeler strips) and keep in jars in the freezer. I also freeze juice in icecube trays and store in bags. Then I have zest for baked goods and desserts all year long (cakes, pancakes, baked oatmeal, muffins, mousses, cheesecakes, …) and for cocktails and other drinks (great for gin&tonic, sangrias, lemonades,…). I don’t have a freeze dryer, so maybe you could try to make citrus peal powder and let us know how it turns out! I’m guessing it’s a flavor bomb!
With you scalloped potatoes/potatoes au gratin you can also intersperse your potatoes with some squash carrots sweet potatoes etc. It offers variety in texture and flavour in finished product.
I thoroughly loveYou're cooking and shopping days with your mom And also when you have work days with your mom and dad They are really fun. You're so fortunate to have wonderful parents that you enjoy being around and a fantastic husband and now a little one. Have a blessed Easter And thank you for all of your videos
I own a bakery and I put the cakes back in the pan after they have cooled on the rack and I wrap the whole pan. The metal helps it stay colder in the fridge. I dont ever freeze my cakes. They have a tendancy to have air blow outs in the frosting as the temp comes back up.
Y'all brought so much joy to this old woman's heart watching you both in the kitchen. I just loved it so much and I love your momma! And you're right, I learn so much from you and Susan and your followers! And I want to say a huge thank you to both of you for always sharing your recipes. The 5 layer Wedding cake y'all did last year for Easter, I made this year! Can't wait to try it tomorrow AND I'm going to decorate it just like your daddy did too. ❤
My Dad used to slice potato's a bit thicker and put a pat of butter and a slice of onion between each slice and bake them, on the grill, wrapped in tin foil. It was a family favorite when we were camping!
As usual, you AND your mom is a really special treat. This meal had to be fabulous. I’m 63 and I’ve never done lamb. I’m so happy to see how you do it. Everything you made, caused the mouth jets to pop. I can’t smell since I had Covid but I can remember what so much of that meal smells like. 🙏✝️ Have a beautiful and blessed Easter Celebration 🙏✝️ He is alive ✝️🙏🙏♥️
I have made the gratin potatoes your way for Easter and Thanksgiving before but I use sage and shallots , nutmeg, garlic in mine and we love it. I am so happy watching your videos . I have followed you in my canning also. This week I have saved my potatoes, carrots and onions before we start planting for this year's planting. You keep me going. I am 78 years old and find your help imencely helpful. Keep them coming. Oh, I also froze 12 french toast, some chopped onion and mushrooms so they do not go bad.
The meal looks amazing! I love videos of you and your mom cooking together. My mom passed 5 years ago, and videos like this take me back to all those wonderful holiday meals we cooked together. What a blessing to have a mom like yours!
So much fun to see you and your Mom working together! You both had great tips and ideas! Always love your videos! Happy Easter to you and your family! ✝️ 💐🩷
I love, love ,LOVE that Becky mentioned the knife sharpening/honing tips and how she'd learned them from her comments section. The way she said it, it sounded like "Hey, my friends taught me this!"
Never made scalloped potatoes with the peel left on, but a few people here on youtube do, so next time I will leave peels on when I make my scalloped potatoes and ham! Love leg of lamb(my Mom always made with Eggplant Parmesan, because when we first had both was at dinner at a friends and that is what she made together. Yummy!). Love the idea of the peas and shallots(have never cook with shallots), will try that recipe for sure! Thank both you and your Mom!
I know this is an old video but you said you like tips. If your freezer ever smells you can put newspaper ( black/White) pages in and the charcoal ink will absorb the odors. Works for other places like drawers or trunks. Also wicker baskets also absorb odors. Great for children's shoes!! I have 4 children. It really works!!!!
I love scalloped potatoes. I make the traditional without cheese, just a nice bechamel sauce with a tiny bit of fresh nutmeg. That sauce is how my mom got us kids to eat broccoli and brussels sprouts.😄 Y'all are fun to watch! Happy Easter🐇🐣💐
Such a delight to see mother and daughter working in concert and allowing and celebrating creative amendments to recipes. The organization makes this possible and the food is spiced with lots of love and laughter. Yum!
Hi Becky! I love when your Mom is in a video with you! I always enjoy time in the kitchen with my mom too! I'm looking forward to seeing your seedlings! So excited to watch your new garden grow. I'm planting and everyday more are popping up!
27:09 The au gratin potatoes might be fun to do for the 4th of July alternating rows of red skin, white/yellow, and blue (purple) potatoes. Especially running them the width of the pan instead of the length, so you get more rows. =) If you’ve never tried non-stick foil it’s kind of a game changer. I particularly like to use it when making something with cheese so that I don’t lose any cheesy goodness. =)
What I wouldn’t give for an invite to one of your family dinner parties! Lol. The whole thing from start to finish would be a life-changing experience! 😂 Everything always looks so perfect and the two of you together make the whole process look so effortless.
Becky, we just love your Mom, she is wonderful cooking with you! As others have said she needs her own show too! She is a great teacher, so you must have learned how to be a great teacher from her!
Just a heads up, you can pre-prepare potatoes, just make sure to put them in a non reactive dish covered in water in the fridge - the potatoes actually get more crisp. I julienne potatoes for a side dish and sometime slice up too many or just can't finish them into julienne that day so I stick them in the fridge submersed and they haven't discoloured on me so far and I've been doing it for a long time.
I've made the potatoes many times but I used a food processed for the slicing of the potatoes and onions. It saved alot of time and came out pretty much the same size.
Hi Becky! I used to own a little online bakery for four years and here’s some tips and reasons for why your mom did the things the recipe told her to do: when beating sugar and butter together, most recipes don’t state for how long to do this for but generally for cookies and sponge cakes, you want to beat this mixture for 7-10 minutes. The longer you beat the butter and sugar, the lighter and more aerated the mixture becomes. (This is the opposite of what you should do when it's time to add dry ingredients in cookies -less mixing is best, just folding the dry ingredients in with your cookie mix-ins to avoid developing the gluten in your cookies.)
As for mixing the dry ingredients in 3 parts with the wet mixture in between, it’s mostly for equal incorporating, to avoid dry lumps of flour without needing to overmix the batter. The wet mixture needed to sit for at least 3 minutes to allow the acids in the lemon to curdle the milk, creating sort of a sour cream/buttermilk mixture.
All that aside, just wanted to let you know I’ve been an avid follower for the past 3 years! I am sooo excited for your new garden. Sometimes I watch your old videos just because I miss your old kitchen and old garden so much. Your last day in your previous garden made me cry! But still so so very excited to watch your new garden grow 😍🥰
Wow this is so helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to write this out for me and other to learn from!
I agree! How nice to share these amazing tips with them !
Becky really is unique in that she brings us all together in a safe environment to learn from each other. Not everyone has a mum or grandma who teaches us kitchen basics and family recipes. We are from all over the world but it's like we are neighbours, friends and a creative team. I'm personally in New Zealand and while I love anything to do with feeding others but it's all self taught as my Mum didn't share my enthusiasm.
Love your dad sitting down to read in the background! 🤣Makes it feel like we're really there. Everything looks great.
@@gillgallon9631 and all of you other supportive commenters, please report him as a bully/harasser. That's what I did.
@@LurkerSmurf Already done, along with blocking him.
It’s almost comical how Becky’s mom is an organized and to the book cook, while Becky seasons and measures with what makes her heart happy.
Together though, that is an amazing pair!!
Amazing teamwork!! ❤❤❤❤
When it comes to asparagus you waste a lot if you go by the snapping method, what you do it’s just cut a small piece at the base of it and see where the tender part starts and use as a reference guide for the rest. I learned that from Dan from the test kitchen.
I absolutely LOVE that!!!!!!
I couldn't agree more, they are just wonderful together!
Hello Becky and Susan!
Growing horseradish in a pot is highly suggested. If you put it in the garden, it will grow fast, like bamboo, and take over everything.
I agree that we all learn from each other. That’s why I love your videos. You’re always teaching us, and sometimes we can teach you, too.
Oh, good ro know. Ty
Isn't that the truth
YES!!! Jess over at Roots and Refuge Farm just shared that on her channel. It was in a bed that they removed and it was coming up where the bed had been at. She's going to plant it at the edge of the forest. Such a great community here!!! Love you and your mom's adventures!!! Reminds me of my sweet mother!!! You girls rock!!!!💖
TOTALLY agree with this! It took me several years to completely get rid of horseradish in my raised bed. Any little bit of the root that is left behind will sprout another plant!
Thank you so much for the suggestion!!
Love a Becky and Mom cook-a-thon!
Awe, thanks!
Yes, I love you and your mom!! More videos of you two together, please. You are so blessed to have the mom that everyone should be blessed with. God bless you both!!
Yes, memories are so precious. They work well together don’t they? ❤
You probably heard this a million times but seriously your mom needs a UA-cam channel of her own. She’s an absolute delight to watch 🤗
Awe, thanks! I’d rather just make guest appearances on Becky’s channel, all the fun, none of the WORK!
Love ❤️
@@susanjones3177I love watching you cook. And how organized you are. I search for the videos particularly featuring you.
She most certainly is, they just need to do more together!
Your mom needs a channel of just her stories 😂 I love hearing them. Her witty banter kills me " my island has never-ever space"
The best is when Becky is cooking with her mom I do live moms story's
Love
I AGREE 💯
Awe, thanks!
Yes yes yes
Your mom should have her own channel! What a knowledgeable, organized, and inspiring lady!
Awe, thanks! I’d rather just make guest appearances on Becky’s channel, all the fun, none of the WORK!
Okay I really enjoy your show
Want more party videos of you & your mom…I’ll be there watching !!
My Mom and I used to cook together for the holidays. She now has advanced dementia and hasn’t been able to cook for the past 4 years.
Watching you two together makes me feel like I am with family again. Thank you for sharing with all of us. 💗
I know how you feel, ❤
@@gailrigelsky3224 💗🥰
Precious memories ❤
So sorry to hear hun
@@terihoy7945 💗🥰
So cute. You and your Mom are a pleasure to watch. What beautiful memories you create ❤.
I love seeing your Mum, she’s a beautiful woman who is an amazing hostess. I can see why you love shopping and meal prepping with her. Blessing you all this Easter weekend ❤🙏🇮🇪
Awe, thanks!
@@susanjones3177 Hope you had a wonderful Easter Sunday Susan? Blessings to you and your family from Ireland 🙏❤️🐣🇮🇪
My favorite thing was to cook with my mom grandma and listen to their stories from when they were younger and how things have changed since then oh how I miss them so much rip
It seems so much more fun prepping the food WITH someone rather than doing it all alone! Your Mom is so nice and a fun person to cook with. Your Dad is such a nice man...considerate of all that you both do! HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL
Awe, thanks!
@@susanjones3177 Most welcome
I know right! I wish my mother was still here!
@@Brandi_the_Baker I wish mine was too. She passed 2 years ago in January and my Dad just passed March 9 this year. I missed them.
The videos of Becky and her mom shopping or food prepping are my favorite!! Love her mom! 😊
Same!!! 🙌
I agree! Her mom is absolutly precious and just makes me smile. Love your channel Becky, you do a fantastic job!
Mine too but I also love to see her Dad❤😊
Mine too, I've lost my mother and watching their cooking and shopping days brings back such happy memories.
I love the dinner party prep cooking videos with her mom. Cherished memories! Thank you Becky for sharing your mom & her wisdom with us! Thank your mom for us too please?
I made you’re no-knead-bread for the 4th time and… it’s AMAZING! I don’t know why I waited to make it. YOU and your videos have made me a confident cook and not scared to try to cook new things. ❤ i watch ALL of you’re videos, in fact i watch your videos and i cook to give me ideas to make! I love your videos! 😊
Dear heaven! It is not surprising that you turned out she well as a person, Becky, when we get to spend time with your mum (and on occasion, your dad). You are all such lovely people! The effort that you go into for family gatherings is amazing. I truly believe the planning rivals a war time military operation, no word of a lie. I appreciate the time your mum takes to arrange the schedule for the roasts and the baking and so on. Plus … it needs to be said, your mum is such a natural in front of the camera. The two of you carry no pretence while you are demonstrating the putting together of the recipes. There is no doubt that your Easter family meal will be a success. I hope your family recognizes the effort that the two of you have put into the organization of this family event! Happy Easter!
I loved Becky’s face when her Mom started the Leg of Lamb story. She’s like oh boy, here she goes. Haha. I get the exact look from my daughter
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Becky's facial expressions don't lie 😂
So cute !
I love watching you and your mom together. My momma passed 10/23/2015 and I miss times like this with her and my daughters Zonna and Kizzy.
I lost my mum when l was 8 of cancer and my dad died 18 months later of a angina attack miss both of them every day but l have my loving family for support
Love seeing your mother and you cooking together.
Awe, thanks!
Lamb studded with rosemary...and ģarlic ......fresh mint sauce.....favourite European dish
Great tip is pick up some shelf stable milk at the $tree(they carry whole, 1%, 2%, almond and oat milk. Then you always have milk for recipes without having to buy a whole gallon or time sensitive.
Hi Girls, to make a light Victoria Sponge you also need to fold in the flour - don’t use the mixer! Hope you had a wonderful party 🎉
Yes, this was going to be my suggestion!
Fold the flour in with a metal spoon. Keeps all the air in.
Becky,
It makes me smile and feel happy to watch you and your mother working in the kitchen together. You know how a married couple can finish each other
sentences, well, you and your mother, in a kitchen sort of way, help each other create the yummiest dishes and meals. You both look like you are throughly enjoying your time together.
Thank you both for such an enjoyable visit.❤😊
I really wish I had this type of relationship with my mom, but for now I'll just live vicariously through the two of you. Thanks for posting Becky, and thank you Becky's mom for joining in the video fun. ❤️ I hope your family has a lovely Easter/birthday celebration!
Ever since I started watching your channel I have wondered how someone so young was so knowledgeable and smart. This prep video shows where you get it. Your mom is amazing and so organized. Love her!!
It is really sweet to see your dad behind y’all reading his book. Also, I always park boil my potatoes before putting my au gratin potato casserole together.
Great idea, would certainly cook faster!
GREAT IDEA!
My mom always recommended parboiling the potatoes before making scalloped potatoes.
@@AcreHomestead where did your mom’s 8” cake pans come from?
Another way to get more juice from your citrus is to microwave for 10 seconds, then roll firmly on the counter and THEN juice it!
I put all my tough asparagus ends in a big ziploc in the freezer. Once I have a full bag I can make asparagus soup because if you blend with a high powered blender (I have a Blendtec) it will take care of those tough ends.
I love when you spend time with your Mom Cooking. It's nice to see such genuine respect you have for one another. I wish with all my heart I still had mine to cook with. You are a very blessed woman! Thanks for sharing your family!
Don't throw away you bottoms of the asparagus, freeze them for cream of asparagus soup(which is delicious)! Even though not as tender, still alot of goodness from the vegetable in those ends.
Becky you and your Mom have such a great relationship and you treat each other with such respect I just love watching your family meal preps!!
Awe, thanks!
"Cupboards" are freestanding units of shelves, some with drawers at the bottom and they can be open fronted or enclosed with doors like an armoire. Cabinets are permanently installed against walls or into permanently attached work islands. It's a bigger difference than between a sharpening wand or a honing rod which is merely linguistic, more like the difference between an "ice box' and a refrigerator which are different things.
LOVE the Mama and Becky videos! Tell sweet Mama to look for a helix lemon juicer, she will LOVE IT, easier on aging hands!😉 Also! Tell her if she holds the lemon in the opposite hand & turns her zester upside down and drags it across her lemon, she can see how much of the zest she's getting off her lemon (not pith) AND she catches all the zest on top of the zester, seeing how much she's actually getting. It was a total game changer for me on only getting zest. 😊👍
How fortunate you are to still have your Mother. She is a beautiful and vibrant woman so enjoy her and love her, like she deserves. Have a great Easter.
Enjoyed watching you and your Mom cooking together, so delightful! I bet her kitchen smelled wonderful. Happy Easter and Easter Blessings to your whole family.
So the reason for adding the lemon juice to the milk / sour cream mixture and having it sit for 3 minutes is so that it can curdle and become like a buttermilk which helps with the richness and the flavor of the cake.
Hi Becky. So wonderful to see you and your Mom in the kitchen. I am the youngest out of 6 kids and my Mom just turned 98 and I just cherish those days when we cooked and baked together. Enjoy the times with your Mom! ❤
I absolutely love when you & your mum cook together, not to mention the delicious food, your family is blessed to have you both in their lives...a little tip u have when I'm slicing potatoes, u cut a slice off the bottom to make it flat, I find it easier & much safer as the potatoe stays put & you don't notice any difference once they are cooked...cheers from a loyal fan from Australia
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I don’t care what you guys make, I just love the relationship that you have. You are so blessed to have that strong bond. Blessings that you had a great dinner. Hope you show us the rest of the prep and final product, especially the cake. Happy Easter to you and your family.🙏💕💕
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Hey Becky I always wonder why you use a knife for thin slicing and not a good mandoline with adjustable slice thickness? My mother in law gave me one for Christmas three years ago and it has been a game changer. It is so much tidier and quicker especially if you need to slice a bunch of stuff. But maybe you just enjoy using your knife more which is also totally valid, I just thought I mention it. Thank you for letting us be part of your life and giving us amazing content.
Always love watching you and your mom in the kitchen! Happy Easter!
Freeze your cheese rinds for use in soups and sauces.😊
I really love the times when you two shop and/or cook together, as well as other homestead activities. Also your Dad, Renée, Josh or either family members are involved.
Thanks for sharing the way you shop and cook
I had home economics in school and we learned to start with dry and end with dry. She did it just right.
Cherish these moments with her mom! It’s so nice to see the both of you on the kitchen together. I wish my mom was still here with me. She was an amazing cook and I learned a lot from her.
Love how you and your mom work together. Like best friends. Enjoyable to watch informative also.
You and your Mom cook/prepare so awesome together. You help each other rather than each doing their own thing. Great memories!
Love seeing your beautiful mom! She is so enjoyable to watch cook and talk about recipes. I love her calm and kind spirit. Love the videos when you have her in them!
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@@susanjones3177 you are a gem! Please keep showing up in your daughter's videos!
I love these videos with you and your mom! I used to spend a bunch of time in the kitchen with my mom prepping for family dinners. She has passed now and I miss her terrible. I feel so blessed that I have all my memories of our beautiful times together. I also have learned from you, your mom and many of your friends that message you on your videos! I’m 65 yrs young and still learning every day! Blessings for you and yours! 🦋🥰💕🙏
My favorite berry cake is a berry chantilly. Next time you need a berry cake recipe it’s for sure a crowd pleaser!
I love when you and your mom cook together. My mom has not been in the best mental health and I miss cooking and making crafts with her.
For my potato bake I always sauté the onions first whatever the recipe says it takes away that raw onion taste. It’s the one recipe that makes me glad I have a mandolin! Happy Easter ❤❤
Becky I love watching you and your mom. You are great together. There is one point in this video when your mom looks at you and you see her concern for you. It just melted my heart. I hope you got lots of rest when you went home.
Love it when you and your mom cook together. HAPPY EASTER everyone!!
I absolutely love it when you and your mom cook, shop and are just together! The two of you are “the dynamic duo” in cooking/gardening! You are years younger than me but I have learned so much! Keep up your videos, so enjoyable!!!
Hi Becky, if you are truly considering growing horseradish, I suggest you either grow it by the woods or build it It’s own garden box! horseradish roots, grow very deep into the ground, and even a small piece can create a whole new plant. Guaranteed it’ll spread! wherever you plant it the first year is where it will live for all of time! Lol I am a northern gardener. horseradish is very prevalent here. I would assume even more so in a zone 7 climate. Be careful where you plant horseradish it’ll be there for your grandchildren!♥️ happy Easter 🐣
Hello Bekky, your mum was saying about getting more out of the lemons, she is full of so much info but another way of getting more juice out of your lemons is to roll them and even putting them into the microwave for just a couple of seconds, you will really be surprised how much more juice you will get out of your lemons.
I made a cake from scratch this morning, I picked up a few tips! Thank you Susan🌸
You are very welcome!
Use a wire whisk to stir the flour in the wire strainer. It will help the flour pass through super quick. I used to do this when I worked at a bakery.
I learned a new trick for scalloped potatoes...put the in your instant pot with the chicken broth and cook the sliced potatoes for 5 minutes and then pour the cheese sauce over and then bake in the over until you have your desired brown-ness.
Thanks for the tip! I had a hard time getting the potatoes soft the last time I made them. I didn’t think they would ever get done
You and your mom are so funny . You two work so well with each other. Delious recipes. And your dad is the clean up guy. So sweet. 😊Love all you videos.
I always butter my dish before putting in my potatoes. Just helps clean up and does add another layer of richness to the recipe.
My mom's bday is April 8th she is 84 years old!! We are celebrating on Easter on Sunday April 9th... she is awesome like your mom!! We are having ham and scallop potatoes but with cheese!! So YUMMY HAPPY EASTER!
Even though I watch all of your uploads I have to say my faves are the cooking ones and your mom just adds to the fun! Thank you so much!
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Not only do you give good hints, but your mom is terrific also. Love her hint about flouring berries before adding to recipes.
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Hi Becki. I recently discovered Chef Jean Pierre’s UA-cam channel and found under his Vegetable episode, he demonstrates how to prepare/cut several vegetables. I was intrigued by how he cleaned/cut asparagus and broccoli. I’ve tried both and was surprised at how little waste I had! Peeling the bottom 3/4 of an asparagus stalk vs breaking the ends off saved so much from going into the compost and stalks of the broccoli were so tasty. Thought I’d share this recent discovery 😊.
if not eating the "tough" part/stem of either asparagus, broccoli or even cauliflower..save in a freezer bags and use for stick making day!
then compost the cooked stems etc
cut once use thrice !
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-tracee (LeRoy's wife)
Hi guys. Just a quick note on the two tools ... the second smaller item is called a 'steel'. You might see chefs and butchers pull one out and run their knife along it a few times. It doesn't sharpen the knife, it just gives it a quick clean up before using. It maintains the knife's sharpness for a little longer before it needs proper sharpening. Love all your recipes!!
A mandolin is great for doing thinly sliced vegetables and so fast ,much easier than hand slicing.
How Fun 💕!!! I learned something new at 60!!! To coat the berries!!! Thank You!!! My Mom and I used to cook the holiday meals like this up until a few years ago but now She has advanced Alzheimer's so we can't. She's 85 and I moved in with Her so we find other fun things to do. God Bless Your Family 🙏 and Happy Easter 🐣❤. Western Upstate New York here
I love watching you and your mom!
When citrus fruits are in season, I zest in two forms (microplane shreds and vegetable peeler strips) and keep in jars in the freezer. I also freeze juice in icecube trays and store in bags. Then I have zest for baked goods and desserts all year long (cakes, pancakes, baked oatmeal, muffins, mousses, cheesecakes, …) and for cocktails and other drinks (great for gin&tonic, sangrias, lemonades,…). I don’t have a freeze dryer, so maybe you could try to make citrus peal powder and let us know how it turns out! I’m guessing it’s a flavor bomb!
With you scalloped potatoes/potatoes au gratin you can also intersperse your potatoes with some squash carrots sweet potatoes etc. It offers variety in texture and flavour in finished product.
I thoroughly loveYou're cooking and shopping days with your mom And also when you have work days with your mom and dad They are really fun. You're so fortunate to have wonderful parents that you enjoy being around and a fantastic husband and now a little one. Have a blessed Easter And thank you for all of your videos
I own a bakery and I put the cakes back in the pan after they have cooled on the rack and I wrap the whole pan. The metal helps it stay colder in the fridge. I dont ever freeze my cakes. They have a tendancy to have air blow outs in the frosting as the temp comes back up.
Y'all brought so much joy to this old woman's heart watching you both in the kitchen. I just loved it so much and I love your momma! And you're right, I learn so much from you and Susan and your followers! And I want to say a huge thank you to both of you for always sharing your recipes. The 5 layer Wedding cake y'all did last year for Easter, I made this year! Can't wait to try it tomorrow AND I'm going to decorate it just like your daddy did too. ❤
My Dad used to slice potato's a bit thicker and put a pat of butter and a slice of onion between each slice and bake them, on the grill, wrapped in tin foil. It was a family favorite when we were camping!
As usual, you AND your mom is a really special treat. This meal had to be fabulous. I’m 63 and I’ve never done lamb. I’m so happy to see how you do it. Everything you made, caused the mouth jets to pop. I can’t smell since I had Covid but I can remember what so much of that meal smells like.
🙏✝️ Have a beautiful and blessed Easter Celebration 🙏✝️ He is alive ✝️🙏🙏♥️
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I have made the gratin potatoes your way for Easter and Thanksgiving before but I use sage and shallots , nutmeg, garlic in mine and we love it. I am so happy watching your videos . I have followed you in my canning also. This week I have saved my potatoes, carrots and onions before we start planting for this year's planting. You keep me going. I am 78 years old and find your help imencely helpful. Keep them coming. Oh, I also froze 12 french toast, some chopped onion and mushrooms so they do not go bad.
Love the videos with you and your Mom preparing for a holiday meal. All your videos are enjoyable but the ones with your Mom are special. Thanks
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OMG. The videos of you and your mom shopping then cooking meals are my fav videos. The relationship ya'll have is amazing!!
I always love watching you, but it is such a treat when it’s you and your mom. It all looks so delicious.
The meal looks amazing! I love videos of you and your mom cooking together. My mom passed 5 years ago, and videos like this take me back to all those wonderful holiday meals we cooked together. What a blessing to have a mom like yours!
So much fun to see you and your Mom working together! You both had great tips and ideas! Always love your videos! Happy Easter to you and your family! ✝️ 💐🩷
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I love, love ,LOVE that Becky mentioned the knife sharpening/honing tips and how she'd learned them from her comments section. The way she said it, it sounded like "Hey, my friends taught me this!"
Happy Saturday! Hope everyone has an amazing Easter tomorrow! 🐰🐣
Never made scalloped potatoes with the peel left on, but a few people here on youtube do, so next time I will leave peels on when I make my scalloped potatoes and ham! Love leg of lamb(my Mom always made with Eggplant Parmesan, because when we first had both was at dinner at a friends and that is what she made together. Yummy!). Love the idea of the peas and shallots(have never cook with shallots), will try that recipe for sure! Thank both you and your Mom!
I really love the idea of having the potatoes slices upright! I bet it makes serving easier too! I love when you and your mom cook together😊.
I know this is an old video but you said you like tips. If your freezer ever smells you can put newspaper ( black/White) pages in and the charcoal ink will absorb the odors. Works for other places like drawers or trunks. Also wicker baskets also absorb odors. Great for children's shoes!! I have 4 children. It really works!!!!
I love scalloped potatoes. I make the traditional without cheese, just a nice bechamel sauce with a tiny bit of fresh nutmeg. That sauce is how my mom got us kids to eat broccoli and brussels sprouts.😄 Y'all are fun to watch! Happy Easter🐇🐣💐
Such a delight to see mother and daughter working in concert and allowing and celebrating creative amendments to recipes. The organization makes this possible and the food is spiced with lots of love and laughter. Yum!
Tell your mum to do her own videos love seeing both of you together lovely family
Awe, thanks! I’d rather just make guest appearances on Becky’s channel, all the fun, none of the WORK!
Hi Becky! I love when your Mom is in a video with you! I always enjoy time in the kitchen with my mom too! I'm looking forward to seeing your seedlings! So excited to watch your new garden grow. I'm planting and everyday more are popping up!
You both work so good together in the kitchen. How sweet you both are. Everything looks great. Happy Easter 🙏♥️
27:09 The au gratin potatoes might be fun to do for the 4th of July alternating rows of red skin, white/yellow, and blue (purple) potatoes. Especially running them the width of the pan instead of the length, so you get more rows. =)
If you’ve never tried non-stick foil it’s kind of a game changer. I particularly like to use it when making something with cheese so that I don’t lose any cheesy goodness. =)
What I wouldn’t give for an invite to one of your family dinner parties! Lol. The whole thing from start to finish would be a life-changing experience! 😂 Everything always looks so perfect and the two of you together make the whole process look so effortless.
Same!!! Lol❤❤
Becky, we just love your Mom, she is wonderful cooking with you! As others have said she needs her own show too! She is a great teacher, so you must have learned how to be a great teacher from her!
What a fun day!! I love watching you and your mom cook together.
Just a heads up, you can pre-prepare potatoes, just make sure to put them in a non reactive dish covered in water in the fridge - the potatoes actually get more crisp. I julienne potatoes for a side dish and sometime slice up too many or just can't finish them into julienne that day so I stick them in the fridge submersed and they haven't discoloured on me so far and I've been doing it for a long time.
Yay! Becky and her mom prep cooking for Easter while I’m prep cooking for Easter!! 🎉🥰
I absolutely put my Parmesan rind in my Minestrone. I save them in the freezer to use when needed.
Happy Easter. Love seeing Dad sitting in his chair in the background.
I've made the potatoes many times but I used a food processed for the slicing of the potatoes and onions. It saved alot of time and came out pretty much the same size.