Harvesting Dinner (Farm to Table harvest and Cook with me) | VLOG

[@tinymillymakes]

Rarely do I come out of lurking to comment but I just gotta say THESE are the videos I miss the most. Not necessarily the cooking (while I do love that too) but the HARVEST. I love watching you harvest such abundance. It's so inspiring to be honest.

[@littlecountrykitchen]

❤yes love it! Jess, Wondering if the Nasturtium helps ward off the squash bugs, that is what I've heard. Wondering your experience!! 🤔 Next time we love to see the plate ready and what Ben... thunk of the meal! 😂❤

[@Onniesprairiegarden]

Yes! Harvesting videos are one of my favorites!

[@huizy9793]

Dido

[@lastnamefirstname612]

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[@amandafrederick8308]

LOVE THESE COOK WITH ME'S!!!

[@muhleekuh]

I don’t know what it is about your videos, but they truly inspire me to go out into the garden every time. I will literally pause the video take a walk in the garden and then pick up where I left off. Thank you for sharing with us, Jess!

[@RootsandRefugeFarm]

That is awesome!

[@JennaGoforth]

I do this same thing! Love being in the garden ❤

[@WOODARD-hp6qt]

Every, single, time. Sit to watch and then next thing you know here I go with my seed book headed to the garden.

[@growingingracebyhisgrace3927]

I just did the same and harvested a round of peas! Praise the lord for such encouragement 🙌🏼

[@AlexandraLong-t4f]

Thank you for bridging the gaps between growing, harvesting, and eating REAL food. :)

[@denisescull4227]

So glad you understand the value in showing how you use what you grow. What seems simple or mundane to you has great value for so many of us. Thank you for sharing ❤

[@heathernotzdaniels6350]

"You are highly favored.". Couldn't say it much better, Jeremiah!! ❤❤

[@dianabrock6383]

New follower here. Is her husband's name Jeremiah? And she calls him Miah? We have a Nehemiah and call him Miah. He is our 4th son.

[@heathernotzdaniels6350]

@@dianabrock6383 Yes, his full name is Jeremiah. 😊

[@Mikosun]

“Jess looks at camera and tosses a half cup of butter in pan.” 😂😂😂 me: YES! #buttermakeseverythingbetter 🧈🧈🧈

[@michellestjohn4826]

Jess, Last night I made sausage, potatoes, and green beans for dinner. The green beans came from our garden. I was able to harvest enough to feed us for dinner and leftovers for lunch. I cannot express to you how proud I was to harvest just this one product and have it be enough to make a healthy side for my family. This channel gave me the confidence to just get started with gardening. I spent two years overthinking and feeling too uneducated and crippled by analysis paralysis to actually grow things. Watching you gave me permission to just put some plants in the ground and get started. I have already learned so much and cannot wait to improve with each season. Tonight we will be having potatoes from our garden, garden fresh cucumber for snacks, and later this week I’ll be using my home grown peppers in some chili. I’m nowhere near making a complete meal from my homestead like this, but I could not be more excited about where we are. Please make more content like this! I love getting produce from my garden, but sometimes I look at it and think “so what do I do with this now”. We have been so conditioned to only use the limited selection of fruits and veggies at the grocery store. We go out and buy what we need to make a recipe from Pinterest. We don’t learn how to look at what we grow and develop a meal for our families. This type of content is so helpful to reframe how we eat, and I know that the more of this I watch, the more confident I will become to grow “unusual” foods and know how to actually use them for a meal.

[@donnaharratt]

Well said!!

[@angelasmith4286]

Love the last couple harvest videos. I say a mess of beans at least 40 years since I was twenty two a mess of greens it means alot enough for a large pot full of beans or greens tell Miah. Love to watch you and cooking what you pull for dinner. Peaches are so expensive now due to freezing. You lucked up this year . Bless you and family.. ❤

[@lionheartfarmandgardening]

I love to walk through the garden to figure out dinner as well. I agree with you, it is really hard to then go back and film the whole process. What a lot of people don't see is filming things makes the task take 2-3 times longer than it normally would. Filming food and getting it done while the food is hot takes a lot, you did a fantastic job with it all! It's so nice to see like minded people! Thanks for the hard work Jess! ❤❤

[@TheEmbrio]

Miah must have missed you, he is very presentnin this video ! So cute to have parents helping get dinner ready together

[@ingenoordam7422]

Thank you 😊

[@denam3]

More of these farm to table videos please! Love them and as a newer gardener I don’t have as much trouble growing the plants as I do cooking with them and finding that inspiration! Thank you

[@LaBonnevie61]

I know you don’t like to do these sorts of videos but I love when you do. Thank you. ❤

[@freeomelettefarm]

I love your "Potatoes are back on the menu, boys." A LOTR reference is always appreciated. Thank you for the kitchen inspiration!

[@angelad.8944]

I love the ending 😄 🎶I hope this inspires you....makes you wanna go pick your dinner....first you gotta grow it!🎶 There's gotta be a shirt or a sticker in there somewhere.😁

[@Theclancyfamilyhomestead]

😂 the salt and pepper being too personal comment had me dying. That may be my favorite Jess line ever.

[@jenniferrichardson5106]

I just want to acknowledge and show my appreciation for the TLOTR movie reference when you said potatoes are back on the menu, boys! I LOVE that you sometimes throw movie and random quotes out. My family and I do it all the time, and lots of times people have no idea what we are talking about. Gotta love random quotes and songs popping into our heads! 😉 Oh, and I love the rest of the video, as well. 😁

[@littlecountrykitchen]

🎉 watching with cc on and when she said comfrey salve. It was comfreys have. And helichrysum = hella prisons. Rofl 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 i was laughing hysterically. So funny. ❤

[@tess5564]

I appreciate you taking the time and effort to make the cooking content as a busy mama. It is an area I struggle with and this was greatly inspirational.

[@RevLetaLee]

You all have more energy than 10 people. Fun to watch, especially the cooking cuz that's my focus this year, learning to cook all I grow, in ways I enjoy eating.

[@jessicakivett7838]

LoL I love how you nonchalantly tossed the massive clump of butter into the pan 😂 *chef's kiss*

[@yeevita]

I do love videos on what to do with harvests from the garden. I think most people never knew any of this. My parents were farmers and we have always grown things. I enjoy getting dinner from the garden or at least making one dish from the garden. i think if everyone can grow something, it will help with food security and with climate change, as well as give everyone much better food and flavors to eat. All good things for people to have in their lives.

[@ddossman60]

My love!! Happy Friday! Lord you make my days better and we appreciate all these videos!!

[@cassieplatt1480]

Yaaas! Content of growing actually ways to EAT what we grow is sooo helpful!! ❤

[@thehamfamhomestead]

I love these types of videos because i often find myself wondering what to do with my harvest. Today I made dinner with everything I grew/raised except for the rice and mushrooms. I felt so accomplished!

[@iartistdotme]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE when you do this kind of video - cans were where veg came from as a kid and I never learned how to cook like you do. I've tried and have some success but oftentimes I don't. Never saw anyone pick and cook a banana pepper in my life and have a bunch growing in my garden just waiting for you today - so grateful for you! I always stick my leafy 'gleanings' from the day in a large bowl of cold water just to keep them until I can get to them and they always seem so much better for it. Now I learned why BUT also learned I can do other beg that same - carrots for one. Thank you again.

[@sonjasnelling3068]

I was just thinking the other day, “I would like to see how Jess puts together meals from her fresh harvest” Thank you, looks so yummy and YES I am Inspired 🥰

[@whiskeywomanwhisks]

😱your tulsi is beautiful! Tulsi is amazing for anxiety & depression!!! Picking dinner & breakfast & lunch from my backyard is my favorite thing ever!🙌🏻

[@EmmaMG21]

Watching while I roll up my sarmale/stuffed vine leaves that I picked from my garden. Amazing feeling 😊

[@missouribroad978]

Love these cooking with the harvest videos! It can feel overwhelming and it’s always great to get some new inspiration.

[@karensheart]

I enjoy you Jess and all you generously teach! I also enjoy the whole family together! Those boys are soooooadorable! ❤

[@candacebruner9805]

I love your cooking videos! They are so relaxing and fun to watch! I'd love to see more of them even in the winter when youre having to use more preserved food. Its wonderful to watch someone cook a wholesome meal with everything from their farm. Not common to see this now days and super informative info on all your plants!! All the knowledge that you have about caring for your plants has been lost to a lot of this generation. We forget the work and effort it takes to keep things healthy and going, common practice of the old days but not so much now. Grocery store food cant compare to this as if you put in the effort to tend to something and without pesticides at that, I'd imagine you are so much more fulfiled and appreciative of everything you eat! Not to mention the taste is 10x better! Keep it up Jess!! Thanks for inviting us into your dinner routine!!

[@jenedge5579]

Lol, loved the butter toss and the badass look on your face at the moment... “come at me, I dare ya.” 😎

[@sabrinaduk646]

That butter toss felt the equivalent of a mic drop, lol 😂🎉

[@loribethartist6353]

I have hardly ever watched someone cook so much like I do! Love these videos ❤

[@diannegriffith5444]

"Potatos are back on the menu boys!" Best line! Great video.😂

[@Hanna-DailyLife]

I feel like I’m learning so much from your videos

[@jenniferdruery8661]

Been listening to your podcasts and you mentioned “what do I do with this food” issue a few times and I get excited hoping someone could give us more content and inspiration on that very subject! Thank you so very much for sharing this!!!

[@tamararobinson2069]

Super cute!! “First you gotta grow it” 😄And a yummy supper!! Thank You for sharing.

[@robinwillis7203]

You are such a blessing to watch and learn from. Thank you for sharing your life and family with us. May God continue to bless you

[@judifarrington9461]

Thank you, Jess! So many of our meals have been inspired by you. I learned to love roasted cabbage, root veggies and pork sausage, stuffed in a tortilla with a dollop of Baja sauce because of you. Thanks! ❤

[@terigoodwin7531]

Did you know the squash leaves/vine are edible. Looks like you have massive food beyond the squash. Love your videos! Thank you for all your loving service to us!

[@JanicePhillips]

I love eating my sweet potato vines! lol They're better than spinach...plus they grow in this Oklahoma heat when spinach won't! ;-)

[@perfectlyimperfect2023]

My aunt always said she would add a pinch of sugar to her fresh veggies just like she added a pinch of salt to desserts. She used to have an acre garden every year and some of my best memories was picking peas out of her garden in the summer when we were there on weekends. Now I send pickles and peas to her and my uncle out of my garden

[@fraherfarms]

I love your spirit, and you have a way of making things look so easy! I wish you peace and happiness

[@vickiblizzard1001]

When I lived in Indiana and had a big garden (many years ago), I'd frequently have dinner based on what was ready to harvest. One night it could be the last of the spinach before it bolted, green beans that were just maturing, baby onions with chicken over rice. Later in the season, it would be a stir fry of Christmas lima beans (which turn an unappetizing gray when cooked, but are still delicious), green beans, assorted summer squash, various types of tomatoes and baby corn mixed with smoked sausage. In the fall, Brussels sprouts, potatoes, acorn squash chunks and onions mixed with ground pork. I miss that garden - I've never grown one like it since. I loved seeing your harvesting/cooking video today - please show us more as the season progresses and different vegetables are ready for harvest!

[@Britt1586]

absolutely loved this! I vote for more videos like this in the future :] What a blessing it is for those who dine at your table, Jess!

[@jennifergasiorowski7471]

No measuring, fly by the seat of my pants home cook here! The abundance is coming here in zone 6b Michigan! I've been picking a little here and there from my garden (which is about a third of one of your high tunnels)! This is the second year of fully organic and it's doing well. Last year was weak but produced, this year is much better and i expect next year will be amazing! I'm going off your statement of first year it sleeps, second year it creeps and third year it leaps! Your garden is a testament to that! So inspiring! My favorite fast food, home cooked, fresh veggie meals are stir fry style like this and i can't wait Thank you thank you thank you for sharing all your knowledge! ❤

[@tammipadilla2774]

I didn't think Basil tea would be very good, but watching this time, I decided to try it. I picked a little Tulsi and Opal basil and steeped while I was making dinner. When I poured the tea into my jar of honey and lemon, it turned a beautiful bright pink from the Opal basil. I refrigerated it, then served over ice. And oh. em. gee. SO GOOD!!! I am scrounging the local nursery for more plants, and starting more from seed, too. My new favorite beverage!

[@jcthompson7666]

This was inspiring, I like that you spoke about the many ways to take the veggie/ground pork mix. Please do more of these when you have time.

[@kassiep665]

Thank you so much! I’m sure making a video and cooking at the same time is tough - I really appreciate it! We have 4 boys so seeing meals like this is helpful to me. Thank you again!

[@rusticheritagecrochet]

I know these videos are tricky to pull off in a busy household right at dinner time, but THANK YOU SO MUCH for doing these types of videos!! So super helpful to see how to utilize these amazing foods we can grow! ❤

[@sandieweatherup]

And a classic Georgia blue denim Hedley & Bennett apron. ❤

[@heatherpahl6927]

How in the world do you simply reach your hands through the thorny squash plants?! Tough skin, sister!

[@dawnmorris3252]

My mind was telling me “You Smell It All “ really need that incredible 7th sense 🤣💚

[@debraalldredge3032]

Oh my goodness I love you Jess!! ❤ I love how you paused at telling us your salt and pepper ratios, then threw the biggest honker of butter in that pan 😂. I just love you so much. That dinner looks amazing by the way.

[@joanneganon7157]

Thanks Jess ,I can smell the Freshness from the Green Mountains 🤭. Enjoy! JO JO IN VT 💞

[@lifeinthepiedmontVirginia]

My sister told me about your Roots n Refuge channel and started following you and then one day your face popped up on this channels so I subscribed and told my sister about your new channel. I just watch a variety of channels and always learn something. Blessings

[@MyHumbleNest]

I love the farm to table videos. I miss the mom life and watching you love your family so genuinely is a pleasure. Thank you and blessings to you and yours.

[@simoneCordingley]

I just came across your channel today. So amazing thank you! I've been vegetable gardening for a year now and have already gotten more tips from your channel than any other I follow! ❤

[@stacyB783]

Thank you for this!! I really hope you do more content like this. It gives ideas of how to use fresh home grown ingredients but that it does not have to be complicated. I appreciate that as I don't usually have time for complicated. 😊

[@KatieLeann]

These are my favorite videos you make other then when you show us how to plant or working in the garden.

[@debbybrady1246]

I harvested my very first potatoes two weeks ago and roasted some for dinner last night. They were delicious and I felt so proud and satisfied. I also canned the rest for later.

[@allisonusry4519]

This was amazing!!! As someone who doesn’t have the big garden yet it inspired me so much. I’ve decided i’m going to go to the Farmers Market and pick a bunch of stuff at random (may even as the seller to pick for me) and make a meal out of it! Just to practice that “cook what you have fresh” mindset!

[@charmainemrtnz]

TELL BEN I PLANTED BANANA PEPPERS BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE OF THEM.! Those onions look great!

[@theresekirkpatrick3337]

I learned a lot about harvesting and I’m a 55 year old pretty good cook and I agree with your tips. Peace from Arizona

[@teneshiabower6723]

Yay, love video day. I check on here as often as I check in the garden. Thanks for the content. Truly love this channel, your love of the garden and love of the lord!

[@terriebrecheisen1875]

Jess, plant DILL with your squash - pumpkins, yellow, butternut, zuchinni... The squash bugs avoid dill. Because of the tachnid fly/bug. You can look this up. I rarely see squash bugs, and I plant a lot of squashes.

[@angelad.8944]

The adults also lay the eggs in the soil around the base of the plant so I have put diatomaceous earth in abundance around there. I wonder if the chickens are able to do anything about that. 🤔 I also dump a generous amount all over the area right after I rip them out to get the eggs and babies when they hatch.

[@Woodlandhoneyfarm]

Thanks for this tip! I’m going to try it!

[@Inkiequill]

Ohh I love this style of video!! Yes please to more garden to kitchen videos!

[@elsaault8642]

Amazing dinner! We call it grocery shopping when i walk out with a basket to harvest. You are so right that homegrown food taste so much better. It must be the dirt that’s on it when it comes to the kitchen 😊 Mother Nature’s seasoning lol

[@jmac9199]

Hey there Jess‼️👋🏾🥰 Farm-to-table is “AWESOME “‼️🫶🏾

[@aprilshowershomestead]

Love this video! Especially the little part where y’all are picking potatoes together!! Very inspiring, in so many ways!! 💗

[@suenavivedisfruta558]

I harvest onions, elephant garlic,oregano, and thyme from my food forest recently. I used some of it for today dinner. Thanks for sharing your harvest. 😊

[@carolyncarlon9870]

Double Ds? Mighty big patty pan squash!

[@carolstacey4955]

I love it. It’s the best part about having a garden cooking dinner right from the harvest.

[@sajmt1414]

Thank you for all the tips. I know how to cook, but boy do I need lots of tips and tricks like these. Thank you so much.

[@sherrybacon8041]

I love this kind of cooking. I hope I have great luck with my garden. Fresh is the best❤

[@WindyRidge3348]

Awesome! When we make a meal like that and scramble the eggs right into it, we call it shipwreck. If we then put it all in a tortilla, we call them shipwraps.😊

[@thedragonflyquarter6480]

Love seeing those Pampered Chef scissors in the WILD

[@suewhalen3919]

Thank you for you! My problem is, the same with the garden as with my canned goods- is that I covet them. To the point they are past prime. I will remind myself to give my self grace, to use and savor that food that I have grown and saved while it is at its best.

[@deborahhilton]

We don't grow out meat but we do get it from Butcher Box. My sides tonight are squash, onions and cucumbers from my garden. I love being able to harvest and cook what I grow.

[@annamorlett]

Dang Jess! You’re getting BUFF 💪🏽 girl. Get it!

[@gelwood99]

In your squash, the only thing I add would be cream! That is my favorite way to eat summer squash!!! Sauteed in butter with onion and add cream at the end, cook to thicken it a bit, the cream takes on the flavors.

[@DjChelan]

Thank you #RootsToRefuge Jess for cooking today after harvest! I so learned so much! Love you all!

[@mothermedicinemusic]

Looking forward to that sourdough bread grilled tomato sandwich you love, as I love them too!! Nothing compares to homegrown tomatoes flavor!

[@marycook9607]

You take the patty pan that are getting a little big, cut the top part off to make a lid, scoop out, stuff with some stuffing of your choice and bake. Called spaceships.. you are so good at creative cooking, i know you can figure a concoction. ♥️🇺🇲

[@ladonnawoodley5279]

Thank you for this video Jess! I was inspired by your love of Holy Basil and planted my own this year. I had no idea what to do with it other than enjoy its beauty and smell but now I can't wait for my tea to steep.

[@dawnwilliams8766]

Love your vids and really enjoy it when your family is there too! Thank you for all you do!

[@thomsenjr420]

My favorite quote '____'s back on the menu, boys!!!❤

[@christinebodkins1655]

Thank for bringing us in the kitchen with you ❤ from farm to table 👩‍🌾

[@Rosaprep247]

Miah, yes per my grandma, the proper term is a “mess” of beans 😊😊 8:59

[@MTAElite]

Love it! Thank you for that. It helped me to feel validated in directions I don’t wanna go with my business and embrace expressing myself through my business.

[@tinabloomfield7228]

Oh my GOODNESS ....I tried roasted radishes for the first time today and o boy!!!! You have changed my life lady 😂😂😂

[@dorothyfraser956]

I love seeing what other people cook using garden items. And love fast options!

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

Never be ashamed of your southern roots Jess. The Europeans love our accent, I found that out while living there for a time. Everywhere I went if I talked I drew someone's attention, and many times they complimented me on the southern accent. Unfortunately it was usually men and my hubby was very British and very jealous. I tried to hide the accent, but it was impossible.

[@JanicePhillips]

Yum! Gonna be grabbing some goodies out of my garden this evening for dinner. Having a Berkshire shoulder roast along with some cabbage and loads of lovely herbs and maybe a side of peas. We raised and butchered two barrows and still have quite a bit in the freezer and I did three different ground pork flavors. One sweet with some fennel, one hot with sage and red pepper and one plain. I really love making my own sausage and bacon! Berkshires are the perfect fat to meat ratio and they taste amazing! The chops are stunning. We kept the little gilt and tried to AI her in the early spring, but missed and I'm now waiting to try again and have her farrow in the fall. I don't want her raising her first litter in this Oklahoma heat. I also just brought home three Katahdin sheep! Two ewe lambs and a ram lamb and I am so darn excited! I will make the two ewes into milkers and we'll be butchering the lambs they have hopefully next year. Along with the chickens and rabbits, the fish and venison, I don't buy meat anymore and lemme tell you, it feels mighty fine! I'm the same with mators. I can't eat store bought anymore, but I do can up a ton of tomato sauce for the winter. I also keep several gallon bags in the freezer of whole tomatoes for when I just gotta have that fresh tomato taste. I just used the last ones from last year about a week ago and am now salivating over the green ones in the garden...lol. I check every day for mators and peppers, but we got a late start due to unseasonably cold weather this year. The beans will get their first picking this weekend and we'll dig tators soon and I saw some blooms on the okra, so we're getting there! Oh! We're eating tons of chard and beet greens, but the bugs have wiped out my turnip tops. And the squash bugs are absolutely horrible. I hope they leave my cucamelons alone! I've got six young roosters I need to process here in a week or so. I love homegrown canned chicken! Barred Rock, All American & Mason for the WIN. 🙂 Thanks for sharing, doll.

[@sandykincaid7576]

Sometime I go into my garden not intending to harvest but find things to harvest. Im unprepared with no container. I have used my shirt or if wearing an apron, i have used the shirt or apron as a harvesting container. I just fold up the bottom and make a pocket for produce. I love the old-fashionedness of doing this.

[@ScottandAshleyPullen]

I know you're a homesteading channel. But.. maybe some affiliate links for your dresses/aprons. ;) In all seriousness, I love these videos. Thank you so much for all of the inspiration and encouragement, Jess.

[@joytotheworld2100]

Thanks for the tip on soaking fruits and vegetables.I did not realize that putting something in water would rehydrate it great tip

[@trishapomeroy9251]

Great subject! There are so many times I lack creativity when looking at my garden produce, and I go to the same old things. It's nice to get new inspiration. I'd love to see lots more of these types of videos!

[@JanicePhillips]

Stir fry! I usually start with onions, garlic and go from there. I love adding canned chicken or pork at the end and who knows what spices I'll use. Herbs from the garden usually, but sometimes ginger, fenugreek and turmeric for a curry flavor. I serve over rice or barley.

[@MsdebinBC]

I love 🧄 garlic 🥰 and squash and butter now I'm starving