Don’t Spill It

[@jemmabrown2765]

I love seeing Ben at the head of the table offer thanks for what y'all have and blessings. Such an important thing for your children to see/observe. What a great video. 🌿🌺🌿🌺🌿

[@marthabowser501]

I love this too❤❤❤❤

[@tommielourogers4327]

I agree ☝️ 😊

[@barbaramccune9383]

I agree always ask blessing give thanks

[@lesleeramil4412]

Watching Meg prep the loaves and make the meal is a gift. She’s amazing and then is so humble telling us a story of her failure without being self deprecating. She is such a role model for anyone who strives to be a homemaker.

[@deecooper1567]

I so agree ❤ And she makes it look so dang easy with her MULTI TASKING ‼️‼️ And I could just see that spaghetti sliding down the drain 😮😮😢 Meg you’re simply amazing 🤩👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@maryjemisonMaryjay1936]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@a.p.5429]

Have to admit, I laughed the whole time she was telling the spaghetti pot story. I still have a pot like that. Never use the drain lid. 😂

[@Darlene-hf6yc]

Mag is such a beautiful person!

[@jesusislord2457]

I love the prayers and the dinner 🔔!!! Three pounds of pasta for seven people doesn't sound like too much when you have four hard working, growing boys.🤗 Another great video, Meg!✌️💖🙏🤜🇺🇲

[@marilynrodriguez5446]

Hi guys ... You should plant a egg plant .. Avocado tree . It goes perfect with white rice & black beans.. Some baked chicken lol .. God bless you guys! By the way do you guys know what's the sex of your.. New addition ? Just asking . My best Ben & meg .. God bless your Family .❤

[@carolynmills513]

I used to make a pound for just 2 of us when my son was this age. Usually had a little left over.

[@BirdYoumans]

Just another video showing why we all love this family. Obviously your love carried you thru the spaghetti loss lol! But what a great little life vignette. ❤❤

[@alicecowan3499]

If anyone deserves a full CHEFS kitchen, it’s Meg! That girl cooks! ❤❤❤❤

[@brokenmeats5928]

I love ALL The Hollar Homestead videos!

[@gailbrault9251]

Meg, my mom made bread every Saturday and a buttermilk pound cake, cookies and some kind of breakfast bakery. I am 71 now, and my mom is gone, but that memory will be with me forever. Thanks😊

[@marieparks5674]

Thank you for giving thanks to the Father who makes everything possible.

[@jamwilson1994]

One of my favorite videos yet. Watching Meg in the kitchen. And the expression on her face when saying “and i never used that lid AGAIN” oh my word 😂 had me cracking up

[@davec9244]

Meg works so hard how does she do it! She is a good woman, mother and wife, thank God for ALL that! stay safe thank you.

[@judithsmith9319]

Ahhh. I'm a wool spinner and every September our spinning group gets together to dye wool. We use natural dyes. Black bean juice from soaking gives a lovely lavender/periwinkle color to white wool.

[@susanauer6715]

Interesting! I would never have guessed that.

[@marking-time-gardens]

Thank you for the great tip! May I ask what mordent do you use? Would be very appreciated... newbie here. I am working with bleached muslin for hand stitched quilts. 🌻🐛

[@judithsmith9319]

@@marking-time-gardens alum is the mordant and I don't remember what kind of pot... we have a copper pot and an iron pot and stainless steel. I'm thinking it was the stainless steel.

[@marking-time-gardens]

Thank you so much for sharing this information! I'm very new to the "natural dye" method and sincerely am hoping to learn more this year. Blessings on your day Kiddo! 🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿

[@NursemomB853]

Nothing can be more impressive than a meal with your family and thanking God for all our blessings! Beautiful to see!

[@kittyrichards9915]

Love Jessica at Three Rivers Homestead. Sweet, smart, organized, awesome.

[@markmorris3579]

I can remember the brick oven my grandfather built for my grandmother.She used it to make home made brown bread and baked beans she grew herself.I miss that.

[@abundantacre9]

I love reading “brown bread”! That’s what we called it growing up too. Reading that makes my heart flutter with happy memories of my sweet grandmas.

[@denisegaskin3049]

Hi folks ! What a joy you all are....!

[@MaryMorgan-l7i]

Hi Meg love your art of cooking. It is so easy to follow. Thanks.

[@charlesvickers4804]

Love the newlywed story. Ben your so lucky. My second wife blasted a hole in the front door with my shotgun. I talked to while cooking and made her loose concentration on the recipe. When I saw her pick up the shotgun I ran, if I hadn't fell out the door she would have got me. That was week one.

[@BobbieJeanM]

Was week two at divorce court? 😵‍💫 Although if she’s Italian, it could have been a normal day. My father was Italian, my mother English and my sister and I have been conflicted since birth! 😂

[@jerrybrady9103]

Personally, that would've been a deal breaker for me 😮

[@jillbowler3292]

For your sake, I’m assuming this is the ex-wife?

[@charlesvickers4804]

@@BobbieJeanM I dated a Sicilian woman once very laid back. She came to the states to practice law and lost contact.

[@charlesvickers4804]

@@jerrybrady9103 just under a year.

[@1957pattypat]

I always keep my bacon grease. I appreciate the way you share your style of cooking and the meal prep it takes to get dinner on the table. ❤

[@melissadeegan6981]

I love the way Rachel at 1870s homestead does beans..so simple and NO SOAKING..game changer for sure!!

[@tinatippin5705]

The bean tips are fabulous! I haven't done them yet so this is perfect timing. Thanks Meg and Jessica too.

[@Lula_F]

I wish I could taste your bread, Meg!! I sometimes think I can smell what you bake or cook. You make the videos so enticing and make me hangry! Thank you. ❤️👍🏻

[@marking-time-gardens]

Totally agree with you Meg... Jessica at TRH is a sweetheart and a wealth of knowledge! Watch her every Sunday after church! (Don't miss the Hollar 's either :) Blessings on the Hollar Family Homestead!🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿

[@SunraeSkatimunggr]

That was a great young cook story! I couldn't even boil an egg when I got married, but I learned really quickly.

[@markpashia7067]

My first wife put a pot of water on the stove for tea and then fell asleep. The water evaporated, and then the aluminum pot melted into the burner of the electric stove such that it could not be pulled apart. I had to buy a whole new burner for the stove and replace it. Thus the joke that she could burn water. Maybe that is why she is an ex wife. Although I blame it on the never ending soap operas and romance novels she consumed. Who could live up to those standards? Fabio I am not.

[@SunraeSkatimunggr]

@@markpashia7067 Yeah, I would get distracted. My problem is I have always been an artist with a thousand projects going at a time:)

[@threerivershomestead]

Love you, too, Meg ❤

[@irmibullinger1421]

Meg you make the best looking bread! Dinner looked awesome

[@mariettagernandt4575]

You can fit more regular-mouth jars per layer than wide-mouth ones... You are such a superstar in the kitchen Meg, I love watching you create all these amazing things...

[@StoneKathryn]

I loved the "Don't spill your beans." The bread looks fantastic! I'm sure the canned beans are beautiful too! Thanks so much for showing us how to do it. Thanks amazing that you can can 16 pints at a time of beans. Meg you are an inspiration! All that and Carbonara for dinner! Jack, you just keep asking for pasta! That was a great spaghetti story! Thanks for this video Hollar family!

[@rootsrocksfeathers1975]

Great suggestions on the canning, Meg! We have quarts and quarts of heirloom Crowder peas ready to can and this may be just the game changer we need. We first grew these peas that came from a 15 year old jar of dried peas that came from my grandfather's farm, then have seed saved ever since. They volunteer like crazy, too, at least here in the N. GA mountains. I'm going to use this method when we get the canner going this season. We rarely eat peas anymore (we eat mostly beef, butter, bacon and eggs), but when we do, they're amazing, and it seems prudent to keep growing them, considering the world we find ourselves navigating now. Good protein when/if the meat runs out! Thanks for the tip to Jessica at ThreeRivers and you, Meg. I've enjoyed your channel for years now. It's amazing how time flies. ~Cynthia

[@debbiewhite3601]

I grew up in the Midwest eating lima and navy beans. Once i discovered black beans, they instantly became my favorite!

[@mmurphy2317]

Black beans dominate my kettles of chili nowadays...but grew up in a household where dark red kidney beans were the predominant legume in chili. Black beans, iirc...are now considered the healthiest of the many bean types used in typical American chili recipes!?! Thanks Meg and all ya'll Hollars and Hollar on the way!

[@CS-bn4un]

Mealtime..YUM! You should be sponsored by whatever brand mixer (not sure what brand that is, but they should be paying attention!!) you have, as Meg does a great job putting it through the paces with wonderful results! So thankful you had some good weather to get back onto the addition work....but you seemed to have handled it in stride, though I know it has been challenging. Meg, you are a beautiful mama-to-be yet again. May the Lord continue you lead you and bless you as a family. Thanks again for the HH "fix" today!

[@annfromma8456]

The mixer is Bosch. I am looking at one myself.

[@packy57]

I have a Bosch mixer similar to this but a few years older. They are built like a tank.

[@sarameitner6770]

I have had a Bosch since ca. 1990. They ARE a tank. One of the best investments I ever made.

[@CS-bn4un]

@packy57 ​THANK YOU...I have a old Ank, which I got as a good deal barely used, but like some of the features I see on the Bosch much better, but have to sell this one to buy a Bosch!

[@CS-bn4un]

@@sarameitner6770 Thank you as well...as told packy57, have to sell my Ank before looking at a Bosch...but so tempting. Going to keep looking for a good used one if such exists!

[@DebBeeman-ir9eu]

Meg I love when you are in the kitchen you are at your great place. You’re so phenomenal at whatever you’re doing. I too watch Jessica and enjoy her videos and like you said she’s a wise woman as are you. Love watching you and Ben doing whatever you are doing. Good luck with the new baby!

[@carolbaswell5019]

You all are always working so hard!! Meg, your cooking skills are AMAZING!!! You could easily own a restaurant!

[@connieanfinson3118]

My stove is back in a corner like Meg's. I bought a florescent light about 18" long , put it up and plugged it in. What a difference it made. I got it at Lowe's. Inexpensive fix.

[@choirmom78]

I love watching you cook, Meg. Never gets old. Thanks for sharing.

[@kimbluhm9289]

That BEAUTIFUL baby bump.... oh my goodness!!!!

[@kathyhennigan7807]

Meg -- I never get tired of watching you make bread.🤩

[@mjgbabydragonlet]

Such a joy to have a Hollar video to watch while I procrastinate...

[@tinatippin5705]

You made me chuckle. I was thinking something very similar. I did take notes though. Thank you for the smile.

[@marking-time-gardens]

DITTO! LOL! Yes, I agree... thank you for the smile, too!🌻🐛

[@kimberlyscrivner9373]

I love watching Meg cook and Ben pray. And bacon grease makes the best fried potatoes and onions!

[@debrezo58]

Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Meg "I will never use that lid again"... I know that feeling and so relate. 💖 Love you and all of your tios and tricks. We can all use whatever help to make our lives a little simpler and I appreciate you💖

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Meg and Ben thanks you for showing your video homestead bye

[@patriciahusk3428]

I still can’t get over how beautiful your bread is every single time🥰🥰!! Canning the beans was great to see and you gave us some great suggestions with the water in the jars the night before, etc. I, personally love anything pasta….dinner looked so delicious😘. Thank you Hollar Homestead for another great video😊!

[@SimplyJanHomestead]

I love Jessica’s bean canning process! It’s so easy! ❤

[@shamancarmichael5305]

Meg, you've come a long way from that early pasta mishap, and clearly you have learned to show spaghetti who's the boss, that Carbonara looks delicious! Thank you for taking us along on your busy multitasking adventure, I always am inspired when I see how much you can get done!

[@saa8458]

You guys need a harvest right dehydrator to powder your eggs so you use them in cooking or store in jars especially over winter when egg production is lower.

[@janetwithers7427]

I love watching Meg cook. Reminds me of when I used to make bread all the time. The smells in the house were heavenly. Bean canning went well. Love your life. 👋😊💞

[@cindyoetter5032]

You are the sweet couple! love your kids. raising them the old fashion way is great!

[@winniallison5857]

It is so sweet watching Meg grow. We weren't able to do the pregnant thing ,we did adopt 2 boys, and I have a pile of grands and great grands. Because of that I always love watching the baby process. Beautiful lady

[@sharonholmes2470]

I watch Jessica too! She's the one that told me about you guys. Love it! 😊 Yes Ben, southwestern cuisine is the best! Arizonian here 🌵

[@helenhall3705]

I’m nearly 70 and have just learned the inverted strainer trick. Life changing!😂

[@bjchris8979]

Meg, I can dry beans, I don't soak, I put a little less than a half cup of dry beans in a pint jar add water (add salt) I don't, then process them. It gives me beans up to the bottom of the ring when they are processed. It sure does make it easy to throw together a meal. Your family make me smile every time I watch a video.

[@heatherk8931]

😊 what a totally great video. Meg, im saving this whole thing❤. Bread, beans, dinner, and a deep voiced "Dear Heavenly Father".. perfect 🍥💫

[@dawnhash6068]

That was the best newlywed story!! Luv it ❤

[@crowellovecraft7289]

Hollers are still the sweetest most genuine youtuber ever many years after the Homestead rave

[@leoniemarks9373]

I am a huge fan of Jessica at ThreeRivers. Been following her for quite a while now . Then found your lovely family so enjoy both of your recipes and lives. Thank you for sharing. 😊

[@janeandrews4850]

Love watching Jessica too and black bean is my favourite also

[@suesmargiassi4195]

Hi Meg. It's 1/2 cup of dry beans per pint. Wide mouth jars are 8 per layer.

[@terridodson2694]

I love watching Meg in the kit. Your cooking style is awesome. I love cooking and canning And I have taught my grandkids how to can homemade jams and jelly. I never miss a video of the Hollar Homestead. Keep them coming. Love y’all ❤

[@authorcharlieboring]

I lived in Italy on five separate occasions for a total of over 18 years. Carbonara was one of my favorite meals. An Italian friend told me that the dish got its name from the fact that miners were served one meal as a part of their job working in the coal mines and carbonara was what the normally served.

[@lisamaria5867]

Meg is the best thing since sliced bread what a lady

[@kathymills795]

I have the same canner, I can get 18 regular mouth jars in mine, but only 16 wide mouth jars. I love your videos and also follow Jessica at three rivers homestead. I have been canning for over 30 years and learn something from both of you.

[@4evermetalhead79]

That story was hilarious and not at all embarrassing. Thank you for sharing that with us. Sparked some laughter out of an otherwise anxious day. God bless.

[@mountainsidelane9894]

Hey guys… if you love black beans try Cuban Black beans, you guys already grow the cachucha peppers so you are set! Serve it over white rice… you will love it!!!! 😊

[@dcooper6708]

I love seeing you in the kitchen. You're an inspiration 😊

[@MJ-wz6jo]

I keep a pint jar of bacon grease in the fridge. Just for what ever I like to use it for. Eggs . fried potatoes .

[@tamramuse5136]

I can beans. I add 1/2 cup beans to a pint jar. I then add 1/2 tsp salt. I then fill jar to 1 inch head space with cold water. Pressure can pints for 75 minutes. They come out great every time

[@frenchysandi]

I love homemade bread. It’s like dessert here. Your bread looks darn amazing.

[@larryfeeks6620]

Dinner looked fantastic! Enjoyed seeing y'all at the table and eating together.

[@joanneganon7157]

Hey Hollers, I haven't told you how amazing you are in a while Meg,you don't miss a beat🌈🌷🐦🌺🌸💗. JO JO IN VT

[@lorrainechapman6940]

Ringing that Bell is so fun to watch. I used to just yell chow can everybody came running. I could have saved My breath by getting a bell😂😂❤

[@asmith8973]

bacon grease also makes the best fried potatoes and onions.

[@adaseale1262]

❤Love watching y'all..MY FAVORITE HOMESTEADING YOU TUBE VIDEOS. I LOVE Y'ALL. BEAUTIFUL FUN FAMILY ❤

[@yorkshirecroftus3417]

When I was growing up, e we had a Navy surplus bell mounted to the side of the house. It had to be 15 inches in diameter! When the bell rang, it was time to come home. It could be heard over a block away! Good times!

[@mollysmith6055]

How sweet to know that you appreciate Jessica from Three Rivers Homestead too. LOVE your newlywed pasta story! Reminds me of trying to cook the rice new Hubby's mom cooked. This was ancient, pre-texting days mind you, and she'd written to tell what brand to buy at the military commissary where we were in Germany. Nothing on the bag mentioned rinsing. I wrote back to her and said something along the lines of 'are you sure he loves that rice? It was a big glue-y mess and nothing like what my mom always made' (MJB rice). Her next letter revealed that I was supposed to have rinsed it 3 times and she was so sorry she didn't mention it. She and I laughed over that so many times over the years. After another suggestion of a meatloaf recipe featuring a heavy amount of bulgur wheat with a huge dill pickle in the center of the loaf came out a complete disaster, I just loved on her and gave her recipes a very critical eye. (Yet so very many were STELLAR!) Keeping you and Baby Hollar in my prayers! Thank you for including your family's dinner prayer...it is much appreciated and hopefully a good teaching moment for those who might be seeking.

[@alicegilbert4186]

Thanks for letting us visit

[@alysiahayes2709]

My family loves watching your channel. Many blessings to you guys.

[@lieuwina]

Loved the newly wed story Meg and Ben. Though I found the music rather loud at the end could not hear what you were saying. That pasta looked fantastic and I love how you give Grace before meals. You have a lovely family. Another lovely video. Meg how do you do it, all those loaves of bread, canning and then making the dinner. You are a marvel. Have a lovely day.

[@mrvecfrenchies]

If you take a pint of black beans mix it with a pint of diced tomatoes, put it in a food processor, with some fresh herbs, heated up on the stove, it makes the most filling best tasting Tomato soup you’ll ever have.

[@sherry9088]

Hi Meg! Look on your hot water heater manual...it says do not drink water from your hot water tank that comes up to your faucet.. It says that the metal used in the tank leaches chemicals that is not good for our human health. Please read yours just to make sure.... Love watching you in the kitchen! I have learned so much from you! ♥

[@waddeym]

Meg, your bread making skills never cease to amaze me.

[@mskippi]

I love all the interaction in your family. It’s wonderful to see.

[@Royal-Junk]

Bacon grease is gold!

[@mayhmmaydn]

I do a half jar of beans. Add water to half inch from top and process. I don't soak overnight. The beans are al dente once opened so you can continue cooking in chili etc without it getting mushy.

[@camicri4263]

Great to see you beautiful people (family)! Blessings 💞🙏🏻

[@mgtmoffat8411]

Another great vlog. Meg, you make it all look easy. 💕💕🌻🌻

[@Aknightgal]

They say don't cry over spilled milk but spaghetti down the garbage disposal is different! In Cosmopolitan Cornbread's recent video "canning disaster", she shared good info about how different beans expand, how she lost her batch and almost ruined her canner. As always Meg you are inspiring! I'm adding this video to my saved list called Meg's scrapple. 🤩

[@sowandtare]

Tip for getting extra grease out of the pan: turkey baster...but wash it immediately after use.

[@diannemiller4754]

Yes Meg that is how I now do my beans. JESSICA is the best I have followed her for several years. I also can when I have enough empty jars as Jessica suggested. 😊 love your video.

[@carlaellison2447]

I watched this video when it first came out, but returned today to study how Meg cans her beans & who she referenced the technique with so I can do the same. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! This will make canning beans so much easier.

[@Marialyse]

If y’all ever redo the kitchen, one thing you might add is a faucet over the stove.

[@packy57]

I love brown beans over corn bread with fried potatoes. The corn bread is a yellow cake mix with corn bread combo. Yum!

[@sarahaugustine4185]

That was my favorite meal growing up. My mom cooked the best fried potatoes. I miss her and her potatoes.

[@BobbieJeanM]

For many years I made pinto beans with cornbread and applesauce for Friday night supper. We would put the buttered cornbread in a bowl with the applesauce on top. Simple but oh so good!

[@maryjane-vx4dd]

I've got 2 All American canners. The smaller(inherited) will hold 18 pts. The larger(bought 2nd hand for 40 dollars) will hold 14 qts or 18 pts. It makes it worth it to heat up my kitchen in the summer for those quanties. Especially when running both canners. I also use these canners for water bathing by not tightening the lid down because I they hold so many more jars

[@melissacasler9017]

we had a bell to call everyone in for dinner!! love that! Im 60!

[@theIAMofME]

My grandparents had them bolted on the front and back porch. That thing could be heard for miles, I think. I know I didn't want to be right their when grandma rung it. HA

[@nanajack8527]

I love these kitchen videos so much, I get some brilliant recipes and ideas on how to change them up for my family. The only complaint I have is that by the time I have watched how hard you work I'm exhausted!! But please keep them coming 😋😍

[@sharonbrown2352]

Jessica is amazing, but YOU are equally amazing!

[@annequiring5652]

I just canned some beans this morning. I want to do one more canner full and I should be set for awhile. I enjoy Jessica’s videos too and have learned quite a few things.

[@CantStopScrollingHelp]

Ah I just love this family!!! I'm in the early process of finding my first home with my husband, and we are looking at a small little plot of land with a quaint little cottage on it. We don't have/can't have children, but I just can't wait for the day where we can spend a day baking bread and making a delicious home meal in our own little home like theirs ❤❤❤❤❤

[@homesteadmccoy]

Thank you so much for sharing the pasta pot story! I needed a good laugh this evening.

[@MsMelvira]

Always save my bacon grease!! Cook eggs, Roasted potatoes, home fries, chicken, basically my go to for cooking any thing in my cast iron pans!

[@opperman818]

The muffin top mixer is hilarious 😂

[@MaryMorgan-l7i]

Black beans are my favorite beans also. Thanks for sharing. ❤

[@Sandi_W]

Good evening Hollar family 💜