"From the Farmhouse" Kitchen is written by a Mennonite woman and her daughter and is simply a fabulous cookbook. It contains family recipes that are categorized by the seasons. Throughout the book are stories about life on the farm and great intros to the recipes. I had to chuckle at the intro to the recipe for Asparagus, Peas, and Pasta. It tells about their asparagus patch and I swear, I could have written that myself! I have things in my garden that are the same way!!!

This cookbook is one that I enjoyed sitting down and reading. I loved the stories and they made me miss the farm life of my youth. The recipes are delicious. Every one that I tried came out wonderfully! Some of my favorites from the book are: Chocolate Whipped Cream Cake with Chocolate-Covered Strawberries, Cheesy Noodle Broccoli Soup, Ooey-Gooey Granola Bars, Stuffed Zucchini, Deep Dish Pizza, Sausage Balls and Baked Beef Brisket. That's only a sampling of those that I love!

There is another neat detail to the book, and that is the instructions that are included to make your own deodorant and hand soap. Little treasures like this make the recipe book not only a little more fun but a little more useful than just straight up cooking!

"From the Farmhouse Kitchen" is a cookbook that is not only filled with delicious recipes, but the stories and DIY's make it something special and something you will find yourself turning to again and again. I know it has become one of my favorite cookbooks that is used a lot. In fact, while writing this review, I got really hungry for the Deep Dish Pizza. Guess what's on the menu for tonight?!

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley. I was not required to post a positive review - but one of my honest opinion.

Many interesting and tasty recipes to make at home. With that cozy and warm style farmhouses do have.

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Fresh and delicious meals made with natural ingredients with a warn touch of country style.

From the Farmhouse Kitchen is a nice cookbook. It is written by two women who live on farms and use fresh, wholesome ingredients. The cookbook is designed for a busy mom to be able to inject her diet with fresh and tasty dishes. The recipes are clear and easy to read and the authors write in a companionable manner so it feels like you are chatting with a friend. It’s nice to have a book written by women in the same stage of life as I am for a busy mom of today who wants something yummy and healthy.

From the Farmhouse Kitchen by Dawn Stoltzfus and Carol Falb is a wonderful book full of recipes from real kitchens. This mother-daughter team presents seasonal, wholesome recipes that will make your mouth water. Recipes look easy to follow and seem simple but hearty. I look forward to trying many of these recipes soon. I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher. These opinions are entirely my own.

From The Farmhouse Kitchen by Dawn Stolzfus and Carol Falb from Harvest House Publishers wasn't what I was expecting. Once the pictures are added it may help with the visual appeal. The cover is beautiful and I hope pictures will be added. Currently the lack of pictures in my review copy brings the book down. Picture do wonders for a cookbook. Dawn and Carol, a mother daughter team definitely aren't stingy with the amount of recipes presented, with over 150 included in this book. As for the actual "farm to table" mentioned in the beginning, I didn't see many recipes that would be uniquely farm to table. The book is organized by season which would indicate the recipes would be calling for large amounts of the seasons bounty which I didn't feel was done. The phrase farm to table tells me the focus is going to be heavy on fresh fruits and veggies. I didn't feel there was anymore emphasis on produce than what you would find in any other cook book. The recipes were simple, easy to follow, with widely available ingredients. There are Home style Hints added after some recipes that were plain common sense but could be of value to a beginner. Several recipes called for canned soup, salad dressing mix, cake mix, etc.. I felt this book didn't have anything new for a seasoned cook though it may be perfect for a beginner cook. There was a lot of heart put in this book as the heart seemed to shine throughout.
I greatly appreciate the publishers making this cookbook available in mobi format for use with my Kindle. It makes reading for reviewing so much better than pdf versions that don't format correctly.
Thank you Dawn, Carol, Harvest House Publishers and Netgalley, for the complimentary copy.

This book, this MAGNIFICENT book, is a LIFESAVER y’all! I’m being very serious and sincere when I tell you this. It is a lifesaver! From the Farmhouse Kitchen came in extremely handy as I made the decision to give up takeout for Lent. Every meal I eat has to be prepared by me. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into!

The recipes are easy to follow and simple. For those of us who do not eat meat or dairy products, the recipes can be adapted to your diet. While that was not the purpose of this cookbook, it can be done. The dishes were delicious and I look forward to the constant use of this book! It was fantastic and Lent is becoming a breeze!

From the Farmhouse Kitchen by Dawn Stoltzfus and Carol Falb features seasonal recipes from the mother daughter pair. The book also has stories and several faith based sections. I appreciated that the recipes use basic ingredients that can be found at almost any grocery store. I marked several recipes that I thought my family would enjoy such as the fruited tapioca and the slow cooker Philly steak sandwiches. The only downside to this book is the lack of pictures. I would have appreciated seeing a few of the finished recipes at least.

From the Farmhouse Kitchen: *Over 150 Delicious Farm-to-Table Recipes *Simple and Wholesome Ingredients *Authentic Ideas from a Mennonite Kitchen by Dawn Stoltzfus and Carol Falb is a compilation of recipes from a mother and daughter team. The recipes come from their experiences while living on a dairy farm, and most are simple with fresh wholesome ingredients that are generally more healthy to cook with. As is with most cookbooks in this genre, the recipes are simple, and written in a way that is easy to follow and understand.

Even though the ingredients are “wholesome,” this is not a health-food cookbook, which is a nice change from some of the other newly released cookbooks, and the ingredients are widely available. It should be noted that “wholesome” doesn’t always mean good-for-you (remember the Hostess advertisements several years ago where they called the calorie and preservative-laden snacks with absolutely no nutritional value, “wholesome”), but at least fresh ingredients don’t contain all the fake junk and preservatives that are probably not good for us. The recipes don’t call for many convenience products (canned soup, cake mixes, and ready-made ice cream toppings are exceptions), which is a plus, and of course we know that fresh ingredients make better tasting dishes.

Some of the favorite recipes in this cookbook are a delicious Curried Chicken Salad, Orange Drop Cookies, Turtle Cake, Bacon Brussels Sprouts (Yum!), and Ranch Potatoes. There is also a unique recipe for a dessert using snow, called Snow Cream. The book actually features dozens of recipes that will tempt cooks, and most are easy enough for beginners.

Besides recipes, there are vignettes and religious notes that are keeping with the authors’ Mennonite traditions. They are interesting and well-written.

The biggest drawback for this cookbook is that there are no pictures – not even one – of the finished dishes, the Mennonite farm, or the authors. In this modern day and age, this is totally ridiculous, since digital cameras have made it possible for anyone to make photographs. For this reason alone, I have given it only three stars. It would really be nice to see what I’m making and how the finished product is supposed to look.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

Not only are the recipes interesting but the nice stories are a added bonus. Have tried several and have some marked for latter. Nice cookbook to have.

Authors Dawn Stoltzfus and Carol Falb share their "farm-to-table" recipes and Christian faith in their book From the Farmhouse Kitchen. The authors feature seasonal recipes using foodstuffs found during the season featured. For example you will spring recipes such as Curried Chicken Salad, Bacon and Spinach Salad, Easy Herb Butter Sticks or Chocolate Whipped Cream Cake with Chocolate-Covered Strawberries. In the Fall chapter you will find recipes such as Baked Potato Soup, Oodles of Noodles, Roasted Rosemary Turkey, Bacon Brussels Sprouts or Cinnamon Red Hots Applesauce.

Throughout their cookbook two different styles of a leaf print is used to denote Dawn's recipes or Carol's recipes. Each author brings to their cookbook recipes they have prepared.

Rounding out their cookbook is a section called Homestyle Hint. The authors offer cooking and lifestyle tips in this section.

Overall, this a lovely, homey cookbook.

Recommend.

Review written after downloading a galley from Net Galley.

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I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I was looking forward to reading this book, as I also grow a large garden and am very interest in recipes to use my produce in.

I have found some formatting issues that I am confident the publisher will address before publication, but overall I really like this book. As with all cookbooks, there are recipes you get excited about and some that just don't appeal to you. I have found a lot that I am really looking forward to trying. This was written as a busy day cookbook for those who don't have all day to spend in the kitchen and it hits the nail on the head!
One thing I found a bit puzzling was the excessive use of mayo in so many different things, but it's not a favorite of mine so maybe I'm just being overly critical.
All in all, I would recommend this book.

I was drawn to this book by the publisher’s introduction that mentions” simplicity of cooking fresh” and “using high quality whole foods” My expectation was for simple, yet tasty recipes using fresh ingredients from the farm.

However I was disappointed. Yes, there are simple recipes, but the recipes include a great number of processed items – from salad dressing mix used as seasoning, to cans of soup, boxes of cake mix etc. That is not what I would consider whole foods or cooking fresh. Many of the recipes are sugar loaded too – a French salad dressing made with both tomato ketchup and sugar as an example.

There are no photographs in the book which will be a disappointment to some. The recipes, are however, clearly laid out and the tips and suggestions would be useful to a beginner cook. I did like the generous notes section on each page – I wish more publishers considered how often cooks scribble notes in their recipe books!

A charming books with good recipes and interesting stories. I tried some of the recipes and they are really good.
Strongly recommended.
Many thanks to Harvest House Publishers and Netgalley.

The recipes in the book are wholesome and fresh. The layout of dividing the recipes by seasons is well thought out. What I have an issue with is bringing religion into the whole food thing. It really turns me off to the book in general. If the authors want to bring in their love of Jesus, do it another type of book. But in my opinion, leave it out of cookbooks.

This book is an excellent cookbook, interspersed with lovely advice based in the word of God. The recipes included are not complicated or intimidating, but make me want to live on a homestead and spend my days in the kitchen, surrounded by home grown, wholesome, delicious ingredients.

The recipes in this book are classic, simple, and delicious. I tried two recipes so far: hobo dinner and peanut butter fingers. I rarely make a recipe without tweaking it a little, and the recipes in this book are no exception, but they were still excellent recipes.

The hobo dinner is good, healthy, and inexpensive. It was easy to make and serves a crowd.

The peanut butter fingers are delicious! These bars are the perfect blend of peanut butter and chocolate.

I plan on trying five to ten other recipes in the book. One thing I like is that the recipes are organized by the four seasons, and so they somewhat correspond to whatever fresh ingredients would be available at that time.

Although the cover is pretty, the inside contains no pictures. I prefer photos in cookbooks, otherwise it’s sometimes hard to tell what a particular dish is, especially when the name is vague.

Other than recipes, the authors offer an occasional short vignette from their lives. These stories are gentle and wise, and I enjoyed some of them.

This is a basic cookbook with old-fashioned, home-style cuisine. I appreciate the emphasis on healthy ingredients, and in the end of the book there are even a few extra recipes for hand soap and deodorant.

Note: I received a digital advance reader copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I've never lived on a farm, but Carol and Dawn sure make me wish I did, with stories about pulling potatoes straight from the ground and sun-ripened raspberries that burst in the mouth. There's a certain allure about the idea of going back to a simpler way of living, and that's what drew me to this cookbook. I was also intrigued by the promise on the cover of "authentic ideas from a Mennonite kitchen". Not being familiar with their religion, I was expecting quaint, simple recipes, and I was mostly right.

The recipes in this book are honest, down-to-earth family meals that have been handed down across generations or developed to please a table full of kids. You won't find anything "gourmet" in here, but you will find recipes like Poor Man's Steak, Hobo Dinner, and Sausage Balls. The recipes remind me of dishes that one would see at a church potluck in that they combine ordinary hearty ingredients (ground hamburger meat, potatoes, Italian dressing) in ways that are surprisingly tasty. The cookbook is designed so that you can pretend you have a granny who lives on a farm and has you around every week for supper. Comfort food, in essence. And like true comfort food, don't expect to find weight-loss recipes in here. Most of the recipes call for copious amounts of butter, cheese, bacon, or mayo. Even the dishes that are touted as low-carb are still very high in fat and/or sugar. I'm no health nut, but even I was balking at some of the ingredient lists.

That brings me to the main issue I have with this book. I found the label "farm-to-table" misleading given how many of the recipes rely on processed, store-bought pantry items like cream of mushroom soup, Ranch or Italian dressing, or Velveeta. Despite the fact that the family comes from a farming background and has an abundance of fresh veggies and fruits to use in their recipes, the majority of the recipes don't do a great job of celebrating the purity and simplicity of this bounty. Lots of salads are obscured by too much cheese, bacon, or a heavy mayo-based dressing. I'm sure everything tastes wonderful, but it's not the farm-produce-celebrating cookbook I thought it would be.

Perhaps I am being unfair. Many of these recipes were created for a different time and culture than the one in which I grew up. One in which cholesterol wasn't a concern...man, I wish we could go back to those days. If you're living and working on a farm, you need hearty, stick-to-your-ribs meals to keep you powering through such a physically active lifestyle, and when you're feeding a family of 6, you need food that will satiate so many appetites without going broke. From that lens, Dawn and Carol do a great job. There's no fancy food photography here (there's no pictures at all), just recipes that have proven themselves reliable time and time again.

There's also quite a bit of religion involved. Lots of talk of Christ and the Lord, which was too heavy-handed for this agnostic. A Mennonite, however, would probably not bat an eye at any of this. I do admire the joy and satisfaction they get out of service to their church and higher power, even if i can't relate to it myself.

I'd gift/recommend this book to a friend who wants to learn how to make simple, no-fuss, soul-satisfying food. A friend who is looking for a little farmhouse magic to bring to their family. A friend who considers themselves deeply spiritual and hungry.

I`m always interested in anything related to farm-t-table. This book was really special as it also read as a devotional. It was very organized and it will be a book I'll always go back to when I'm looking for new ideas.

I spent my break looking at this book on my Kindle and was so disappointed the photos (I assume it will have photos) didn't come along with the text! Nevertheless, so many tasty recipes to try in the future! It was nicely organized by farm season (when foods get ripe!) so as to ensure local freshness. I loved finding a variation of Farmer's Breakfast in it; my Girl Scouts all enjoyed making and eating it when we went camping, so much so, it wasn't long before some of their families also started making it! Nice variation of Hobo Supper, too. Sooo many cookie recipes, among the many desserts! Lots of veggie side dishes to try out as well as breads and sauces! I am so going to have to find a hard copy!