Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce

Today we have an interview with one of our community members who has a strong background in marketing and communications. Sue Zoldak from Zoldak Agency, Zoldak Research and Zoldak Victory joins us to discuss how to develop your brand, along with some fun stories!

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Make it a great week

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Advisory Board

• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
• Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

• Instagram: @nicolesauce
• Twitter: @nicolesauce

People think it is new agey to talk about the healing power of music. People are wrong. Those of you who have listened to this podcast know what sparked my change from being trapped in the system to taking responsibility for designing the life I want to live, regardless of what other people think: I went back to singing in a choir. So today, we talk about the healing power of music.

Announce Schedule Change:

• Monday, Thursday, Friday -- Off Dec 23-Jan2 - 1st Episode will be Jan 3 and it will be episode 250. We will kick off a BIG give away that I know y'all will love.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Chicken salad from leftover chicken strips
• Finger update from the puncture wound
• Reminder to look through vegetables in your root cellar

What's in Season

• Oyster mushrooms
• Watercress
• Good time to dig Sassafrass root
• Deer and wild Turkey

Operation Independence

• Basecamp passed insurance inspection
• Setting a different direction for Holler Roast in 2020 from what I planned in August

Main topic of the Show: The Healing Power of Music

Make it a great week!

Song: Regine Coeli by Mozart - performed by Cookeville Mastersingers on Dec 15 at 3pm in Cookeville, TN

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Advisory Board

• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
• Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

• Instagram: @nicolesauce
• Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today I have a great interview with Jami Saunders from the Culinary Arts Center in Columbia, Tennessee. But Jami is much more than a savvy promoter of local businesses. She is a Mom of SEVEN who homeschools and is popping with new ideas. YOU guys are going to LOVE this interview!

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How to reach Cliff Davis

• https://www.facebook.com/cliffdavispc
• Post from Facebook

Interview with Jami Saunders

Websites: https://www.columbiacac.com/ https://www.facebook.com/jami.saunders

Bio Jami Saunders is not originally from Columbia, TN, but she has made it her home. Originally from Atwood, IL, she moved her family here in 2010 and established herself in the homeschooling community as a leader while teaching health, science, entrepreneurial economics, and more.

Jami was previously known for her award-winning photography and her involvement in raising service dogs for the handicapped for Canine Companions for Independence. In 2017 the needs of the community and her love of bringing education on nutrition inspired her to create what is now the Culinary Arts Center in Columbia, TN. Most days you will find her hosting an event for the community; serving as vice president for the Muletowner (an initiative by Grow Columbia that promotes Columbia, TN and its businesses by acting as a practical everyday resource for residents and visitors); hosting a local radio; and serving as a proud Rotarian.

This mother of 7 beautiful children still finds the time and energy to pour herself out into small businesses, community organizations, and into the heart and culture of Columbia.

Make it a great week!

Happy Wednesday! Today is a homesteading day. We just got a whole cow in the freezer that we share among several families each year. The cow comes with bones. The bones become stock. And we end up with beef tallow.

The other day, someone asked me if beef tallow can be eaten, so I thought why now do a show sharing five recipe ideas for beef tallow. We will cover that, as well as what the heck tallow even is later in the show.

#HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she with?

Stump the Sauce

• What is the benefit of having a manual espresso maker like the flair or rok? With proper technique can they make a really good espresso shot?

What's Up on the homestead

• Getting ready for a new goat
• Lots of firewood (the game we are playing)
• Ducks and the pond on cold days

Main topic of the Show: 5 Beef Tallow Recipes

Check out this roundtable discussion of random stuff I had with Jack Spirko today!

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Advisory Board

• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
• LFTN Gift Registry
• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
• Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

• Instagram: @nicolesauce
• Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today I want to talk to you about thinking ahead and why it is important to do so, but not at the expense of taking care of and living in the now. You see, we have been running at maximum capacity at Holler Roast Coffee and so have the letter carriers. Some packages are taking forever to arrive, others are there in a moment, and some might be lost forever. But as we navigate this busy time, we've been building in time to think ahead, create plan bs while handling plan as every day. So I will talk about how we are approaching that later in the show.

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Reminder - hors d'oeuvre gathering at my place on December 21, 2019 at 1:30pm. RSVP Here.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Deer Processing, an update
• Buying lunch meat this week (busy times)
• French Onion Soup
• Biltong
• Food Saver Gusseted Bags

What's in Season

• Watercress - but it will be cold this week
• Oyster mushrooms
• No one found maitake this year

Operation Independence

• Still hoping to hit our doubling goal - have about $4,000 left to go and are operating at max capacity on some but not all days.
• Basecamp flooring is going in and we plan to use it during the Spring Workshop

Main topic of the Show: Thinking Ahead

Make it a great week!

Song: Special by Sauce

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Advisory Board

• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
• Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

• Instagram: @nicolesauce
• Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, we have a thought of the walk on what to do with bad behavior in communities - especially tight communities like the Living Free in Tennessee one.

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Main topic of the Show: TOTW on Bad Behavior in Communities

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Advisory Board

• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
• Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

• Instagram: @nicolesauce
• Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, we discuss four great venison recipes -- and I *might* have talked for a bit about how frustrating it is to be a small, startup food manufacturer...

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#HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and who is she applauding?

Stump the Sauce

• From Jim - how do I pasteurize large batches of tomato sauce

What's Up in the Garden

• Slow Slow Slow Grow right now
• Need to mulch lots of stuff and wish I had sooner

Main topic of the Show: Five Venison Recipes

1. Venison Sauerbraten: https://www.quick-german-recipes.com/sauerbraten-recipe.html
2. Jalapeno Poppers with Backstrap
3. Breakfast Sausage Trick
4. Breaded and fried (Chicken fried venison)
5. What venison recipes do you like?

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Advisory Board

• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
• LFTN Gift Registry
• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
• Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

• Instagram: @nicolesauce
• Twitter: @nicolesauce

Today, we will talk about how we processed the meat of three deer safely, while handling coffee orders, AND having a fantastic Thanksgiving. Because it is raining deer!

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• 3 deer in the hole
• Annual cow arrives this week
• Using salsa at a fast clip
• Update on unusual recipes: the cranberry sauce was good to me but "not my cup of tea" to mama sauce
• Gluten free perogi story (celium husk)
• Hot coco was a hit the day after Thanksgiving
• Fermented veggies were spicy but good
• Left over sequence: Turkey scramble, turkey stew with Spaetzle, Turkey Salad sandwiches, Turkey orzo

What's in Season

• Unseasonably late watercress!
• Oyster mushrooms

Operation Independence

• Lots of Holler Roast activity (Why I missed the show part 1)
• Basecamp will have countertops today!

Main topic of the Show: It's Raining Deer

1. The butcher box - how it came to be/why it works
2. Division of labor - Skinning and quartering ~ Fine cuts and packaging ~ grinding and sausaging ~ constant cleanup and sterility
3. The best sharp knives EVER
4. Maintaining an empty fridge at a holiday event = no stress
5. No stress, no rush, no processing when exhausted.

Make it a great week!

Song: Suicide by Sauce

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Advisory Board

• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
• Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

• Instagram: @nicolesauce
• Twitter: @nicolesauce

There is still time - still time to make something by hand and give it to someone you care about. I know that Christmas is coming fast, and tomorrow many of us will feast on turkey and pie, but you can still do it! Today, I will share four handmade gift ideas that you can still do in time for gift-giving season.

#HollerHatWednesday: Where is she and what is she guarding?

Stump the Sauce

• What do I do if I forgot to get my turkey and they only have frozen ones?

What's In Season for Thanksgiving

• Watercress
• Mushrooms
• Wild yard greens - plantain and dock

Thankful

• Thank you

Main topic of the Show: Four last-minute gift ideas

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Advisory Board

• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
• LFTN Gift Registry
• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
• Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

• Instagram: @nicolesauce
• Twitter: @nicolesauce

For years, I have struggled with organizing my house while also keeping things going on the business and animal care side of things. This year, I finally turned an organizing corner. It wasn't asking myself if something brings me joy - though that is a good question. It was a decision followed by some founding concepts to keep the momentum going and I will share those foundations with you today.

Gift Registry - added TWO more people to it - check it out this week - let's keep our dollars supporting one another.

Save the dates: Spring Workshop Save the Date: April 23-25, 2020

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Remember to review root veggies biweekly
• Mushroom Season
• Hoping for a Thanksgiving deer/grinding bacon for added sausage fat
• Workshop Leftovers Still Going Strong - perfect for a week with a feast at the end

What's Up on The Homestead

• Goat needs a friend
• Let 2 beds get frosted in advance of winter so that I can work the beds
• Moved from No Kill list to Final Winter Checklist

Operation Independence

• Basecamp - cabinets in and flooring going down
• Christmas Coffee Update - sold half our sample pack capacity in one week

Main topic of the Show: 5 Foundations to Organize Your Home

1. One system at a time Commit to putting things back in their place
2. Set a realistic timeline and enjoy the journey
3. Schedule interventions with specific goals (then see item number 1)
4. Reduce, release, move on - and get real
5. Gain family buy in

Make it a great week!

Song: The Flood by Sauce

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!

Advisory Board

• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
• Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn
• Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/lftncoffeebreak/

• Instagram: @nicolesauce
• Twitter: @nicolesauce