Promise Valley Farm

It’s that time of year again! As the cool weather continues outside we are inside planting little seeds that bring us hope that spring is around the corner! New varieties of zinnias, snap dragons and other beautiful flowers are underway now and will grace your kitchen tables in the summer months. We LOVE growing flowers!♥️🌷🌼 bouquets will be available in our farm store and by custom order [email protected]

This delicious oatmeal chocolate chip yogurt muffin recipe is a new favourite here at Promise Valley Farm! Get the recipe on our blog: https://www.promisevalleyfarm.ca/post/oatmeal-chocolate-chip-yogurt-muffins 😋

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Yogurt Muffins Warm, soft, and topped with a sweet streusel crumble, these oat chocolate chip muffins make a cozy treat for breakfast or an afternoon coffee. Made with hearty oats and cream-top yogurt, they’re simple to bake and come out perfectly golden every time.

Another DYI recipe from our farm to your home! We thought we would share this simple and fun soap recipe with you, for you to try and enjoy. We started making this recipe years ago as one of our children was having a terrible skin reaction from commercial soap. We use our creamy guernsey milk in this recipe as it is high in carotene which is delightful for our skin. Our Promise Valley Guernsey milk soap bars that we carry in our farm store are highly popular! So much so that is now custom making them for us. She does such a great job and we are thankful she helps us keep up with the growing demand of our soap bars!

What you will need: soap molds (Amazon) or just use a parchment paper lined 9x12!) accurate digital weight scale, plastic jug, medium and large mixing bowls, eye protection and gloves! Everything else you will probably have on hand in your kitchen.

Here is the recipe:

-32 0z olive oil
-12 oz grapeseed oil
-8 oz whole guernsey milk
-16 oz coconut oil
-10 oz distilled water
-8.9 oz Lye crystals.

~Method~

Carefully weigh olive oil in a medium bowl on scale. Once proper weight is reached pour into large bowl. Repeat process with grapeseed and milk. Whisk together.
Measure out coconut oil and add to whisked large bowl. Put plastic jug on the scale and measure distilled water. Place aside. Put on your eye protection and dish gloves! Pour lye crystals into small bowl and measure out exactly. Very carefully pour lye crystals into distilled water jug. This step is best to do outside or by a well ventilated window! Gently mix until liquid is warm and clear. With protection still on slowly pour lye solution into large bowl with remaining ingredients. With a hand blender, blend all ingredients together until mixture resembles pudding! This is called trace. Add essential oils of your choosing up to 2 tablespoons. Blend again for one minute. Pour soap batter into soap molds. This is the fun part..sprinkle flowers or swirl with a spoon to make it fun or fancy looking! Cover lightly with plastic wrap and let sit 24 hours. The next day flip solid soap out of molds and cut to whatever thickness you like. Let cure for 6 weeks. Enjoy!!

It's happening this Saturday! 🐮

Our annual "Moo-ey Christmas" open barn event is on from 10am-4pm. We'll have warm drinks and baked goodies for you to try, and our cute calves eagerly awaiting some delightful scratchies behind their ears. It's the perfect opportunity to thank our Guernseys for all the hard work they've put in throughout the year!

Our little farm store will also be open for you to browse our shelves for last-minute locally-made stocking stuffers, such as Christmas-themed earrings, solid lotion bars, handmade doilies, tallow makeup, candles, and more. We love supporting local in our community. 💛

It'll also be the last day to get our whole, organic milk until the 27th (when we’ll be open for one day only), and then closed until we reopen on January 8. So bring your bottles and stock up on Guernsey milk! (Did you know you can freeze milk? 🥛)

We're looking forward to welcoming you to the farm then! ☺️