Kelly from The Nourishing Home is brilliant when it comes to beautiful, nourishing food, so I am thrilled to be welcoming her to The Prairie Homestead today as she shares her mouth-watering recipe for rotisserie-style chicken you can make in your crockpot! Hi, this is Kelly from The Nourishing Home. It’s a joy to visit with y’all today and share a simple and delicious slow cooker meal your whole family will love! And the best part is ...Continue Reading
Archives for December 2015
Wrapping Up 2015
2015 was not an easy year. Notice I didn't say bad year, as something being difficult doesn't automatically make it "bad." However, 2015 definitely gave us a run for our money, in more ways than one. As the year draws to a close, I, like most people, can't help but spend some time reflecting on the challenges our family has had as homesteaders, and well, just humans, these past 365 days... The Things We Learned in 2015 Ever since ...Continue Reading
Cumin Spiced Pork Tacos Recipe
It's a blessing and a curse... Ok, so maybe "curse" is a strong word, but when you raise your own animals for meat, you have to get really creative, really fast about cooking meat. LOTS of meat. Because after about the tenth roast tasting exactly the same, the family tends to get a little whiney about supper. We have two freezers down in our barn jam-packed full of homegrown pork and beef. (A whole steer takes up a ...Continue Reading
Honey Mint Lip Balm Recipe
(Post revised and updated January 2018) Our chore load has substantially increased... ...but we couldn't be happier! We bought 50 Hereford heifer calves this fall, and these girls are a beginning of a dream come true for Christian and I. Hopefully, they will become the start of an eventual full-fledged cattle operation for us as we breed them and grow the herd. And so, even on the coldest, nastiest, most frigid days, he bounces ...Continue Reading
Our Extreme Farmhouse Remodel
Sometimes people change... Even bloggers. Yes, I know, it's hard to believe, huh? Several years ago, I wrote a post all about how much I loved living in a small house. And it was true-- I loved our little farmhouse with all its quirks. We had one toddler and a small baby and it fit us just perfectly. Then things changed. The toddler got bigger, the baby got bigger, I got pregnant with baby #3, our dogs got bigger, and ...Continue Reading