Homesteading | Self Sufficient Living | Living off the Land
Sometimes, it's easy to feel like I'm drowning in sourdough starter. It can be pretty darn overwhelming when the sourdough starter takes over the kitchen counter. Before you (or I) give all that precious sourdough starter to the livestock or the garbage bin, let's talk about my top five ways to use that sourdough discard and how having a sourdough starter can help with menu planning for the week. If you would like to start your own ...Continue Reading
Have you ever heard of einkorn flour? I'm always late to new trends and I can admit that it took me quite a while to catch onto the idea of using einkorn flour in my baking. Einkorn flour has been generating quite the buzz these days. If you've been curious about using einkorn, but you're not quite sure how to get started, you're in the right place. Einkorn is an ancient grain that has some awesome health benefits (you can read ...Continue Reading
There has been a dehydrator in my home for years, but until recently it sat quietly on a shelf collecting dust. Canning has always been my go-to vegetable preservation method, but lately, I have been in love with dehydrating my food and even MORE obsessed with making homemade dehydrated vegetable powders. Dehydrating vegetables and fruits isn’t difficult or a new form of food storage. In fact, it was one of the first forms of ...Continue Reading
Confession: baking with sourdough hasn't always been easy for me. But I loved the challenge and I kept at it until I found my sourdough rhythm. I am not ashamed to admit that sourdough and I started out with more of a love-hate relationship. We are talking bricks instead of loaves and constantly bringing a sourdough starter back from the brink of death (due to my neglect...), and it took a lot of time and practice to really ...Continue Reading
Raising our own grass-fed beef herd, having horses, and owning other grazing animals has really brought to light the importance of having a well-maintained pasture on our homestead. These days, it seems like more and more folks are choosing the homesteading life as a way to become more self-sustaining and also to become producers and not consumers. And one of the keys to becoming more self-sustaining is to create and maintain ...Continue Reading
