Oh Wyoming... I love you, but you sure can be frustrating when it comes to grocery shopping sometimes... Walmarts and traditional grocery stores abound, but if organic foods are your jam, well, things get a little more complicated... I figured I surely can't be the only one who has to get a little extra creative when it comes to shopping for slightly less conventional groceries, so on the small chance this might be helpful to a ...Continue Reading
How to Set Homestead Goals You’ll Actually Achieve
I currently can't breathe when I walk outside... That's what below zero temps and crazy wind chills will do to ya. Thankfully, even though the outside portions of our homestead are deep in hibernation at the moment, I have plenty to work on inside. When I recently mentioned some of my favorite end-of-the-year rituals on Instagram, it prompted some interesting discussions around the things we do to set ourselves up for another ...Continue Reading
How to Cook Short Ribs
"What's for dinner?" Oh that dreaded question, am I right? Well today I surprised the kids with my answer (okay, in reality, they had no idea what I was talking about). My answer? Short ribs. Yep, I have some amazing-smelling braised short ribs cooking in the dutch oven as we speak. Not a typical meal, for sure, but there's just nothing like a from-scratch meal that's made with meat raised on your own homestead. And this meal doesn’t ...Continue Reading
How to Cook Round Steak
I was pleasantly surprised... ...to realize I'm definitely not the only one who struggles with using up those random packages of beef that are left in the freezer after the burger and steaks are gone. The first installment in the Cooking Through the Cow series, where we talked 'bout the finer points of beef shank was extremely well-received, which makes me even more excited to continue with the rest of the cuts. Did I ever think ...Continue Reading
How to Make Soy Candles in a Slow Cooker
Everyone assumes we must hate our brutal Wyoming winters. But I don't. (Well, not most of the time at least.) Starting in October, I implement our winter evening ritual, which makes me ridiculously happy and makes these long, dark winters much more tolerable--especially on the evenings when the wind howls and the snow hits the windows like gravel. After putting the kitchen to bed for the evening with an empty sink and ...Continue Reading