Homesteading | Self Sufficient Living | Living off the Land
Honestly, I'm not totally sure what to call this recipe... Our family calls it a milkshake, but it's slightly misleading since it doesn't contain any ice cream. So, I decided to call it a smoothie instead, but that makes me think of breakfast drinks that contain yogurt and strawberries and sometimes the random handful of kale... It's more of a "dessert smoothie," I guess. This is our favorite treat after a long, hot day working around ...Continue Reading
Welcome Gwen from Gwen's Nest today as she shares four of her favorite fast and natural cough remedies! I don't know about your house, but around here, if someone is going to come down with a random wracking cough, it's going to be after 10 PM, and likely after the last bit of cough syrup was used up. But that's OK, because one of my favorite things about natural remedies is that many of them use basic things that I already have in ...Continue Reading
This weekend was supposed to be pretty laid-back, at least by Winger standards... I was planning to finally clean my neglected house, do a little computer work, and make our favorite peanut butter pie to go with our Slow Cooker Baked Potato Soup for Saturday night supper. And then just like that, it was Sunday morning and there I was, mopping up a lake of liquid yellow cow manure in my mudroom. Welcome to my life... ...Continue Reading
This is a post I've REALLY wanted to write for a while, but I've been too afraid... Not because cooking with oils is scary, or even complicated, but rather because I know this can be controversial, and I didn't feel like dealing with haters in the comments section. I'm kind of embarrassed to admit it, but that's the truth. But I've decided to write this post anyway. Why? Because cooking with essential oils is something I really, ...Continue Reading
There's just something special about the hustle and bustle of a busy kitchen on Thanksgiving morn... It's chaotic and crazy, but it brings back a lot of good memories. Sadly, for most of America, Thanksgiving food = processed food. There's green bean casserole swimming in MSG-laden cream soup, jiggly cranberry jelly from a can, and yams smothered in marshmallows. (By the way, who the heck started the whole marshmallow ...Continue Reading
