Homesteading | Self Sufficient Living | Living off the Land
I feel kinda silly even calling this a "recipe"... But I felt compelled to share it with ya anyway, because EVERYONE needs this simple little trick in their summer recipe arsenal. You know those days when you have company coming over and you need a quick dessert, but you've been out in the garden all day and cooking is the last thing you want to do. Yeah, this baked peaches recipe is for those times. My other ...Continue Reading
It was rough, man. For the last year our teeny living room was our only living space as we ripped apart our 98 year-old home to make room for the extreme farmhouse remodel. For nearly all of 2015, we ate in that room, did homeschool in that room, played in that room, relaxed (sort of...) in that room, and stored all the boxes there too. It was nearly impossible to keep things and organized in that sort of set-up, and I'll ...Continue Reading
I was so thrilled when Craig Fear from Fearless Eating said he'd write a post on making pork broth. I feel like I've pretty much mastered making poultry and beef broth, but have yet to venture into homemade pork broth. I'm ready to give it a try after reading Craig's advice, though! With the resurgence of interest in making real homemade bone broth from actual bones, pork broth is an option few people consider. In fact, I ...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
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
Right now my days are being filled with newborn cuddles and changing diapers (and I'm also spending a lot of time smelling Prairie Baby's head... Why is it that they smell so good?!), so I have a number of visiting contributors prepared to share their genius with you. Today's it's Renee from Raising Generation Nourished sharing her tips for the perfect roasted squash---> Squash is hands down my favorite fall food. Sure those apple ...Continue Reading
