Here I am... 34-years old, mother of three, successful business owner... writing a post about toilet paper alternatives. Life is weird. The empty store shelves and non-stop Facebook posts about paper products have shown me that Americans put a higher priority on toilet paper than I ever thought possible. I'm hopeful that in a week or two, this post will be completely unnecessary, as the store shelves will be overflowing with ...Continue Reading
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Homemade Salt Dough Ornaments
Long winter nights give me a burst of creative energy. The other seasons are loaded with long, busy days on a homestead. But winter gives our family long evening hours and a little more time on our hands. Time to be creative, as a family. This time of year, that creativity often entails salt dough ornament creations. A salt dough ornament recipe is right up my alley. Not surprisingly, really, I kinda love homemade salt dough ...Continue Reading
How to Use a Fermenting Crock
My kitchen currently resembles the laboratory of a mad scientist. There's my sourdough starter bubbling away by the oven, a container of continuous brew kombucha doing it's thing on the island, and a 2-gallon crock of sauerkraut fermenting away in the corner. I've come a long way, considering I used to be scared of fermented foods. Both the sights and smells of fermenting foods turned me off for years, not to mention the worry it ...Continue Reading
21. How to Pickle Any Vegetable
If you’re anything like me, you’re always searching for different ways to maximize the yield from you harvest. While I love canning, sometimes the volume of your harvest simply doesn’t warrant going through the process. On today’s episode I’m detailing my favorite way of quickly preserving even the smallest amount of vegetables. Listen to find out the entire process of quick-pickling, the tools you’ll need ...Continue Reading
How to Cook from Scratch When You Have Limited Time
Would you believe that I don't spend all day in the kitchen? Well, it's true, my friends. I may have written a cookbook and filmed a cooking class, but that doesn't mean I spend my life in the kitchen. Most days you'll find me bouncing all over the homestead from the barn, to the garden, to the office, to the kitchen, yet somehow I usually still manage to pull off plenty of from-scratch, homemade meals during the ...Continue Reading