Making jam is my favorite way to preserve strawberries. There is something special about homemade jam made from strawberries you picked yourself. Like most of us, I am making an effort to cut back on sugar this year and decided to try a no sugar strawberry jam recipe. This jam uses pectin from green apples…
Pantry Staple Recipes
Family’s Favorite Deviled Eggs
Our hens are in full production mode, which means I have a basket full of eggs on my counter that needs my attention. There is no better reason to make some of my family’s favorite deviled eggs. You don’t need to wait for a special occasion to enjoy this high protein snack. My son devours…
Easy Shepherd’s Pie, A Family Favorite
My mother made this meal fairly often growing up and I made it for my family. This easy shepherd’s pie recipe is very affordable to make, healthy and enjoyed by the whole family. Even better, you can easily hide extra veggies into the filling without picky eaters noticing. This recipe can easily be adapted around…
Homemade Whole Milk Yogurt: Simple Recipe
You don’t need to own a dairy cow to have homemade whole milk yogurt. Making yogurt from store bought milk is worth the effort. Not only is it sometimes hard to source whole milk, naturally sweetened yogurt, it can be quite expensive. For the price of one gallon of milk, you get four quarts of…
Food Storage Tips For Your Home
There are many practical reasons to create a food storage supply for a month or more. A food storage supply will help you save money and hold off on grocery shopping when an unexpected bill arrives. Think of it as food insurance against unforeseen financial hardship. Though it can seem overwhelming, it doesn’t need to…
Homestead Kitchen Essentials For Cooking
Stocking your kitchen with durable, quality homestead kitchen essentials, will allow you to prepare from scratch meals for your family. Start with purchasing items you don’t already own and then replace lesser quality items as they break. Many of these items can be purchased secondhand. This will be an investment that you will benefit from…
Natural Laundry Detergent: Affordable and Eco-Friendly
Even if you have tried homemade laundry detergents before and failed, I urge you to try this one. Have you dealt with towels that don’t seem to absorb, white build up on your clothes, or maybe your clothes just didn’t smell clean. Well you won’t have those issues now with this natural laundry detergent recipe….
Natural Kitchen Cleaners For Your Home
Making your own cleaning solutions is an excellent way to decrease toxin exposure, do something good for the environment and save money. You will likely have all the ingredients already. It takes less than five minutes to make natural kitchen cleaners. Out of habit or an effort to save time, you can easily over spend…
Preparing for Cold and Flu Season
The only thing worse than getting sick, is watching a loved one go through it. On second thought, it is probably getting sick and trying to take care of a loved one too. Preparing for cold and flu season now, could really be a huge help. In the middle of the night when those symptoms…
Pecan Pound Cake
There is currently an abundance of pecans on our little farm. Even after the squirrels got their share, there are still plenty of pecans on the ground waiting to be collected. With pecans freshly shelled, there couldn’t be a better time to make a Pecan Pound Cake. When the weather gets chilly, don’t you find…