Delicious, from scratch additions to your main meal with real food ingredients.
Take a simple salad to the next level with this delicious dressing! Of all of the salad dressing recipes I’ve tried so far, this creamy honey mustard dressing is my favorite. Skip the bottled stuff and give this easy homemade dressing a try. Plus, it can be whipped up in less than 5 minutes with…
Need a basic marinade for all of your meat and grilling purposes? This is it! A simple, five ingredient all purpose marinade has you covered regardless of whether you are cooking up chicken breasts, pork chops, or a juicy steak. Grilling season is here—or in the case of life on the homestead, planting, weeding, and…
Chicken or white fish served with rice and vegetables makes a fine dinner, but add this homemade cream sauce and it becomes a highly requested favorite! This delicious cream sauce recipe is quick and easy to whip up and takes any meal to the next level! Magical White Cream Sauce I still remember my first…
Late August through September is officially dubbed tomato season on the homestead. When ripe tomatoes are coming out of our ears, this no peel, sugar free tomato sauce recipe is our solution to tomato overwhelm. It’s an easy and delicious way to put those tomatoes to use and enjoy them all year round! Our Tomato…
Of all the delicious indulgences, cream cheese is one of my favorites! And it’s surprisingly simple to make yourself. There are two methods for making homemade cream cheese—both requiring only a couple of easy steps and minimal ingredients. Let’s dive in! Home Dairy One of my favorite things about this homesteading life is that we…
It is now March and spring is almost here! That means rhubarb season is right around the corner. But after taking inventory of our freezer, I just realized that we have several bags of frozen rhubarb left from last year’s harvest. If that’s you too, let’s talk all about how to use frozen rhubarb. Rhubarb…
What do you do when it’s late summer and you have way more hot peppers than you know what to do with? This is where we found ourselves this past summer. The perfect remedy? Dry out those peppers and turn them into red pepper flakes. Let’s dive into the ins and outs of how to…
Sauerkraut is a staple in our fridge at all times and pulled out almost daily to add a boost of flavor, deep nutrition, and healthy gut bacteria to our meals. But, making your own lacto-fermented sauerkraut can be intimidating! We will walk you through exactly how to make your own red cabbage sauerkraut (or green)…
When it comes to cooking fats, there are a lot of options and even conflicting information about which one(s) are the best to use. We’ve been experimenting with different cooking fats for years and our favorite for its properties, versatility, and health benefits is cooking with lard. In this post we will give you a…
The more we delve into this homestead lifestyle, the more we are amazed by how easy it is to make items that we had previously only ever purchased in a package from the grocery store. Case in point, cultured cream! With only 2 simple ingredients, making your own cultured cream at home is about as…