Food and Pantry – Recipes

The Pie I Make Every Halloween and Thanksgiving! There are two days a year when my kitchen smells like baked pumpkin, and those two days are...

The first time someone handed me a hog's head on butchering day, I honestly did not know what to do with it. It sat in a cooler on the porch while I...

A good chocolate chip cookie is one of those small comforts every kitchen should be able to turn out, even when someone at the table cannot eat...

Every year my pepper plants outproduce every plan I ever made for them. I can only eat so many salsas and stir-fries before the crisper drawer...

Corned beef shows up on my table every spring, usually alongside potatoes and carrots I pulled out of the root cellar over winter. It's a tough,...

A good deer season leaves you with more venison than your freezer really wants to hold, and jerky is one of the best ways to turn that surplus into...

The first jar of kefir grains I ever got came in a small ziplock bag from a woman at my local farmers market, handed over like she was passing along...

I switched to making my own almond milk years ago, after doing the math on how much a carton of the store bought stuff was costing me every week for...

Yogurt is good food. In fact, it’s ranked as one of the superfoods. It’s an excellent source of protein, calcium, phosphorus, Vitamin B12, and B2....

Every fall, homesteaders end up with the same happy problem: a crock, a bucket, or a shelf full of jars packed with sauerkraut and no plan for using...

Store-bought sour cream is fine when you need it in a pinch, but once you start making it yourself, the difference is hard to ignore. Homemade sour...

I keep two jars of lard in my kitchen. One is plain white, neutral, and good for everything. Frying eggs, making gravy, seasoning pans, you name it....

There is a high chance you have half a loaf of bread sitting on the counter right now. You might be thinking it’s already stale, so it's only good...

Meatloaf is one of those meals that has been feeding families through lean times and busy weeks for generations. It is the kind of dish you can...

I've been making bone broth on this homestead for about eight years. I used the same old method every time. I toss the bones in a pot, cover with...

Grocery prices keep climbing and climbing and in the near future, there is a real possibility that most of us will not be able to afford basic food....

Store-bought garlic cheese is fine. Homemade garlic cheese is something else entirely. When you control every ingredient, you decide how much garlic...

The reason you might be struggling with sourdough starter is that you are actually trying too hard and following the wrong recipes. Not all of us...

Bagels are one of those foods that appear deceptively simple. Flour, water, yeast, salt. Nothing exotic. Yet anyone who has attempted a proper...

I still have the photo of our first egg. We keep chickens in a suburban backyard, and we fought for the right to do that. The photo is of my son...

Bee pollen has earned its reputation as one of nature’s most concentrated foods. Collected by bees from flowering plants, it contains a unique mix...