Food and Pantry

Every late summer, I receive an abundant supply of honey - a perk of living on a homestead. Generally, I pour this honey into jars and gift it to my...

As a homesteader who has lived off the grid for the past 10 years, I have learned how to make the most of the bounties of nature around us. One of...

Fermented cabbage is one of the simplest and most rewarding foods you can make at home. It’s a centuries-old preservation method that enhances...

During a crisis, it’s time-tested recipes like this one that can save your life. The story behind the bread and butter pickles goes way back to the...

An old joke when someone referred to something cheap was “That’s chicken feed.” Unfortunately, like everything else these days, even chicken feed...

Your freezer’s humming is one power outage away from silence. I learned this the hard way when a storm killed my fridge, spoiling $200 worth of...

If you’ve spent hours tending livestock, mending fences, or preserving your harvest, you need a meal that matches your grit. This cowboy casserole...

Honey has remarkable food preservation properties. In fact, archaeologists found a sealed clay jar of honey in an ancient Egyptian tomb. They opened...

When purchasing a whole cow carcass, we start dreaming up what we can do with it. Roasts for the winter? Stew? Burgers on the grill all summer? Of...

Garlic honey! Or Honey with garlic. Or, as many of my older relatives would have called it, "smear that on some toast, and that kid will make it...

Survival in the 1800s depended on proper food storage. Families couldn't run to the grocery store. They had to make their harvest last 6-8 months. A...

Bacon's preservation spans centuries of homesteading knowledge, with techniques passed down through generations of self-sufficient families. If...