Food and Pantry

Foods That Are Safe To Preserve In a Water Bath Canner

When you want to can your favorite produce, water bath canning is the best way to do it. However, it’s not meant for all foods because the food is...

How To Preserve Food Without Electricity

Preserving food without electricity may seem like a daunting task in our modern, technology-driven world. But with some tried-and-true methods, you...

Stop Throwing Away Stale Bread. Do This Instead

Failing to eat your bread before it turns stale is extremely frustrating, and as a homesteader, the last thing you want to do is waste it. But fear...

What Went Wrong With Your Bread?

Few things can rival the enticing aroma of fresh bread straight out of the oven, boasting a delightful combination of fragrance and fluffiness. Once...

Never Store These 10 Foods Together

Whether you're storing your food in a chilly root cellar for the winter or you're simply looking for tips as to what not to do in your kitchen,...

Ingenious Ways To Preserve Cheese At Home

Perhaps you've had an extremely bountiful milking season and you have nothing to do with the excess milk as you clean out your freezer (probably in...

Fermenting vs Pickling

Fermenting and pickling are food preservation techniques that have been used for centuries to boost the flavors and shelf life of certain foods....

How To Make Long-Lasting Tallow For Survival

Beef tallow is fat that’s cooked down from rump roast, ribs, steaks, or any other cut of meat of the cow. For this article, I use leaf fat from my...

No Electricity Cooking Techniques You Need To Know By Heart

When the power goes out, it can be a little problem or a big one, depending on why it happened, when it happened, and how long it lasted. Even...

You Never Thought You Could Pickle These

As a homesteader, I always look for different ways to preserve any food in excess. I believe I used every way of preserving food from fermenting,...

Why Haven’t You Canned This?

Canning is a great way to preserve food and make it shelf-stable. If you are like most people, you think canned foods are primarily jams, jellies,...

Foods You Should Never Keep in a Root Cellar

Root cellars have been a convenient storage facility for food for centuries. They provide a dark, cool, and humid environment that helps prolong the...

Long Lasting Apple Recipes to Make This Fall

Everyone loves apples, they are a delicious fruit with many health benefits. However, you can do a lot more with apples than munch on them when you...

Canning Bone Broth That Lasts For More Than 2 Years

Whenever I see someone throw away a chicken carcass after making a nice roast, I cringe a little bit. Just because you’ve picked all the meat off,...

Foods You Shouldn’t Cook In Cast Iron

There are few things better than cooking with cast iron. It cleans up easily, we all know what it is and what it does, and there are few fumes from...

If You Don’t Have a Root Cellar Do This

Storing food for survival situations is essential for any homesteader. It's crucial you have enough food supplies to last until the next harvest or...

25 Pantry Foods That Actually Expire Quickly

Stocking up your pantry with a diverse selection of delicious eatables can be an exciting and rewarding experience. However, the real disappointment...

How To Make Condensed Milk That Can Last More Than 2 Years

When you start making lists and taking inventory of the products and foods you’ll want to have on hand in the case of an emergency, the items you...

Tomato Preservation Recipes

When we start to talk about preserving, we usually end up with a canner on our counter. That will be the case for this article, but I must note that...