Food Pantry

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, you've come to the right place. Today, we'll be looking at foods that detract from one another by being forced into...

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 preparation for hunting season). What do you do? And how do you turn it into something that won't go to waste? There's a...

Fermenting and pickling are food preservation techniques that have been used for centuries to boost the flavors and shelf life of certain foods. They are often mistaken as the same, while both methods preserve food, they are significantly different in terms of the...

Perhaps you've managed to produce a ton of carrots this year and you just don't have the room to store them. Maybe your freezer fell through at the last moment or you just didn't get the sales you expected. Hey, congratulations on such a bountiful harvest. The problem...

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 local butcher shop which usually surrounds and protects the organs in the abdominal cavity. You can use any type of fat...

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 though we can't control those things, there are some things we can do to make the problem smaller. One of them is learning...

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, pickling, or canning food will never go to waste. These different ways to preserve food didn't have to be only during the...

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, soups, and vegetables. But there are many more foods that can be canned. Let’s look at some of these foods that are sure...

Root cellars have been a convenient storage facility for food for centuries. They provide a dark, cool, and humid environment that helps prolong the shelf-life of fruits, vegetables, root crops, and other foods. While root cellars are excellent for preserving many...

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 are feeling peckish. With their crisp texture and natural sweetness, apples can turn ordinary dishes into mouth-watering...