Over 100 made from scratch recipes ranging from old fashioned baked goods and meals to modern recipes featuring less sugar and gluten free options.
We also have recipes and tips for home food preservation. Methods include canning, dehydrating, freeze drying, infusions, ferments, homemade wines and more.
Homemade deodorant recipes are a great alternative to standard deodorants. Regular deodorants can be pretty nasty. The aluminum and other chemicals in standard deodorant have been linked to breast cancer. Even the crystal deodorants (which I had been using recently) contain aluminum compounds. One study I saw recently indicated that the crystal deodorants may actually…
I was listening to the radio the other day, and the morning talk show hosts were going on about how to boil an egg. Since I’ve boiled several hundred eggs over my lifetime (possibly thousands – we used to boil an awful lot of eggs for the catering business when we made big batches of…
House fried rice is one of my boys’ favorite dishes when we go out to eat. I generally like it, too. I’ve noticed over the years (we don’t eat out often) that most restaurants seem to be getting skimpier on the meat, eggs, and veggies and heavier on the white rice. I figured homemade fried…
My boys love crackers. Unfortunately, most of the brands featured in the store have lots of ingredients we are trying to avoid – transfats, artificial flavors, bleached and bromated flour and so on. Enter Kitchen Stewardship’s Homemade “Wheat Thin” Style Crackers recipe. I love Katie’s blog – it’s full of helpful tips and great recipes….
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ve probably seen my first experience with rendering poultry fat. After that success, I figured I was ready to tackle the big leagues. Target number two – beef tallow from our quarter of grass fed beef. First off, the butcher was surprised we wanted it, then…