Top 10 Kitchen Essentials for a Traditional Foods Kitchen. What are my most used items in my kitchen where I make all our food from scratch? This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. Y’all know by now that I am a huge believer in traditional ancestral foods. Give me all the…
Food Preservation
How To Can Water (and why you should)
How to can water! My recipe and instructions for canning water and why you should preserve some to have on hand for emergencies! This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. Hmmm I do a lot of weird things. Have you all noticed? I ferment stuff on the counter, I boil chicken…
Late Summer at the Farmhouse
Late Summer at the Farmhouse. What have we been doing and projects have we been working on this late summer on the homestead? This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. Winter is already almost here. Summer is so fun and full of busy projects that it seems to just fly by…
Easy Sauerkraut Recipe
Easy sauerkraut recipe! A insanely simple recipe recipe for sauerkraut, that is full of amazing gut-boosting probiotics! This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. This, in my humble opinion, is the world’s best fermented food. So you must make some instantly! I insist. Your small intestine is thanking you already as…
Let’s Eat Some 8 Month Old Raw Eggs!
Let’s Eat Some 8 Month Old Raw Eggs! This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. Ok y’all. The time has come. If you remember, we waterglassed a whole bunch of eggs in a 5-gallon bucket about 8 months ago. Today I’m going to take some of the eggs out and see…
Canned Apple Pie Filling Recipe
Canned Apple Pie Filling Recipe This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. It is the season for canning. I always love this time of year. Out in the cool fall weather harvesting apples from my grandparent’s 24 acre orchard. Bringing it back into my kitchen and preserving it in all the…
The Best Pickled Jalapeño Recipe
Pickled Jalapeño Recipe This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. Y’all. These are literally the best pickled jalapenos I’ve ever had. My cousin-in-law brought some to one of our family get-togethers and I had a hard time not eating the entire jar. Then I promptly got to work canning some of…
Preparing NOW for Winter with Covid-19
Preparing NOW for Winter This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. I think I am a prepper at heart. I definitely lean towards having plenty for our family on hand. Which has been such a blessing! It gives me such peace of mind. Especially with everything that happened with the recent…
How To Water Glass Eggs
How to water glass eggs and preserve them at room temperature. This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. This will change your lives y’all. Seriously. Did you know that you can preserve fresh, raw eggs for 8 months to a year, and sometimes even up to 2 years at room temperature!?…