Learn how to make healthy applesauce from scratch and the best apple varieties for cooking. Follow this tutorial to learn different ways of cooking applesauce – stovetop or crockpot, chunky or smooth, sweet or spiced. As the weather cools and the leaves turn, all I want to do is 1. Be outside crunching on leaves…
This peach pepper jam is sweet, spicy, and a delicious party appetizer with cream cheese. Plus it’s a great way to use up some of your summer garden bounty! We’ve hit the point in the summer where we’re completely swimming in garden produce. It will seem like we’ve begun to make a dent in the…
Whether you’re trying to kick a caffeine habit, already a tea devotee or just curious, these three herbal tea recipes are tasty, refreshing and a great way to support health outcomes! Lately, I’ve been trying to break my afternoon iced coffee habit. I don’t know when it became such a regular thing, but I know…
In today’s post, we’re walking through how to make my everyday sourdough pizza crust – literally the recipe I use once a week. It’s a simple intro to some standard sourdough techniques, good for your gut, and so, so delicious! I don’t know about you, but pizza night is a pretty sacred weekly tradition in…
An herb garden is a great starting point for beginner gardeners. But going back to store-bought herbs when the cold rolls around can be so disheartening. Learn how to preserve fresh herbs from the garden ten different ways. Reap the bounty of your herb garden all year long! Hands down, one of my favorite things…
Today begins a new blog series that will run all summer and into the fall – Using the Harvest, be that eating, drinking, or preserving it. In this post, we’re getting ready to drink the harvest with a homemade organic chamomile tincture + cocktail recipe. Two major motivations here: 1. A friend gifted me some…
Y’all, I’m almost embarrassed at how long it took us to complete this compost bin project. It’s been at the top of the homestead project to-do list since we moved in last August…and somehow it still took 10 months. At first, I wasn’t sure what kind of compost bin setup I wanted. I initially thought…
