Making Brine-Cured Dilly Beans My Mom cans a batch of delicious Dilly Beans every year and my family loves them. I think I like them better than canned dill pickles, to be honest. While we really enjoy the canned recipe, I’ve started making brine-cured dilly beans from my own fresh…
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How to Make Goat Milk Yogurt
How to Make Goat or Cow’s Milk Yogurt I’m so excited to have enough extra goat milk to make a batch of yogurt. I’m getting about two quarts of milk a day from one of the does and it is so delicious! My goal was to have enough milk for…
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Blueberry Crepes for Breakfast
How to Make Blueberry Crepes from Scratch It has been ages since I’ve made crepes. I always think of them as being a bit, well, fussy. And I’m not all that into fussy foods. However, Joe asked for crepes the other day, the hens are in total overdrive with spring…
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How to Make Jack Wax and Hard Maple Candy
Sweet Maple Treats – Jack Wax and Hard Maple Candy Jack Wax (also known as Maple Taffy, Sugar on Snow, or Syrup on Snow) and Hard Maple Candy are easy treats to make any time of year. The method for making each confection is similar. Read Sweet Maple by Michelle…
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Slow Cooking a Duck
See also How to Use Duck Eggs & Pekin Ducks for Sustainable Meat Production Slow Cooked Duck Meat Yesterday afternoon I put a duck in the slow cooker and let it simmer on low until dinner time. I poured some cranberry walnut dressing over it for flavor. You could use Italian…
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Oatmeal Raisin Bar Cookies from Scratch
Quick Cookies for Busy Homesteaders For all of you busy homesteaders who have trouble finding time to get everything done, these are much easier and faster to make than drop cookies. You can substitute olive oil or melted lard for the melted butter. You can also use any other dried…
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Baking from Scratch on the Homestead
Check out my recipes for Homemade Muffin Mix, Dark Chocolate Cake, and Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins! Why Ditch the Mix? As a kid I remember making all of our own cakes, pies, cookies, and muffins from scratch. It wasn’t until I got a bit older that I remember having cake mixes…
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How to Make Egg Noodles
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Check out my post on What to do With Extra Eggs. Homemade Egg Noodles If you’ve never made your own egg noodles, you don’t know what you’re missing! I don’t make my own pasta very often, since it is pretty inexpensive at the store. However,…
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Duck Salad Recipe
Duck Salad Sandwich If you like chicken or turkey salad, I’m pretty sure you’ll like duck salad too. 2013 was the first year I raised meat ducks for our table, and I must say, YUM! The meat is tender and tasty, resembling the dark meat on a chicken. Recently, I…
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How to Make Raw Eggnog
Homemade Raw Milk Eggnog I love eggnog. This time of year there are plenty of choices for eggnog lovers at the grocery store. But I’ve noticed that most eggnog is just too rich for my tastes these days. So now I make my own from low-fat milk from the grocery…
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Muffin Mix for Prepping or Giving
Make Ahead Muffin Mix Last year I shared two recipes for muffin mixes you can make ahead for your own baking, or to give away as gifts. Having these mixes on hand gives you a quick way to whip up a batch of homemade goodies when company is coming…
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Turnips Roasting Over an Open Fire
See also, Making Broth on Your Wood Stove. Turnips from Trogg’s Hollow We have a great CSA, Trogg’s Hollow, down the road a piece from our house. Momma Marcy and Farmer Trogg, the owners and operators, are a friendly couple making their business in locally grown farmers’ markets and Community…
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How to Make Blueberry Jam
Use these step by step instructions to make your own delicious blueberry jam from fresh or frozen blueberries! Great in winter!
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How to Make Jam from Frozen Fruit
Make jam from frozen fruit all year round! You can freeze the harvest when you don't have time to process jam and jelly, then make your preserves later. Or make jam from storebought frozen fruit!
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Top Ten Uses for Whey
My Top Ten Uses for Sour Whey If you’ve ever tried making your own Queso Fresco, Cottage Cheese, or Ricotta Cheese from fresh milk, you know that there is a lot of whey left over. These cheeses are made by heating the milk and adding vinegar, which is why this…
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Dark Chocolate Cake
Who Doesn’t Love Chocolate Cake?! I make this dark chocolate cake for my husband because he’s a huge dark chocolate fan. He’s also a fan of healthy foods, so I try to make our desserts as guilt-free as I can. Usually. I used mostly organic ingredients (including Organic Fair…