You can save money by ordering food and goods through buying clubs! Here is what you need to know before you get started on your savings.
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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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How to Cook with a Wood Stove
Cooking With a Wood Stove Are you wondering how to cook on a wood stove? My family often cooked food in a frying pan or saucepan on the wood stove when I was growing up. Sometimes we did a picnic-style meal and cooked hot dogs in the flames with the…
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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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The New Settlement Cookbook & Christmas Memories
A Classic American Cookbook My parents gave me this copy of The New Settlement Cookbook a few years ago after a trip to one of our local antique shops. Buried deep in the book section we came across this 1997 reprint of an American classic. This edition has some…
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Cranberry Jam Recipe with Free Recipe Card!
How to make cranberry jam from fresh cranberries! Use the discounted cranberries after Thanksgiving to make a delicious batch of jam!
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How to Raise the Best Turkeys
How to Raise the Best Turkeys Have you ever wondered what it would be like to raise turkeys on your homestead? Maybe you’ve heard that these birds are so stupid that they will drown in the rain or that they are very difficult to raise. Not true! They aren’t difficult…
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How to Make Peach Jam from Fresh or Frozen Fruit
How to Make Peach Jam from fresh or frozen fruit!
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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!