POSER HOMESTEAD
Swiss Chard and Mushrooms
I'm buried in Swiss Chard. It's time to eat some greens! I love this, which is good because I'm going to be eating it for the rest of the summer. INGREDIENTS Swiss chard...
Building a Greenhouse from Salvage (maybe!)
said, "I'd like a greenhouse." I also picked up some windows I could use to build one. "When are you building the greenhouse?" I didn't really mean to build one, I just noted it would be nice to have one. I've had three before--they were all kits...
Zero or Hero: Going Low-Waste without (Too Much) Pain
here is a woman who fit two years of her trash in a jar. Two years of stuff in one jar. That was all her trash. There's another woman I found who goes around Manhattan to CVS stores looking through the garbage. She gifts or keeps the excellent...
“Can I freeze these foods?” Here’s how.
Freeze food now. Avoid shopping and cooking later. "Can I freeze...." It's the trending Google search in the UK right now. At first I thought Londoners were having a cold snap hunting down ski coats. Not so. They're freezing food. With people on lockdown and supply...
Small Homestead? Get Grafted Fruit Trees
TL;DR: Get some fruit trees. Grafted fruit trees can really save the day. Don't kill them. Don't let the birds and deer eat your fruit. "How can I stop buying fruit every year and be more self-reliant? I don't have much land..." If you've got a smallish Poser...
(Recycled Food Series) Bread Pudding, Bread Crumbs, and Stuffing
This another recycled food recipe, where we take an ingredient that's perfectly healthy but in some way or another past its prime, and upcycle it into culinary greatness. Bread pudding is a canvas for greatness. Crumble your bread products, add eggs and liquid (milk,...
Banana Bread (Don’t toss those black ones!!)
This is an old favorite recipe for saving slimy, overripe bananas from death. When a banana gets that "yuck" texture--that's when it's at its best for banana bread. It's part of the "Recycled Food Series" aimed to get us to rethink a lot of what we throw away. America...
Make Your Own Pesto
Pesto costs a million dollars in the store--if you've got a poser homestead garden, it should be free. You should never spend a dime on pesto. It's one of those things you get in tiny jars in the store, but I could eat by the spoonful. Start harvesting your...
Use Up that Cabbage: Make a Mock “Egg Roll”
What do I do with all this cabbage? Make a poser homestead mock egg roll one-pot meal! Every fall we're buried in cabbage. That's a blessing. Also a blessing: cabbage is one of the best root cellar foods out there. It will last until the first leaves of spring salad...