POSER HOMESTEAD
Zero or Hero: Going Low-Waste without (Too Much) Pain
here is a woman who fit two years of trash in a jar. I'll never forget the first time I saw her posts. 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 for the...
“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...
Stir Fried Rice from the Pantry
You can make stir fried rice. You don't need to order takeout. Save the earth. You don't need all the plastic takeout containers to get a taste of takeout Chinese. This is a great meal if you've got some leftover rice. Rice is freezer friendly, so you can even make...
Beef, Barley, & Mushoom Soup
Beef, Barley, and Mushroom soup is a very simple soup for a cold day. I love to make beef and barley soup in the Instant Pot. This is an "I forgot to make dinner" meal or for one of those days when I've been doing my thing (I'm the vegetarian) and I really don't care...