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...
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...
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...
Make pesto like a chef–for pennies–and have a taste of summer all year long! Pesto costs fifteen bucks for a tiny jar in the store–enough for my dinner alone. If you knew how cheap it was to make, you’d be mad. Grow some basil. Harvest it. Put it in the...
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...
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...
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)...
This tomato soup is delicious…but don’t count calories here! But you can make the “light version” if you want. It’s healthy. But… not as tasty. I recommend using some form of heavy cream, and making sure to saute the onion in...
Blueberry season waits for no man. Mother Nature is a tough customer. And, the deer ate my entire orchard again, so, time to pick berries. Today, I went to the berry farm over the border, through the backwoods, where only people who know go. Usually, I hop on seasons...
