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Quick Rise Sourdough Bread
Do you love having fresh sourdough bread in your kitchen, but don’t always have the 2 to 3 days to make it? In this video, I’m going to show you how you can enjoy the benefit of having long fermented grains in a fraction of the time. Sourdough starter achieves two purposes, leavening and fermenting. For this sourdough recipe with a twist, we will be using sourdough discard to ferment the grains and yeast to leaven our dough. Follow along with me as I take you through this combination recipe as well as a classic sourdough artisan bread recipe.
Weekly Home Refresh
If you love eliminating toxins from your home as much as possible like I do, then a non-toxic cleaning routine is for you! My top items for keeping my home tidy include my DIY laundry detergent and all-purpose cleaner as well as castile soap and baking soda. With just these four simple items, I’m able to keep our home neat and clean while keeping the chemicals out all at the same time!
High Protein Breakfast Ideas
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! And while eating a balanced diet the rest of the day is also important, we find that starting the morning off right with a balanced meal helps set us up for a happy productive day! These five breakfasts are meals that we gravitate to almost every week. These are examples of our weekday breakfasts where we like to focus on higher protein and lower carbs. These meals are satiating and nourishing!
Spring Garden Planning On The Homestead
Spring is a busy time on the homestead. It comes along with lots of planning and preparations. Although it’s not quite peak busy season, there is still plenty to do. This weekend we worked on assembling more raised beds, starting onion and celery seeds, and amending soil in our existing raised beds. Follow along with us on this busy day!
Natural Cold And Flu Remedies
The ingredients in each of these remedies are powerful at preventing a virus or helping you to heal faster if you do catch a cold or flu. The elderberry and echinacea tincture is great for boosting immunity, lowering inflammation, relieving pain, and providing additional healing properties. The cough syrup and the hot toddy, with key ingredients raw honey and lemon, are great for soothing a sore throat or cough and cutting through mucus. Learn how to make your own remedies and stock your natural medicine cabinet for wintertime cold and flu season.
Busy Weekend On The Homestead
Join us as we go through a typical busy weekend day on the homestead! As the days are becoming a bit warmer, there are more projects happening outside. And of course the usual indoor chores, cooking and homemaking, are regularly happening as well. Often projects happen slowly on our homestead, but steady wins the race! So come along with us as we are continuing this journey!
Seasonal Eating Winter Edition
I love embracing seasonal flavors and ingredients in my kitchen, and this meal is full of them! Come along with me as I’m making a from scratch dinner from seasonal root vegetables and pantry and freezer staples. On the menu we have cabbage rolls, mashed potatoes, green beans, and carrots. One of the first steps you can take toward self-sufficiency, even if you don’t have any type of homestead, is to cook and eat seasonally. Use what is fresh in your grocery store and stock your pantry and freezer with staples whenever you can!
Top Tips For Creating A Cozy Winter Home
If you generally consider winter to be a dreary time of year, you’re not alone. The chillier shorter days can seem uninviting, and many of us feel like this time of year drags on. But over the years I’ve tried to embrace this season and enjoy it to it’s fullest instead of wishing it away. One of the ways I do this is by creating the coziest space I can when we’re spending more hours inside. So with that, here are my top tips for creating a cozy home atmosphere during the winter.
