The easiest cranberry sauce spiced for the holidays. Naturally sweetened, simply homemade. This is the easiest whole food cranberry sauce, spiced with the flavors of the season. Pairs nicely with your holiday meals, and the leftovers are great for muffins, pancakes, salad dressing, and so much more! Taste of the season I always love to […]
The best green salad for Christmas and holiday entertaining. A simple salad made special with spiced pecans, pomegranates, and feta — all the colors of the season! With all the hustle and bustle that can come with the Christmas season, I make a point to slow down and live each moment on purpose. I don’t […]
This decadent yet simple bordeaux mushrooms side dish is the perfect addition to your holiday table. Whether entertaining for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any gathering of friends and family, this dish is sure to impress! If you’ve never had bordeaux mushrooms, boy oh boy are you in for a treat! Read on, my friend. There’s wine […]
After making a scrumptious batch of homemade applesauce or apple butter, easily turn those cores and skins into a frugal, raw apple cider vinegar from all those scraps. To know me is to know I love a bargain. Frugal living is a passion. Thrifting and second-hand shopping is second nature. In fact, I’ve become so […]
Farmhouse applesauce is a staple for every homestead. I share with you a simple way to make a large batch in a hurry, finishing with water bath canning to enjoy jars of applesauce year ’round. September rolls around and to me that signifies one thing: harvest! For some it means the kids are back in […]
Come along with us as we forage for chanterelles, the golden mushrooms, in this installment of our Family Adventures Series. If you’re new here, you can read and watch videos all about our Family Adventures Series that explains how we create expectation and excitement for adventuring and spending time together as a family. This time […]
When you don’t have the time or it’s just too hot to can your beautiful peaches, freeze instead! It’s fast and oh so easy. Learn how to freeze peaches and put up 20+ lbs. of peaches for the winter the easiest, healthiest way. Summer is such a wonderful time of year! Enjoying more daylight hours, […]
This recipe utilizes your sourdough starter and a few ingredients to make a no-wait sourdough sandwich wrap! We are busy busy busy. Right, fellow mamas? Because we are busy and on the go, I like to have a rough meal plan for the week, each day themed, i.e. brinner, sandwiches, soup, taco night, etc. That […]
With a few simple ingredients, you can serve up a healthier cornbread, made with a bit of your sourdough starter, baked in true form in a rustic cast-iron skillet. There is nothing like home-cooked food. I love nothing more than to have something savory simmering all day on the stove, and hear my children say, […]
This simple, homemade thick yogurt is made thick because of a secret ingredient. No straining required and made in the Instant Pot makes this a practically hands-free recipe! If frugality (living by means of making things at home instead of buying them at the store, my definition) were a love language, I think it would […]