The kitchen is where simple living comes to life. It’s where home cooking meets food preservation—where you turn garden harvests and pantry staples into nourishing meals for your family. In this space, you’ll find from-scratch recipes made with whole ingredients, along with trusted techniques for preserving food through canning, fermenting, dehydrating, and freezing. Whether you’re making soup from fresh vegetables, putting up jam, or planning a pantry that supports your values, these resources will help you slow down, cook with purpose, and make the most of every ingredient. Because feeding your people well doesn’t have to be complicated—it just has to be real.
How would you like to be able to serve fresh rolls whenever you want? Well, you can. The dough for this no-knead roll recipe can be made ahead of time – like a week ahead of time. It’s sometimes called a refrigerator roll recipe and the raw dough can be kept in the refrigerator for …
Yesterday, we spent some time baking. I’m trying to get some snack type foods in the freezer before we start our school year in a few weeks. During the year, we have more outside of the house commitments and it’s nice to be able to just grab some muffins to take with us since some …
Chocolate cake was one of the things we always made from scratch when I was growing up. My mom’s chocolate cake recipe was famous among my friends – it was a true old fashion chocolate cake recipe. Several years ago I got a package from one of my dad’s sisters and inside was a copy …
My granny’s old-fashioned bread and butter pickle recipe is just what you’re looking for in a pickle. A crunchy pickle with the perfect balance between tangy and sweet! “I doubled the recipe because this is my daughter in laws favorite pickle. These are absolutely amazing. I don’t even like pickles and even I think these …
Basil pesto is a great way to enjoy the bounty of the summer garden. This frugal basil presto recipe is made with just a few flavorful ingredients. To keep costs down, we swapped out expensive pine nuts for pecans. The flavor is still bold, as basil pesto should be, and the cost is quite inexpensive. …
Stuffed squash is one of our favorite meals during the summer months when the garden is overflowing with different squash varieties. This vegetarian stuffed squash recipe has a Tex-Mex flare that my children love, especially when we use scallop squash but you can use whatever summer squash, zucchini (courgette) or delica squash you happen to …
This easy pasta salad is packed with fresh vegetables and topped with a zesty homemade dressing. Pasta salad is so versatile that you can use whatever vegetables you happen to have on hand or in the garden, you can use homemade or store bought dressing, and you can also easily make it gluten-free, dairy-free, keto …
This whole wheat pancake recipe is made with freshly ground whole wheat and has a tasty nutty flavor. You’re family will love this healthy breakfast option. I really love making pancakes for our family to enjoy on days when we have time to have breakfast together. But none of us like pancakes made with all …
This easy homemade pizza recipe, includes a pizza dough recipe, topping suggestions and even freezing instructions. Use this recipe to make family size pizzas, individual pizzas, or calzones. It’s a super versatile recipe. Pizza crust is a great recipe for beginner bread bakers because it’s very forgiving. This recipe will result in soft chewy crust, …
Banana bread muffins have all the moist, tasty goodness of banana bread in a tidy handheld muffin. These muffins pack a lot of nutrition when you use freshly ground whole wheat flower and add some ground flax seed. I’m not sure why but my kids prefer muffins to a loaf of banana bread – something …
We call these peanut butter balls or peanut butter treats, but most people call them no-bake peanut butter cookies. Since I don’t flatten them, they don’t really look like cookies. We also don’t eat them like we do cookies, these no-bake cookies are packed full of nutrition so we use them for snacks and packing …
I probably shouldn’t admit this, but my poor husband has to fend for himself for breakfast. Even if I’m up when he is getting ready for work, I can’t ever get it together enough to make a hot breakfast for him. So here’s our routine, every couple of weeks I make tons of waffles for …