How To Use A Percolator To Brew Coffee
Learn how to brew a fresh cup of coffee without the need for electricity.
Kitchen
Eating off the land, from scratch recipes, preserving food, and other fun kitchen tips.
Light and Fluffy Bread Machine Yeast Rolls
These yeast rolls are so soft and yummy. With the help of a bread machine, they’re a sinch to throw together!
Is Grinding Frozen Meat Good Idea?
I wish I’d known this trick to grinding meat the first time I gave it a try. It would have saved me so much trouble!!
Clawhammer Still Review: Building And Testing The Still
A still can be useful for so many things: making essential oils, distilling spirits, fuel alcohol, making antiseptics… it’s just one of those things that we definitely wanted to add to our emergency preps. Here’s how we built our own with a Clawhammer Still Kit.
Solar Cooking in a Sun Oven
I have a new love: Solar Cooking! By using the sun to cook our foods, I’m saving money and energy, and keeping my house cooler during the hot summer months. Plus, the food is AMAZING.
How To Roast Whole Acorn Squash or Butternut Squash
Here’s my favorite way to roast whole winter squashes. Quick, easy, and delicious!
Two Ways To Render Tallow: Crockpot and Stovetop
Rendering fat sounds like a long, complicated process. Actually, it couldn’t be easier! Here are two ways to make tallow in your kitchen with tools you already have on hand.
10 Clever Ways To Use Cherry Pits
Freezing, dehydrating, canning- so many ways to preserve cherries! You can also use the seeds for many things… just don’t eat them!
My EcoZoom Stove Review
EcoZoom Stoves are an extremely efficient and versatile way to cook food without electricity. Check out my review and pics here.
How To Make Stevia Extract
Once you start growing Stevia, the next step is to learn how to use those leaves to make a natural sweetener. One method is to make an extract from the leaves… here’s how!
Honey Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins (No Sugar)
Blueberry muffins using freshly ground flour and only honey as a sweetener. My kids devoured them, so that means this one is a keeper in our home!
How To Get to a No Waste Kitchen
Here are some ways I make the most of every scrap of food in our home.
8 Ways to Get Rid of Weevils in the House
When crunching noises are coming from your closet, you know that’s a BAAAAAD sign.
Apple Crisp (Better Homes and Gardens) Recipe
It’s pear season in these parts! Although this recipe calls for apples, pears make a delicious alternative.
How Many Cups of Fresh Green Beans Equal A Pound?
For those of you who, like myself, don’t have a kitchen scale!