This homesteading journey never ceases to amaze me… If you would have told me four years ago that there was a way to preserve lemons, I probably would’ve laughed in your face. When I was growing up, if a lemon went bad, that bad boy went into the trash (gasp!). I know. I know. I was…
Homemade Sauerkraut {AKA Fermented Sauerkraut}
This lady likes LOVES her some easy… Seriously, I will do anything that is easy. Can I get an Amen ladies and gentlemen?!?! Amen. Not until I became a homesteader did I even know that I could make my own homemade sauerkraut. I use to buy that mushy/soggy stuff from the grocery store. In a…
French Onion Soup Recipe
Guest Post by: Meaghan from Cook. Craft. Love. Because delicious belongs in your mouth… Hi, The Easy Homestead readers! Before we get on to that delicious french onion soup recipe I want to level with y’all… I am not a homesteader. I hope you didn’t choke on your coffee gasping, but it’s true. Jen is…
Fermented Asparagus with Garlic and Thyme
It’s the new cool thing y’all… For me anyways. But, in fact, fermenting veggies goes way back. Like a really really long time. Prior to people having water bath canners, electricity, and all the cool canning stuff, they were fermenting foods. Fermented foods (AKA- lacto-fermented foods) are really quite simple and don’t involve anything but:…
Pickled Green Onions Recipe
I know it sounds weird… …but Oh. My. Word. are these baby’s delicious! Like- we can’t stop snacking on them. It wasn’t a recipe that we sought out to make. It just happened by chance, and oh-lawdy was it a divine chance! This recipe is super simple to make and worth a try if you…
Easy Sourdough Pancakes Recipe
I totally have to come out right now… I am whole heartedly having a love affair (sorry Mountain Man). Mountain Man is the only thing in this world that has made my dress fly up… until I came face to face with a sourdough starter. It was like that love at first sight type deal-…
Chicken Piccata Recipe
If you’re a lover of REAL butter, olive oil, and lemon juice… Then READ ON, baby! This recipe encompasses all things that hold a seriously deep place in my heart- besides Mountain Man– of course. Something about that bearded man still makes my dress fly up. Oh. Sorry. Back to the chicken piccata recipe. We…
How to Roast Pumpkin Seeds
I’m not very good at keeping secrets…. So today I am letting the cat out of the bag on how to make the BEST tasting pumpkin seeds EVER. I have always roasted my pumpkin seeds this way and have had countless people ask me how I get them to taste so darn good- and not…