frugal living

Harvested Green Tomatoes - freezedry - tea. [Green_tomato_tea.PNG] From the Garden At the end of harvest season, before the frost hit, I harvested the last of my tomatoes when they were still green. I diced them up, using my KitchenAid food proces

As families venture into the homesteading life, one of the first things they do is cook more from scratch and that often includes baking their own bread.  And bread means flour.  [5_tips_for_storing_flour.PNG] As a homesteader, being frugal is impor

I realized that my sourdough starter was starving! [Sourdough_starter_feeding.PNG] Feeding the natural yeast of a sourdough starter is vital to the process of bread-making. The Yeast  The flour that you start the sourdough starter with, as well as

Save your sourdough discard mixture and make some breadsticks for dipping. [Sourdough_discard_bread_sticks_recipe.PNG] This is a really fast and easy recipe to make with your sourdough discard.  The Ingredients • 300 grams sourdough starter discard

Cooking like grandma means cooking from scratch [Cooking_from_scratch.PNG] My grandmother, the one that I knew, had a family of twelve to feed on a daily basis. And - she did it in the 1920’s and beyond. Just imagine that. Now, I don’t remember

Cook a chicken; eat some; make bone broth; have leftovers; grind up the rest for chicken salad … for the win!! [Ground_chicken_leftovers.PNG] I absolutely love my new meat grinder attachment for my KitchenAid stand mixer.  Somewhere in my cupboards

“Good morning to you,  Good morning to you, We are all in our places, With bright happy faces, And that’s the best way To start a good day” That’s the song I used to sing to my children when they were young. Singing it this morning put a smile on

Goal: to have a pantry full of foods to provide you for the next 6-12 months or so (ex. from harvest season to harvest season) 2 Inexpensive strategies  1. Buy one more:  when doing your weekly shopping, instead of one set of supplies for a meal, (a

Are you having a big family gathering and serving a turkey for the feast? Don’t throw out the turkey bones/carcass when you are done eating. The turkey bones are a great resource for making bone broth. [Turkey_bone-broth.PNG] Cook your turkey a