Starting a new journey with Kefir

Jason is ahead of me on this by a few years, but I recently learned about Kefir. It was quite by accident, as my eye caught a video about probiotics and the importance of them in our diet. In tablet form, good probiotics can be [Read More]

Homemade Cream Of Wheat

When the cold weather sets in, I often find myself taking care of the little things that need wrapped up. In the afternoon the weather turns cold and often I have already taken off my long sleeves… But when I get inside, there are a [Read More]

Meal Planning – 6 weeks at a time!

6 Week Meal Planner My wife, Danielle, has recently created a 6 week meal planner, along with recipes, shopping lists and templates.  This is available as a PDF download that you can print off, and a printed version in a ring binder that you can [Read More]

The False Idea on Freezer Food, The Food Storage Basic’s Part 1

People love to get great deals on food that comes on sale, fruits, vegetables and meat alike. It is almost a no brainer when it comes to food cost and sales. Long ago the process to keep food was less healthy and affordable than today. [Read More]

Raw Milk Turns Into Many Homestead Products

As I sit here this evening, while the cool fall air swirls around the trees to pull off the dead leaves and floats them to the ground, today was a good productive day. You might remember the other night I went to a secret location [Read More]

The Birth Of The Smoothie

There are a few dishes that sit on my table today as did when I was a child. It is sometimes wonderful how we relate food today and the memories from our childhood, sometimes it isn’t. Traci, my sister can correct me on this one, [Read More]

How To Make Your Own Breakfast Sausage W/ Recipe

Memories of smelling bacon from downstairs always woke me up and made my tummy growl. At home on the farm, it was a frosting designed window as I looked out the window at the sun rising. At Grandpa’s it was a cool morning in Hornsby [Read More]

Ѽ Modern Pioneer’s Original Apple Chip Recipe Ѽ

 With all the recent request for my Wonderful recipe, I decided to blog it.. Modern Pioneers   Ѽ Ѽ Apple Chips Ѽ Ѽ1/3 cup Cinnamon1 cup cane sugarnice pinch of Allspice (heavier pinch if you want the taste to lean towards Apple Pie)Pineapple juice7 pounds [Read More]

Canning Those Tomatoes/Sauces and Better Sauce Ideas

While waiting for the bumper crops to start, those tomatoes start to come in. I love to eat the wonderful fruits as they come in the house, having that kind of reward is so wonderful. I have, through the years come up with many uses [Read More]

POOW__TAT__TOE Dehydrating

This food has long been the staple in many parts of world, and I believe has saved lives as much as ended lives. Stupid people are still building and shooting each other with potato guns. Then there was Black 47 in Ireland, again the source [Read More]