This fluffy German pancake has many names: Dutch Baby, Puff Pancake, Dutch Puff, Hooligan Pancake, and some call it Pannenkoeken. It truly is of German origin and not Dutch. The "Dutch" part of the Dutch Baby as we know it comes from an American restauranteur using the word "Dutch" in place of "Deutsch" (which means… Continue reading Simple Dutch Baby German Pancake Recipe
Planting and Harvesting Carrots This spring when we sowed our seeds we really just sprinkled one of our garden beds with the leftovers from three different packets of seeds. We were very hands-off with our carrots this year. Even with our hands-off approach this season we managed to harvest over 20 pounds of carrots. Due… Continue reading All Things Carrots
On a crisp fall or winter day I absolutely love a grilled cheese sandwich and a warm creamy cup of bisque. Unfortunately, I am the only one in our family who eats tomatoes so it doesn’t make sense to make a big batch of tomato bisque, but I crave that bisque and grilled cheese combo.… Continue reading One-Pot Ginger Carrot Maple Bisque
Here at the Surf and Sew Homestead we are always learning and always trying something new. Come learn with us on our tiny homestead! This week we tried something out that I had been wanting to do for awhile and we made butter. I have dreams of a larger property. Sometimes even of having dairy… Continue reading Making Butter in a Stand Mixer
Learning to make pizza from scratch has saved us hundreds of dollars… The other night I got caught up playing some games with our family and quickly realized that I didn’t have time to make the dinner that I had planned before everyone would go into full hungry meltdown mode. I was able to get… Continue reading The Joys of Scratch Cooking: 30 Minute Pizza Dough Recipe
Recently, I sat inside on a cold spring day, watching the rain fall out the window, counting the days before we get to our expected last frost date (we still have about a month and a half), I found myself longing for fresh summer harvests, so I opened yet another of our jars of salsa… Continue reading How to feel like you are eating a fresh summer harvest all year long! Bonus: Easy Salsa Chicken Recipe
Packaging as a whole, seems to make us feel better. We see it as sanitary, as clean, as safe. In reality the sanitary, clean, and safe comes from whatever that item was packaged in and what is contained inside that package. Is the plastic that it is packaged in safe? Is it leaching chemicals into… Continue reading Why do we rely on packaged goods? Bonus: Roasted Garlic Recipe
Making your own hot cocoa mix is extremely easy and only calls for 5 ingredients! Cooking from scratch is a big part of our homesteading journey, it's one of our "5 of the Easiest Changes you can make NOW to start an Urban or Suburban Homestead without any Experience". Along our journey to remove foods… Continue reading Homemade Hot Cocoa
We have been making our own veggie stock for a few years now. It was one of the first steps that we took in making our kitchen more “from scratch.” This is one of the easiest and cheapest things you can do towards making your home a homestead. Even if you don’t have homestead dreams… Continue reading How to Make Homemade Vegetable Stock from Kitchen Scraps
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