Recipes, scratch cooking

Homemade Hot Cocoa

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

Recipes

How to Make Homemade Vegetable Stock from Kitchen Scraps

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

Projects, Repairs

Save Money and Time by Doing Small Home Repairs On Your Own

Our shower/bath handle started getting a little tight, then it was tough to move at all, then we went through the trauma of a bath time with the babes when we couldn’t get the water to turn off at all. Thankfully with a little elbow grease we got the faucet turned off, but were then… Continue reading Save Money and Time by Doing Small Home Repairs On Your Own

Syrup, Uncategorized

Adventures in Syrup

In our homesteading adventures I have read many articles and watched many youtube videos about those trying to live completely off their land. The trouble that many seem to run into is sugar and sweeteners. While sugar is not an important part of healthy eating, it is something that makes eating more enjoyable. If you… Continue reading Adventures in Syrup