Many budget-conscious people depend on rice and bean or other grain bowls for meals every week. In our family, we have a bowl meal at least once a week (and often twice!) because they are easy, filling, and inexpensive. Rice cooks effortlessly in the rice cooker, and beans can come from a can or be […]
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20+ Recipes Using Ingredients from Food Banks & Food Pantries
The government shut down seems to show no sign of letting up, and it’s going to affect millions of people who rely on SNAP dollars to buy meals. Once the funds they have are all gone, many people will have to rely on food pantries throughout the United States. Food pantries can give out a […]
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My Real-Life Preserving List: What I Can, What I Freeze, and What I Pass On
As we are about to get cooking for this year’s canning season pretty soon, I thought I’d talk about what I do and don’t preserve. As I get more and more into eating seasonally and as I get older, I find myself taking a really pragmatic view of canning season: I want to focus on […]
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Food Words Matter: Understanding the Language of Health, Justice, and Home Cooking
There are some pretty severe limitations with using any one word to define your eating style. From leaving out whole categories of nutritious foods, to judging others for their food choices, the definitions of food terms can be very harmful or just reductive. However, it’s also important to have a basic understanding of terms when […]
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Kale Yeah! Easy Ways to Eat More Greens (Without Hating It)
Okay, let’s be real here. Eating more greens isn’t exactly an exciting idea for most people. Greens are the side dish we skip the sad pile on our plate, or something that we only reach for when we’re trying to “be good.” But greens deserve better treatment than that. These amazing leafy powerhouses are packed […]
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Canning 101, Part 4: Frequently Asked Questions
And thusly, we reach the end of my treatise on canning. I hope that these videos have been helpful and inspire you to get started with some canning for your family. This final video answers many of your questions about the procedures and processes involved in canning, and how important they are. If you have […]
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Canning 101 Part 2: Waterbath Canning
Let’s continue on our canning journey with all the information on waterbath canning. This will let you know all the basics. Waterbath canning is a great easy way to get started in canning- watch below to learn more! Click here for the first post all about the History and Science of Canning! There are also […]
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Canning 101 Part 1: The Science, Safety, and History Behind Canning
Are you ready to start your canning adventure? Waterbath and pressure canning are fun and useful ways to preserve the harvest from your garden, or great deals that you may get on bulk produce. This is such a great way to stock your pantry and also to know what you’re feeding your family all through […]
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How Seasonal Eating Can Simplify Your Life and Boost Your Homesteading Skills
It’s so easy these days to stroll through the grocery store and pick up whatever you feel like eating- regardless of what the season is. Do you want to eat strawberries in the middle of winter? Do you want to eat winter squash in the summer? These are readily available – though their flavor and […]
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What is Radical Homemaking?
Radical Homemaking and Urban Farming are two topics under the general umbrella of Homesteading, or more specifically, Urban Homesteading. Radical homemaking is a lifestyle that focuses on sustainability, self-sufficiency, and community, moving away from consumerism and materialism. It’s about using traditional domestic skills to build a more just and sustainable society. Unlike urban farming, which […]
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