I just read through The Homestead Bloggers Holiday Recipes ebook My mouth is watering and I'm starving after reading through all these yummy recipes! If it weren't almost my bedtime I would probably be heading into the kitchen to try out a few of these delicious looking recipes.For those of you who may not know me too well, I will just tell you now that I love to cook and I … [Read more...]
How to Make the Perfect Loaf of Sourdough Bread
About a month ago I mentioned we had made the perfect loaf of sourdough bread. I promised to share the recipe so after making it several more times to make sure it wasn’t a fluke that it was so fabulous, here it is!I’ve been making sourdough bread for a while now and have been experimenting with different recipes and tweaking ingredients in search of the perfect bread. I … [Read more...]
How to Make a Sourdough Starter
Sourdough is made by a natural process of fermenting flour and makes a bread that is easier for our bodies to digest than regular flour breads. Don't be scared off by the idea of fermenting and making sourdough, it is unbelievably easy! Making your own sourdough starter only takes a minute or two per day. I think the hardest part is remembering to feed your starter … [Read more...]
Three Bean Venison Chili
Three Bean Venison Chili is one of our favorite meals to eat on a cold winter day. I've been writing about our love of hunting for the last month in our Women in Hunting Series so by now you've figured out that we eat a lot of wild game throughout the year. This venison recipe has become a staple meal in our household; it is so tasty and the fact that it is healthy and easy to … [Read more...]
Sourdough Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Chocolate chip banana bread has been a family favorite since I was a kid but now that I have a sourdough starter growing on my counter I embarked on an adventure to combine the two! This Sourdough Chocolate Chip Banana Bread turned out so delicious our little nugget and I couldn't stop eating it and polished off half a loaf in one sitting! You know what else makes this … [Read more...]
Tomatillo Salsa aka Salsa Verde
Remember a few weeks ago when I wrote in this post that I volunteered at the local community garden and brought home a bunch of veggies? Part of my haul was a big bag of beautiful dark purple and green tomatillos! I had never seen a tomatillo up close until this summer and had no idea they were the main ingredient in my favorite kind of salsa, salsa verde. I've made … [Read more...]
Women in Hunting Series Part 4: Bow Hunting for Grouse and Wild Grouse in Garlic Butter Recipe
I've mentioned in some of the other posts in our Women in Hunting Series that I love to hunt grouse with my bow. Most people hunt for grouse with a shotgun but I prefer my bow since it is more of a challenge and hones my archery skills. The first grouse I harvested this season with my bow was a 20 yard quick kill neck shot while the bird was sitting about 30 feet up in a tree. … [Read more...]
Foodie Friday: Simple Dutch Oven Lemon Roasted Chicken
I’ve been writing in our Women in Hunting Series about my love of hunting and wild harvesting the majority of the meat we eat throughout the year. The meat we wild harvest is primarily red meat. We hunt for grouse during archery season but we never harvest enough to last throughout the year. This means that when I get a craving for white meat like chicken, I have to head to the … [Read more...]