I love ranch dressing…as a kid, I practically drank the stuff. It’s perfect on salads, over veggies, on chicken, in hamburgers, as a dip, with chips or crackers, on mashed or baked potatoes…there’s not much that it’s NOT good on. Commercial ingredients in ranch dressing are not good for you. The *nameless company* mix is […]
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Homemade sausage seasoning can turn virtually any meat into a sausage-like flavorful meal! Biscuits and gravy. Pizza. Tossed in with spaghetti. Is there a better way to enjoy sausage? The problem for us is that most sausage is pork based. We don’t eat the regular sausage from pork for a lot of reasons. I am not a
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Taco night. It happens in our family at least once a week, and more often in the summer. We love to make our own tacos! Each person gets to pile the ingredients they want on their plate while being unique. My only issue with taco night is the taco seasoning you buy in the store
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If you’re like most homesteaders, you’re always looking for ways to save money and be more efficient. One way to do both of those things is to buy your bulk food storage containers from a reputable source. In this blog post, I’ll tell you where to find the best deals on quality containers so that
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Delicious over ice cream, drizzled on pancakes or waffles, mixed in milk for a special treat; who can resist chocolate syrup? Of course, when you read the list of ingredients, it’s much easier to say “NO”. But why say no to chocolate? Make your own chocolate syrup to pour! It’s simple, easy, and only requires five
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Learning how to can apricots is a great way to build your pantry. Apricots are a great versatile fruit that can go from jams and jellies to sauces and savory compotes with ease. They are slightly sweet, with a unique flavor all their own. If you are blessed enough to have apricot trees on your
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Stop the itching and soothe your dry skin with these skin nourishing, super easy, hard lotion bars! Have you ever had skin that was so dry it itches? When you scratched the itch, did you possibly leave marks on your skin? Or worse, break the skin due to the dryness? There are many reasons that
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What is tallow? Well, it is the product of what happens when you render beef fat. To render tallow means that you have melted it down, and “extracted” the fat. It removes any leftover stuff in the fat, and makes it smooth, creamy, and easy to use. You’re basically changing the composition. Rendering it is easy
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Obviously, if you don’t agree that home-canning milk is safe, then don’t do it. This isn’t something that everyone feels safe with and, as always, use your judgment! Grocery stores nowadays are filled with different types of milk products. Evaporated milk, soy, coconut milk, milk powder…the list goes on. These products can be very expensive
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Why would we want to make ginger syrup? Well, to start with, my family used to be a bunch of pop addicts. This came from my “couponing” days, when I would find great deals on pop of all kinds, and buy it just because it was a great deal. I have reduced the amount of
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