by April | Last Updated: Jan 23, 2024 | Baking
Here is a basic, no-fuss, pie crust recipe, that is versatile and quick to make. This recipe is good for sweet or savory pies, galettes, quiches, or tarts, and is exactly the flaky pie crust recipe you’ve been looking for. The key to this pie crust is keeping...
by April | Last Updated: Dec 8, 2023 | Baking
Last month my family and I were on our annual ‘Grant Tour’, meaning we were visiting the family. My husband and my families are mostly in Oregon, so once a year we travel through Oregon for three weeks straight, visiting aunts, uncles, siblings,...
by April | Last Updated: Aug 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
It happens. Some life-changing situation occurs, and your homesteading needs to change too. It might be temporary or it might be a permanent change; you might have to take care of your family, you have a new job or a new baby. Or maybe you just took too much on and...
by April | Last Updated: Dec 8, 2023 | Baking, Cooking, Fermenting & Cheesemaking
Now plain goat chevre is amazing; I can’t get enough of it. I’ve been making goat chevre for years and it is a staple in all of my cooking and baking. You can read about making it here if you like. I’ve also made goat milk yogurt regularly but cheese...
by April | Last Updated: Dec 23, 2021 | Daily Life
Friends and family often ask me, ‘What do you do all winter when it’s so dark and cold up there?” Now, I wish I could honestly answer; mush a dog team, run a trapline, ice fish daily, ski six miles a day, snowshoe to the grocery store, and rope a moose to pull my...
by April | Last Updated: Oct 13, 2021 | Cooking, Our Kitchen
My absolute favorite salmon recipe is salmon tacos. I know, I know, use valuable salmon for tacos? But, I’m telling you it’s the best. Since we catch up to 50 salmon a year for our house, I’ve tried a lot, and I mean a lot, of different salmon...
