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: 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...
by April | Last Updated: Apr 12, 2021 | Baking, Daily Life, Fermenting & Cheesemaking, Food Preservation & Storage, Our Kitchen
It’s almost time to tap the birch trees again. Even though it was -20F in town as I wrote this, I know spring is almost here and the weather will start warming up during the day. This is our fourth year in a row tapping the trees around the yard and it has...
by April | Last Updated: Dec 8, 2023 | Canning & Pickling, Chickens, Daily Life, Gardening
So you’re interested in homesteading. But where do you start? Should you buy some land, buy a cow, start a farmstand, build a barn, plant a field of corn; there are too many choices, help! Calm, the key is starting small and then building up as you have time,...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Oct 30, 2020 | Cooking, Our Kitchen
Winter is the season for warm socks, hot drinks, and warming soup. Pumpkin Soup or Winter Squash Soup is one of my favorites, full of flavor and warmth, this soup makes a statement. Perfect for company or for a cozy evening by the fire. I enjoy the flavors of curry so...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 27, 2020 | Smoking & Curing
It’s salmon season up here in Fairbanks. My husband Joel came home about a week ago with 28 sockeye/red salmon from the Copper River! This year in addition to smoking and kippering the fillets myself, which I’ve written about before here, I decided to do...
