By Anastasia Sakawsky | Main Dish , Recipes
A Borscht recipe is something every home should have, regardless if you’re Ukrainian or not. Lucky for us, Anna is sharing her family’s Ukrainian Borscht recipe and tips with us today. I come from good Ukrainian stock. I know this because my mother never lets me forget it. I’m reminded at every family gathering, at […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Bread , Breakfast , Healthy Snacks , Recipes
Pumpkin applesauce muffins are a must, because ’tis the season for pumpkins and applesauce and they play so nice together. And because I can grow both of those items here on our homestead. I may have a slight addiction to trying to grow as much as possible when it comes to an ingredient list, you […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Bread , Recipes
Best ever flaky buttermilk biscuits are coming your way. No joke. If you’ve ever used those biscuits from a can because you thought you couldn’t get flaky biscuits at home or it took too much time, my friend, you shall never return to those again. Seriously, never again. I’ve got a few tips to share […]
Read MoreBy Andrea Sabean | Dessert , Recipes , Vintage
How to make pudding from scratch is something almost every cook knew how to whip up before convenience processed food and those little boxes of powdered stuff became known as pudding. While many a cook today still knows, and does, make a cooked stove top pudding from scratch, not nearly as many people know how […]
Read MoreBy Anastasia Sakawsky | Bread , Dessert , Recipes
This Plum bun recipe is from 1910 and hails from the kitchen of Baba. This 100-year-plus recipe is rich in both flavor and it’s history. You can’t get much more simple or delicious than a sugared plum prune wrapped in fluffy from scratch dinner roll dough and baked to golden brown perfection. I come from […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Canning , Canning , Food Preservation , Fruit, Jam and Jelly , Recipes , Water Bath
This no sugar blackberry jam recipe, that’s low sugar and high on taste, is something no home should be without. Especially when I share how you can make this without any sugar. Yes, no added sugar, just one secret ingredient to replace all those white granules, and it can be grown on your homestead, if […]
Read MoreBy Andrea Sabean | Bread , Dessert , Recipes
This blueberry dumplings recipe is both old-fashioned, high on flavor, and can be made refined sugar and gluten free, if ya need it. I love a recipe that knows how to adapt. Plus, there’s something special about discovering these older recipes, before the wide spread use of processed commercial boxes and mixes from everything. When […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Canning , Canning , Food Preservation , Fruit, Jam and Jelly , Recipes , Water Bath
Learning how to can apricots was the first canning I ever did. It was a fantastic introduction. Quick. Easy. Not to mention it yielded great results and a huge smile from my husband. That was all it took; I’ve been canning ever since. Basic fruit canning is very simple and a great jumping off point […]
Read MoreBy Andrea Sabean | Bread , Recipes
This dinner roll recipe was destined to be shared. When I found this recipe among my great-grandmother’s collection, I knew I had to give it a try just by the name alone! This quick dinner roll recipe was originally published in a cookbook entitled “Great Neighbour Recipes” (sold for $3.95!) and reprinted in my great-grandmother’s […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Miscellaneous , Recipes
Mint Water is my new obsession you guys. What’s not to love about a drink you can make in less than a minute and literally, all of it is harvested straight from my homestead. Oh, plus, for those of us who don’t drink soda pop (or those who are trying to stop, and I’m so […]
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