By Michelle | Bread , Breakfast , Healthy Snacks , Main Dish , Miscellaneous , Recipes , Sides
144 zucchini recipes, because let’s face it, zucchini is probably the most prolific summer vegetable in the garden. Do you have zucchini coming out your ears? Yeah, me too. It seems most families have one or two ways they cook zucchini and that’s about it. Michelle says “I grew up with it pan fried. That’s […]
Read MoreBy Anastasia Sakawsky | Main Dish , Recipes , Sides
Learn how to make perogies (or pierogies) from Anna, with her traditional Ukrainian Perogi recipe. I can hardly remember a Christmas dinner without perogies. I want to say it happened once and so many family members complained that it never happened again. Because these potato-filled dumplings aren’t just a staple of holiday dinners in my […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Dessert , Frugal Living , Homestead Life , Podcast , Recipes , Sides
Tired of the rising cost of groceries? These frugal tips and recipes from the Great Depression Era will help you stretch your food dollars, increase your food storage, and give you some fun new ideas in the kitchen. I adore old-fashioned recipes and the pie recipe may be my favorite ever. Who would have thought […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Main Dish , Miscellaneous , Recipes , Sides
With the chilly fall weather I’m pushing even more to stretch our dollar and save money for the coming Christmas season. Our garden is basically done, so I’m also mourning the loss of free fresh vegetable shopping from the back yard. I’ve put up a lot of our produce on the pantry shelves or freezer […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Main Dish , Recipes , Sides
This quinoa and black bean salad recipe is the perfect summer fare. It can be a complete meal on it’s own, or the perfect side to whatever you’ve got grilling, like our own grass fed beef steaks we had it with tonight.
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Main Dish , Recipes , Sides
In my quest to eliminate processed foods, I’m learning how to make even more of my own food from scratch. Like many of you, I’m busy and some recipes take a lot of prepping or time. I canned up a bunch of our heirloom October beans this fall. I’ve used them in soups, chili, and […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Food Preservation , Other , Recipes , Root Cellar , Sides
Thanks to all of you on my Facebook page who helped me decide which post went up today. Squash was by far the most voted! My family loves butternut squash. We always grow three or four plants of it in the garden. Along with eating our harvest fresh, like a true pioneer, I preserve as […]
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