If you are ever faced with an excess of kefir (which happens all the time to me) make kefir cheese! If your kefir grains are anything like mine it just keeps churning out the kefir whether or not we’re drinking it, and happily multiplying themselves in the process. Kefir cheese is similar to cream cheese … Read more
I was so excited when I learned I could make my own homemade apple cider vinegar from bits of apple waste we produce every day in the kitchen. While my apple cores and peels never get thrown away (the chickens eat them out of the compost bin), this gives me one more use for them. … Read more
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon is the best cookbook for beginning homesteaders. It’s a great way to jump into homesteading even when all you have access to is your own kitchen. You don’t need a yard or any animals at all to start preparing homemade foods! The recipes in this book are for foods … Read more