How to Make Kombucha At Home

From-Scratch Recipes, Preserving

  * This article contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my Affiliate Disclosure.   I’m not gonna lie: when I first decided to learn how to make kombucha at home, I was feeling pretty intimidated. I had never done any fermenting before...

4 Ways to Preserve Herbs At Home

Preserving

Every year without fail, I wait until the last possible moment to harvest and preserve everything out of our garden, including my herbs. Sure, I harvest things throughout the season to eat or enjoy fresh, but when it comes to preserving (as with many other things),...

Homemade Herb Butter (aka. Compound Butter)

From-Scratch Recipes, Preserving

This homemade herb butter is versatile and easy to make. Plus, it’s a fantastic way to preserve your fresh summer herbs to enjoy all year long! * * * I don’t know about you, but where we live, summer ended pretty abruptly this year. One minute the sun was still...

How to Can Homemade Broth or Stock

Blog, From-Scratch Recipes, Preserving

We cook the vast majority of our meals at home, from scratch, and one of the ingredients we use most is stock (or broth… We’ll discuss the difference in a minute). I probably use a quart or two of chicken stock every week on average— sometimes more if I’m making a big...

Spiced Homemade Cranberry Sauce Recipe (+ Canning Instructions)

From-Scratch Recipes, Preserving

I’ve never liked cranberry sauce. The way it slid out of the tin and into the bowl (and it was STILL in the shape of the tin). That “glurp” sound it made on its way out (very appetizing). The bland, boringness of it all… Honestly, I’ve never been a big fan of...

8 Time-Saving Canning Tips to Help You ‘Put Up the Harvest’

Preserving

Puttin’ up the harvest (aka. canning and preserving food) is by far one of the most rewarding aspects of this homesteading lifestyle, in my humble opinion. I can honestly say there’s nothing better than the feeling I get come fall and winter when our pantry...