Need a kefir smoothie recipe? This one’s delicious! Chocolate Covered Strawberry Kefir 1 cup double fermented kefir (I used our goat milk...

I laid out the health benefits for kefir in this previous post. I’m so fascinated by this healthful drink that I love to see what all I...

I have been making this stuff called kefir for nearly five years. (On and off, of course.) It hails from Russia, but is super popular now...

Meet Amanda Moeller, founder of A.M. Baked Goods here in Walland, Tennessee. We have been friends for several years. We actually met...

Have you ever had a smell instantly remind you of something? The smell of a freshly dug sassafras root, dirt and all, is the smell of...

Zangy, zappy, probiotic fizziness. (I think I might of made up a few of those adjectives.) Those words pop into my mind when I think...

What’s a SCOBY? Well, it’s the big gloopy globby thingy that makes kombucha! It actually stands for symbiotic culture of bacteria and...

Chard is beautiful. The vibrant red stem just contrasts so nicely against the big green leaf. It is a lovely addition to any garden. The...

Have you ladies figured out what makes your husband happy? It can be many things, obviously…but one thing that makes mine happy is some...

Still have fresh berries that need to be used up? Here’s a quick and easy vinaigrette for a salad. I had strawberries and salad greens...

I would love to say I milked my own cow and used the cream in this recipe. As of yet…no milk cow. Just goats, and the cream is so...

(Makes two crusts) 1 ½ cup all purpose flour ½ tsp salt ½ cup butter, cold, cut into pieces 1 tsp vinegar (white distilled) 6 tbsp ice...

It’s been strawberry day at my house. I’ve been researching ways to use my strawberries and this pie is my own invention! Along with my...

I’m dubbing this week Strawberry Week. It may or may not be a “thing”, but it sure has been around our house. I’ve debated about whether...

Ramp hunting has been a springtime tradition for generations around here. A ramp is not a wild critter related to a snipe…rather, it is a...

Does anyone have a leftover Easter ham? After everyone has cut all the good ham pieces off the holiday ham, the bone is left with little...

I’ve been making all my own bread here lately. One, because I bought a wonderful new cookbook called The Prairie Homestead Cookbook,...

I have to start with a funny story. I titled this post “Poke Greens the Right Way” because I did it the wrong way the first time I cooked...

2 cups cornmeal (I used self-rising.) 1 egg 1 1/3 c. whole milk ¼ c. lard 1 cup cracklins (Out of my own rendered lard) Preheat oven to...

Right now, the only produce we’re harvesting is spinach, lettuce, and asparagus! Our spring garden is basically salad. But that’s fine...