Blog / Shannon

Again with the breakfast recipes, I know. Like I said before, I have a problem and I can’t help it. This is one of those...

It’s that time of year again – time for eating crisp fall apples, hearty root vegetables, and all varieties of winter squash. Chief among the...

Why is breakfast the most exciting meal of the day for me? Why do I always check out breakfast recipes before any other category on...

I used to not believe in snacks. It’s not that I didn’t experience a blood sugar crash every now and then and grab for something,...

Do you remember that movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and the father who used Windex to fix everything from a scratch to the rash...

Has the price of just about everything been slowly creeping up in your area too? Chief amongst the expensive groceries is meat – whether it’s...

I often get stuck in a rut when it comes to choosing a starchy side dish. We used to just do a lot of protein...

When you can’t eat some of your favorite foods you can become a bit blah about meals. This seems to be the case with my...

Last week I dusted off our jar of dried prunes and handed it to our four-year-old. (Is dried prunes redundant seeing as how prunes are...

A few posts ago I got a question about how to preserve food without canning. Canning is one of the most popular ways to put...

When you read Nourishing Traditions you can be overwhelmed with it all. There’s just a lot of crazy stuff in there, if you’re the average...

This past week and half has seen my husband in bed sick with a mysterious something or other. We’re still not sure what exactly the...

I remember the summer before we moved off-grid. I was in the throes of morning sickness with our baby girl and we were trying to...

When I first started menu planning, right around the time my oldest son was born, I chose recipes, made a shopping list, and used that...

It may be over 100 degrees here in Texas this week, but since September is here surely fall has to be right around the corner,...

Disclaimer: We’re just showing you what is working (or not) for us. We are not homesteading experts. Kitchens aside, I believe water is a top...

I first began to really drink coffee shortly after my youngest son was born. I had previous forays into sweet, ice-cream like frozen coffees, but...

Images of beautiful and functional rustic kitchens, fresh baked breads being taken from a woodstove, bushels of potatoes stored away in the root cellar, and...

Getting the ratios down for a seasoned rice recipe has always eluded me. Yes, for every cup of rice you are cooking two cups of...

Taco salad is something we eat at least once a week lately. I haven’t been making corn tortillas the last couple of weeks for two...

Kombucha is one of those things that just sounds like hippy food. Like “Yeah, I had sprouted tofu for lunch with a big glass of...

One of the dishes that I fall back on often when the temperatures reach 100+ is the skillet meal. Throw a bunch of vegetables, seasonings,...

Since moving to Texas we have fallen in love with fresh corn tortillas. Those ones from the package aren’t even in the same category as...

If you’ve delved into the world of fermented foods then surely you’ve heard of milk kefir. There are lists of up to 100 things kefir...