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Welcome to the From Scratch Food Archives!

Learn to cook from scratch food for your family with my tips and tricks from the homestead! Cook with real ingredients in mind for you AND your wallet to feel great.

These recipes are for foods you know and love, without the processed ingredients. You don’t have to live on a homestead to cook from scratch food, or enjoy fresh ingredients. And you don’t have to do it alone!

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Canning Supplies: Best Tools for Preserving Food
Canning | From Scratch Food | Preserving

Canning Supplies: Best Tools for Preserving Food

A cheese calzone cut in half on a wooden cutting board.
Baked | Dinners | From Scratch Food | Oven Recipes

Easy Homemade Cheese Calzone Recipe

A copper muffin tin of apple breakfast muffins with one of the muffins broken in half to show texture with the apples.
Baked | Breakfasts | From Scratch Food | Oven Recipes

Apple Breakfast Muffins: Easy Freezer Breakfast Recipe

a crystal glass with a pour spout of berry sauce made with frozen berries.
Breakfasts | Condiments | Desserts | From Scratch Food | Stove Top Recipes

Berry Sauce Recipe Using Fresh or Frozen Berries

a stack of sourdough crepes folded into quarters with a berry compote filling, sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Breakfasts | Egg Recipes | From Scratch Food | Stove Top Recipes

Sourdough Crepe Recipe: How to Make With & Without Discard

Cast Iron Care: How to Clean & Maintain Cast Iron Cookware
Baked | From Scratch Food | Oven Recipes | Stove Top Recipes

Cast Iron Care: How to Clean & Maintain Cast Iron Cookware

Quart sized jars of freshly canned cranberry juice.
Canning | Drinks | From Scratch Food | Homestead Holidays | Preserving

How to Can Cranberry Juice – Easy Canning Recipe

featured image for canning for beginners of glass mason jars on a shelf filled with home canned food.
Canning | From Scratch Food | Preserving

Canning for Beginners: How to Get Started Canning

A glass gallon jar of chicken bone broth.
Beef Recipes | Chicken Recipes | Condiments | Drinks | From Scratch Food | Instant Pot Recipes | Stove Top Recipes | Venison Recipes

Bone Broth Recipe: How to Make Nourishing Bone Broth

easy to peel hardboiled eggs.
Breakfasts | Egg Recipes | From Scratch Food | Homestead Holidays | Instant Pot Recipes

Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs: Perfect Easy Peel Eggs

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Learning the skill of canning can feel like a daun Learning the skill of canning can feel like a daunting task. Even with the best recipes, you need the right canning supplies to get the job done. 

Check out my most recent blog post (in my bio) to get my tried-and-true tools I use year after year. Whether you’re just starting or upgrading, this list covers all the canning essentials. 

Happy canning!
The peonies are up early and my spring loving hear The peonies are up early and my spring loving heart is thrilled 🫶🏼
I think it’s safe to say the 2025 growing season I think it’s safe to say the 2025 growing season is officially under way. 

Tired, but more than that, deeply fulfilled. This is what we live for 🫶🏼
It’s good to be back in milk… and iced coffee It’s good to be back in milk… and iced coffee 🥛
Welcome to the farm, Dolly. She was given her name Welcome to the farm, Dolly. She was given her name, before coming to us, after the great Dolly Parton; manifesting an impressive udder for milking 🤣🙌🏼
Having dairy animals is one of my favorite homeste Having dairy animals is one of my favorite homestead things. Every part of their gifts to us, the milk, is used. 

🥛 milk to drink
🥛 cream for butter, ice cream, whipped cream
🥛 mozzarella, cottage cheese, cream cheese
🥛 ferments like kefir 
🥛 raw milk yogurt
🥛 whey for fermenting chicken feed
🥛 fertilizer for the garden

Not to mention SO much more. The possibilities really feel endless. There are recipes on the blog on my recipe index for dairy if you want to learn more. 

A whole year later and we are still enjoying the fruits of our labor. 

If you’re local to me, check out @sandyslopesfarms for some herdshare opportunities while we are taking this summer off from all the milk things 🐮
Chicks are peeping, seeds are sprouting, lambs are Chicks are peeping, seeds are sprouting, lambs are feasting, sun is shining, freezers full, cows are chewing, dogs are resting from the watch they keep. 

Spring is really springing here. I really do thrive in winter, but I LIVE during spring and summer 🫶🏼
Adding apple cider vinegar to your chickens water Adding apple cider vinegar to your chickens water might sound a little strange, but this simple addition can boost flock immunity, as well as a few other benefits! 

Head over to the newest blog post to learn more about how and why you might want to use apple cider vinegar for your chickens.
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