Category: From Our Kitchen
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Reverse Osmosis: Safeguarding Water and Health
Read more: Reverse Osmosis: Safeguarding Water and HealthSafeguard your family health A homestead is a place that where we should feel safe at home. Unless you are on a well, or stream, you are on tap water. As concerns about our tap water continue to grow, we must ensure the purity of the water we consume daily. A reverse osmosis (RO) system…
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Homemade Whipped Cream
Read more: Homemade Whipped CreamHomemade whipped cream is incredibly simple to make! It has only 3 ingredients (2 if you want sugar free) and there are a few different methods to make it. Compare the amount of ingredients in store bought whipped cream and you would agree that less is more here! We love to put it on top…
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English Muffin Recipe
Read more: English Muffin RecipeHere is a great English muffin recipe for y’all! I loved English muffins growing up. A friend made it at home and posted about it and I wanted to give it a try also! That was like 10 years ago… I did a lot of searching and researching English muffin recipes since then. It sounded…
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The Espresso Machine Life Hack: Brew Savings
Read more: The Espresso Machine Life Hack: Brew SavingsThe true cost of a cup A few years ago we were looking at how to save money and where our real expenses were. Let me explain why we bought the Breville BES870XL in 2020 and discovered our espresso machine life hack. Today, we brew with the blue bag of Lavazza Super Crema every day…
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Cinnamon Roll Recipe
Read more: Cinnamon Roll RecipeThere is nothing worse than trying different cinnamon roll recipes and knowing it could be better. I have been trying to make the best cinnamon roll for over 10 years. I have finally made one that I am happy with and will continue to use! I hope you will give our cinnamon roll recipe a…
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Sausage Quiche
Read more: Sausage QuicheWe love this sausage quiche! It is simple to prepare and delicious to eat! Our family used to make it for breakfast around the holidays. We love to make this sausage quiche year round now. It is a great meal for breakfast, lunch, or brunch! It is versatile too! You can change the recipe and…
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Salsa Roja
Read more: Salsa RojaWe have tried many variations of salsa roja (or table salsa) to try to find the best version for our family to enjoy. Mr. H loves to sit down and eat chips and salsa with a big glass of iced tea! (Check out our cold brew iced tea recipe!) This salsa roja tastes flavorful and…
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Butter Compound
Read more: Butter CompoundButter compound is often found served on steak at upper scale restaurants. We wanted to try to improve the steaks we made at home and thought we would try adding a butter compound. Let me tell you, it made them REALLY good and more flavorful! Now it is a staple in our home whenever we…
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Cold Brew Iced Tea
Read more: Cold Brew Iced TeaCold brew iced tea is super simple. Iced tea is a staple on the homestead. We go through at least half a gallon a day. I found a great method to make iced tea quickly and it still has a great flavor, possibly even better! I do have to warn you, the quality and taste…
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Homemade Strawberry Jam
Read more: Homemade Strawberry JamOur family LOVES homemade strawberry jam, especially on top of grass fed salted butter on homemade toast! We have tried various strawberry jams, organic and not. Our favorite from the store is Bonne Maman, but I dislike that it isn’t organic. Commercial strawberries are part of the Dirty Dozen and have a lot of pesticides.…