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Homemade Chicken Stock

Chicken stock is essential to everyday cooking, especially if you’re interested in making gravy, sauces or soups. It’s pretty simple to make and incredibly delicious if made from .

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Simple and Homemade Apple Butter

Tis’ the season for overindulgence! It’s the holiday season, and everywhere is an amazing recipe for pumpkin. Even though apples are plentiful, recipes for apples seem to .

Food Preservation, Homesteading, Recipes

Homemade Pumpkin Puree

Fall is in the air! Crisp mornings, cool breezes, leaves changing, scarves, boots and, of course, pumpkin everything! While pumpkin spice lattes are all the rage during this season, if .

Food Preservation, Homesteading, Recipes

Holiday Cherries: Canning Cherries in Apple Cider

So, my canning experience is pretty minimal. I have done tons of jams and jellies. I have also done a lot of fruit. But, I haven’t done any meats or veggies yet (unless the .

Food Preservation, Homesteading, Recipes

Make Your Own Butter

Mmmmm, butter! I’m one of those crazy people that would eat butter all by itself. My husband thinks I’m disgusting, and I’m sure a few other people think I’m .

Food Preservation, Home, Homesteading, Recipes

Canning 101: Water Bath Canning and Strawberry Jam

I will start this by saying, when I first started canning I was really intimidated. Seriously, preserving my own food seemed like a huge mountain to climb. How long would it take? Would .