Food Articles

How To Dry Herbs

Learning how to dry herbs offers self reliance and accomplishment. Fresh dried herbs give better flavor, you know their origin, and you know their age.

The Perfect Homemade Hamburger

This perfect homemade hamburger recipe came from years of experimentation in “burger-ology”. Simple, juicy, delicious, and even healthy, that’s right – HEALTHY!

Rediscover the Glass Mason Jar

The glass mason jar is not just for canning! Its unlimited uses can be traced to the kitchen, pantry, bathroom, laundry, office, and even the garage!

Bulgarian Potato Salad

This Bulgarian Potato Salad recipe offers a refreshing change from traditional mayo and mustard based salads and will be a sure hit at summer cookouts.

Homemade Natural Sports Drink

Unlike commercial sports drinks, this homemade version contains no artificial colors or sweeteners. It’s healthy, delicious, and there’s no sugar added.

Homemade Butter: Our First Experience

Homemade butter is much easier than you think. It can be made several different ways, is a great project to do with children, and yields a delicious product!

A Real Food Fridge

Our refrigerator is packed with real, healthy food. Ditch the diet fad and retrain yourself to purchase, process, cook, and eat real, healthy food.

How to Use Your Garden Greens

Garden greens are and oft forgotten and much overlooked staple of traditional health. Rediscover their frugal wealth, versatility, and delicious taste.

Homemade No Sugar Added Popsicles

Follow this popsicle recipe and learn how to make popsicles that are healthy, sugar free, and delicious! Your family will think you’re a genius.

Be Kind – We’re All On A DIY Learning Curve

The DIY Learning Curve applies to everyone, beginners and expert alike. It’s okay to not know, but it’s not okay to not try. We all start somewhere.

Raw Food Dog Diet

The raw food dog diet may not be something you have heard about, but if you’re a dog owner it is something to meditate on and consider for your dog.

A Delicious and Healthier Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

Use this homemade strawberry shortcake recipe and ditch the store bought imitations that fall far short. Make your own from scratch and eat healthy dessert!

Creative Gardening [Repurpose and Save]

Creative gardening will help you utilize what you already have so you don’t spend a bunch of money on planters and other garden needs. Be creative and save.

Simple Homemade Peanut Butter

Homemade peanut butter is not difficult to make. Create you own peanut butter based on this age-old, grandmother proven recipe focusing on healthy food.

Homemade Baking Mix Recipe

This baking mix recipe is a healthier, homemade replacement for Bisquick. Make biscuits, pancakes, and more with this reworked old time favorite.

A Few of Our Favorite Amish Things

Amish made products like bar soap, cheese, raw honey and maple syrup, spices and seeds, and cookware are some of our favorites to purchase and use.

Benefits and Tips for a Vegetable Garden

Start a vegetable garden and use these tips to have success growing great food and providing for your family. There are a lot of benefits to growing food.

Sustainable Kitchen Appliances for the DIY Fanatic

A list of sustainable kitchen appliances for a DIY lifestyle. A Vitamix, pressure canner, bread machine, crock pot, and food processor are a great start!