Sourdough Discard Recipes I Actually Make (Not …
The sourdough discard recipes that actually clear the jar in my fridge, plus how long discard keeps and the one I would skip.
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Homemade Pumpkin Puree (And How to Keep …
How I make homemade pumpkin puree in my farmhouse kitchen, including the straining step that keeps it from turning your baking watery.
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Homemade Applesauce Recipe (No Sugar, Big Batch, …
The homemade applesauce recipe I make every fall. No sugar, three kinds of apples, and enough for the freezer to last us all winter.
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Crockpot Apple Butter Recipe I Make Every …
My crockpot apple butter recipe runs while you do something else. Five pounds of apples, ten hours on low, and about three pints to freeze or give away.
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The Peach Crisp Recipe I Make Every …
This peach crisp is the dessert I’ve made more than any other since we moved to the farmhouse. It asks almost nothing of me, just ripe peaches and a brown sugar oat crumble, and it comes out warm and golden every time. Here’s exactly how I make it.
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The Zucchini Bread Recipe I Make All …
An easy, moist zucchini bread recipe made from scratch in one bowl. The garden-glut loaf I bake all summer in our Long Grove farmhouse kitchen.
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Homemade Bone Broth Recipe (My Slow, From-Scratch …
There’s almost always a pot of something going on my stove, and this time of year it’s usually bone broth. Here’s how I actually make it, the real way, not the pretty version.
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From-Scratch Meal Prep Ideas for Low-Energy Days
The from-scratch meal prep that actually sticks for me isn’t a grid of matching containers. It’s building blocks in the fridge, made on a good day, for the days I’ve got nothing left.
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Easy From-Scratch Dinners for Families: Our Real …
The short, honest rotation of easy from-scratch dinners we actually eat every week, plus what I cook on low-energy days in our Long Grove farmhouse.
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Garden Tomato Sauce Recipe (No Canning Required)
By the end of July our garden hands us more tomatoes than we know what to do with. Here’s the simple, no-canning garden tomato sauce I make on repeat all summer, roasted, blended, and stashed in the freezer for winter.
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