Homegrown & Homemade
I’ve spent the last 8 years or so coming up with unique ways to freeze zucchini in recipes that taste good and that you actually want to eat, and I’m going to show you my favorites! Most of these recipes come from my books, Freeze Fresh and Freeze Fresh Meal Prep, but I’m giving them to you for free here. I am a zucchini-lover. We …
I like to do a high protein freezer meals stock-up session, so I can fill my freezer with quality protein that is ready to eat. All of these recipes are easy to make, they all freeze and thaw beautifully, and all are bigger batches so you can cook once and eat many times. If you’re looking for my FAVORITE FREEZER CONTAINERS that are reusable for …
I wanted to start making sourdough without buying a bunch of stuff, so I started with a loaf pan sourdough recipe, which turned out fantastic! My first loaf was a wild success, and I want to show you how I did it, so that you can do it too! This is an artisan-style bread… crusty on the outside and pillowy on the inside with a …
Wondering how to freeze onions? There are a couple good ways to do it! If you need a way to turn a lot of onions into something useful that doesn’t take up much freezer space, my favorite method is making French Onion Soup Starter. This is a fantastic way to preserve onions that are starting to sprout, when you need to use them up before …
Want to improve your freezer game? Let me introduce you to Freeze Fresh Meal Prep! I thought I knew a lot about freezing produce when I wrote my first book, Freeze Fresh. And I did: Freezing has always been my preferred way to put up fruits and veggies. It was through developing that guidebook—testing countless freezer recipes and eating a tremendous amount of extraordinary frozen …
Here in the Midwest it’s common for every homestead, farm, or country property to have their own patch of rhubarb. It’s a fast growing spring veggie (or fruit!) and it’s a welcomed first harvest. Rhubarb is tart and sprightly, and can be frozen in many ways– here are 4 of my favorite ways to freeze rhubarb! I’ll link the full video tutorial if you want …
If you like the feeling of digging up buried treasure, potatoes are the crop for you! We’re going on almost 10 years of growing our entire year’s supply of potatoes every year (or as Karl’s grandpa calls them: spuds!). In my 4-part video series on growing potatoes, I’ll walk you through how to prepare seed potatoes (including how many to get, trusted sources, and how …
Stuffing my face with big, juicy, homegrown raspberries is one of my favorite summer pastimes! Learning how to prune raspberries can be the difference between a successful harvest and a disappointing one. Pruning is necessary no matter which type you have, and doing it properly will give you the biggest, sweetest berries, and the most berries possible. It really does make a difference! Are your …
I love being able to grow shiitake mushrooms! It has been one of our most rewarding homestead endeavors. AND THIS VIDEO TUTORIAL WILL TEACH YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW!Thorough and detailed instructions! Shiitake logs are actually pretty easy to make and the tools and mushrooms spawn are not that expensive. And shiitake mushrooms are a fantastic crop to grow in the shady parts of …
I see you out there… you with your thick walls of ice who haven’t defrosted your freezers in 3 years. This is for you. :) Defrosting your chest freezer regularly will help it have a longer lifespan, and your food will keep better. I’ll show you how to defrost properly, as well as what not to do. You’ll find both written and video instructions here! …
