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Fluffernutter Chocolate Peanut Clusters with Homemade Maple Marshmallows

December 11, 2019 by crystal@wholefedhomestead Leave a Comment

Fluffernutter Chocolate Peanut Clusters with Homemade Maple Marshmallows

Imagine salty peanuts and bouncy homemade vanilla-maple marshmallows tossed with just enough chocolate to hold them together! These chocolate peanut clusters are hands down my favorite holiday treat. Karl’s too! “Fluffernutter” chocolate peanut clusters are named after the childhood favorite peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwich. I’ve actually never had one of those, but I […]

Filed Under: Homestead, Recipe Box Tagged With: handmade gift, maple syruping, recipe, treat

Homemade Honey Lip Balm {As Featured in Mother Earth News Magazine!}

December 17, 2018 by crystal@wholefedhomestead 6 Comments

Homemade Honey Lip Balm {As Featured in Mother Earth News Magazine!}

Every year when the weather turns cool (the start of chapped lip season!) I make a new batch of homemade lip balm. It always ends up slightly different, but it’s always the best lip balm I’ve ever used. Homemade is best and nothing store-bought can even compare! My goal when I set out to make […]

Filed Under: Health, Homestead Tagged With: Christmas, craft or project, handmade gift, health, homesteading, made with honey

Wild Rose {Old-Fashioned} Lard Soap

June 16, 2018 by crystal@wholefedhomestead 2 Comments

Wild Rose {Old-Fashioned} Lard Soap

Making lard soap… is there anything more homestead-y than that? Karl’s grandma (a real-deal homesteader and farmer) tells a story about how when she was young, she would bring home the used tallow from the fryers at the local diner she worked at, and they would make big batches of tallow soap cooked in a […]

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Old-Fashioned Honey Taffy Recipe

November 23, 2017 by crystal@wholefedhomestead 3 Comments

Old-Fashioned Honey Taffy Recipe

I love learning new skills in the kitchen, especially ones that are “old-fashioned” … as in, something people really don’t do anymore that used to be part of everyday life, like rendering lard, cooking dried beans, or making homemade candy. (If you love to learn new skills too, make things from scratch, and give homemade […]

Filed Under: Homestead, Recipe Box Tagged With: Christmas, handmade gift, homesteading, made with honey, recipe

Plum & Crabapple Fruit Leather Recipe

September 21, 2017 by crystal@wholefedhomestead 2 Comments

Plum & Crabapple Fruit Leather Recipe

This has been the year of the fruit leather, and my favorite so far is this plum and crabapple fruit leather… it’s sweet and tart, with a gorgeous color, plus it is very pliable and tender (a great quality for fruit leather, as some can end up as tough as… well, leather). I’m on my third […]

Filed Under: Homestead, Preserving the Harvest, Recipe Box Tagged With: foraging, handmade gift, homesteading, made with honey, orchard, preserving, recipe, treat

Milkweed Pod Santa Ornaments {Handmade Gift}

December 8, 2016 by crystal@wholefedhomestead 1 Comment

Milkweed Pod Santa Ornaments {Handmade Gift}

My parents planted a Christmas tree farm when I was just a young girl, so I grew up learning to make holiday decorations to sell for extra spending money at the tree farm. As a 16-year-old, I was a Christmas craft extraordinaire! And also a really big geek, but that’s a story for a different day. Evergreen Kissing Balls, […]

Filed Under: Craft/Project, Handmade Gift, Holiday, Homestead Tagged With: Christmas, craft or project, foraging, garden, handmade gift, homesteading

Salted Honey Caramels

September 18, 2016 by crystal@wholefedhomestead 6 Comments

Salted Honey Caramels

If there’s anything I’m a connoisseur of, it’s likely caramels. It’s my favorite flavor of anything and everything, anywhere. I will without a doubt always order the caramel-flavored whatever it is. A couple of years ago, I discovered that I could make caramel… and I got really good at it. I make the best salted caramel […]

Filed Under: Homestead, Recipe Box Tagged With: Christmas, handmade gift, homesteading, made with honey, recipe, treat

Honey & Lard Lip Repair Cream

May 6, 2016 by crystal@wholefedhomestead 3 Comments

Honey & Lard Lip Repair Cream

Yep, I’ve been slathering lard on my lips. And honey, naturally. Join me, won’t you? My lips need extra TLC all year round: in the below-freezing winter weather the dry air really takes a toll on them, and in the warm summer months I spend a lot of time outside in the wind and parching-sun, […]

Filed Under: Health, Homestead Tagged With: craft or project, frugality, handmade gift, health, homesteading, made with honey, raw honey

How to Make Beeswax Birthday Candles

January 14, 2016 by crystal@wholefedhomestead 11 Comments

How to Make Beeswax Birthday Candles

In celebration of the year that you were born, you should have the finest. You deserve the Cadillac of birthday candles on your three-tiered, from scratch, chocolate cake with real buttercream. You’re nodding your head. Have you ever seen more adorable candles? The soft yellow wax, the rustic handmade look- have I mentioned that I like rustic […]

Filed Under: Craft/Project, Homestead Tagged With: craft or project, handmade gift, homesteading, honeybees

Cranberry & Pine Centerpiece for the Holidays: Easy and Inexpensive!

December 1, 2015 by crystal@wholefedhomestead 4 Comments

Cranberry & Pine Centerpiece for the Holidays: Easy and Inexpensive!

I can’t quite put my finger on why homesteaders appreciate frugality so much. Is it because we are a most-practical bunch? Is it because we look towards simple pleasures and shy away from extravagance? Is it because we want to save as much money as possible so we can buy more livestock?! Whatever it is… […]

Filed Under: Craft/Project, Homestead Tagged With: Christmas, craft or project, frugality, handmade gift, homesteading

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Veggie-Loaded Homemade Marinara Sauce (Large Batch for Freezing)

Veggie-Loaded Homemade Marinara Sauce (Large Batch for Freezing)

Freezing Herbs: “Scarborough Fair” Herb Blend (Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, & Thyme)

Freezing Herbs: “Scarborough Fair” Herb Blend (Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, & Thyme)

Plum & Crabapple Fruit Leather Recipe

Plum & Crabapple Fruit Leather Recipe

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