Soft, buttery, and chewy sourdough dinner rolls perfectly accompany any meal. At my house, I love to serve them with soups, stews, roasts, and braises. We also like to turn them into little sliders packed with chicken, melted cheese, roasted…
Making Beef Tallow | Wet Render Method for Luxurious Skincare
Making beef tallow is essential to creating tallow-based skincare. When I first started making tallow balm for my face, I usually bought rendered tallow online or from local farms. This was an amazing option for me at the time because…
Homemade Paw Balm for Cats and Dogs
A simple salve recipe that combines herbal oil and beeswax to create a homemade paw balm that is smooth and easy to spread on chapped paws.
Simple and Traditional Labneh Recipe from my Sittie’s Kitchen
Labneh is a traditional soft cheese made from strained, whole-milk yogurt in many Middle Eastern cuisines. It is thick, tangy, salty, and a perfect foundation for dips made with herbs, spices, garlic, or lemon. When I was a child, I…
The British Berkefeld Gravity Fed Water Filter: an “Unfiltered” Review
Should you buy a British Berkefeld gravity fed water filter? I lay out all the pros and cons from my experience.
Homemade Suet Cakes for Wild Backyard Birds
We started making suet cakes from scratch about 15 years ago. It began as a fun activity to do with my youngest child. I would wrap an apron around him, stand him up on a stool at the stove with…
Feeding Sourdough Starter; Tips, Tricks, Schedules + More
After getting married this past summer, I didn’t feel as though I had officially moved in with my husband until I brought over my sourdough starter. This little crock of flour and water can quickly make a house feel like…
The Best Garlic and Herb Sourdough Discard Crackers
These sourdough discard crackers are my favorite (and the easiest) way to use up sourdough discard. Since I discovered how to make these, I haven’t bought any store bought crackers (which are full of questionable ingredients anyway so good riddance!)…
Lemon and Ginger Honey Bomb
A honey bomb is a mixture of immune-boosting/flu-fighting ingredients fermented in honey to become a powerful weapon to fight colds and infections, and prevent illness. I have recently added this recipe to my cottage apothecary to help us stay healthy…
Tallow Lotion Bars with Beeswax and Calendula
In the chilly, windy, and damp North Georgia winters, moisturizing my skin is essential. Of course, I often love and use my homemade tallow lotion recipe, but I’m also been drawn to the convenience of these tallow lotion bar. They…
Light and Fluffy Collagen Marshmallows
Collagen Marshmallows are a simple and delicious alternative to store-bought mallows usually laden with dextrose, corn syrup, artificial flavors, and food dye. Before I discovered their collagen counterpart last year, I always considered marshmallows to be a very unhealthy, overly…
Freshly Ground Flour: Learn to Mill Your Own
Freshly ground flour is one of those romantic, from scratch, homestead ideas that seems much simpler than it is. How hard can it be to use whole wheat milled flour for sourdough? I remember asking myself when my mom first…