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Homestead Recipes
In the homestead recipes category, you’ll find all my recipes for nourishing meals, sweet treats, fermenting, preserving, and homemade pantry staples.
Wholesome ingredients, 100% from scratch. No white flours, no refined sugar, no weird additives. Recipes that work on or off the grid.
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How to Make Ricotta Cheese
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In this post I’ll be sharing how to make ricotta from any amount of milk. I make this whole milk ricotta from raw goats milk, but you can use any kind of raw milk, or even pasteurised milk. Ricotta is one of the few cheeses that will still work with pasteurised (UHT) milk. The quality is much better when it’s made with raw milk, but you can use whatever milk you have on hand to make this cheese. Ricotta can…
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How to Preserve Blueberries without Sugar
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Blueberries are one of the healthiest fruits, and I think they are also one of the best tasting ones. In this post I’ll be sharing my favourite ways to preserve blueberries to enjoy all through the year. Why preserve blueberries without sugar? Blueberries have an intense taste of their own, and it’s nice to highlight that taste rather than making things overly sweet. For water bath canning purposes, they also have enough acidity of their own to preserve just as…
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Fresh Milled Flour Sourdough Sandwich Bread Recipe (easy no knead method)
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What makes this sourdough sandwich bread recipe different? This soft sourdough sandwich bread recipe from Sourdough Without Fail is made from 100% whole wheat, or with some changes which I’ll discuss below, it also works with ancient grains such as emmer, Khorasan, spelt, and einkorn. This recipe has been tested with fresh milled flour from my grain mill and with regular 100% whole grain flours and it works well with either type of flour. Based on a French style of…
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Easy Leftover Vegetable or Meat Pasties (Savoury Hand Pies Recipe)
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Why make these versatile pasties (or savoury hand pies)? Pasties are a great way to take whatever vegetables, meat, and cheese that need using and turn it into a tasty meal. (Stir fry is another good way to do this). Flexible recipes like this are great to have on hand if you have a few bits and pieces from the garden to use up, if you’re trying to rely on as much homegrown food as possible and want to work…
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Magic Overnight Sourdough Pizza Dough Recipe with Fresh Milled Flour
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The magic of this sourdough pizza dough recipe What makes this sourdough pizza crust magic is its flexibility. You can make this same dough, and depending on your schedule, there are three different timelines you can work with: The flavour of this dough is also what makes it magic… If you rest it overnight in the fridge, it develops the most delicious sourdough flavour that goes so well with many kinds of pizza toppings. The overnight ferment also helps to…
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100% Whole Grain Fresh Milled Flour Sourdough Bread Recipe for Beginners
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Whole Grain Fresh Milled Flour Sourdough Bread Recipe for Beginners If you’ve never made any whole grain fresh milled flour sourdough bread (or any bread at all) before, this recipe is exactly where you can start. With a simple mix of just four ingredients – fresh milled flour, water, salt, and sourdough starter, this is a basic, frugal, lean bread dough. It’s the kind of everyday bread you can feel good about making and eating day after day. You don’t…
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Easy 100% Whole Grain Sourdough Cinnamon Raisin Bread (honey-sweetened, and works with fresh milled flour & ancient grains)
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The Art of Making Sweet Whole Grain Sourdough Treats that Actually Taste Good When you’re making a sweet whole grain sourdough loaf or other treat, you don’t want there to be overwhelming sourness or an assertive red wheat flavour. For best results, make sure that your starter has not overfermented (it’s even fine to use it slightly underripe), and avoid using red wheat. This recipe uses 25% pre-fermented flour and a minimal fermentation time, which gives the health benefits of…
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How to Make Mozzarella Cheese at Home Without Citric Acid or Microwaves (Easy Vinegar Method)
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The difference between fast mozzarella and traditional mozzarella In this recipe I’ll be talking about fast mozzarella, which is a simple way to make stretchy and delicious pizza cheese at home. Traditional mozzarella is even more delicious, but involves slowly culturing the cheese until it reaches the right acidity, and the timeframe for this can be a bit slow and tricky to work with. With fast mozzarella, the milk is acidified by adding some kind of acid (vinegar, in the…
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How to Make a Sourdough Starter from Scratch with Fresh Milled Flour (100% Whole Grain)
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Here is my tried and tested method for creating a sourdough starter from scratch which is perfect for sourdough beginners, and for anyone interested in whole grain fresh milled flour. You can use fresh milled flour from your own grain mill, or organic 100% whole grain flour of any kind. For the best chances of success, choose whole grain rye flour for making your first sourdough starter from scratch – if you don’t like rye bread, once your starter is…
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The best way to make stir fry
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Stir fry is one of those basic meals that is often overlooked. My way of making it is a bit different to most, and I don’t think I’ve posted a recipe for how I make stir fry anywhere, so I’ll share it here. My easy stir fry recipe Ingredients My formula is usually something like: 1 part onions or leeks 1 part carrots 2 parts turnip or cabbage 1 to 2 parts dark leafy greens A bit of garlic and…
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How to make pasta without a pasta machine
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Making pasta at home is easier and cheaper than you may think. In this post I’ll share my method and thoughts on homemade pasta, and how to make pasta without a pasta machine. Why make pasta at home? Dry pasta is pretty much empty calories, wrapped up in plastic. Homemade egg pasta is a really tasty way to eat eggs that even picky eaters enjoy, and because it’s so rich in nutrition from the eggs, sauces can be really simple…
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How to cook with tallow, how to render it, how to store it (and why)
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Cook with tallow: Tallow as a reliable, local, stable cooking fat Many events in recent years have caused me reflect on the expectations of the industrial food system and modern lifestyles, and how rewarding it is to return to simpler ways. Olive oil is in short supply this year, and this offers another opportunity to create better alternatives for cooking that can be produced on a homestead or by local farmers. Most of the olive oil in supermarkets is adulterated…
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