Learn how to make homemade mayonnaise with avocado oil. This recipe is so simple and inexpensive! Avocado Mayo Recipe | MADE FROM SCRATCH| Easy Mayonnaise Recipe Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS6YfbXPH2M Is making homemade mayonnaise hard? Nope! I thought it would be really hard to make to, but I was shocked about just how simple it really is. It can be made very quickly and with a few basic staple ingredients. Do I have to use avocado oil? I recently made this same recipe with olive … [Read more...]
My Top Ten Favorite Sourdough Recipes
I love implementing my sourdough starter in many different dishes for our family. We use it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. It is one of the most versatile components in our kitchen, and it has many health benefits too. Top Ten Favorite Sourdough Recipes Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3k1VpMs1zg&t=1s The Heritage Cooking Crash Course Sign up for free to watch the Heritage Cooking Crash Course HERE. You are not going to want to miss this! Save your spot now for the free … [Read more...]
Vegetable Hash Recipe in a Cast Iron Skillet
This vegetable hash recipe in a cast iron skillet is perfect for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is quick to throw together and easy to clean up. Best of all, it is healthy and a great meal for a family! I'm not much of a meal planner. Instead I like to take what is seasonally available, or just readily accessible in my fridge and throw things together. To me it just makes life so much easier. My dinner plans aren't totally derailed when I realize I forgot to grab the garam marsala for … [Read more...]
Chocolate Orange Fruit and Nut Bars Homemade Larabars
These chocolate orange fruit and nut bars are a perfect easy healthy snack for kids. Learn how to make your own homemade Larabars with just 5 basic ingredients. Chocolate Orange Fruit and Nut Bars Homemade Larabars Video https://youtu.be/ZkY8XwuUTwU Chocolate Orange Fruit and Nut Bars Homemade Larabars These bars are such a simple snack to make. They are raw, healthy and kids love any variation of them! We get on kicks of making these all the time, and then I forget about them for a while. … [Read more...]
Healthy Family Dinner Recipes
These healthy family dinner recipes are perfect for the traditional cooking family. Fermented sourdough, hearty soups and plenty of vegetables make up this 'what we eat in a week' winter edition at the farmhouse. This post contains affiliate links, which means I make a small commission at no extra cost to you. I have shared a few 'what we eat in a week' videos here on my blog. You all seem to love them for a little practical mealtime inspiration. These videos are few and far between, … [Read more...]
Homemade Rustic Granola Recipe
This rustic granola recipe with coconut, dried cranberries, and apricots is one of my favorite recipes. With a big glass of cold milk, it is the perfect fall, Christmas, and winter treat. This post contains affiliate links. See my full disclosure here. Homemade Rustic Granola is Delicious We eat granola regularly in this house. It's easy to make, full of whole food ingredients, and great for a quick snack. My family and I love to make a huge bowl of granola and fresh raw milk. It's also … [Read more...]
Rustic Granola Cookies
These rustic granola cookies with toasted coconut, dried cranberries and apricots, are inspired by my favorite granola recipe. With a big glass of cold milk, they are the perfect Christmas fall and winter treat. This post is a collaboration with many of my blogger friends. They are all some great cooks, so make sure to read all the way to the end to check out their tasty Christmas cookie recipes! Rustic Granola Cookies These rustic granola cookies are a total hit in my family. I've … [Read more...]
Roasted Pumpkin Soup Recipe with Acorn Squash
This roasted pumpkin soup recipe is the perfect nourishing recipe this fall. Pumpkin soup with acorn squash is made with roasted pumpkins and squash and combined with bone broth, cream, and other veggies for an unbelievable dinner. Serve it alongside a sandwich, or pair it with a salad for a lighter lunch. This post may contain affiliate links, which means I make a small commission at no extra cost to you. See my full disclosure here. Most people seem to be over the whole … [Read more...]
How to Make a Perfect Roasted Chicken
A simple meal with veggies and meat can be as easy to throw together as a frozen pizza. Learn how to make a perfect roasted chicken in this easy tutorial. Nothing says mealtime simplicity like a crispy bird, alongside garden fresh veggies and a steaming bowl of mashed potatoes. The prep work is practically nil, and who could argue with the deliciousness? Every member of my family, from the youngest to the oldest loves it when a steaming roasted chicken is on the table for dinner. I … [Read more...]
White Chicken Chili from Dried Beans
We love making white chicken chili from dried beans in the farmhouse. Hearty, cozy filling, and made with gut healthy homemade bone broth, this soup is a fall staple in our home. This post contains affiliate links, which means I make a small commission at no extra cost to you. See my full disclosure here. I am on a fall recipe roll lately. Since sweater weather and cozy blankets get just about everyone excited, its only natural. You know what I love about fall more than anything … [Read more...]
Cast Iron Einkorn Cornbread with Popcorn and Honey
This cast iron einkorn cornbread is healthy enough to serve with every hearty soup and stew this fall, and delicious enough to want to! This post contains affiliate links, which means I make a small commission at no extra cost to you. You can see my full disclosure here. We've been milling our own grains around the farmhouse for six or seven years now. I shared more about the wheat we mill in this post on my whole wheat sourdough bread recipe. That's what I bought the mill for in the first … [Read more...]
Foraging Chanterelle Mushrooms | Wild Edibles
Every summer our family enjoys foraging chanterelle mushrooms. They are abundant in Missouri, easy to spot, have a delicious fruity taste and few lookalikes. Join us on or adventures in the woods. Plus, find below a delicious Bacon Sourdough Pizza recipe using these delicious mushrooms. Every summer we bust out our Missouri Mushroom field guide and hit the woods in search of some of our favorite wild edibles. Most people in our area seek out the morel mushroom that can be found in early … [Read more...]
Zucchini Lasagna Grain Free Recipe
This Zucchini Lasagna is a delicious grain free recipe, perfect for using up all those summer squash that the garden is overflowing with. 'Tis the season for gardens which overfloweth with cucumbers, zinnias, and a whole lot of summer squash. I don't know how the conditions are in your neck of the woods, but as for the backyard of the farmhouse, zucchini have no trouble thriving. Usually somewhere around January, my memory of the summer abundance has wiped away, and I throw a couple squash in … [Read more...]
Healthy Lunch Ideas for Family
This week I am sharing what we eat in a week for lunch, here at the farmhouse. I have seven healthy lunch ideas for family. With homemade sourdough tortillas, and English muffins, most of these ideas are also great for on the go! Ever since sharing my videos on What we Eat in a Week for Dinner- Easy Healthy Meal Ideas for Family and Healthy Breakfast Ideas for Family, I have had soo many requests for a lunch edition. I hesitated to share this for a while, because it's really just more of the … [Read more...]
Toasted Coconut Popsicles
This recipe for toasted coconut popsicles is a family favorite for the summertime. They are sweet, refreshing, and super simple to whip up. The quality ingredients make it a guilt free treat. Ok, I have to admit I'm still kind of new to the whole food blogging thing. Do you have any idea how hard it is to photograph popsicles?! Extremely! They were melting all over my counter, which explains why some of them look like they have a bite out of them. Next time I will know the camera needs to be … [Read more...]
Healthy Breakfast Ideas for Family
I share what we eat in a week to give you some healthy breakfast ideas for family. We like to keep our menu pretty simple and basic. If you guys follow along very much with the farmhouse shenanigans, you know that I am not much of a planner. Be it meals, blog content, projects, you name it..I'm pretty much always just taking one step at a time. Several months ago..shoot, it may have even been a year ago..I shared a post about how I get healthy meals on the table without planning. As a … [Read more...]
Homemade Gummy Bears with Juice and Gelatin
Just three basic ingredients make up this super simple Homemade Gummy Bears Recipe. With a few optional add-ins, they pack a powerful immune boosting punch, as well. Homemade gummy bears are a fun treat to make for the kiddos, that aren't bad for them. The best part is they can be customized with superfood ingredients to actually tip the scale onto the healthy side. Now this recipe isn't super practical, and I definitely don't have homemade gummy bears around all the time. I just wanted … [Read more...]
Date Sweetened Ice Cream
This homemade date sweetened ice cream is as creamy and delicious as unhealthy, sugar laden, store bought ice cream. Step into the farmhouse to see how we make it. I had to tinker around with the idea of ice cream sweetened only with dates before it became the creamy, delicious, seriously as good as ice cream with sugar, recipe that it is today. The first time I tried it I threw dates straight out of the pantry into the blender with the other ingredients. It's not hard to imagine what … [Read more...]
My Top Ten Kitchen Essentials for a Traditional Foods Kitchen
To cook real food daily, you're going to need a few key items. Here are my top ten kitchen essentials for a traditional foods kitchen. Y'all know I am a lover of real food. Give me all the fresh herbs, grass-fed beef, fermented veggies and raw dairy. The quartz countertops in this old farmhouse kitchen never look complete without a bubbly bowl of sourdough, a day old mason jar of milk with the whey separating, and veggies fermenting in the corner. Some of the tasks of a traditional foods … [Read more...]
Easy Healthy Meal Ideas for Family
I share seven easy healthy meal ideas for family in this "What we eat in the farmhouse" winter edition. Last summer I shared a post called 5 Tips for Healthy Meals Every Night Without Planning. To sum it up, basically I talk about my inability to successfully implement meal planning, like all the Pinterest moms. I blame it on my personality type. I threw away the dry erase board, homemaking binder and recipes, and just started cooking real food. As a follow up to that post, I wanted to … [Read more...]