We do all our canning on a glass top stove and have gained a lot of experience with it. In this blog post, we share our tips and tricks for high-pressure canning on a glass-top stove. Many of them are also applicable to other types of canning and steam juicing. We also share an additional tip for a ...
Why We Would Recommend a KoMo Fidibus Grain Mill
Bread and pastry are some of our favorite dishes. They are yummy, comforting, and easy to make. If there is bread in the house, there is food in the house! To be able to make whole-grain bread that is not just yummy and comforting, but also healthy and nutritious, you need a grain mill. Why whole ...
Collection of Plant-Based Cream Sauces
Plant-based cream sauces are the cornerstones of our plant-based lifestyle. Our cultural background is Mennonite. And for Mennonites, Schmontfat is a must-have, along with sour cream and anything cream. Schmontfat is a cream sauce in many different variations. Non-Mennonites would say it's close to ...
Geodesic Dome Greenhouse in the Winter
In this blog article, we answer some common questions about a DIY GeoDome Greenhouse in the Winter from a northern, cold-climate perspective. There is a lot of information online about geodesic dome greenhouses in the Colorado mountains; it obviously works great. But is it the same farther ...
Do food growers need nutritional supplements?
Northern Homestead focuses on growing, preserving, and preparing nutritious food. Despite our cold climate and short growing season, we strive to have homegrown food year-round. We do not claim to be self-sufficient; instead, we enhance our diet with high-quality food in ways we can. A ...
Oven Roasted Tomato Sauce
Follow my blog with Bloglovin We have been enjoying the yummy taste of homemade oven-roasted tomato sauce for a few years now. It all started when a fellow blogger posted the Roasted Tomato Sauce recipe that looked so yummy and sounded so easy. Since we had lots of homegrown tomatoes, I made ...
Growing Overwintering Spinach in a Cold Climate
Spinach is one of my favorite greens to grow in the garden for several reasons. It is the first crop that can be planted and harvested in spring; it survives over the winter when planted at the end of summer, and doesn't require much space in the garden. I have been successfully growing ...
Pirozhki – Buns with Various Fillings
While writing about yeast-leavened dough, I thought it would be incomplete without mentioning Pirozhki. I'm not sure what the English equivalent is for these delicious, versatile stuffed buns with various fillings —maybe hand pies? If you know the term, please let us know in the ...
Homemade Pizza Recipe
Pizza may not be the first thing one would think of making at home. After all, there are pizza places everywhere. However, homemade pizza is just so yummy, and you get a lot more pizza for your buck. Besides, the homemade pizza recipe is easier than you think. My children's teenage friends used to ...
Oma’s Plum Platz Recipe (German Plum Cake)
I almost forgot about Oma's Plum Platz recipe until my cousin called, excitedly telling me she and her sister had visited our aunt and were served the family plum Platz. Plums hold a special place in my memories, and as I’ve mentioned before, I even grow a plum tree in my garden because it shares ...
