Homemade vegetable broth is so easy to make that one might think that no recipe is needed. And it is true, I have made it by just using what's in my fridge that needs to go and be great for a vegetable broth. However, after trying this recipe I never went back to throwing together whatever is ...
Gardening Where it is Cold (Zone 3)
We are in Alberta, Canada, at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains - plant hardiness zone 3A, elevation 1,037 m (3,402 ft). Yep, it's cold here! While the southerlies plant their garden, we pile up more snow, while they harvest their first crops, we plant ours, and while they still complain about ...
Green Smoothie for Breakfast
To enjoy a green smoothie for breakfast is a great healthy choice. It's delicious, easy and quick to make and fills you up for hours. It's our go-to recipe whenever an instant breakfast is needed, or for a breakfast to go on a busy day and even to take with us on the road. What is a green smoothie ...
Oatmeal Porridge Recipe
This oatmeal porridge recipe is my favorite breakfast recipe at the moment. It is yummy and healthy at the same time. You get whole grain, high on omega 3 seeds, nuts, fruit, and berries all in one meal. I tend to find a recipe that I like and stick to it for months, sometimes years till I'm done ...
Chickpea Flour Pancakes Recipe
Chickpea Flour Pancakes recipe is the fastest, easiest, most filling and most versatile recipe you will come across. It is gluten free, nut free and dairy free. Vegan, whole-food plant-based, protein-rich and kids approved. Other versions and names are Farinata, it is backed in a hot skillet in ...
Our Plant-Based Pantry
For some reason, homesteaders enjoy reading about each other's pantries. It gives us ideas on what and how to store food and provides inspiration. Here's a glimpse into our plant-based pantry, showcasing the foods we can and can't grow ourselves, all of which we're grateful to enjoy ...
How to Build a Geodesic Dome Greenhouse Using Pipe Connectors
We built our second geodesic dome slightly different from our first one several years ago. In this article, we share how to build a geodesic dome greenhouse using pipe connectors. It is our version 2; you can read all about version 1 in How to Build a GeoDome Greenhouse. Why did we use pipe ...
Freestyle Cooking
Freestyle cooking is an easy, fast, flexible and realistic way to prepare food. In a day and age of overload of recipes, it can easily get lost. Recipe makers (blessed be their effort), make us believe that it involves hard work and special skills to make a recipe, and unless you follow it to the T, ...
Plant-Based Cream Sauces
Plant-based cream sauces are the cornerstones of our new plant-based lifestyle. As some of you know 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 ...
How Much Food Can an Urban Homestead Grow for the Winter
How much food can an urban homestead grow for the winter? Here we share our Northern Homestead homegrown food storage as of today, Thanksgiving 2018. We are doing our best to live mindfully, kindly, sustainable, and joyfully. Our food storage is filled to overflow because we have been blessed ...
