Freestyle cooking is an easy, fast, flexible, and realistic way to prepare food. In a day and age of recipe overload, it can easily get lost. Recipe makers (blessed be their effort) make us believe that making a recipe involves hard work and special skills, and that unless you follow it to the T, ...
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 ...
Cabbage Borscht Soup Recipe
Cabbage borscht soup is a very yummy traditional dish from Eastern Europe. It is not the same as beet borscht or Ukrainian borscht. There are several versions of borscht soup, and every family has a favorite. I love this kind of recipe that can be followed loosely since there is no right or wrong in ...
Thoughts on the whole-food plant-based diet
If you follow us on social media, you might have noticed that we talk more about the whole-food plant-based diet. It was time to share our thoughts on the whole-food plant-based diet, what it is, why eat healthily, and the challenges that come with it. What is a whole-food plant-based diet? The ...
How Different Plants Survive Frost
What to do if there is frost in the forecast? First, know your plants. We are talking here about the annual vegetable garden and some common flowers. Plants react very differently to frost. Also, young plants seem to be more resilient. When you know how your plants survive frost, it is easier ...
Kartoffelpuffer – Potato Pancakes Recipe
Kartoffelpuffer - Potato Pancakes Recipe is a real treat. The potato pancakes are so yummy that you would think that making them is a culinary science. Guess what, it is not. I like it simple, so simple that anyone could make it. My version involves a food processor. If you do not have one, you ...
Garden Update – Fall 2018 on Video
Hello and welcome to Northern Homestead 'End of Season' garden update. It's Fall 2018 and time for another video update. If you are new to our blog, you might want to know that we have garden updates since 2012. You can find them all tagged under Our Garden. Summer went by way too quickly. ...
Apple Sauce, Apple Jam, Apple Butter
The canner is running hot these days. There are so many goodies that are ready to be preserved and that we do not want to miss making. Apples are one of our favorites to preserve for winter. We make applesauce, apple jam, apple butter and apple chips. Also, the ajika salsa recipe includes apples. If ...
Carrot Pepper Salsa Recipe
We love salsa. A good salsa recipe, ready-made and canned for winter transforms a simple meal into a delicatessen in minutes. This carrot pepper salsa recipe does that in a unique and delightful way. It's a mouthwatering and colorful addition to roasted veggies along with a nutty ...
2 Ways to Freeze Cauliflower
Cauliflower is a special vegetable in the garden and in the kitchen. It's very delicious, nutrient-dense and versatile to use in many recipes. However, it's not an easy vegetable to grow, resulting in being a more expensive choice. If you are lucky to grow some cauliflower or find it at the ...
