How do we cook from scratch without spending all day in the kitchen? Here’s my slow living realist approach to meal planning, pantry stocking, and feeding a family without burnout.
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Why I Read the Little House Books as an Adult (And Why You Should Too)
Reading the Little House books as an adult has reminded me that simple living isn’t about aesthetics — it’s about gratitude, resilience, family culture, and perspective. The Ingalls family didn’t have abundance, but they had contentment. And that might be the greater wealth.
A Cozy Sourdough Cinnamon Bundt Cake for El Día de los Reyes
Bilingual Children’s Picture Book Recommendations *This blog post may contain affiliate links* This year I’m getting REAL specific and niche with my blog. My goal is to combine all parts of me and share them with you all. I am:• 1 part homeschool mom• 1 part bilingual Spanish language nerd• 1 part teacher heart• 1…
Honey-Sweetened Strawberry Blackberry Galette (with Cardamom)
A rustic, honey-sweetened strawberry and blackberry galette with a hint of cardamom, wrapped in a buttery crust and topped with homemade vanilla sugar.
Fresh Milled Sourdough Banana Bread
*this post may contain affiliate links*We all know how popular banana bread is. I mean, surely we’ve all see that reel “dude I got some banana bread at work today dude”. Well I wonder what he would think if he had THIS banana bread. I fermented at 48 hours but 24 is plenty! It adds such…
Fresh Milled Sourdough Pie Crust
*this post may contain affiliate links* About 2 years ago I set out to can some triple berry pie filling. It was quite a lot of work to source everything locally. We had to get 30 quarts of strawberries, 25 pints of black raspberries and go pick 15 pounds of blueberries. Of course I didn’t…
Fresh Milled Muffins (with many variations!)
*this post may contain affiliate links*I’ve been doing a little bit of a self challenge these past few weeks- of only eating bread products that are with 100% whole grain (aka fresh milled). The flour is completely unsifted, so you take the whole wheat berry and then you grind it into a flour. I have…
What To Do When Your Bread Dough Doesn’t Turn Out Right?
*this post may contain affiliate links*I’ve been baking sourdough since 2019. Yes, I am a COVID sourdough baker. But guess what? WE’RE STILL HERE BAKING THAT DOUGH! Maybe just not posting as much since now our lives are back to normal. All of that to say, my dough has flopped many a times. It happens…
Honey Spiced Peaches
*this post contains affiliate links* I just got back from canning with a friend. I love that we can do this, it makes canning such much less annoying and more fun. We were cracking jokes, talking, or quietly working together while the kids played, alllllll day. It was so wonderful! But every year I can…
5 Tips to Realistically Practice Slow Living
*this post may contain affiliate links* We’ve all seen the homesteading instagram reels, you know the ones, where they go out to their chickens each morning and grab the eggs for breakfast, stop at their garden for tomatoes, and go milk the cow for the milk to make the cheese. It looks so idyllic. And,…