I do my best to use every bit of the groceries we buy—which means that giant Costco bag of organic carrots always gets some extra attention when we’re nearing the end of a grocery haul. One thing I love about carrots is how long they last. One thing I don’t love? Sometimes I completely forget…
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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.
Homemade Vanilla Sugar Recipe (+ Where to Buy It Ready-Made)
Learn how to make easy homemade vanilla sugar using leftover vanilla beans—perfect for coffee, baking, and gifting. I’m sharing my favorite method using raw sugar, plus a tip on what to do with those vanilla pods. Don’t feel like making it? You can also grab a jar of my small-batch vanilla sugar!
Cranberry Bread (or muffins) – with Freshly Milled Wheat and Sourdough
I’m working on a book list for books for each holiday, and since we’re currently in the midst of Thanksgiving I figured I’d share at least one of our favorites right now! We love Cranberry Thanksgiving (and all the other cranberry holidays!) and every year we make grandmas secret recipe found in the back of…
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…
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,…