Haphazard Homestead

I'm a week late with this post, but April was a whirlwind for me, and I'm just now catching up. I set some goals at the beginning ...

Our strawberry plants are beginning to bloom, so it won't be long before we have enough berries for ice cream!  This ice cream has ju...

Recently I saw a recipe for a Mexican-style cheesy chicken casserole that sounded tasty, but it had a few ingredients I'd rather not use...

Here's another "real food" soup that only has two ingredients (not counting water), but packs LOTS of flavor. I used some ha...

Get ready for this.  A flavorful soup with just two ingredients (okay, three if you count the water), that's good for you (mmm...that bo...

I've mentioned before that I bought a neat-o perpetual garden planner download from Northwest Edible Life , and have all intentions ...

I think a lot of us who aspire to the frugal lifestyle sometimes get caught up in the idea that our efforts have to be all or nothing. This...

For Saturday brunch I came up with these relatively healthy pancakes with the flavors of pumpkin pie.  I learned at the last minute we we...

After going to Cafe Gratitude a couple of weekends ago, I decided to whip up a smoothie for Kat that was inspired by the one she had there....

Ok.  I admit that I've never worked with dates before, and I've never tasted a Larabar, so I don't know how closely they resembl...

Our tomatoes are finally coming in, so this week I'll be focusing on a variety of tomato-y condiments.  Here are a couple of different f...

More than once, my blog friend Cathy asked me if I had tried the lacto-fermented vegetables from the Nourishing Traditions cookbook.  She s...

Shane and I really enjoy all of the cultured (fermented) foods I've been making, but getting Kat on board has been more difficult.  T...

I found these two recipes for sourdough cookies at Common Sense Homestead .  I decided not to do a comparison with different flours; these a...

Be forewarned that this "experiment" definitely falls under the heading of haphazard homesteading .  I think I jumped into this w...

When I was in my early 20s, I found a recipe called Bisquick Creamy Broccoli Bake.  I really loved the recipe, but I guess I took it to one...

I found this recipe for 100% Whole Wheat Bread recently, and since it promised to rise just as light and fluffy as white bread, I had to tr...

To further our adventures in healthy, cultured foods, we picked up some water kefir grains from a local craigslister who was giving them a...

I'm thinking about making these for breakfast this morning, so I decided to pull the recipe from my old blog and post it here for anyone...

I know you can't eat just one. I found this post about microwave potato chips at From Blah To Ta-Da yesterday and just had to giv...