Welcome to my Homestead Kitchen

Explore from-scratch recipes, canning, bread baking, dairy, and preserving guides for your homestead kitchen. Real food made at home.

Quick & Easy Recipes

Not everything in the homestead kitchen has to take all day. These recipes come together fast and are perfect for weeknights, beginners, or whenever you want something homemade without the fuss.

Easy No-Knead Artisanal Bread Recipe Fresh bread at home doesn’t have to be complicated. This no-knead recipe gives you a gorgeous artisan loaf with minimal effort — a perfect starting point for any home baker.

• How to Grow Sprouts for Salads and Sandwiches
• How to Make Almond Butter from Scratch
• How to Make Homemade Veggie Broth
• How to Make Homemade Hummus

What’s New in Our Kitchen

Simple Butternut Squash Soup (direct from the Garden)

Butternut squash soup might be my families favorite fall meal and is one of the best things to make right

How to Make Ketchup from Scratch: A Simple, Flavorful Recipe

Making ketchup at home is not only fun and delicious, but it is a great way to use up an

How to Make Hummus (10x better than store-bought)

There’s nothing quite like the creamy, flavorful goodness of homemade hummus. In this article I share exactly how to make

How to Make your Own Mustard

Learn how to make your own flavorful homemade yellow mustard with simple ingredients. This easy recipe results in a delicious,

My Favorite Focaccia Recipe

Foccaccia is a staple in our home. It's perfect for night when you don't have enough time to make a

How to Make White Crusty Bread

This is a basic and very useful bread recipe that is a perfect beginner bread. Whether you are looking for

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Build Your Homestead Kitchen Skills

These are the foundational skills that change the way you cook and stock your kitchen. Learn them once and you’ll use them for life.

How to Make Sourdough Starter for your Homestead Kitchen: Sourdough starter is the foundation of real from-scratch bread baking. This step-by-step guide shows you exactly how to create and maintain your own starter using just flour and water.

Essential Skills:

• How to Make Jam, Jelly and Preserves
• How to Make Easy Homemade Cream Cheese
• How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract

Thoughts from my Homestead Kitchen

One of my favorite things about cooking from scratch, especially when you’re growing your own food, is how quickly it becomes second nature. You stop thinking about it as extra work and start seeing it as just the way things are done. A few things that have made a huge difference for me over the years: keep a scrap bag in your freezer (seriously, this alone will change your kitchen), grow at least a few herbs because fresh herbs make everything taste better, and don’t be afraid to improvise. The best homestead cooking comes from using what you have, not from following a recipe perfectly. Once you start connecting the dots between the garden and the kitchen, you’ll find that the food you grow yourself just tastes different, better, and that’s really what all of this is about.

Read: 25 Food Preservation Skills Every Homesteader Should Know (canning, fermenting, drying, curing)