by Texas Homesteader ~
I need a lazy-cook’s recipe for an easy Italian-styled soup. You know, a recipe where I can just start with some cooked ground meat, open a bunch of cans, dump it all in a slow cooker’s crock and GO!
Enter this Lazy-Cook’s Italian Soup…
by Texas Homesteader ~
Don’t risk your recipe turning out poorly by using baking powder that’s not fresh and active.
If you find baking powder in the back of your spice cabinet and wonder if it’s still got any ooomph, this is a quick & easy way to find out using just water.
So don’t chance inactive baking powder ruining your recipe. Do this simple test first.
by Texas Homesteader ~
It’s easy, inexpensive & healthy to make homemade nutritious bone broth yourself. To preserve broth you can freeze it – or pressure can it to make it shelf stable.
Don’t be intimidated by a pressure canner, y’all. Canning broth is easy.
by Texas Homesteader ~
When fresh apples are in season they’re cheap, they’re fresh and they’re delicious. I like to make a fast dessert with them – with a boozy twist. Spiced rum-fried apples.
by Texas Homesteader ~
I’ve found an easier way to measure ingredients for recipes I use often. I weigh them instead of using measuring cups.
It’s faster than digging out measuring cups and there’s less cleanup too. Just place your bowl on the scale, tare the weight to zero and add ingredients. Brilliant!
by Texas Homesteader ~
I’d always been intimidated by homemade cheesecake. That is, until I found out how simple it is to make cheesecake in an Instant Pot electric pressure cooker. Now I whip up homemade cheesecake as a decadent dessert anytime I want!
by Texas Homesteader ~
I refuse to store my honey in those plastic squeezy bears and use glass canning jars to store my honey. But how do I keep honey pouring neatly? Actual honey jars seemed too expensive but I wanted something of quality and made of glass.
Luckily I’ve found an awesome solution. Come check out this Homestead Hack.
by Texas Homesteader ~
Instant Pot Yogurt – so easy! I’m sharing step-by-step instructions with photos to make your own creamy yogurt.
And (as there always is) I share a shortcut I use in the timing of making it too!
