Category Archives: Recipes & Cooking

Favorite simple yet delicious recipes in my Texas Homestead kitchen.

Homestead Hack: Cleaner Vegetable Chopping

by Texas Homesteader ~ 

Repurposing a plastic lid as a cutting board has a couple of benefits – using something I’ve already got handy and keeping those veggie juices corralled.

You know my battle cry: “Use Whatcha Got!”. Check it out, y’all!

This Homestead Hack has 2 benefits when chopping veggies - using something I've already got & keeping juices corralled. #TexasHomesteader

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SUGAR FREE No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

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Refined sugar free Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake cookies using honey & coconut oil. No oven heating up the house during the summertime plus it’s CHOCOLATE!

SUGAR-FREE Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake cookies using honey & coconut oil. No oven heating up the house during the summertime plus it's CHOCOLATE #TexasHomesteader

I used to make chocolate no-bake cookies for our kids all the time when they were growing up. It was one of their faves and they begged me to make them often. Even our youngest who was not a big chocolate-flavor fan. (I know, hard to believe she’s actually my kid, huh??)

Anyway, our guest-poster Ashley recently shared with us her four-week journey of a diet with NO refined sugar at all!

This no-sugar version of chocolate no-bake cookies was shared on her FINAL WEEK’s update. What a great sugar-free spin on a favorite recipe!

And since it’s no-bake there’s the added bonus of not heating up the house on a hot summer’s day. You’re gonna want to make these SOON!

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Remaking Leftovers: Quick Beef Quesadillas from Leftover Meatloaf

by Texas Homesteader ~ 

Leftover meatloaf can be so versatile. I turned plain leftover meatloaf into something new and delicious – beef quesadillas! 

It made a lot – enough for supper and lunches the next day too. And since I was using leftover food, it was almost free. 

Leftover meatloaf is versatile! I'll make sure it's not wasted by remaking it into something new and delicious - quesadillas! #TexasHomesteader

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Recipe: Savory Homemade Crackers – Easy & Super-Quick!

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How easy is it to make homemade crackers? I love to make things for myself for both financial as well as environmental reasons. So now my mind got to rolling. Hummmm… I saw something online the other day about how easy it was to make your own crackers …

RECIPE: EASY SAVORY HOMEMADE CRACKERS - heavier than a saltine they worked perfectly for my homemade hummus. Give 'em a try! #TexasHomesteader

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Homestead Hack: Don’t Waste Onion Trimmings! Making Your Own FREE Onion Powder

by Texas Homesteader ~

You’re preparing onions and push aside the tough neck and hard-to-cut bottom sections you’ve trimmed off. But give those tough trimmings another look before you toss them away.

There might still be a way to put these previously wasted onion parts to good use…

HOMESTEAD HACK: DON'T WASTE ONION TRIMMINGS! I'm Using the tougher trimmed parts from onions to replace an item I used to have to buy #TexasHomesteader

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