Category Archives: Recipes & Cooking

Favorite simple yet delicious recipes in my Texas Homestead kitchen.

One-Pot Meal: Easy Instant Pot Spaghetti & Meat Sauce Recipe

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Instant Pot spaghetti is a fast & easy One-Pot Meal. After cooking the meat, just pressure cook for 8 minutes & allow to rest for 10. No danger of pasta water boiling over & making a mess on your stove. Just delicious spaghetti supper FAST. 

Instant Pot Spaghetti with meat sauce a quick one-pot meal #TexasHomesteader

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How To Make Homemade Jerky Strips & Snack Sticks

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I’ve been very pleased at how easy and inexpensive it is to make our own jerky at home. We use a mixture of ground meat, seasonings and ‘cure’. You can use either ground meat or strips of steak to make jerky. But we decided to make  wild-game jerky using venison and elk.

Homemade jerky made easy using ground beef or wild game meat #TexasHomesteader

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Pre-Cook Your Turkey So You Can Enjoy The Holiday TOO!

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Serve that traditional meal at your family holiday gathering including a tender, juicy roasted turkey. But don’t be shackled to the kitchen jumbling messy greasy turkey cooking pans instead of enjoying the holiday with your family!

Can you roast turkey beforehand and freeze? How long does it take to thaw a turkey? What temperature do you use to cook it? What seasonings do you use? How do you thaw and reheat?

All of these questions and more are answered here!

Instead of being stuck in the kitchen roasting a holiday turkey and wrestling greasy pans, see how I significantly simplify the holidays! #TexasHomesteader

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Dehydrating Cubed Potatoes For Preparedness Food Storage

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I always have a couple of jars of dehydrated cubed potatoes in my pantry. From a preparedness standpoint I love to have dehydrated food available.

Jars of dehydrated food aren’t dependent upon electricity to keep them preserved like when storing food in a freezer. Dehydrating cubed potatoes for the pantry, an easy way to preserve the excess! A Mother Earth News post. #TexasHomesteader

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Simple Homemade Pumpkin Granola Recipe Replaces Boxes of Commercial Cereal

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This Pumpkin Granola recipe is inexpensive, adaptable to tastes, delicious & SO EASY to make!! 

Homemade granola is a more natural cereal option than the boxes of commercial stuff on the store shelves. Check out my easy recipe. 

A more natural cereal option than the boxes on the store shelves. This Pumpkin Granola Is Inexpensive, Delicious & SO EASY To Make!! #TexasHomesteader

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