Homemade Vegan Yogurt—A Plant-Based delight Homemade Vegan Yogurt is delicious, rich in probiotics that help your gut and immune system, and satisfying. Although you can buy ready-made vegan yogurt? it tends to be expensive and loaded with sugar, which sort of negates all those good benefits! This post contains affiliate links. The good…
Read morePerfectly Plant Based Pesto
Enjoy this recipe for plant based (vegan) pesto, made with fresh basil!
Read moreHomestead Blog Hop 269 & Christmas Lists
Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! ”What do you want for Christmas?” Isn’t that the question of the month? More for children, but for adults too, the pressing question is, “What’s on your Christmas wish list?” So, do you have a Christmas wish list? If so, what’s on it? For me, I’ve had a difficult…
Read moreVegan Parmesan Cheese Crumbles
Simple, easy recipe for plant based Parmesan cheese crumbles This recipe is the product of my memory, and a unique story shared by a friend. This post contains affiliate links Not long ago, a friend and I chatted about pizza and vegan cheese. I normally make a cashew cheese sauce for pizza and lasagna, haystacks,…
Read moreHomestead Blog Hop 266 & Thanksgiving Amid Trials
Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Thanksgiving Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. Today is the day our family will get together for our annual celebration. Of course we have been looking forward to this day with great anticipation. Yet, just a few hours ago (as in 4 am), I believed we’d have to sit this gathering…
Read more7 Reasons to Bring Back the Old-Fashioned Work Bee!
What is a Work Bee, and what is so wonderful about one? If you’ve ever read some of the old stories, like the Little House on the Prairie books or stories from former pioneer times, you may have come across the idea of a work bee. Depending on the nature of the project needed help…
Read moreLow Sugar Elderberry Immune Syrup Recipe
Elderberry Immune Syrup with less sugar! Need a Low Sugar Elderberry Immune Syrup to get well and stay well? We have learned how wonderful elderberries are for our immune system! Staying well is super important, and kicking a virus fast is top priority! That’s why I shared my recipe for Elderberry Immune Syrup last cold…
Read moreSimple Autumn Apple Dip
Recipe for Simple Autumn Apple Dip–A Healthy Fall Snack Do you love apples? I do! I enjoy many different varieties! With September here, it’s back to school time, Autumn is just around the corner! ? That always makes me think of apples! ? This post contains affiliate links. If you click on any link and…
Read moreHomestead Tofu Breakfast Scramble
My Favorite Breakfast–Tofu Breakfast Scramble & Taters. A Plant-Based Feast! This post may contain affiliate links. So I’ve been AWOL again in the blogging community. Life has been so busy. We have two teen boys, and one about to turn thirteen, and we’ve been doing a lot more running around these days with their activities….
Read moreFriday Friendship Feature #8–Vegan Burgers & Creamy Cashew Gravy
Recipes for Vegan Oat Burgers, Copy-Cat Arby’s Fries, and Creamy Cashew Gravy It’s time for a Friday Friendship Feature sharing again! Did you miss me last week? I think that life got crazy, and I skipped the feature. I’ve been working on my education to renew my long-lapsed RN license, and every spare minute I’ve…
Read moreRefreshing Melon Freeze! Vegan Recipe
Simple Homestead Recipe–Refreshing Melon Freeze! (Boys Can Cook Series) I don’t usually do random recipes, but this one hit the spot so well last Sunday that I just had to share my son’s SIMPLE RECIPE! The Refreshing Melon Freeze will cool you off FROM THE INSIDE OUT–exactly what you want on a hot summer day!…
Read moreForaging Huckleberries & Wild Blueberries
Foraging Huckleberries and Native Wild Blueberries at Ridge Haven Homestead It’s harvest time for our wild berries, so time to go foraging! I cannot tell how excited we are here at our little property! Well…maybe I’m the person who’s the most excited, but I make up for everyone else’s calm demeanor regarding these native gems!…
Read moreSimple Edible Play-Dough
Make you own all-natural, easy, and yummy edible playdough!
Read moreDutch Oven Cooking in the Campfire!
What are your family traditions? One of our special traditions is Dutch Oven cooking! We try to reserve Friday evenings for slowing down, and making a simple meal over the campfire. A Dutch Oven is a perfect way to make a home style meal, and something about the cast iron plus the campfire just brings…
Read moreEat Your Weeds! Adventures with Wild Edibles
Fun with Wild Edibles! Weeds, wildflowers, wild edibles! No matter what you call them, they can be a lot of fun when it comes to searching them out in the springtime. This is a fun post that I published one year ago! We are still eating our weeds! ? We kicked off our search for…
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