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Bread machine sourdough cinnamon raisin bread
My sourdough journey is still relatively new, but I have been enjoying learning and experimenting over the past year and a half! I didn’t really know much about the benefits of sourdough, or that it is really a whole different way to eat bread products. After making and killing two starters, I finally bought a…
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Raising Chickens in a Northern Climate
Spring is approaching – in theory – and many households are thinking about starting to raise chickens. Farm stores are starting to schedule their shipments of chick breeds and hatcheries around the country begin their ship dates very soon (or have already). Our homestead began our chicken tending journey in the spring of 2022, making us…
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Quick and Easy Homemade Chicken Fried Rice
As a wife and mom of almost-five who works part-time out of the home, along with household and mom-taxi duties, there are nights when I must get creative with having supper ready at a decent time. This quick and easy chicken fried rice is a go-to in our house for those nights, and as a…
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Rižot: Ethnic Cooking from a Slovenian Kitchen
This is a recipe that takes me right back to childhood into my grandma’s kitchen. My dad is 100% Slovenian, and both sets of my paternal great-grandparents immigrated to northern Minnesota from Slovenia. My paternal grandma kept as much of the culture alive as she could, but as was typical for immigrants at the time,…
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Slow Cooked Venison Tip Roast
Hunting and fishing have always been a large part of northern Minnesota culture, and I have always enjoyed eating whatever game my dad, brother, and now husband and sons bring home. A typical wild game meal up here consists of fresh fish (walleye, crappie, northern pike, or trout), venison, partridge, or, if you are very…
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Easy Turkey Bone Broth in an Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
Is there anything that warms the soul and heals the body better than hot broth when you are feeling under the weather? I love heating up a mug of it and sipping it while curled up in a blanket on the couch. It is also perfect for when you have an upset tummy, but still…
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Gardening Beginner: 3 mistakes we made and what we learned
Enjoying fresh vegetables from a garden is a highlight of my summertime. Living in northern Minnesota, our growing season is on the shorter side, so we all enjoy it while we can. One of my most vivid childhood memories is walking to my grandparents’ house to visit, Grandpa handing out metal Folgers coffee cans with…
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New to Homesteading
“How did we get here?” This is a question I have often asked myself over the past couple of years, mostly out of gratefulness and awe that my husband and I were able to make a move out to a good piece of land and raise our family here. We have always lived in northern…
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