The Suburban Homestead
Sourdough Pancakes My family loves baking with our sourdough starter. The sourdough needs to be fed each week regardless of whether or not we make bread. So what do we do with the discarded sourdough starter? Make sourdough pancakes! Sourdough Pancakes have a very complex, rich flavor and a good amount of gluten structure that […]
I have a new comfort drink and it’s a lot healthier than my go-to winter cocktail. It’s a homemade organic herbal tea, also known as a tisane. I grow herbs it in the summers, dry them in the fall, and enjoy a warm organic herbal tea all winter long. During these cold winter days between […]
Gardening is a fun and rewarding hobby and lifestyle for millions of people around the country. One way to extend your gardens produces is from drying herbs. This is especially important if you live in the North because we have such a short growing season. By learning how to dry fresh herbs, we can introduce […]
Preserved Roasted Tomatoes Preserved roasted tomatoes are a fantastic, super easy way to get the most out of your garden. And if you follow us, you know we do A LOT of gardening in our Straw Bale Gardens. With the temperatures dropping this fall, it’s time to save all the veggies you can from your garden! Canning […]
Piecaken. You’re Welcome. Piecaken I saw this idea of putting a pie inside of a cake on a video somewhere. I don’t remember where it was, but I remember I had to try it and I thought about it a lot … probably way too much. It’s like a turducken, but it’s a piecaken; a […]
Preserved Lemon Chicken Welcome back. We decided to sneak in one last recipe for the month! It’s a preserved Lemon Chicken and a great example of you can use your preserved food to cook fresh all year long. It feels great to be back behind the camera. Especially when the prize is to eat something […]
Cheese Curd Chili When a nip of cold is felt from the woods in the beginning of fall, you know it’s time to start thinking about hot soups, crock pots, and good old-fashioned comfort food. Today, we whipped together a crockpot chili we call Cheese Curd Chili. Served with a side of cornbread and fresh […]
Spaghetti with Fresh Canned Spaghetti Sauce Sarah and I have been very busy canning and preserving our garden. What do you make when you have dozens of quarts of Garlic Basil Tomato Sauce in your cellar? Spaghetti, duh. We’re just showing you a simple way to use up some of your garden produce. From seed to plant, from […]