As winter settles in, having a well-stocked pantry ensures you can enjoy comforting meals, homemade treats, and nutritious food without last-minute grocery runs. It’s the season to embrace intentional living, using what you’ve grown, preserved, or sourced locally. Below is your guide to building a cozy winter pantry, hearty meal ideas using pantry staples, and […]

Prepare your taste buds because I’m about to share a chocolate chip cookie recipe that will undoubtedly redefine your cookie experience. I am thrilled to present what I genuinely believe is the best cookie I have ever had, and today, I’m passing on the magic to you. The Ultimate Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookies: This recipe […]

If you want help saving money on groceries or budget-friendly recipes follow along! We are sharing our favorite go-to meals that will help stretch your dollar and will be a family favorite! Cowboy candy chili:2lbs ground meat (we use beef or venison)1 quart of tomatoes sauceBroth (just enough for the consistency you like)1 pack of […]

Today, we unveil a delightful creation — Sourdough Bagels. Picture this: A Damp Raniy morning, cuddled up next to the comforting crackle of a cozy fire, with your favorite cup of tea of coffee and a perfectly toasted, homemade honey butter sourdough bagel. Does it get any better than that? Bake along with me a […]

As Autumn breaks into winter join us in the cottage kitchen as we preserve cranberries to enjoy all year long. Today we are making shelf-stable cranberry juice. This is perfect to have on hand for a sweet treat a gift for a loved one or to even help elevate a urinary tract infection. Step 1: […]

Explore the joy of baking with our go-to recipe for a simple yet charming rustic sourdough loaf. Ideal for those new to the art of sourdough, this creation demands minimal time and effort, leaving you with the delightful essence of authentic sourdough flavor. Recipe: Rustic Sourdough Loaf – View our overview video here What you […]

Since I started on the journey of all things sourdough I have been experimenting with all sorts of recipes and this one has landed in the ” Keep FOREVER” pile! My family inhaled them! I have made several batches to freeze for our upcoming family vacation too. You can use any fruit! I Have tried […]

I’m excited to share with you one of the newest dinners to make the rotation at the cottage. This Chicken pot pie was the perfect dinner to create inside my winters kitchen or any season really! While I used mostly items I had frozen during the harvest this can be made while the ingredients are […]

Like I said before Im not a huge apple dessert fan but what I do love is fried apples and cookies and when I found a recipe that put the two together I had to try it. I found the recipe in an old cookbook that was given to me by my mother-in-law and was […]

Today in the kitchen we are trying an apple crisp recipe that I tracked down from The Chunky Chef. I’m not a huge apple dessert fan ( with the exception of my apple empanadas I’ll share soon) but my whole family is. So this week’s dessert is for them! Follow along on youtube where I […]