Category Archives: Homemade is Best

Almond Extract {at home}

It’s another very cold Saturday –  a little bit of a snowed in kind of day. It’s windy and too cold to play outside. We are all hoping perhaps this is the last winter blast, but we shall see. This frigid weather does make the perfect day to work on a few indoor small and […]

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Provision Room Part VII: Putting up Stews, Soups & Sauces

“The person who decides what shall be the food and drink of a family, and the modes of preparation, is the one who decides, to a greater or lesser extent, what shall be the health of the family.” -America Woman’s Home, Catherine Beecher, 1869     In nearing the end of the Provision Room series, […]

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The Provision Room – Putting Up Jams & Jellies {part VI}

 “For days, Mother and the girls made jellies and jams and preserves, and for every meal there was huckleberry pie or blueberry pudding.” Farmer Boy, Laura Ingalls Wilder     A family’s Provision Room would  just not be complete without home canned goods. Today, we shall talk about putting up jams and jellies – one […]

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Growing your Own {Provision Room series – Part V}

    While spring is not quite around the corner yet, it is nearly time to begin thinking ahead … dreaming … planning for that lovely vegetable garden you will plant this year. It will be the next step at building your Provision Room. In this post, to go alongside our Provision Room series, we […]

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Provision Room Series: Buy in Bulk {Part IV}

“On Saturday, especially the last Saturday of every month, every department is put in order; the casters and table furniture are regulated, the pantry and cellar inspected … everything about the house put in order for Sunday … a full supply of all conveniences in the kitchen and cellar, and a place appointed for each […]

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