Have you ever tasted homemade pudding? I mean the real stuff made from milk, eggs and sugar? When I was growing up, my mom taught me to make many things from scratch. By the time I graduated from high school, I was very proficient in the kitchen, having the skills …

Looking around our home and outside on our homestead, we have nine different ways of cooking. None of them require electricity! I recently counted them all when I was getting ready to write this article and I was surprised at the number. Wow! Most of them use wood (readily available …

Will you allow me to sing the praises of canned chicken? Before moving off grid, the only thing I had ever made with the stuff was chicken salad and Buffalo Chicken Dip. I think stores must stock it merely because people buy it for that recipe! But I’ve learned that …

Can you imagine the original homesteaders not knowing how to make biscuits?! Could they have ever dreamed that something so simple and delicious could be reduced to a can full of chemicals made in a factory and sold in the refrigerated section of a supermarket. Chemicals in food? What’s a …

Our generation has lost the art of cooking. At the same time, we are more fascinated with food than we have ever been. Cooking shows are a big hit and pictures of beautiful dishes are so popular on social media. But that fascination doesn’t seem to translate to time spent …

Everyone wants to eat everyday! Multiple times a day! There’s no stopping it and most often that thankless repetitive job falls to us mothers. I’ve been asked by numerous people to offer suggestions on how I regularly make healthy and simple meals. I guess if I can get dinner on …

We launched our An American Homestead website at the beginning of July 2014. Since then, we’ve been writing articles (and making lots of videos too) about our off grid homesteading adventures and sharing them with you. The response that we have had in that short time has been overwhelming! We …

Just off the top of my head, I can think of half a dozen families I know that use camping shower bags on a regular basis in their homes. Knowing this almost makes me feel normal! Until recently, I had thought we were strange in our nightly ritual of filling …

I have something in common with Steve Jobs! Who would have thought? The now deceased technological icon lead a completely different life than mine, but his kids didn’t have an Ipad and neither do mine! I saw an interesting article the other day about how he chose to ban Ipads …

A baby completely changes your life.  I think any parent would agree that it is really difficult to describe how someone so small can turn your world upside down.  And how can that small little life come with so much stuff?  I previously wrote about what I consider to be …