Off Grid Recipes

We continue in our soup series with a green curry soup recipe. Jaimie is in the kitchen every day cooking from scratch and today she is sharing her favorite Asian soup. The green curry paste is what makes this recipe pop! But it can be a bit too spicy for …

We are hungry! And one of our favorite meals is the stuffed squash that is baked and grilled. We fondly refer to this recipe as the Ozark Mountain Potato. The squash that will be stuffed is grown right here on the homestead each year and its a very prolific variety …

Have you ever thought about baking potatoes off grid in a wood stove? No, then join us for a new adventure! An off grid homestead is assuredly going to have a wood stove working to keep the home warm during the winter months. And while that stove may do a …

Making mozzarella cheese on the homestead has been common all spring and seems to continue as long as the cows are in milk. Our neighbor’s cow is giving gallon after gallon of fresh milk and we are happily buying and using it for cheese and other tasty products. Hopefully by …

Those of us who love cilantro in the summer with zesty salsa and salads are usually out of luck. Cilantro is usually bolting and not doing well at all in the high summer heats of the south. So by the time you have lots of shiny red tomatoes fresh from …

One of my husband’s favorite foods is salsa. Give him a bag of chips and a jar of really spicy salsa, and he is happy! Our garden is full of tomatoes this time of year and at least half of them will be made into salsa. I plan to can …

I’m a big fan of Baker Creek and the seeds they sell.  If you are into organic/natural gardening methods and have the same loathsome feelings as I do toward the genetic modification that is creeping into every aspect of the farming world, then you are probably a fan of Baker …