Category: Cooking
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The Best Sourdough Tips: Basic Recipe + Beginner’s Guide
One simple sourdough recipe – endless ways to make it your own. Try my basic method and learn how I customize flavors with different grains. Last Christmas, I started baking sourdough at home. I’ve had my share of trial and error with it, and now I’d like to share my basic sourdough bread recipe. Things… Read more
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Transforming Grocery Shopping Habits: Back to Homemade Meals
Have you ever considered eating more homemade food? My goal is to avoid the freezer section at the store and prepare meals from scratch. While I still keep some ready-made meals in my freezer for those days when cooking feels overwhelming, I’ve noticed a shift in my habits. We All Have Those Days We all… Read more
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Saving Money and Food: Glass Jars Help Food Last Longer
Discover practical tips for preserving food and reducing waste in your home. Learn how simple changes can save money and keep your pantry fresh. Preserving Food Saves Money As a homemaker, there are numerous skills to learn, and one of the most valuable is knowing how to preserve food to prevent it from spoiling. This… Read more
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Easy, Seasonal, and From Scratch: Stress-Free Home Cooking
Learn how I feed my family with simple, seasonal meals—no meal planning, no stress, just real-life cooking from scratch. Why Meal Planning Stresses Me Out I’m a full-time working wife and a mother of two adult sons. I don’t do meal planning; instead, I cook meals using the ingredients I have on hand. Meal planning… Read more
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Why Cooking at Home Is Worth It (Even If You Hate It at First)
Discover how a homemaker transformed her view on cooking—from a time-consuming chore to a fulfilling daily habit—with practical tips for decluttering, meal prep, and finding joy in homemade meals. Cooking Is a Basic Homemaking Skill We cook because we need to eat and it’s really helps if a homemaker has that skill. But nowadays, if… Read more
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Why Freshly Milled Flour: The Benefits You Need to Know
The bread made with freshly milled whole grain flour is the best and healthiest food for your body! Why Do We Need to Mill Our Own Fresh Flour? I stopped buying bread from the store since December 2024 after learning about the benefits of milling my own flour. Freshly milled flour has no substitute. It… Read more
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The Best Cast Iron Tips. Essential Tool for Perfect Cooking
Can’t get it right? Here are the best expert tips on how to use and maintain your cast iron skillet. The cast iron skillet is a timeless kitchen tool that can serve you and your family for generations. Introduction: Are you wondering how people cooked before nonstick pans? My mom and my grandma both used… Read more
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Embrace Simplicity: Tibetan Monks’ Guide to Reducing the Mess
There are some ideas or practices that just stick with you and help change the way you see things. The rule of the Tibetan monks is one of those things for me. The rule I remember is to use as few things as possible. I think they even talk about using just one bowl. When… Read more
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My Sourdough Journey: Health Benefits of Freshly Milled Flour
Do you want to learn to do Sourdough? Join me on my Sourdough Journey as I will be posting and updating my experience. I Just didn’t See the Point in Doing Sourdough Last year, I became interested in baking sourdough bread. I watched some videos and learned the basics, but it was all theoretical. I… Read more