Homemade Soft Pretzels

Homemade Soft Pretzels

While I’ve got a lot of recipes that I consider my easy go-to bread recipes, sometimes I’m craving a treat. Something slightly more time consuming but oh-my-word so amazing. When that happens, I know it’s a day I’ll be hanging out in the kitchen to 

Home cured ham: how to brine a ham

Home cured ham: how to brine a ham

One of the great things about raising your own pigs is having a full freezer after hog butchering is done. And while we all love homemade bacon, ham is a favorite as well. So let me share with you how we brine a ham (and 

Two Ways to Render Lard — and What to Use it For

Two Ways to Render Lard — and What to Use it For

Pigs are just some of the animals we proudly raise here at Clucky Dickens Farm. When people find out we butcher our hogs at home, many of them ask, “So are you gonna render lard?” But, of course! There are many ways to render lard 

My 5 Favorite Go-to Homemade Bread Recipes

My 5 Favorite Go-to Homemade Bread Recipes

What makes something a go-to homemade bread recipe in my house? It has to taste good, it has to be easy, and it shouldn’t take all day. A simple recipe that doesn’t take a ton of ingredients is helpful, too! (Trust me, I’ve got complicated 

Slow Cooker Stew: Beef, Wild Game, or Chicken!

Slow Cooker Stew: Beef, Wild Game, or Chicken!

One of the great things that comes with the cold weather of a Minnesota fall and winter is the opportunity to make some pretty amazing warm and hearty meals. This slow cooker stew is one of our favorites because it’s ridiculously easy and absolutely delicious. 

Homestead Menu Planning: How to make it work with real life

Homestead Menu Planning: How to make it work with real life

Menu planning is a great way to save money and stay organized. It can also help you eat like a homesteader by making the most of all that homegrown and home raised food you have in your freezer and on your pantry shelves. But some 

Chocolate Zucchini Bread: Another Way to Use Zucchini

Chocolate Zucchini Bread: Another Way to Use Zucchini

Zucchini is one of those things that either won’t grow for you, or won’t stop growing. You’re either wishing it would produce, or trying to get rid of your crazy extras by hiding a few on your neighbor’s porch or in the back or a 

Creamy Cucumbers: Perfect Summertime Side Dish

Creamy Cucumbers: Perfect Summertime Side Dish

Creamy Cucumbers are one of our first and favorite things to make when our garden cucumbers are ready to pick. We make this recipe by bucketfuls at a time, and when creamy cucumbers are in the fridge, they are eaten at practically every meal. Creamy 

The Best Rhubarb Crisp Recipe

The Best Rhubarb Crisp Recipe

Did you know that rhubarb doesn’t grow everywhere? That’s just about the saddest thing I’ve ever heard. As a lifelong Minnesota girl, I absolutely adore rhubarb—it’s one of the very first things to grow here after our long winters, and we sure enjoy using it 

Sour Cream Rhubarb Cake

Sour Cream Rhubarb Cake

When the rhubarb starts growing, it’s a mad rush to make all the things we can with rhubarb. Because, rhubarb! We dive into making Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, Strawberry Rhubarb Slush, Rhubarb Muffins, and this favorite, Sour Cream Rhubarb Cake. Lots of rhubarb cake recipes have