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 

Strawberry Rhubarb Slush

Strawberry Rhubarb Slush

Rhubarb is a really big deal here in Minnesota because it’s one of the first things to pop out of the ground. And while we all like making things like strawberry rhubarb pie, rhubarb crisp, and rhubarb bars, sometimes I get asked what else can 

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Rhubarb is a big deal in Minnesota. Since our natural growing season is so short, rhubarb is often the first thing any of us are able to harvest. One of the first signs of spring is rhubarb, and Strawberry Rhubarb Pie is our favorite way 

5 Reasons Your Bread Didn’t Turn Out

5 Reasons Your Bread Didn’t Turn Out

There is nothing like a loaf of homemade bread to make you feel like the boss of the kitchen. But sometimes that bread you’re working so hard on turns out to be a flop. It doesn’t rise, it’s heavy as a brick, its consistency isn’t 

Cider Roasted Kielbasa and Potatoes

Cider Roasted Kielbasa and Potatoes

I need to share one of our favorite supper recipes with you. Cider Roasted Kielbasa and Potatoes is perfect when it’s cold and you need to be filled up, but it’s also perfect because it’s ridiculous easy. Like, so easy I’m probably breaking some code 

English Muffin Bread From Scratch

English Muffin Bread From Scratch

I love English Muffins. I love to toast them and then slather them with butter and peanut butter, because there is something amazing about how it all melts and fills up the holes of the muffin with the perfect ratio of awesome. So when I 

Honey Wheat Pan Rolls

Honey Wheat Pan Rolls

One of my favorite go to recipes for rolls is Honey Wheat Pan Rolls. It’s an easy recipe that gives you two dozen fluffy rolls, baked in two 9×13 pans. Honestly, I can’t believe I spaced so long on sharing this recipe with you. Because 

The Best Cookbooks Homesteaders Need

The Best Cookbooks Homesteaders Need

If I’m not in my barn or my garden, you can find me in the kitchen. When one spends as much time there as I do, one tends to have a few favorite go-to cookbooks within reach. Because of that, here are my current choices