Between Black Friday and Boxing Week, you might be conflicted: you need to save money and want to take advantage of the good deals. In this blog post, we share kitchen tools that can help you do both: get them at a good sale and save money on food over time. Food prices have gone up rapidly. Many ...
DIY and Low-Cost Windows and Doors Insulation Options
Keeping the frost out and the heat in is essential in a cold climate. Ideally, energy-efficient windows and airtight storm doors would be the best choice, but this isn't always feasible. It isn't the case in our beautiful 1940s character house. For immediate, temporary solutions, many DIY and ...
German Husarenkrapfen Cookies Recipe
The Husarenkrapfen cookies recipe is from a German friend who showed me how to make them. Baking cookies is definitely more fun together, so if you have a friend, make some cookies together. This Husarenlrapfen or Jelly cookie is a perfect recipe for a cookie date night. And since you are into ...
Homemade Vanillekipferl Cookies Recipe
Vanillekipferl, also known as Vanilla Crescent cookies, is one of our favorite homemade treats. Bite into this deliciousness and imagine you're in a Vienna coffee shop enjoying this special delight. Honestly, I have never been there—I just always make my own vanilla kipferl and enjoy them with ...
High pressure canning on a glass top stove
We do all our canning on a glass top stove and have gained a lot of experience with it. In this blog post, we share our tips and tricks for high-pressure canning on a glass-top stove. Many of them are also applicable to other types of canning and steam juicing. We also share an additional tip for a ...
Why We Would Recommend a KoMo Fidibus Grain Mill
Bread and pastry are some of our favorite dishes. They are yummy, comforting, and easy to make. If there is bread in the house, there is food in the house! To be able to make whole-grain bread that is not just yummy and comforting, but also healthy and nutritious, you need a grain mill. Why whole ...
Collection of Plant-Based Cream Sauces
Plant-based cream sauces are the cornerstones of our plant-based lifestyle. Our cultural background is Mennonite. And for Mennonites, Schmontfat is a must-have, along with sour cream and anything cream. Schmontfat is a cream sauce in many different variations. Non-Mennonites would say it's close to ...
Geodesic Dome Greenhouse in the Winter
In this blog article, we answer some common questions about a DIY GeoDome Greenhouse in the Winter from a northern, cold-climate perspective. There is a lot of information online about geodesic dome greenhouses in the Colorado mountains; it obviously works great. But is it the same farther ...
Do food growers need nutritional supplements?
Northern Homestead focuses on growing, preserving, and preparing nutritious food. Despite our cold climate and short growing season, we strive to have homegrown food year-round. We do not claim to be self-sufficient; instead, we enhance our diet with high-quality food in ways we can. A ...
Oven Roasted Tomato Sauce
Follow my blog with Bloglovin We have been enjoying the yummy taste of homemade oven-roasted tomato sauce for a few years now. It all started when a fellow blogger posted the Roasted Tomato Sauce recipe that looked so yummy and sounded so easy. Since we had lots of homegrown tomatoes, I made ...
