Rustic Roots: Apothecary & Homesteading

20/11/2025

When you host Family Thanksgiving the Sunday before, but your kid has 4H commitments all weekend you cook the turkey early! 8 pints each of turkey stock and broth ready for the pantry 😋

15/11/2025

09/11/2025

Cook 1 chicken breast with onion power, garlic powder, mustard seed, thyme and salt & pepper until done.

Pour in 1.5 drinking glasses of water, about 2 cups uncooked pasta and a spoonful of chicken bouillon. Cover and cook until pasta is tender.

Then, add in a few handfuls of fresh spinach and a jar of drained and quartered artichokes. When spinach is cooked down, remove the lid to cook out any remaining water.

Meanwhile, in a sauce pan melt a plop of butter. Whisk in some flour to absorb the butter, then slowly whisk in milk- enough to make a creamy base to cover your chicken/pasta. Melt in about 2/3 block of shredded Swiss cheese. Pour over chicken/pasta.

Plate it and top with a bit more cheese then eat that s**t up!

08/11/2025

Whipped up another "Store No More" Pantry s
Staple: instant oatmeal.

INSTANT OATMEAL

5 c. Rolled Oats
1/3 - 1/2 c. Light or Dark Brown Sugar*, depending on sweetness
1/2 c. Whole Milk Powder

Optional Add-Ins
Be creative on your flavorings!

2/3 c. Dried Fruit
2/3 c. Chopped Nuts
1 t. Ground Cinnamon

DIRECTIONS
In a food processor, pulse the oats 4-6 times until they start to break up. Remove 2/3 of the oats and set aside (about 3.5 cups). Pulse the remaining oats to a fine powder.

Combine all of the ingredients and your Add-Ins; stir to incorporate.

Store in large air tight container or divide into individual serving portions.

TO SERVE
Combine 1/2 c. Oatmeal Mix with 1/2 - 3/4 c. boiling water. Stir and let rest 2 minutes before serving.

*I used raw cane sugar instead of brown sugar.

04/11/2025

Fresh made Chest Rub!

I caught the ick over the weekend, I couldn't stand the aching ribs from coughing, so I whipped up a batch. Instant relief 😌

I have (3) 2oz tins available for $6 each.

*Not recommended for young children*

23/10/2025

What do you do when the grocer has mushrooms 75% off?

BUY THEM ALL and can 'em!

What do you do when you have a half pot of "mushroom water" left over?

Throw in your frozen veggie scraps and whip up vegetable stock!

9 half pints of mushrooms and 7 pints of vegetables stock....all for $6.00 😏

08/10/2025

Are you ready for cold & flu season? No time like the present to get yourself stocked up!
😷🤒🤧
I have 4oz jars of ferments (onion, garlic or ginger) and 8oz bottles of fire cider and pineapple cough & mucus juice ready to go!
Message me for details ✉

05/10/2025

Our wild Saturday night.... 21 jars of pickled of pickled beets. Ready to wash and put up. Reused our jars and had ZERO seals fail 😎

04/10/2025

Theirs vs Mine, Tomato Soup Edition

Their ingredients: Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), water, wheat flour, sugar, Contains less than 2% of: salt, potassium salt, natural flavoring, citric acid, absorbing acid (vitamin C), celery extract, garlic oil.
Contains: Wheat.

CONTAINS A BIOENGINEERED FOOD INGREDIENT. THE SUGAR IN THIS PRODUCT COMES FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS.

Cost: approximately $1.24/can

Mine: Tomatoes, basil, celery, sweet onion, fresh squeezed lemon juice.

Cost: approximately $0.13/ half pint.

03/10/2025

Put up the rest of our September eggs today in preparation for holiday baking!

We have been averaging 5 eggs a day from our ladies, and not all of them have reached laying age yet. We should have a good and steady supply come spring!

29/09/2025

1/2 bushel of tomatoes yielded me 19 pints of diced tomatoes plus 1 and 1 1/2 pints of tomato water.

26/09/2025

Would ya look at that fresh homemade creamcheese.

Just look at it!