Most of our initial home projects were of the boring variety, you know the ones. I also remember knowing that I had a mental laundry list of ideas! I remember walking into this home for the first time and telling Aaron that it was perfect just as it was, and we wouldn't have to do a thing to it. Aaron was working as a biologist for the state and I was a dental hygienist. When we bought the property in 2013, we had two sons, Madden & Sam. Here are my homesteading categories for you to browse!.I'm so happy you're here! Here are my homesteading categories for you to browse! I share recipes that are hearty, simple and from scratch. This encompasses recipes, preserving food, hunting, gardening, and so much more. What began as a place to share gardening tips has turned into a community of folks who want to know how to live traditionally. What I didn’t expect to find were tens of thousands of people who have the same passion! Now I speak to gardening groups, contribute to published books and teach local classes about all things homesteading. I started this blog as a way to document our journey as we learned how to live sustainably and in harmony with nature. Our little farm has grown over the years and now we have a trio of dairy cows, Kune Kune pigs and a flock of laying hens. The word 'ninnescah' means 'sweet water.' We have about twenty acres that consists of a pollinator meadow, garden, and plenty of room for the kids to roam. We are located along the south fork of the Ninnescah River, named by the Osage Native Americans who first settled this land. Here’s a helpful guide for purchasing and storing fish sauce.I’d like to personally introduce you to Ninnescah Homestead. It was half the size and cost $9, so you’re definitely paying for the WF upcharge. However, I also saw some at Whole Foods if you don’t have access to specialty Asian stores. This is a 500 ml bottle that I found in Chinatown for 8 bucks. I did quite a bit of internet research to determine the best brand to buy, and most of my searches pointed me to Red Boat fish sauce. It also contains quite a bit of salt on account of it being made from anchovies, so go a little lighter with your overall salting of the dish. (I also omitted the actual sugar.) But whatever you do, don’t skip the fish sauce! It gives it a nice complex, umami taste and it’s a staple in most Asian cooking. I swapped Tamari for the soy sauce to make it gluten free (use coconut aminos for Whole30), and as I mentioned, I omitted the oyster sauce because it contains quite a bit of sugar. The sauce for the cashew chicken recipe from class called for fish sauce, sugar, soy sauce and oyster sauce. It’s only been a week and a half and already I’m feeling less bloated, with much more energy. (I say sorta, as I just downed a salad with quinoa on it, which doesn’t technically fit.) But, for the most part, I’m avoiding grains, dairy and legumes and cutting out alcohol for at least a couple weeks. I’m sorrrta doing a Paleo-ish eating plan. In the midst of the traveling and chaos, I’ve also managed to gain a few (ok, several) pounds to the point that some of my clothes stopped fitting. Of course, the blog is always the first to suffer, as evidenced by the fact I’ve gone almost two whole months without a post.īetween my trip to France (still need to blog about), our 3-week Northwest road trip (future blog series), and picking up and moving my whole life to Brooklyn… I haven’t left myself a whole lot of time for E is for Eat. The last two months have been an absolute whirlwind, and I’m just now starting to catch my breath. I continue to marvel at how busy I constantly manage to be, despite not having to go to work five days a week.
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