A Day in the Life of a Homesteader in the Kitchen

Welcome to my kitchen on my Homestead, I’m glad your here with me.  Let me share with you how a typical day in the kitchen is for me.  We raise the majority of our own food and at times it makes up our entire meal. In fact I purposely cook by using only what we have on hand. Running to the store is not an option for me (by choice), I prefer to use the whole, nutrient dense and organic food that we grow and raise right here on our

property.

 

Grab my FAVORITE Crockpot!! A glorious 10 Quart Size!

 

Let me tell you – it feels really good to be able to Create a Legacy of Food & Health and to share with my family these choices we make albeit it a lot of hard work but they are rewarding and well worth it.


Hang out with  Laura in the Kitchen Today!

For today I needed to oil up my wood cutting board with my Homemade Wood Butter

Diy wood butter for utensils and cutting boards

Next up filling up a spice jar that was nearly empty with Smoked Paprika from Azure Standard – NEW customers can use code NEW15 for 15% off your first order of $100 or more! You’ll love them once you try them out. Sign up HERE 

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Kombucha!! I’ve recently learned how to make my own Kombucha and it’s VERY exciting! I’ll have to share with you guys how I do it exactly because the benefits are pretty cool, like improved gut health & helps with inflammation.  You’ll see in the video straining the 2nd ferment and also creating another round of the 1st ferment using my SCOBY – that weird jelly fish looking thing.

Next up is finishing up my Honey Butter Rolls – Sourdough by using the pinch n pull method to create a smooth lookin’ bun.

Frying up some of our organic pork sausage for breakfast! Sizzle Sizzle!

For lunch I will be making Sourdough Pizza but first up you need to do a stretch & fold and then I like to cut into 8 sections and roll into balls to help the gluten relax so you’ll be able to roll the pizza dough out.

With all the Sourdough usage it’s time to discard & feed. I also decided to place it into a new jar – I was using 2 smaller one’s because we left for a few days and I put my main one to sleep, I also had my back up in the fridge. I decided to wake them both up to refresh and then use some as my main starter and put another one back in the fridge as a back up.

 

If you would like to learn how to make Sourdough including pizza, bagels, cinnamon rolls and so much more check out my online course!

I also needed to shred up some of my Farmhouse Cheddar for the pizza that I make here on the homestead with raw organic milk from a nearby farm, how lucky am I!  If your interested in learning how to make CHEESE check out my online course with videos + workbook! 

 

And for a snack during the day I made these Quinoa Cakes that are delicious and protein packed

 

And for dinner I put in a Chicken in the Crockpot so you’ll see me bringing that out to cool down and then take apart. For the first night we’ll eat with Homemade BBQ Sauce + a Veggie Medley all from my own canned veggies from last year. (Carrots – Corn – Beans)

That’s it!!! Ok, that’s it I recorded in the kitchen. Hope you enjoyed joining me in my kitchen on the homestead!

Till next time my friends!
Your Homesteader

Laura Lawrence

Northern Michigan Homesteader

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