Recipes
Real food recipes featured on the Common Sense Homesteading site, including everything from main dishes to canning recipes to personal care items.
Main Dish recipes
Fried Rice the will have them asking for seconds (and leftovers)
Potato Pancakes Like Grandma Used to Make
Sloppy Joes with Homemade Buns
Homemade Quesadillas with Soaked Flour Tortillas
Side Dish recipes
Vegetables
Broccoli, Bacon and Cheese Salad
Potatoes/Starches
German Potato Salad made with Peruvian Purple Potatoes
Haluska – cabbage with noodles and sour cream
Fruits
Soup and Stew recipes
Beautiful Broth – How to make a proper chicken bone broth, the foundation for most of my soup and stew recipes, and basic chicken soup
Chicken and Gnocchi Soup, Olive Garden Style
Toscana Soup, Olive Garden Style
Cheese Soup in Homemade Bread Bowls
Bread and Cracker recipes
Yeast Breads
Potato Bread using Leftover Mashed Potatoes
Quick Breads
Crackers
Cheesy Garlic Sourdough Crackers
Pizza Flavored Whole Wheat Sourdough Crackers
Homemade “Wheat Thin” Style Crackers with Soaked Flour
Sweets
Gram Irene’s Caramel Pecan Cinnamon Rolls
Grandma Catherine’s Polish Doughnuts
Bavarian Cream Bonnet - decorative Easter Brunch recipe
Cakes
Strawberry-Raspberry Shortcake
Gluten Free Strawberry Shortcake with Almond Flour
Old Fashioned Rhubarb Pudding Cake
Grandma Catherine’s Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Cookies and Brownies
Sourdough Brownies – these are great for using up excess starter that is not completely active
Coconut Macaroons – gluten free, refined sugar free
Chocolate Raspberry Granola Cookies
Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies with Cardamom and Dried Cranberries
Family Favorite Christmas Cookies – Chocolate Almond Bon Bons, Cocoa Mocha Cookies, and Raspberry Ribbon Cookies
Fudge and Truffles
Coconut Oil Fudge – Easy, Delicious, No Baking Required
Chocolate chip cookie dough truffles made with almond flour and coconut oil
Homemade Mounds or Almond Joy Bars with Coconut Oil
Pies, Crisps and Crumbles
Pie Crust Recipes – Nut Crust (gluten free), Coconut Crust (gluten free), Shortbread Crust, Mama’s Pie Crust
Raspberry Cream pie – a little piece of heaven on earth
Cranberry-Apple Crisp with Maple Syrup
Gluten Free Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble with Almond Flour
Breakfast Dishes
The Best Pancakes or Waffles Ever
Breakfast Cookies AKA Soaked Granola Bars
Live Culture Foods/Probiotics/Ferments
Duncan’s Probiotic Breakfast Smoothie
How to Make Beet Kvass and Health Benefits of Beets
Viili yogurt - the yogurt that cultures at room temperature
How to Make and Flavor Water Kefir
Kombucha
Water Kefir Versus Kombucha – What’s the difference between water kefir and kombucha?
Flavoring Kombucha and Kombucha Testimonials – Tips for flavoring kombucha and stories about how people I know have been helped by kombucha
Kombucha Q and A and More Flavoring Ideas – More flavoring ideas and all the Q and A from the comments in a more readable format
How to Flavor Kombucha – Holiday Flavors – Fun seasonal flavor ideas.
Snack recipes
Crispy Nuts and Maple Candied Walnuts
Frozen treats – Watermelon popsicles, Creamsicles, and fruity pops
Pumpkin Leather – portable pumpkin pie
Summer Squash Gummy Candies sweetened with fruit juice
Cheeses
Fresh Home Mozzarella Cheese in 30 Minutes plus ricotta
Easiest Homemade Cheese Ever – Fromage Blanc Soft Cheese
How to Make Large Curd Cottage Cheese
Drink recipes
Eggnog recipes – Cold, hot, dairy free, probiotic and chocolate eggnog
See also “Live Culture Foods”
Wines and Beers
Canning and Preserving Recipes
Vegetables
Home Canned Salsa That Tastes a Lot Like a National Brand – Except Better
Pickle Relish Sweetened With Honey
No Canning Required Dill Pickles
Rhubarb-B-Q Sauce and Rhubarb-Orange Compote
Preserving Asparagus Three Ways – Freezing, Drying and Lactofermenting
Fruits
Peeling, Canning and Drying Peaches
Preserving Strawberries Four Ways – Freezing, Drying, Fruit Leather and Kombucha
Making Applesauce, Apple leather and Dried Apple Slices
Spiced Crabapples and Honey Cinnamon Crabapples
Jams and Jellies
Currant Almond Jelly with No Added Pectin
Low Sugar Strawberry Jam and Strawberry Banana Jam Sweetened with Honey
Strawberry Banana Jam and Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
Elderberries – How to Make Syrups and Jellies
Plum Preserves with Honey and Cardamom
Peach Jam Two Ways – Peach Vanilla and Fuzzy Navel
Herbal and Personal Care Items
Immune Boosting Herbs in Finger Gelatin
How to Make Liquid Sweetener from Homegrown Stevia
Preparedness – Homegrown Medicinals
Plantain “Medicine Leaf” Infusion
How to Make a Salve with Infused Oils
Easy, Non-toxic Homemade Deodorant
Super Easy Hard Lotion Bar Recipe
Do It Yourself Laundry and Household Cleaners
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