For over a decade, my family has purchased grassfed beef in bulk from a local NM rancher every year. Once we get our half beeve, our freezer is happily stocked for the upcoming year with ground beef, roasts, steaks, organ meats, and more. The ground beef is quick and easy to cook up, but many of the other cuts require long cook times and some require special preparation. One cut that I consistently struggled to know what to do with was the ribs. Year after year, they would li

This is one of my favorite ways to make steak. Rosemary, thyme, and garlic combine with beef for a fabulous taste. We enjoy our steaks cooked medium or medium rare and beautifully red inside. Pair the steaks with a simple side salad and perhaps crispy fried potatoes: dinner is served! Garlic and Herb Pan-Seared Steak Serves 3-4 Three 1-inch-thick beef steaks, such as Rib Eye or T-Bone, or 4 smaller 1-inch steaks such as NY strip (preferably grassfed) 4 cloves garlic 1 Tb co

I think of zucchini is the ninja vegetable; you don't even know there is one growing under there, and then suddenly you've got a huge zucchini on your hands. Or 2. Or 5. They seem to grow into baseball bats overnight. The zucchinis just keep coming, so we're making lots of ratatouille, southwest zucchini casserole, and sauteed zucchini, throwing zucchini in stews, freezing zucchini, and making lots of Einkorn zucchini bread and muffins. Why Einkorn? My family switched to Ei

Here's a grain-free zucchini bread recipe to enjoy the summer's bounty. Wow, time flies! I originally developed this recipe over 10 years ago, when my daughter was still having sensitivity to wheat and grains. Nowadays, my daughter can eat whatever she wants with no issues, but my husband Ryan still follows a mostly-grain-free diet for his Hashimoto's. Thankfully, Ryan's diet has become progressively less strict over time, and he's been loving having baked goods once again o

Ranch dressing is a staple item in our household. We use it as a salad dressing, as a dip for veggie sticks and homemade pizza, and as a sandwich condiment. But storebought ranch dressing is loaded with unhealthy soy/canola oil, with a dash of MSG. No thank you! Fortunately, homemade ranch dressing is easy to make and much healthier! Here's the recipe I've used for 10+ years, based on sour cream, raw milk kefir, and organic spices. The milk kefir adds wonderful flavor and a

Here's an Einkorn muffin recipe that makes the most of summer's early bounty of cherries. It's cherry season! Do cherries grow where you live? It's too hot to grow cherries at our house in the desert, so we drive to the mountains to go cherry picking instead. This has been a beloved tradition for our family since my kids were toddlers. We come home with oodles of cherries, and then it's time for baking! Here's a recipe for Cherry Chocolate muffins that I hope you enjoy as mu

Cherries + Chocolate = 😍 Here's a grain-free recipe that makes the most of summer's cherries. Although the kids and I have been noshing on Einkorn cherry chocolate muffins, my husband Ryan generally doesn't eat grains (as part of the management for his autoimmune diseases). So I developed this Cherry Chocolate Clafoutis recipe as a way for Ryan to enjoy the summer cherries, too. He loved it! This nourishing recipe for Cherry Chocolate Clafoutis is loaded with eggs and healt

Family Favorite! I developed this recipe when my husband was temporarily back on the GAPS Diet back in 2018, but it has continued to be a family favorite since then even though no one is on such a strict diet now! The GAPS Diet protocol can be quite similar to Keto and Paleo Diets, depending on how it is implemented. The GAPS Diet is based around healthy fats (such as ghee, coconut oil, and tallow), meats, veggies, broth, fruits, and fermented foods; it allows no grains, pot

Taco meat is an easy-to-prepare and versatile dish. This recipe, spiced with garlic, oregano, and cumin, is a kid-friendly food that can be used in many ways: in taco shells, on top of baked potatoes, over hash browns, in soft tortillas, over pinto beans, or in a salad. Although this recipe is best with fresh onion and garlic, I've also included substitutions for a busy night when dinner needs to get on the table quickly. Ground Beef Taco Meat Serves 4-6 1 pound ground beef

Life gets busy sometimes! This recipe is perfect for a busy weeknight when dinner needs to get on the table quickly. Traditional beef fajita recipes are made with skirt steak or flank steak, which is marinated for hours to allow the meat to tenderize. That's all well and good, but on a busy night there's no time for such preparations. This recipe for 30-Minute Ground Beef Fajita Bowls starts with searing the onion and bell pepper to develop some of the characteristic charrin

Does your family like to eat salmon? In our household, my son and I both love.LOVE.LOVE salmon, but my husband and daughter are pretty lukewarm about it. I've had to get a bit creative to find a salmon recipe that everyone in my family will enjoy. This Teriyaki Salmon recipe is keeper, because even my husband and daughter look forward to it! This recipe starts with a simple 4-ingredient teriyaki marinade. The salmon is chopped into chunks, to allow more marinade to soak in

Here in southern New Mexico, we pass our last frost date near the beginning of May, so it is time to prepare and plant the summer garden. We've been gardening for over 16 years, and in that time we have learned many lessons on what makes gardening successful here. Every location has its own unique challenges, yet there are some basics that every garden needs, including good soil, the right amount of water, and plenty of sunshine. Here is a snapshot of the overall process we u

These are classic blueberry muffins, now made with Einkorn heirloom wheat flour! My family switched to Einkorn wheat flour over 10 years ago. Einkorn is an ancient variety of wheat that has never been hybridized; as such it is naturally lower in gluten and higher in protein than modern wheat. Some people who have sensitivities to gluten in modern wheat can actually consume Einkorn with no problems . This recipe for Einkorn Blueberry Muffins uses Einkorn all-purpose flour. W

Here's a seasonal winter muffin recipe, made with cranberries and oranges! Are you ready for a new Einkorn muffin flavor combination? I had a bag of frozen cranberries still lurking in the freezer after the holidays, so it was time to get baking 🥳! Most cranberry orange muffin recipes have lots of sugar and little nutrition. I wanted these muffins to be healthier, so I've dialed back the sweetness and boosted the protein by adding extra eggs. These muffins are mildly sweet

Our hens are producing lots of eggs at this time of year, so I'm resurrecting recipes that use ample eggs. Besides quiche and the typical egg breakfasts, my family is enjoying Apple Custard Cake as a way to use up the bountiful eggs. This nourishing recipe for Apple Custard Cake is loaded with eggs and healthy fats. We typically eat Apple Custard Cake for breakfast, but it can be fancied up with whipped cream for a nice dessert, too! Apple Custard Cake Serves 6-8 Prep Time

Crispy, fluffy pancakes, yum! This recipe is a great way to use up extra sourdough starter. Got Extra Sourdough Starter? This Recipe is For You! Confession: I can easily go a month or two without using my sourdough starter. Life gets busy and sometimes I just never get around to making anything with sourdough. Nonetheless, I keep my sourdough starter in the fridge and *try* to remember to feed it once a week. Every so often it reaches the point where I have too much starter

We're dialing back the sweets after enjoying plenty over the holidays, so I'm looping back around to this recipe for Einkorn Banana Nut Bread that is sweetened with only bananas! It is mildly sweet, with lots of banana flavor and the yummy crunch of nuts. My family has enjoyed this recipe for breakfast or a midday snack. My family switched to Einkorn wheat flour over 10 years ago. Einkorn is an ancient variety of wheat that has never been hybridized; as such it is natural

Nutrition is a cornerstone of health. Processed and unnatural foods wreak havoc on the body, whereas real foods support true health. But how do we know what makes a diet truly healthy? Real Foods Research Weston A. Price was a dentist who traveled the world aiming to learn why so many of his patients in the United States had prevalent tooth decay and cavities. Price learned that people who ate traditional foods had virtually no cavities or tooth decay, nor even cancer, d

Chocolate chip cookies are such a classic recipe, and for good reason. The chocolate is melty, in a chewy, sweet base of cookie dough. Mmmm... Why Einkorn? My family switched to Einkorn wheat flour 12+ years ago. Einkorn is an ancient variety of wheat that has never been hybridized; as such it is naturally lower in gluten and higher in protein than modern wheat. Some people who have sensitivities to gluten in modern wheat can actually consume Einkorn with no problems . This

It's time to plant garlic! Unlike many vegetables, garlic gets planted in the Fall and is harvested the following summer. Garlic is uber easy to plant and grow. I've been growing garlic for ~ 10 years, so here are some tips for how to make it work well. This is a great homesteading project to get your kids involved in, too. I love the slower pace of homesteading in the late Fall: the summer garden has mostly played itself out, we're still months away from baby chick time, an