3 Homestead PANTRY MEALS | Cooking from Scratch 

Your husbund and kids are blessed with such a wife and mother. May God give you health.

Between your channel and Acre Homestead, I've been on a binge watching homestead/meal prep videos, I love this kind of content, it's wholesome, inspiring, relaxing. I hope someday to have a home and big garden of my own. I'm Polish, so making your own food from scratch is a normal, cultural thing here. And it's sometimes quite amusing to me to see Americans so amazed that you can make soup or dinner rolls at home, haha. Anyway, great work!

It’s so nice to see someone go through this tremendous effort for her family.

This is what everyone is supposed to live. Stay happy.

I love seeing your children helping with the prep, and eating all the vegies. They will have a very healthy constitution. This is the way we are supposed to eat. Everything freshly harvested, no chemicals...

Absolutely LOVE that you include how you prepare your harvest! There are not a lot of channels that show beginning to end! I can’t wait to see more!

You bring so much joy to me and this warms up my soul. It reminds me of my amazing childhood from a village in Romania. We had land with everything that you have, pig, chickens, we relied 99/% on that organic food the entire year. And we had a pantry in the ground. My parents still have all of this and it s pure health. They are very healthy thanks to the food they grow. My mother sends me potatoes and organic products from the garden in a different country, where I live now. Your videos & your family are lovely, peaceful. You are growing some amazing children. I wish you all the health in the world, joy, prosperity and peace.

I'm at a stressful point in my life right now (I'm a teacher and I'm working on my Masters degree) and I just wanted to say how incredibly RELAXING it is to watch your videos! I try to watch one every morning before going to work! This is the first cooking video of yours I've seen and I loved it! How to cook healthy meals, from garden to table -- it's so inspiring! You are what I'd love to be one day! Please do more of them! I still have 3 months left in the school year! 😆

Wow, you guys really had your priorities right when you created that kitchen: the sink, the 2 stoves, the huge countertops, I am drooling. I just love watching someone else cook like we do--using the sprouting onions, using winter squash every which way you can, running out to the garden in the middle of winter for cilantro and kale. I actually got a warm hat with a head lamp for pre-dinner harvesting in the dark months.

These meals look amazing!! Your home is stunningly beautiful and so well designed to accommodate your homesteading and self sufficiency journey. I would love to see a video where you discuss your home design decisions that support your efforts homesteading, like your recent video showing the stacked buckets and appliances in the pantry, your cold room pantry and the propane line on the patio. We bought our property a few years ago and it had a new construction home on it, smaller than the one we sold in the city. Over the past few years of raising animals, growing gardens, preserving and storing food, cooking all of our meals and homeschooling, we have realized some our home’s shortcomings. We are dreaming of buying a larger property and building our home. We would love any input you could provide from your designing, building and implementation experience. Your sweet family is doing such wonderful things!

Oh please do more of these! I love your channel and this is so helpful!!! 🥰

I love seeing how you use what you've preserved! I'd love to see more videos like this!

I love your family OMG 💕 kids having household chores at their age making them responsible, y'all basically living my dream having your own house and have a farm ❤️ im watching every night and makes me sleep. Godbless ❤️

I use a Lodge Dutch oven and have Wagner cast iron skillets from 1940's. We have 15 bean hamhoc & potato soup recipes passed down from the 40's during rationing and meal tickets. Other recipes are beef stews and hamburger vegetable soups. My other favorite is homemade breads like ciabattas and honey wheat. The same poolish or biga dough can also be used for pizza or focaccia.

I watch your videos when my anxiety is laying on me thick. I lost my home to a fire and trying to rebuild slowly. I can't wait to have my home and garden back.

As a 40-year old city-dweller (I used to experience some country living when I was really young, but it's all but forgotten), these videos are extremely fascinating to me. As well as comforting, relaxing and beautiful to boot! We (I?) have become so removed from nature and natural things & everything that goes with them. Thank you for providing a candid view to self-sufficiency - I really enjoy the videos! All the best, from Finland!

Your daughter is so sweet, "what we still have squash?" Haha! I think I will add these to my garden this year

I just wanted to say that this is one of my favorite videos of yours!! I love how simple you keep it and how you incorporate all the "grocery" treasures! Thank you. Please make more of these!

The crunch on those onions and fresh veggies 😍😍 what a dream!!

Wow what a lovely family and great wife/mother you are. Sending you lots of love and dreaming of living this life one day

I just found your family’s videos last week, and my sons and I have watched most of them. I wanted to leave a note letting you know how much we enjoy them, and I’m looking forward to learning sourdough from you soon. Blessings to your family!

I'm a new follower and love your channel! I also love the idea of blending beans: I have some children who are skeptical of beans! Thank you! Enjoy your calm demeanor, beautiful home and gardens! God bless!

Love to know how people who grow and can a lot of food utilize it so hopefully you'll do more of these.

Love seeing how you use the food you preserve! I’ve been looking for content like this

I love the way your kids are taught to help you. We need more of that.

Second video I watched today. I thoroughly enjoyed them both. I am looking forward to checking out more!

(From Jon's wife): These meals look so tasty! I'm going to make these, but I will be veganizing them! Thank you for this video. You and your family show a beautiful way to live a more self-sustaining life.

God bless you for your hard work, it joy to see your consistency that bring forth your purpose of taking care your family.👍

I love watching homestead videos I really wish I can preserve veggies like you do.

Canning is a lost art, so good to see your sweet young family involved. You are blessed. Thank you for sharing (brings back memories).

I am new to your channel and I can not believe how lovely it is. Your dedication and hard work to your homestead and family is amazing. I love your pantry wish I had a big one like that. You make everything look effortless. I am trying to grow vegetables for the first time in suburbia and have little ground so tubs and plastic containers will have to do and living in a country that is so much colder than where I come from is challenging. I look forward to catch up on your earlier videos. Have a lovely day.

Your kids are so helpful. God bless you guys

Your channel feeds my soul! I love seeing people thrive in a way that we were always meant to. And as if it wasn’t enough work to cook/prepare all this food - Albeit fun - the production of these videos must be a lot of work too. Thanks! 😁

All 3 dishes look soooo delicious and as always it is soooo inspiring to see all the wonderful results of such hard work througout the year. 🤩

You all work so hard & it looks like your family really appreciate the really healthy foods that you prepare for them, I love the way you all tuck into the same meals, not like here (England) where many of the mums have to create lots of separate dishes because their children are such fussy eaters or will only eat take-away food. I grew up with a mum who made bread, cakes ,homemade jam & knitted most of our woolies. I have the same mindset as her too luckily. keep up the good work, you & your family are so inspiring to us all.

i am sure someone has already given this suggestion/ idea but just in case they haven’t…. if you put a damp washcloth or kitchen towel under your cutting board it won’t move around on you. just thought that might be helpful for you🙂

I enjoy seeing you cooking a healty meal with a lot of vegetables

Thankful for our food storage. I and we have been eating at home gardening is no longer in the picture. But its ok. Lets hope the world will soon be back to normal.

Hi guys, I've been watching your uploads for about a year and a half now. I've enjoyed watching the homesteads progression that you and your family have created. Thanks for all the great recipes and how-to's. I look forward to seeing what you guys do this spring.

You made it look all so simple, I really like those recipes. Now I know what to do with butter squash.

This is awesome! I love gardening and homesteading but I feel like I let too much go to waste because I just don't know how to incorporate it all or I just get stuck in my usual grocery shopping routine and then I don't use the frozen stuff or canned stuff as I should. I need more videos like this to inspire me.

Love your house but most of all I love your pantry. Keep sharing your recipes, canning and gardening. Thanks for sharing

Love this!! We have a LONG winter in Idaho where we live and I NEED easy cook-from-pantry meals for the Winter season ❄️❄️❄️❄️

I am in love with the cinematography . great stuff

You’ve encouraged me to grow my own garden. It’s small but a start🤗

You certainly have a lucky family to have you in their lives, you are such a hard working young lady; and very beautiful as well. What a great influence on your children...

I love your life style, and how much effort you put into taking care of your family. Whenever I get a chance to go the farmers market I purchase several cilantro bunches. I wash, cut into small pieces and the freeze or dehydrate.

I love that you are showing how to practically use the ingredients in your pantry along with the recipe ❤️. So glad I stumbled upon your page. New subscriber here.

you are so lucky you own so much land and can grow stuff its great for your kids too

I am so motivated by your videos! I love how your kids help out and enjoy the meals you make. I currently live in an hoa neighborhood that i love but wow..this is the dream! Thank you!

I absolutely love your recipes and the calmness of your videos even when you were preserving it was calming. ❤

When you bake butternut squash leave the seeds in! They release oils while baking and make it so much tastier. Not to mention they are easier to scoop out afterwards.

Nothing will ever delight me more than children being wildly impressed by how long squash keeps. Even when we were living in the city together, I'd keep pumpkins and squash around the house in winter cause they keep so well, and my brother would be stunned when I'd grab one off the table to cut up and eat.

I appreciate seeing the recipes from your pantry and cool room. This is very helpful.

Another video I would love to see is the chores that the children are a part of! I love this channel and I am truly inspired!

As a northern gardener I’m soo jealous of all the winter vegetables you can harvest 😍

So inspiring! I'm really enjoying seeing your family on this journey! Just a tip: It makes me nervous when you chop your veggies! You gotta keep your knives really sharp and use a "pinch-grip" for better control while tucking your fingers in to make a "wall" so your knife will never cut your fingers. You use your pointer and thumb to grasp the blade right before the handle, this is the classical grip for a chef and it makes a big difference when you are prepping large quantities of food. When you only hold the handle your knife is more likely to slip or turn.

Just ran into your channel and I absolutely love it! You have a wonderful family and that kind of farm life you have is a dream!

Amazing video. The narration and preparation speed is perfect and calming. You have a very nice and wholesome way of showing us what you are doing. Thank you a lot for sharing. This is very inspirational. Thank you. Greetings from Europe

i make "zacusca" for winter , a specific romanian bread spread i have a 90 liter cast iron cauldron and get around 50 jar of 80 ml each that lasts me for a year for a family of 4 it takes 20 kg of eggplants + 20 kg of bell peppers + 10 kg of onion + 5 liter of oil 3 persons working for 1 week-end

Truly inspiring videos. I found myself surprised at how much I enjoy watching this channel.

The meals that you cooked looked really healthy and delicious. I can't wait to try them.❤️👍

Beautiful! Wish I could have those fresh vegetables available 😊❣️

Cilantro freezes very well. Just wash it and chopt it up then freeze in either just a zip lock bag or using vaccume sealed bags.

Love your videos. You make it look so easy, you're like the calmest person I've ever seen. 💗

There are a few channels on here I watch, Acre Homestead, Simple living Alaska, Good Simple Living and Shaun James, however I’ve only just subscribed to yours and I love it. I really want to live like this myself and I will. Keep going you are so inspiring me🙂

These recipes are such a nice change from what other you tubers are posting, thank you!

As an avid cook this is quite the inspiration. I’ve always thought of canning marinara and chicken stock but love the idea of growing everything. One bit of advice on cutting: most chefs hold the knife a bit differently, instead pinching the blade between your thumb and index finger and the remainder of your hand is on the handle, which gives a lot more control on the blade.

I was watching your video in Japan. Actually wanted to order takeout but during the video, I went straight to the kitchen to cook dinner. 🤣thank you for the inspiration

I make white chicken chili using: canned chicken, canned navy beans, canned chicken stock, canned corn, and canned salsa verde! There might be a few more things in there but pretty much the fastest meal ever! Love to see your recipes today.

Squash seeds are a natural de-wormer for your chickens too! Win-win!

Loved seeing you pick, chop, fry and eat what your garden provides! Im living in norway-but im from alaska/USA - ive been dreaming of my own gardens and producing my own foods. My life is so so busy with full time job and 7 children that i cant seem to make it reality but hopefully one day! I dont think my kids would eat those dinners though, their not used to the good healthy dinners where they can see the greens😢 its sad but its the truth 😢

The bean liquid can be put in you compost pile for your garden. You should also rinse the rice as it can be contaminated with I think cyanide. It's nice to see someone actually use up everything in their pantry. It all looks good.

You have got to try "African blue basil" It is one of the two best pollinator attractors on the planet. It's a sterol hybrid of two other basil plants. You can easily start it from a cutting. I've seen 20 to 30 different species of pollinators on it. Not just honey bees. I sometime just sit and watch them all. enjoy.

I love your videos. The garden is fantastic and I want to try the recipes as well. Thank you for sharing these.

Oh sweet little baby girl, you can NEVER have too much squash!! 😄❤ delicious recipes and as always my favorite family!😊

I never cared for roasting squash with the skin on, I’ve always peeled it. Great vlog and your garden looks pretty good considering the time of year 👍🏻

Very flavorful and unique! Great job! 👍🏼

I made your chicken chili and my husband said its the best chili he has ever eaten. I threw in a few tomatoes that were ripening on my counter & diced canned chilis since my jalapenos aren't finished fermenting. Roasting a chicken & using dried beans takes longer but is definitely worth the extra effort Thanks for the inspiration to make this!

I just love you videos! It’s just fab to know how to use these! Growing is one thing but creatively cooking is another

love the way you prepare the meals for your family.

This is so nice! I love the two stoves. So convenient for canning. The door just fell off my stove the other day, lol so I have to get a new one. The only trouble is I have to wait until spring because there is too much snow and they won’t be able to bring it in without killing themselves. But it’s all good. At least the top works. I love your videos. Thanks for such great content 💚

Thank you for your hard work and attention to detail. I’ll definitely make a couple of these recipes. It’s nice to know that someone’s actually making recipes with all the food that is canned up. Thanks again.

You come across incredibly youthful and genuine, totally love your channel. Will try some of the recipes and am looking forward to the next video.

I love your content. Watching you cook is so calming!! I love seeing you use what you worked so hard to grow in the garden.

love this so much! definitely giving my mom the recipe haha :) kind of random but thanks to y'all my parents let us get chickens (and my dad watched the coop building video about 10 times to get inspiration for our coop), now we’re just waiting for eggs! thank you for sharing 💛

The little girl is like "aren't we done with the squashes yet???" Kkkk

I need more of these recipes. this is wonderful. I am from Minnesota and im starting a small garden but hope to have a homestead in the future. I love to see all these meal options to help me pick out the vegetables I want to grow. My goal is to dry my own spices and make pasta sause and salsa. then I will grow my pantry from there

I can’t tell you how excited I get when I see another video come out from you guys! I love all that you share and always feel inspired after watching!

Fermented jalapeños are my FAVORITE fermented food! 😋 I also fermented jalapeños and garlic with sweet peppers, and wow! They had an amazing flavor, too!!

I’m so in love with your channel! I just finished watching your pantry tour and was wondering what you would eat and how?! So I’m very excited to see this video! I know I will love it before the video has even started! ✨🤗

First time for me to see u. Love it. My kind of living. Thank you

What a wonderful housewife! And so young! She must have had a very good upbringing. A beautiful family.

On the butternut squash seeds are low so with a fine medal mesh strainer pick out all seed's put in strainer and wash seed's well then with a cloth dry bottom of strainer and place seed's on a drying paper like wax let dry well two to three months so there dry for storage this will make it so seeds don't mold and do tomatoes and ect. Don't buy seeds

Oh boy. All those were 😍. I cant wait to make the stuffed squash. You’re daughter was in disbelief you still had some. 😆 Thanks for these meal ideas straight from the garden!

Best video ever!!! I love watching your homestead grow and flourish! Can’t wait to grow Some veggies and try your recipes

Thanks for sharing! We are starting to garden and I’ve been wanting to try some new wholesome recipes, we need to expand our tastes! These look delicious.

Awesome channel! I'm trying to grow some squash this year, it will be my first time. I found a hybrid hubbard squash (basically a super small version of it) and a type of acorn squash. Our yard is super small so I'm hoping to get 2-4 plants and have a few to store in the winter. :) We aren't huge squash fans but they are nutritious so I am on the hunt for new recipes. Thank you for sharing!

I know lids are in a bit of short supply but with chicken stock you could easily reduce them and store in 8oz jam jars. They would easily be diluted and could save a lot of space.

I really enjoyed this video, please make more like this one. Plus I’m excited to watch the sour dough video. Thank you for making them! I always am looking for ideas for how to use the preserved food after preserving them. This hit the spot for me.