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Weekly Wellness: My Ultimate "Load and Go" Gut-Health Morning Juice
Transform your weekly garden harvest into a nutrient-dense, gut-loving ritual! Discover my simple 'load and go' morning juice routine using fresh greens, beets, roots, and a scoop of GI Revive in the Nama C2 juicer—complete with my exact layering secrets and a zero-waste homestead routine.
The Ultimate Protein Ball Masterclass: Sweet and Savory Handheld Bites
Ditch pre-packaged snack bars! Whether you are craving rich chocolate-coconut fudge or a savory "everything bagel" herb bite, your food processor makes whipping up healthy, protein-packed snack balls effortless. Discover 4 versatile recipes, smart oat-free swaps, and foolproof freezing tips.
Fresh Harvest Strawberry, Pear and Citrus Gelatin Salad
Say goodbye to boxed gelatin mixes full of artificial dyes and refined sugars! This small-batch, real-fruit gelatin salad combines a lush homemade strawberry-pear puree with sweet mandarin oranges and crisp grapes, finished with a fresh, pillowy whipped cream topping. It's the perfect cool, summer-harvest contribution for any potluck table.
Pickled Eggs Recipe
Tired of tough, rubbery pickled eggs? The secret to melt-in-your-mouth pickled eggs isn't straight vinegar—it's all in the brine ratio. Learn how to use your extra homestead eggs to make tender garlic-dill or old-fashioned sweet beet refrigerator pickled eggs that stay perfect for months!
Coconut Flour Pizza Crust
Craving pizza night without the heavy carbs? This grain-free, keto-friendly Coconut Flour Pizza Crust comes together in minutes using simple staple ingredients like eggs, parmesan, and coconut flour. Pre-baked for structure and finished under the broiler with fresh mozzarella and spinach, it delivers a crispy, flavorful, personal-sized crust that’s easy to make ahead for quick weeknight dinners.
Homestead Baking: Purple Sweet Potato Spiral Knots with Botanical Glaze
Learn how to make 100% whole wheat Purple Sweet Potato Spiral Knots with a fresh-ground cardamom twist! Paired with an organic vanilla glaze and homegrown botanical confetti, this homestead-grown recipe brings vibrant, natural color straight from the garden to your baking sheet.
Beyond the Bitter Bite: Why High-End Cucumbers Are Rules-Changers for Your Market or Table
Tired of bitter, tough, or woody cucumbers ruining your summer harvest? Discover the premium burpless and bitter-free varieties that are changing the game for home gardeners and market tables alike. From seedless greenhouse masters to massive climbing heirlooms, learn the top varieties to plant and the essential management rules—including clever homesteading moisture hacks—to ensure a sweet, crisp, and heavy harvest all season long.
Refrigerator Pickles and Sweet Cucumber Pickle Cubes Recipe
Getting that perfect, satisfying snap from a homegrown pickle isn't a matter of luck—it’s pure food biology. When the July heat strikes, standard pickling methods can leave your jars soft or bitter. In this post, we break down the simple kitchen physics behind the ultimate cold-pour brine, how to choose naturally stress-free cucumber varieties like Spacemaster and Garden Sweet, and our foolproof method for turning garden leftovers into crunchy sweet pickle cubes. Put those jars to use and lock in peak summer flavor today!
Whole Wheat Pizza Making Kit Instructions
There is nothing quite like the simple joy of a homemade pizza night—especially when the ingredients come straight from a naturally grown, pesticide-free garden. Our new Whole Wheat Pizza Making Kits bring the spirit of the Rhodes House Homestead right to your kitchen counter. We’ve done the prep work for you by par-baking our signature personal-sized crusts, allowing you to focus on the fun part: layering them with peak-season garden veggies, fresh-cut herbs, and our hand-blended herbal seasoning salt. Whether you're whipping up a quick weeknight dinner or looking for a fun homestead-style family activity, let's unleash our inner pizzaiolos together and bake up some wholesome, crispy perfection!
Behind the Scenes: How We Shape and Bake Our Par-Baked Pizza Crusts
Ever wonder how we get our pizza crusts so light, airy, and perfectly flat? Go behind the scenes at Rhodes House Homestead! We’re sharing the exact process we use to shape, dock, and par-bake our new 6-8 inch personal crusts. From the essential "gluten relax" rest to the "bag-in-box" technique that locks in freshness, see how we prep these artisan bases so they are ready for your perfect pizza night.
Wood-Fired Taste, Weeknight Speed: Introducing Our Artisan Par-Baked Pizza Crusts!
Want the gourmet flavor of a wood-fired pizza without the hour-long preheat? We’ve got the perfect hack! Introducing our new Artisan Par-Baked Personal Pizza Crusts—launching this week on our online farmer's market. We handle the dough and the initial high-heat bake, so you can have a perfect, crispy 6-8 inch pizza on your table in under 10 minutes. Click to see how we create that rustic finish and why these will be your new weeknight dinner hero!
Spiced Nectarine and Pear Pie Filling Recipe
When life gives you a frustrating orchard harvest, turn it into pantry gold! Today on the homestead, we faced a classic gardener’s dilemma: a massive bucket of backyard nectarines that needed immediate attention and a handful of fresh pears ready to be used. Instead of letting them go to waste, we cooked up a beautiful, spiced "Harvest Orchard" pie filling that yielded ten gorgeous pints. Inside this post, I’m sharing our scaled-up, water-bath-safe recipe, along with easy tips for swapping citrus and supplementing with whatever surprise fruit your orchard throws at you this week!