Meet Heidi from, The Haystack Homestead
Welcome!
I'm so glad you're here!
Here, I aim to equip and inspire young families
to joyfully feed their crew healthy, scratch-made
meals with NO-WASTE COOKING! Learn how
to USE IT UP with recipes and kitchen tips to become
a RESOURCEFUL, creative, and confident cook!
About Me
I love cooking and baking! Daily, I'm compelled to use up what's on hand to feed my family wholesome, delicious meals. I want nothing wasted!
Cook
I'm a happy wife, mom, and home cook. Moving steadily from stay-at-home mom, to homeschool mom, to now... homesteader. I adore being at home and thoroughly enjoying fueling my crew on scratch-made meals, utilizing our abundant supply of eggs (duck eggs are best for baking), and ample grass-fed beef from our small herd.
I also preserve farm fresh milk in items like yogurt, kefir, and a few simple cheeses. We also raise a fair size food garden, and in turn preserve lots of garden goods to put up for the year's consumption. Scratch cooking and produce preservation takes work and intentionality, but it tastes so good and is awesome on the household budget!
Vendor
Another hat I wear weekly is farm market vendor. Utilizing our garden harvest, as well as local farm bounty, I make jams, salsas, and dry goods - like granolas and pancake mixes - that are all low or no sugar. We offer these wholesome homestead goodies year round to our nearby community at an adorable farm market shop. This also keeps me bustling in my farmhouse kitchen.
Crafter
In my "free time" I'm a resourceful crafter. This renews my soul! My mediums are paper and fabric. Repurposing things like brown grocery bags and vintage book pages and buttons on handmade greeting cards (I've been resourcefully card-making since 1995). I also deconstruct discarded clothes and linens to create soft and whimsical decor like festive garlands for parties and photo backdrops. Both functional and therapeutic hobbies. Not to mention... affordable!
My Strong Passion
Healthy, NO-WASTE COOKING... that's my jam! Daily making nourishing, homemade meals to enjoy around the table with my family is my ongoing motivation and goal. I cannot bear to throw food away and feel oh so strongly about resource stewardship so I'm constantly inventing, or hunting down, ways to USE IT UP!
And, I have a terrible sweet tooth and love baking but aim to always reduce refined sugar in every recipe! I make many yummy, guilt-free, naturally sweetened goodies! Let's go!
Why I'm Blogging
My kids are young adults now. I'm done homeschooling - Hallelujah! - and have more margin in my days to write (I hope to create a cookbook in the close future!). Beyond that, I have much conviction from the Lord to share my twenty years worth of tips and tricks on RESOURCEFUL LIVING with young people, like my daughter, who is 20, and will be out on her own before long.
I want to release these gems so they can be easily accessible to those who need a "mom to call" on for advice on what to do with a windfall of apples, four dozen eggs, or sour milk... ideas for healthy packed lunches and bulk making meals... what to cook to use up summer's produce bounty (fresh and frozen)... how to affordably, and tastefully, host a gathering... and even what can be handmade for Christmas gifts for friends and neighbors? And much, much more!
Offering inspiration and know-how on healthy cooking and being
great stewards of our valuable resources: this is why I'm here!
What You Can Expect to Find Here
Here you'll find recipes on how to cook healthy and delicious scratch-made meals and desserts (my favorite course)! There will be tons of tips on how to USE THINGS UP and how to really milk your resources. You'll feel great that you've squeezed out all the nutrients and life from an item and wasting as little as possible! Plus, gain confidence to create your own ways to cook healthily and live resourcefully!
All this food talk has made me hungry! You? Well, let's get cookin'!
”My nourishment (nutrients) comes from doing the will of God”
John 4:34
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