Author: Shannon

I am wife to Stewart, mama of six, homeschooler, messy cook, and avid fermenter. This is where I tell our story... of building a sustainable off-grid homestead... of raising this growing family of ours... of the beauty and the hard and the joy in all of it.
Frugal Talk: Mitigating Inflation, Breakfast Tacos, and Whole Foods Breakdown

Frugal Talk: Mitigating Inflation, Breakfast Tacos, and Whole Foods Breakdown

Last week I was seemingly all over the board in my articles on frugality. First I talked about something our family has been thinking about recently with the cost of everything going up in… Mitigating the Effects of Inflation Next up I shared a recipe for one of our family’s most recent favorite ways to…

Frugal Talk: Time Not Money, Turkey Day Leftovers, and Gluten-Free on the Cheap

Frugal Talk: Time Not Money, Turkey Day Leftovers, and Gluten-Free on the Cheap

Last week I talked about some of my favorite topics in my frugal living articles – using time instead of money, leftovers, and going gluten-free on the cheap. First I shared more ideas for ways we can avoid the need for more money by doing a bunch of things ourselves in… Saving at Home: More…

Grain-Free (and dairy-free) Fluffy Coconut Flour Pancakes, revisited

Grain-Free (and dairy-free) Fluffy Coconut Flour Pancakes, revisited

One of the most popular, most commented on, and most polarizing posts I’ve ever published is not one that argues for agrarianism or home birth or all the saturated fat you can eat. Nope, it is this recipe for grain-free coconut flour pancakes. I have gotten some of the funniest comments on this recipe –…