This pumpkin custard recipe is a perfect holiday dessert, but serve it up whenever you’re dreaming of pumpkin spice season!
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I’m lucky. I learned to embrace home cooking at the hands of an excellent cook – my mom. Not everyone has that kind of knowledge to fall back on, though.
If you’re aiming to live a more self-reliant lifestyle, my vote for the number one place to start is the kitchen.
Instead of counting on Campbell’s, learn to make your own soup. Instead of falling back on prepackaged spreads, learn to make your own.
Grandma’s Apple Pie: The Perfect Way to Celebrate Harvest Season
My mom’s apple pie recipe is straight off the apple farm, tastes fabulous, and is a crowd-pleasing dessert every time it’s served.
How to Make Flavorful Orange Sugar
Perfect for adding a bright flavor to baked goods & tea drinks, orange sugar is also an easy-to-make homemade gift that takes just 5 minutes!
Make this Fresh Tomato Bruschetta Recipe for Your Next Gathering
This tomato bruschetta is a great appetizer or light meal when summertime tomatoes are plentiful. With just a handful of ingredients, it’s easy, too!
Quick & Easy Refrigerator Pickled Onions
Keeping a jar of pickled onions in the fridge means instant flavor! Add these flavorful veggies to sandwiches, top a salad, or chop them into potato salad.
Try this Easy Honey Maple Fig Jam Recipe
This easy fig jam recipe starts with fresh figs & is sweetened with honey & maple syrup. This fig spread is a snap to make in a slow cooker!
Chocolate Fudge Recipe: Gourmet Fudge at its Best
This creamy, soft gourmet fudge outdoes the other recipes you’ve tried. Try this gourmet fudge once, and it will be the only fudge recipe you’ll ever use.
Delicious Fudgy Zucchini Brownies
These easy-to-make zucchini brownies are ready in less than an hour, making them an easy dessert recipe for last minute guests.
Is Canning in an Instant Pot Safe?
If you’re tackling home food preservation, it’s critical to know what’s safe and what’s not. Is Instant Pot canning too good to be true?
Aloha! I’m Kris Bordessa, author and certified Master Food Preserver, hobby farmer, gardener, chicken wrangler, and eternal experimenter.
I’m thrilled that my book, Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living (National Geographic Books) was awarded the best how-to book of 2020 by the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Here at Attainable Sustainable, I aim to encourage readers — that’s you! — to embrace a more self-reliant lifestyle, one small step at a time.
Limited on space? Don’t let that keep you from growing some of your own food! In my 5-Gallon Garden course, I’ll show you how to grow food in the space you have! Learn more about it here.
