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Giveaway & Review – Homestead Cooking with Carol: Bountiful Make-Ahead Meals

Homestead Cooking with Carol via Better Hens and GardensI’m excited to see that this book is out in the print version and that 3 of them are being given away!

I really enjoyed this book for although it has recipes, it’s more a guide on how to take the harvest (big or small), and preserve it in ways that make it easy to produce quick, wholesome meals all year-long. Although our grandmothers or great-grandmothers (and those before them) knew all about doing this, the prevalence of processed foods and grocery stores in recent generations has meant that many of those skills were not passed down. I’ve wished many times that I could go back to my great- grandmothers farm, and see just how she managed to feed her family (they didn’t have a nearby grocery store that she could conveniently visit).

So, for those of us that missed learning those basic homestead preservation and cooking skills, Carol’s book begins to fill the void and teaches us how, simply and easily. It describes basic techniques to best preserve what is coming in (be it vegetable, meat, grain, or fruit) so that it can quickly be utilized in many ways later on. And, it also provides numerous suggestions for how the preserved food can then be used and combined to produce quick, nourishing, chemical-free meals for your family.

I’ve been trying to perfect that art for quite a few years, so I was really surprised by how much I learned from this book. It’s not full of fancy photographs or illustrations, but it quickly convinced me that I needed to get that pressure canner that I’ve been putting off. And, that pressure canning was one of the smartest and easiest ways to always have a well-stocked pantry no matter what was coming in from the farm.

If you’re interested in learning how to produce great meals for your family from your own well-stocked homestead pantry and freezer (without killing yourself trying to do it) then I highly recommend this book. I wish that Carol had written it many years ago, it would have saved me countless hours, but I’m thankful that she’s written and published it now.

Carol is generously giving away 3 copies of the print version, just use the form below to enter. And if you don’t win, consider picking up a copy anyway – it deserves to be on every homesteaders bookshelf.

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Lesa Wilke is a homesteader and freelance writer who loves to inspire others on their journey to more sustainable lifestyles. She accomplishes this by sharing the skills she’s learned (plus support, advice & tips) while farming goats, chickens, honeybees, and produce.

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  1. Jana says

    August 21, 2014 at 9:56 am

    This would be great to have with our large family!

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  2. Sheryl S says

    August 19, 2014 at 1:30 am

    I like your facebook page. However since I don’t use Twitter I was unable to proceed with the rest of the entries for the book giveaway. 🙁

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    • Lesa says

      August 19, 2014 at 2:06 pm

      Hi Sheryl, I’m sorry you were unable to proceed to get more entries, but that’s the way Carol has structured this giveaway and I can’t change it 🙂

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      • Sheryl S says

        August 20, 2014 at 12:50 am

        Thanks for getting back to me. Have a great week Lesa.

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  3. Carl Gibson says

    August 18, 2014 at 11:52 pm

    I really like your Facebook page, you’re an inspiration to all of us out here !

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    • Lesa says

      August 19, 2014 at 2:00 pm

      Thank you Carl, it’s encouragement like yours that keeps me going!

      Reply

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