Easy Banana Muffins

Wet Ingredients

Mix Together:

3-4 Large Bananas mashed

1/2 Cup of sugar

1 Egg

1/3 Cup of melted butter (let butter cool a bit or it will cook your egg if you pour it in hot)

Dry Ingredients

Mix Together:

1.5 Cups of all purpose flour (I use King Arthur unbleached all purpose white flour)

1 tsp of baking soda

1 tsp of baking powder

Combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients and scoop into greased muffin tin or use muffin tin liners.

Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

My boys are not big muffin fans but they love these muffins.

Enjoy!

Happy Homesteading and Hunting, 

Jenn

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An Affordable Kitchen Makeover

 

Sometimes I just can't take it anymore and then I snap. Below is a picture of everything taken out of my pantry. I have mentioned before that I have clutter phobia, love to organize, and can be a bit of a neat freak. Yes, I am a type A, and yes, I am trying to relax as I get older...BUT this was driving me cray cray.  

 



 

And before we get into the judging me part on my food choices in my pantry while I claim to be a homesteader, please read this. Plus, if you have followed my blog or Facebook page for any amount of time you know that I deal with a 45-year-old husband and an 11-year-old son who usually unite against me on my desire to become completely Amish. ;)

 

This whole thing basically started with Pinterest (curse you Pinterest!) and this crock that I found for $7 at Walmart. I had been skimming Pinterest under the search of "Farmhouse Kitchen" and noticed that a lot of the kitchen pictures for farmhouses had large crocks for their cooking utensils. When I found this one, I knew it was meant to be, plus it matched my personality and home. The fact that it was on clearance and other's obviously thought it ugly is no concern to me...

 



 

Things kind of spiraled out of control from there when I decided that I could put all my mason jars to good use on my open shelves. I love the open shelve look and now that our canned goods are whittling down a bit, I have the room to move some of the crowded pantry items to it.

 

 

And then I discovered chalkboard tape.... It was all over after that, and I began a mad organizing campaign and labeling escapade.

 

 

And THEN I decided I must have my flours and sugar on display like the pictures on Pinterest. The whole thing only cost about $45 dollars between the jars, chalkboard tape, chalkboard pen, and containers and that is a good thing!

 

 

After that, I looked around my kitchen and took some pictures for you all to see my décor. I think I am finally at a place where I feel like the kitchen fits my personality and what I want our home to represent.

 



 

Thanks for reading this blog and following along with me on this journey called life. I appreciate each and everyone of you who do!

 

 

 

 

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Homesteader's Kitchen Series - Idlewild Alaska Style

There are very few places I would fly to because...well.... I'm afraid of flying. There you go... I confessed it. I can pick up a snake, shoot a deer with a bow and arrow, build a chicken coop using power tools, and homeschool a stubborn tween, but flying scares the you know what out of me. I have done it a total of two times in my life, and my friends said if they ever flew with me again they were getting me drunk before so that I would relax...true story.

Anyway, all that to say that I would take the opportunity to fly to Alaska and visit my friend at Idlewild Alaska. Rome and Israel are the other two places I would also like fly to. Anywhere else, I'm driving or I'm out.

My friend from Idlewild Alaska has been kind enough to share her kitchen renovation with us this week. This is the last week of the kitchen series and you can visit all the other kitchens here. I hope they inspire you and give you ideas for your own kitchens.

Here is the kitchen renovation.

You can follow Idlewild Alaska at:

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Homesteader's Kitchen Series - Homestead Honey Style

My friend from Homestead Honeyis totally awesome because she lives off the grid. Isn't that cool? Even if you never want to be off-grid, it's still cool to find out what it's about and research it. After all, the way the country is heading these days, it may become more necessary than you think. She has also written a book about her experience. She explains it as a book she wishes was around when they made the leap to go off-grid. You can find the book here at Creating Your Off-Grid Homestead. I am in the process of reading it right now! She has a post of when they remodeled their outdoor kitchen and I thought you would all like to have a look at it.

You can read and see photos here.

You can also find her at:

Homestead Honey
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A Homesteader's Kitchen Series - Born Imaginative Style

 

 

Today I am featuring an awesome kitchen remodel from Born Imaginative.

 

Check it out here.

 

You can find her on Facebook.

 

Enjoy! I will be back next week with another kitchen!

 

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A Homesteader's Kitchen Series - Little Sprouts Learning Style

Think your kitchen is tiny? Christina cooks for 7 daycare kids and her family every day in this kitchen. She teaches the kids to grow their own food in the garden, teaches them to prepare and store it, teaches them to take care of themselves and the earth and all sorts of other fun stuff! She's been teaching kids for over 20 years and has a lot to share. Follow her blog or follow her on facebook or twitter to see what her and the kids are up to.

See Christina's tiny kitchen here.

Follow her here:

Little Sprouts Learning - Passion for Teaching Kids

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A Homesteader's Kitchen Series - The Cape Coop Style

Today, I want to introduce you to my friend from The Cape Coop and give you a look inside her homesteading kitchen. They have been working hard to make their tiny kitchen work for their large family of six.  Check out the renovations they did while sticking to a tight budget. I think you're really going to like what they have done to their kitchen!

Click here to view their kitchen.

You can also find The Cape Coop at:
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Pinterest
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Kitchen Post
Blog

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A Homesteader's Kitchen - Granny Miller Style

 

 

I would like to introduce you to a fellow homesteader who's going to let us take a look into her kitchen. She lives in an old house, and after trying to fix up her kitchen, she decided it would be best to do a complete remodel.

You can follow Granny Miller at:
Granny Miller
Facebook

The first link is a what her kitchen used to look like. You can see that here.

The remodeled kitchen link is here.

Check out other homesteader's kitchens here.

Hope you enjoy seeing another homesteader's kitchen. Make sure to go and like Granny Miller on Facebook!

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