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    Scratch-Made Recipes & Simple Sustainable Living from Our 1-Acre Homestead

    Welcome to Hollis Homestead—where from-scratch meals, food preservation, and modern homesteading come together on one cozy acre

    What’s New in the Homestead Kitchen

    • Close-up of a homemade apple cider cupcake topped with swirled frosting, with additional frosted cupcakes softly blurred in the background on a wooden surface.
      Fresh Milled Flour Apple Cider Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Cinnamon Buttercream
    • Rehydrated chicken ramen soup with noodles, carrots, green beans, and corn in a mason jar.
      Homemade Freeze Dried Ramen with Chicken & Vegetables
    • Fresh milled flour pumpkin quick bread muffins arranged on a white cake stand.
      Fresh Milled Flour Pumpkin Spice Quick Bread Recipe
    • Home canned pickled pepperoncini peppers packed whole in a glass pint jar with vinegar brine.
      Pickled Pepperoncini Peppers (Water Bath Canning Recipe)
    • Sliced fresh milled flour pumpkin roll with cream cheese filling and powdered sugar.
      Fresh Milled Flour Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Filling
    • Fresh milled flour double chocolate zucchini bread sliced on a wooden cutting board with zucchini in the background.
      Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread with Fresh-Milled Flour
    • Mason jar of homemade dill pickle relish on a wooden cutting board with fresh cucumbers softly blurred in the background.
      Homemade Dill Pickle Relish (Water Bath Canning)
    • Close-up of homemade herb salt in a glass jar on a wooden surface.
      DIY Homemade Mint & Lemon Sugar Scrub

    Made-from-Scratch Comfort Foods

    • Trager smoker beef chuck roast shredded on a white plate with mashed potatoes and gravy and green peas with butter on top.
      How to Smoke a Chuck Roast (Poor Man’s Brisket Recipe)
    • Blue Dutch oven with a ladle in it holding copy cat olive garden pasta e fagioli topped with flakes of parmesan and fresh parsley.
      Pasta e Fagioli Soup Copycat - Stovetop & Instant Pot
    • oven-braised Korean Short ribs on a white platter with white rice, toasted sesame seeds a white napkin & fork on the side.
      Oven Braised Korean Beef Short Ribs-Flanken Cut
    • Ground Beef Stuffed Pepper Casserole-One Pot Recipe
    • Banza Tuscan Chicken Pasta with sundried tomatoes, parmesan cheese and green onions in a cast iron skillet. Bread, blue butter dish, blue towel and toppings on the side.
      Banza Tuscan Chicken Pasta Recipe
    • tex-mex chicken chili in a white bowl with a green and white tea towel next to it.
      Instant Pot Tex-Mex Chicken Chili

    See more Comfort Classics →

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    Hey, I'm Amber!

    I'm a busy mom with a passion for gardening, canning, and preserving the harvest from my 1-acre homestead. I love sharing tips on sustainable living, homesteading skills, and easy, homemade recipes that fit into a modern lifestyle.

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    Fresh Milled Flour Recipes for Everyday Baking

    • Bakery style fresh milled flour muffin recipe. Soft baked muffins on a cooling rack on a wooden cutting board.
      The Best Fresh Milled Flour Muffin Recipe (Soft & Moist Every Time)
    • Homemade sugar cookies made with freshly-milled flour and buttercream frosting and sprinkles in light pastel colors.
      Fresh Milled Flour Sugar Cookies Soft Cut-Out Recipe
    • Close up of glazed lemon poppy seed muffin on plate with extra glaze made with fresh milled flour.
      Fresh Milled Flour Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
    • Pasta spaghetti nests on a baking sheet made with fresh milled flour in the Philips 7000 pasta maker.
      Fresh Milled Flour Pasta With The Philips Pasta Maker

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    Freeze Drying

    • A glass mason jar tipped on its side, spilling vibrant red freeze-dried cherries onto a light gray surface. The cherries display a textured, wrinkled appearance with some split open, revealing their hollow interiors.
      How to Freeze Dry Cherries
    • Thinly sliced apples arranged in mason jars, ready for freeze-drying. A few slices are scattered on the counter in front, showcasing their cinnamon-dusted edges and ring shapes, with the vibrant red and green apple skins visible
      How To Freeze Dry Apples At Home -6 Tips For Success
    • sliced thin freeze-dried strawberries in quart glass mason jars.
      How To Make Freeze-Dried Strawberries (Fresh or Frozen)

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    Homestead How-Tos

    • Thumnail for image showing a sauce pan with melted butter and fresh mint on top to make mint infused butter.
      Mint Infused Butter
    • Candied lemon peels in a mason jar on a wooden cutting board, lightly coated with sugar crystals.
      How to Make Candied Lemon Peels (Dehydrator or Oven Method)
    • A KoMo Fidibus Classic grain mill grinding wheat berries into fresh whole wheat flour. This high-quality wooden mill is ideal for home bakers who love using fresh, homemade flour.
      How to Mill Your Own Flour at Home (Beginner’s Guide to Fresh Milled Flour)
    • frozen whole cherry tomatoes on a dark sheet pan.
      From Garden to Freezer: How to Freeze Cherry Tomatoes Whole
    • A small green bowl with tomato powder and a measuring spoon with tomato powder.
      How To Make Tomato Powder From Skins & Scraps
    • A sink full of frozen roma tomatoes with ice on them.
      Freezing Whole Tomatoes For Canning Later Is Simple
    • DIY tomato cage that lasts with cherry tomatoes on the vine and in a pink bowl.
      How To Make DIY Sturdy Tomato Cage That Last-10+Years
    • DIY two-tier blue and green metal colander hanging flower basket.
      Upcycled Colander Hanging Basket (Cheap DIY Planter Idea)
    Amber Hollis Head shot

    Hi, I’m Amber, sharing easy homemade recipes, food preservation, and modern homestead life from our one-acre homestead.

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    Canning Favorites

    Preserve the season with simple canning recipes and pantry staples you can enjoy year round.

    • Close-up of canned spicy dilly beans in a mason jar after water bath canning, showing fresh green beans and pickling spices.
      Spicy Pickled Green Beans (Dilly Beans Recipe for Canning)
    • A mason jar of cherry limeade concentrate ready to drink with a lime wedge on the glass as well as fresh cherries and lime wedges on the wooden cutting board.
      Canning Cherry Limeade Concentrate (Easy Water Bath Recipe)
    • Jar of canned peach barbecue sauce served with grilled chicken and roasted peaches for summer grilling.
      Peach BBQ Sauce Recipe for Canning
    • Canned roasted tomatillo green chili enchilada sauce.
      Canning Tomatillo Green Chile Enchilada Sauce

    Fresh Milled Flour Recipes

    • Homemade apricot sorbet in a white bowl with a spoon and napkin on a wooden cutting board.
      Apricot Sorbet Recipe (Easy, Fresh, and Dairy-Free)
    • Homemade pumpkin spice granola on a sheet pan with a wooden spatula.
      Homemade Pumpkin Spice Granola Recipe
    • Cooked wheat berries in a glass bowl with a wooden spoon, sitting on a kitchen towel in front of an Instant Pot, showing freshly cooked wheat berries ready to eat.
      How to Cook Wheat Berries in the Instant Pot
    • How to can fresh pineapple at home to last all year. Canning jars filled with fresh chopped pineapple on a green striped towel.
      How To Can Pineapple at Home (A Simple Beginner Guide)

    New On The Blog

    • Homemade huckleberry lemonade concentrate canned in pint mason jars with fresh huckleberries on a cutting board
      Huckleberry Lemonade Concentrate - Waterbath Canning
    • Close-up of home-canned vegetable beef soup in mason jars on a wooden board, filled with potatoes, carrots, celery, beef, and tomato broth.
      How to Pressure Can Vegetable Beef Soup (Raw-Pack Method)
    • Placing the fermentation weight into a jar filled with chopped pineapple, onions, and green chili peppers fermenting in a glass mason jar topped with a silicone airlock lid, sitting on a wooden cutting board in a home kitchen.
      Fermented Pineapple Hot Sauce
    • Canning clam chowder soup base in a pint mason jar.
      How to Pressure Can Clam Chowder Soup Base at Home

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