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Welcome to Milk Glass Home!
This blog takes you behind the scenes in my suburban homestead. Here, I share tips to help anyone, anywhere, live a more self-sufficient lifestyle. You’ll find lots of tips, recipes, and projects to help you slow down and live with the seasons.
I love sharing food preservation recipes, desserts, tasty side dishes, and delicious home-cooked meals to help you nourish your family!
Slow down and live within your means with my slow living tips and DIY projects. They’ll help you live in alignment with the seasons and get hands-on at the same time.
If you’ve been craving a slower, more self-sufficient lifestyle, you’re in the right place!
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Hi, I’m Rachael!
I’m a passionate home cook and avid gardener from western Washington who loves to help people reclaim old-fashioned skills, like cooking from scratch, preserving the harvest, and living with the seasons.
Seasonal Slow Food Recipes
As a passionate home cook, I love to share seasonal recipes to help you explore your own creativity in the kitchen! The best part is that you don’t need a ton of space to bake the best apple crisp or even start canning!
I’m especially passionate about using homegrown or seasonal ingredients and preserving food. These are a great way to look at your ingredients differently and preserve fresh flavors for later!
Spring Recipes
Savor the tender greens and delicate flavors of spring with these seasonal recipes.
Summer Recipes
Fill your plates with the brightest and freshest flavors of summer.
Fall Recipes
Enjoy summer’s bounty with heirloom tomatoes, peppers, squash and more.
Winter Recipes
Cozy up with the hearty squashes, roots, and greens of winter.
Intentional Self-Sufficient Living
latest recipes & guides
DIY Projects
Suburban Homesteading
Learn how to live a slower, more self-sufficient life with these DIY recipes, gardening projects, and more!
Summer Recipes
Make the most of the harvest with these summer recipes! Find great food preservation projects, baked goods, simple meals, and more.
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Infusing Projects
Add extra flavor to your next batch of simple syrup, vodka, sugar, and more with these infusing projects!
Food Preservation
Preserve the harvest to enjoy all year long with these recipes! Learn how to freeze, dehydrate, can, and infuse everything from the garden and beyond.
Fall Recipes
Already dreaming of the first flavors of fall? Get a head start on your fall baking and recipes with these tasty creations.
Make your own custom recipe binder!
Preserve your family’s most cherished recipes for posterity with this printable, editable recipe binder! There are customizable category pages, binder covers, labels, and two recipe card templates, all set in a timeless, rustic style.
It would make a wonderful gift to share with your family!
Latest from the Blog
Embracing Slow Living in Winter
Winter is the perfect time to adopt a slower pace to life. It’s all about rest and recovery. Learn how to embrace slow living in winter by implementing these slow routines, winter activities, and try these seasonal recipes.
The Ultimate Guide to Slow Living in Fall
Fall is the perfect time of year to slow down because the early nights, warm colors, and cool temperatures make us want to cozy up and get comfy. This slow living guide to fall will help you develop a cozy daily routine, come up with a list of fall activities to try, and I’ll even share some cozy recipes to maximize the seasonal harvest. Enjoy!
How to Dry Parsley {Air Dry, Oven, or Dehydrator}
Parsley is a great, prolific herb to grow in the garden. Learn how to dry parsley using 3 different methods to find the best one for you.
How to Set Up a Homestead Kitchen – Essential Tools & More
Setting up a homesteading kitchen can seem overwhelming if you try to do it all at once. Learn what you really need (and what’s just clutter) so you can do more for less. Here are my favorite kitchen tools, appliances, and equipment that we use regularly.
How to Freeze Jalapenos – Easy Way to Preserve Extra Peppers
Learn how to freeze jalapeno peppers and other types of hot peppers to use any time you need them! Great for soups, stews, and more.
Easy Cheddar Garlic Scape Biscuits Recipe
These tender, flaky garlic scape biscuits have a cheesy, garlicky flavor you’ll want to nibble on all day! They’re a fun way to use this seasonal crop and are so good, you’ll want to serve them with breakfast, lunch, or dinner!
Slow living
Ready to simplify and slow down? These posts about slow living and simple living are will help you do that in no time!
