I live alone and when I cook... I cook in large batches and freeze individual meals for myself. It's great to have a huge variety of home cooked meals to choose from. My deep freezer is always full of wonderful things! My 13 year old grandson loves to see what I have on hand when he's here... He says it's like going to a restaurant for lunch! I had a shoulder replaced last August. I had about 100 meals in my freezer when I had it done! I think there was about 20 different items to choose from. Made my life easy...

I like how she casually says all of these impressive things. Like "I grew over 400 pounds of tomatoes" like girl whaaaat. I can't believe she has a day time job!

A homesteading woman with a day job - finally! I love watching and learning about other’s homesteads, it’s my husband and I’s dream. But often homesteaders work from home or are stay-at-home parents and that’s just not feasible for our family. We both work jobs we love, but want to pursue homesteading. Thank you for sharing!! You’ve earned a subscriber here!

"I wanted to learn how to can pinto beans for years and years". OMG, you are only 32, I wish I knew what you did when I was 30, almost 30 years ago. You are amazing and your husband is a very lucky man. I love watching your videos!!

People who give you a thumbs down- how? You are literally so sweet and real.

My husband and i started the homesteading life over 20 years ago when we got married. I was in pharmaceutical school, pregnant, and become very aware of what different chemicals did to our bodies. I was paranoid for my children to eat it. So we grew and raised our food. I am glad people are starting to do this.

Eggs will last longer if you don't wash them. I keep them on the counter in a 3 shelf unit all year long. I don't wash them until we use them.

Just to let you know, my husband bought me 3 new stainless kitchen sinks and 5 new toilets in our 34 years of marrage. They where the best gifts.

When I heard you reference Jamerill my heart fluttered, I LOVE IT when youtubers i enjoy watch each other’s videos!!!

I totally agree that a Homesteader with a day job is what I need to see. I don't plan to give up my day job but want to incorporate some old ways i was raised with. Thank you for showing this side of homesteading.

Those wavy bits of homemade pasta would go great in a lasagna soup. Yum! I'm really intrigued by this homesteading lifestyle. I currently live in an apartment, and started a small garden on my patio, but one day hope to have a home of my own to do a real, legit garden.

With your tomatoes this year you could make and freeze yard sauce. A bunch of tomatoes chopped in half, a zucchini cut into large pieces, olive oil and basil leaves. Roast for about 45 minutes. Throw in the blender. I freeze mine in gallon bags and then throw it in the crock pot with chicken to put over pasta. My kids don't even know zucchini is in it.

Your pantry is amazing! You are SO far ahead of the game, you’re an inspiration for sure 💜

I love that you don’t make up yourself for the camera. I love Costco as well! This week I will make homemade pasta with my daughter for the first time! I am too scared to do pressure canning!

People are shocked you can do this working full time, but honestly when you do it it's very rewarding and basically a hobby... If you enjoy gardening which you obviously do then it's the rabbit-hole into this fun stuff

It's incredible you have so many canned and homemade things when you are working full-time. Good on you and I'm super proud of you.

So glad I found your channel. You are amazing. My husband and I were going to start canning together but he was killed in an accident one year ago. Watching you makes me smile, maybe I will actually learn how to can. Thank you for sharing all that you do.

You need a victorio strainer for your tomatoes and grapes. Easy quick work of skins and seeds and not a terribly expensive tool.

You are an inspiration and proof that your generation has taken the high tech ball your Moms & Grandmoms passed to you & RUN with it! Keep on keepin' on.

To grow big onions, start the fall before (so for the 2022 season, start your garden prep in fall 2021). I dig a great deal of compost into my onion patch in the fall before the ground freezes, working it well in. You can also use fertilizer if you prefer. Make sure the area drains well; I don't think there's any such thing as too much compost, which helps with drainage! I've always had good luck with starting from onion seeds, like white Spanish, yellow Spanish and red globe for my area. We grow long-day onions. Plant your onion seeds indoors under grow lights in late winter...late January or so for us. They should come up in a week to 10 days, sometimes even 2 weeks. A fan blowing on low for several hours a day is helpful, but make sure the seedlings don't dry out. If the seedling onions start to look leggy, I trim off about the top 1/4 of the leaves (use them in your cooking). In March, I set the little transplants out in their patch or row about 2-4" apart (so they can spread out) and mulch lightly. They like lots of sunshine and good drainage. They HAVE to be well-weeded, and watered regularly, since they have small root systems. Raised beds also work well. We can harvest medium to large onions in 90-110 days, depending on variety.

We are a family of 5. I cook like I have an army to feed. I love making sure my family has a homemade meal.

Tractor Supply online has plenty of jars, lids, and rings at a very low cost.

If you Keep the bloom on the eggs- no need to store in fridge. It’s like a little protective seal so you can keep on the counter I love watching your channel.

Hello, just found your videos and can't believe all the amazing things you do. Your kitchen and garden are beautiful. Love how you are so young, yet have all this knowledge on gardening, storing the foods you grow. And helping other folks to learn more about this as well. Will be a lifetime subscriber to your channel.

I like to see how people store things and what - my own form of National Inquirer magazine which I would NEVER look at. LOL Have you tried savory oats? You saute the whole rolled oats in butter then add water like cooking rice. It is so good and Quaker put out this version in their ads 50 years ago called Golden Oats. I just remembered and need to try it again since I'm buying organic rolled oats now from Azure also. I have a bottle of green powder as you do, left over dehydrated greens that I add to sauces, etc. just for nutrition. What I liked best about this video is you explaining why you have certain things and how you used it. So informative!

LOL 😂 I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND!!!! What did “I” get for my last birthday (#46)? A very large Cabela’s Dehydrator. I think it was the 2nd? largest they have? I was completely stoked!!!!

I cannot believe that you work outside the home!!! and still do this!! AMAZED by you

This has been so fun to go back to the beginning of your channel. It’s good to see the process of canning, see how your gardens have evolved and you have improved your techniques and flavor profiles. I wish I would have tried my hand at gardening much sooner. Not only would I have been able to see how much fun and rewarding it is, but also how I have control of the ingredients in my end products. Thanks for taking the time to let us travel this road with you.

If you get time you might go over to living traditions homestead... you're much like Kevin and his wife..they share triumphs and disasters, garden for their family of four, preserve and cook... you're wonderful and might find lots to share with this couple

I am in love with the way that you live. It's truly a inspiring thing. P.S.: Sorry for being noisy but it's important to eat iodine for your thyroid health and since you use mostly Himalayan pink salt, I wanted to remind you just in case.

Thank you for sharing your pantry and your journey. Watching your video gives me hope in the younger generation, I am 60. You far ahead of most of your era.

You have got to be the smartest most organized person! Impressive for sure.

The broken pasta ends can be used for lasagna soup

You can get a food mill attachment for your KitchenAid mixer for getting the seeds & skins out of the tomatoes. Chocolate syrup is just sugar, water & cocoa powder. It can be made in a batch & stored on the shelf. I would love to have those pull out shelves. They're on my someday list. Shelf pull out tracks are rated for the amount of weight they support. You should upgrade all your shelf tracks since you store canned food on them. (A half gallon empty canning jar- I use them for storing my dry foods so I know the weight- is 2 pounds by itself. The weight adds up quickly) Dry spaghetti packs can be laid down & stacked in a magazine holder laid on it's back. Keeps them stacked up to save space. At least in Colorado where I am, used canning jars are often priced higher per jar than new jars. Especially when they don't have lids or the lids are used- be sure to figure out the final price after you add lids.

I definitely understand the 30th bday gift of a refrigerator...I got myself a stand up deep freeze😂

You are a inspiration. I watched your batch cooking and pasta videos.i just wanna follow you around taking notes. Really smart woman.

Broken flats make great “ deconstructed lasagna”. It’s great for company. A big platter with loosely layered lasagna ingredients.

You can also water glass eggs … hydrated lime and water with the buckets that have the screw on tops or even gallon jars (I prefer the buckets) i water glasses about 20 dozen last summer … good thing because a fox got about half my flock in one day while I was at work. We are currently hatching more

Good girl. Always good to have full cupboards/freezers, in these times, finances aren't always stable. Nice to see you and husband will never go hungry

As a new homesteader myself, sincerely appreciate all your knowledge!!

Proverbs 31:10 "Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than Rubies." VERY impressive

Maybe consider getting a manual food mill to help in canning. You cook your tomatoes or fruit first, then through the food mill and it separates the juice and pulp, from the skin and seeds. Makes the process of peeling bushels of produce fast and easy.

You've got skills!🤗😊 Very nice organizationToo! 😉😊 Glad I found your channel! 🤗🤗

You can dehydrate tomatoes and put them through a good blender to powder them !! They store so well like that!! Use a jar attachment to remove the air toss in a descent pack and you can make sauce, paste ketchup all that from powder !! Sorry I’m commenting so much just found your channel!!

Your balsamic caramelized fig jam would be amazing on a pizza crust with some prosciutto ham and goat cheese! Yummmm!

Your husband is a lucky man to have such a great cook ,canner & gardener. Love your videos.

Becky, I think you're the only KZfaq I've ever heard invite people to give them a thumbs down. LOL. I'm so impressed, girl. I mean, do you ever sleep? Do you have a time machine? You must have found a way to squeeze more than 24 hours into a day. I don't see how you DO so much!

Thank you for sharing your pantry! I love it.

You should do a few jars of pickled eggs. A cheap, delicious, shelf stable way to use up extra eggs

Wow everything looks great! 👍 love the kitchen pantry with pull out drawers-so much room! 😃

You are so young. You remind me of myself a hundred years ago. All of my friends thought I was crazy. I still prep garden hunt fish preserve. You are very impressive. Rock on!

I don't do any of this and wouldn't even know where to start but I love your videos and will live vicariously through you!!

I just watched this video with my husband and I'm so happy for you I was nearly in tears! You are living the dream! That is so awesome to hear this is only your first year gardening and yet, look at that you have done! Not only with having a wonderful crop, but you are already a preserving machine! I so, so enjoyed you walking us through everything and I love the ideas you shared. I'm taking notes! I also thought it was so different how you said for people to thumbs down if they didn't like the video. That was incredibly humble and bold. It's obvious everyone who has seen this video, including me, loves it. Needless to say, I've subscribed and can't wait to go through the rest of your channel. Thank you for inspiring this aspiring homesteader! P.s. I think MI Gardener has some videos on growing bigger onions. As he says, grow big or go home!

You’re doing a great job young lady. Keep up the great work!

You’re an inspiration!! Growing and preserving your own food and cooking from scratch. Amazing! Now I have to go back and watch all your videos! Love it! 💖🌺💖🌺

Loved the video. So helpful to see how others store their goods. I'm 70 and never stop learning new ideas. thanks again you are so special. love, hugs,prayers.

Why would anyone give a thumbs down on this video? I just found this in my recommendation for the first time and decided to watch. It's a good inspiring video that helps give people ideas they didn't think of before especially how you organize a pantry is very helpful. Some people are just trolls.. I just subscribed. I'm 52 my name is Karen nice to meet you from southern New Jersey. I never thought about keeping non dairy milk like almond or coconut milk in my pantry. It was a good idea.

oooh wow ! I am a pro chef based in France, and I am actually extremely impressed by all your videos. I would be super interested to watch a video of yours in the style of "one day in my life". You seem so productive. I wonder how your days look like :D Thank you for the content you put up ! :D

You are so amazing!! So much fun to listen to you and see your pantries!! 😁❤️🇺🇸

You are a ROCKSTAR!!! What a beautiful pantry!

I just want to say that i watched your video for the freezer meals...but i am loving all this garden stuff... i would love to get into all of this when i move out of California...i feel like it would be awesome to make all my own food!

When I grow up I want to be like you !! :) Man, Chica!! You have it all together!!! Thanks for the inspiration. I really want to start canning but I'm afraid of poisoning my family with botulism. I have to work through this fear of mine!

love how you store your food storage. and canners pantry. great having things stocked on hand. xxx

I love, LOVE your pantry and your "dining room" pantry. Oh yeah, your kitchen is beautiful. Love all your different kinds of can goods. You go girl.

What a beautiful canning pantry! I wanted to suggest reusable canning lids to you. I tried them last year for the first time and had great success. As a lifelong canner, I wanted to make sure I never was out of lids. It's a small learning curve, but I had very little failure ( I think 2-3 lids). Worth the investment.

I love this! I started gardening and canning last year. I'm working hard to get my pantry well stocked.

You are amazing and so genuine! Thank you for being and sharing your journey in homesteading! Also thankful you are blessed with a capable husband to help you and appreciates all you do to make his life better.

An extra fridge is an excellent birthday gift! Happy belated birthday!

Onions- I switched to onion plants instead of sets. World of difference. Candy onions, large and taste awesome. Never going back to sets again.

Please make a video on the pad Thai recipe and the canned onions in leftover brine you talked about. 😊

Thankyou from Australia. love your way of sharing and explaining xx

goals.... thanks for posting. I love your pantry!!

Baked oatmeal (for your husband) with strawberry jam? I'd love to see a video on that!

I am in awe watching your videos 😍 As I keep watching I’m like how? How? And you’re so young! Amazing all of the knowledge you have and the land omg.

I’m so impressed!

You are an impressive young lady, and I've also seen several posts you've done with your sister. Hats off to your parents for raising you guys with great values and work ethic! your pantry is great, well thought out and workable. Wish I had just a portion of your energy! Thanks for sharing your life. Blessings for a great day. Ciao Bella

Your skills are amazing. I love your pantry

Pantry goals!

This was extremely helpful for me to visualize the amount of space needed. Your whole channel is such an amazing view into the life I aspire to have. We have a large family but are very much “city folk” lol. I’ve toe dipped into organic gardening, canning, and dehydrating for over 10 years, but never on the scale that you do, but I’m ready to level up. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into not only the homesteading aspect but the filming and editing!!! Huge props to you!!!

Amazing! 😃 Thank you. !

I love seeing a well stocked pantry. A tip for storing jars, turn them upside down to keep them free of dust and such. I love home canned beans and peas of all varieties. I usually can those in the winter when I have more time and the extra heat can help warm the house. Here's to a great gardening season!

Its interesting to see what ppl can, and i love the variety you have. Im definitely going to try some new things. Thank u!

I have been streaming your videos on KZfaq and I am hooked. I just subscribed today. The reason I liked your channel is because you actually teach and demonstrate. You are a great teacher. You have influenced me in so many ways. Now that I am subscribed I can’t wait to watch so many more videos and new cooking and prepping ideas . Thank you. Keep on doing you!!!!

I am not sure how you came about on our tv; BUT i am very happy you did! I live in Eastern Oregon and we bought our home last October. This was our first year having a garden and now chickens. I love seeing your massive garden, chickens, and o my the canning. Today is now my 4th day watching your videos. It made my heart very happy to see your pantry full of your hard labor. My mom made everything from scratch and canned as well. I followed her footsteps. Our garden has been blooming very well and im excited to can our items. I look forward to watching more of your videos and getting more inspiration to continue my passion. Keep up the amazing job!

I love your excitement for canning! And gardening! I think we need a back story how you got so interested and when you started! I think KZfaq homesteaders have really got me interested the last couple years!

Hello, I'm French (living in France) and your videos are very inspiring. Thank you very much to share your meal organization !

Your pantry is actually the dream😍 you gave me lots of ideas on what to do with my produce this season!

Dehydrated cherry and pear tomatoes are so good! I was able to preserve 4 quarts of them last year and they were gone by January... we used them in soups, pastas, and pizzas:)

I just love what you do, I'm learning so much. Your passion just shines through!!! Thank you for sharing! 😊😊😊 Have you seen what Homesteading Family do with their eggs? 😊

Now, THAT is a pantry. No unnecessary packets and boxes with sugars and chems. Beautiful stuff :)

Your energy and drive is impressive. Great content, thank you

Couple things...Wow!! I always thought I worked hard when my kids were growing up...ahh nope! Girl you are amazing!! Those tomatoe skins, The Kneady Homestead dehydrates them all and then puts them in the blender and has tomatoe powder to add to soups, stews, etc...she is another one that just does it all!! The way she does her tomatoes, the skin literally slides off whole. Check her out sometime. ( Love her!) #2 Did you know that your local walmart bakery will give you their empty 5 gal FG bucket and lid (contained icing) for $1.00, if you ask them. If you want unopened lids, my Lowes carries them for 1.98 to fit the 5 gal buckets. Also, check out Tractor Supply for wide mouth lids if you have one near you. Ok. I am done. Thank you for your great videos, that pasta...man!!

Damn your husband is a very lucky man!!!

Can’t wait for all your canning recipes. Thanks!

Reminds me of my years helping grandma!

I always liked to have one to two years because you might have a crop failure and have no tomatoes

I LOVE AZURE!! I am a drop coordinator for them in PA. :) You can also pressure can beans for later use. . I started making my own refried beans, and also pork and beans this year. I LOVE how they turned out! You now have me wanting to make my own ketchup! lol . . I already do make my own pizza sauce and you're right! It tastes so much better when you make it yourself! :) Keep doing what you're doing! Eating healthy and clean seem to be my goal these days, now that i've gotten older! lol (63) Good for you!

LORD forgive me for my sin of laziness. This woman is not letting anything stop her from supplying what her family needs!❤

Just watched this and am now watching again and taking notes! So inspirational.

Your broken pasta would probably be perfect with your beef stroganoff! ;)