Megan Moos| Wellness tips for rural moms

The Healthyhomesteader Recipe Books Now Available! Comment “cookbook” below and I will send you the link to check them out! In the collection you’ll find: Pantry Staples & Healthy Swaps Garden Recipes & Canning Sourdough and Non-Sourdough Recipes Get 1 or all 3 - the choice is yours! ✨follow along for more homestead life✨ #homesteading #farmtotable #gardening #sourdoughbaking #homemaker

Come make my favorite sourdough starter recipe! Day 1: begins with a combination of 1/4 cup all purpose flour and 1/4 cup whole wheat flour. Add 1/4 cup lukewarm water to the flour and stir until no flour is left. The dough will look like thick paste. Don’t worry this is normal! Cover your jar and allow to sit in a warm location, I keep mine on the kitchen counter next to my stove. Cover the jar with a towel, plastic wrap, coffee filter with rubber band or cheese cloth for 24 hours. Day 2: check to see if your starter has bubbles and has doubled in volume. If it looks the same, cover and allow to sit for another day. Day 3: once your starter has lots of bubbles forming, it’s time to feed. Discard half of the starter and add 1/2 cup of all purpose flour and 1/4 cup of lukewarm water. Stir until all the flour is incorporated. You can add a little more water if need be but you do want that thick paste like consistency. Loosely cover and allow to rest for another 24 hours. Day 4: Repeat! Discard half of the sourdough starter and add 1/2 cup of all purpose flour and 1/4 cup of lukewarm water. Stir until the flour is thoroughly combined and it is a paste like consistency. Loosely cover and allow to rest for 24 hours. Day 5-8: Continue discarding 1/2 of the starter and feeding it each day. Watch how the starter rises and becomes bubbly and active. By day 8 your sourdough starter is strong and ready to use for a freshly baked loaf of sourdough bread! Once you have an active starter, you are now able to save your discard. You can save discard by keeping it in the fridge in an airtight container. There are lots of great sourdough discard recipes (look in my reels for a few yummy ones to try!) To know when your starter is at its peak and ready to be used, it should be at its peak rise, and have a domed like shape to it. Check out my reel explaining how to know when your sourdough starter is ready to use. ✨follow along for more homestead recipes✨ #sourdoughstarter #sourdoughbaking #sourdoughclub #homesteadlife #homesteading

Homemade Hershey’s Syrup If you are looking for less stress and more joyful memories when it comes to Christmas shopping comment “Gift” below for my Homemade Christmas gift book🎁🌲 Ingredients: 3/4 cup cocoa powder 1 1/4 cup sugar** 3/4 cup cold water 1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp vanilla **sugar can be substituted for honey, maple syrup or coconut sugar on a 1:1 ratio. There will be slight taste and texture differences but still delicious! Directions: In a medium sauce pan, stir together cocoa powder and sugar. Add in salt and cold water and whisk together. Heat over medium high heat and continue stirring to keep the bottom from scorching. Bring to a boil and reduce the heat to simmer. Continue stirring for 30 seconds. Remove from heat and add in vanilla. Let cool slightly and pour into glass jar. Store in the fridge up to 4 weeks. ✨follow for more homestead life✨ #homesteading #homesteadlife #homemaker #homemaking #homesteader

Homemade Bisquick Substitute For more of my pantry mixes and healthy swaps comment “cookbook” and I will send it to you! Ingredient: 6 cup All-purpose flour 3 TBS baking powder 1 TBS sea salt 1 tsp baking soda Directions: Mix all the ingredients thoroughly together. Store in an airtight container in a cool dry location (pantry). To make the biscuits: Use 3 cups biscuit mix and add 1/2 cup butter (softened). Cut the butter with a pastry knife or from until coarse crumbs form. Add in 1 cup of buttermilk or milk. Mix until dough comes together. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface and cut with a biscuit cutter. Or make drop biscuits by scooping out dough by the spoonsful. Bake at 425F for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. ✨follow along for more homestead life✨ #homesteadlife #homemaker #homemaking #homesteading #farmtotable

Did someone say grab-n-go cinnamon roll muffins?? Not only will these be a hit for the holidays but they are perfect year round! Simply use my sourdough cinnamon roll recipe and once you’ve cut the cinnamon rolls, place them in a muffin pan lined with cupcake liners. For reference I used jumbo muffin liners and a jumbo muffin baking pan but you can do this with a standard size or even mini! Comment “cookbook” for my sourdough cinnamon roll recipe! For the icing: 1 cup powdered sugar 1 tbsp melted butter 1-2 tbsp heavy cream 1 tsp vanilla extract Directions: mix everything together until there are no more clumps. Dip cooled cinnamon roll muffins in the icing. Let set and enjoy! #christmasbaking #christmasfood #homemaker #holidaybaking #sourdough #sourdoughbaking #homesteading

It seemed like the harder I forced perfectionism in my house, the more I noticed that I was forcing my kids to grow up faster then they should. We are in a season of messes, spilled milk, crumb trails, fingerprints on windows, splashing in puddles, playing in mud, toys scattered on the floor and everything in between. If you stop to see the beauty within the mess, you’ll realize they don’t need perfect…they just need you. #homesteadlife #homesteading #farmkids #ranchlife #farmlife

Overwhelmed with Christmas shopping? Remember people love to receive heartfelt gifts from the kitchen.♥️ Comment “Gift” for my Homemade Christmas gift book🎁🌲 Cranberry Coffee Cake (with or without sourdough) Ingredients: 1/2 cup sourdough discard or sour cream 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature 1 cup granulated sugar 1 large egg, at room temperature 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp almond extract 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 2 cups all purpose flour 2 cups whole cranberries Directions: Preheat oven to 350° and spray a 9 x 9 baking pan and line with parchment paper. Cream the soft butter and sugar together for about 4 minutes until it’s light and fluffy. While the butter and sugar are mixing, in a separate bowl, combine milk and sourdough discard. Set aside. Beat in the egg and extracts, followed by the baking powder and salt. Turn mixer on low and add 1 cup of flour, mix until just combined. Add in the sourdough discard or sour cream and milk mixture, continue to mix on low. Add in the last cup of flour and mix until just combined. Fold in the cranberries. Pour into prepared baking pan, the batter will be very thick. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Enjoy! ✨follow along for more homestead life✨ #homesteading #homesteadlife #homemaker #homesteader #farmtotable

There’s nothing like putting on some Christmas music, sipping on hot cocoa and creating beautiful, thoughtful handmade gifts. In my Homemade Christmas book you will find simple, beautiful and delicious gifts with step by step instructions and everything you need to make this holiday season memorable. Comment “Gift” below and I will send you the link!🌲🎁 #christmasgiftideas #christmasgifts #homemaker #homesteading #farmhousechristmas #holidaygiftguide

Homemade Cereal For more pantry mixes and homemade recipes comment “Cookbook” and I will send it to you♥️ 4-5 cups oats 2 cups brown rice crisps or rice puffs (optional) 2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut 2 cups dried cranberries (any dried fruit will do) 2 cups sliced almonds 1 cup flaxseed 1 cup chia seed 1/2 cup pumpkin seed 1/2 cup sunflower seed 1/3 cup maple sugar or coconut sugar (optional) you can also top your cereal with raw maple syrup if desired. Directions: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Mix the shredded coconut and oats together and spread on jelly roll sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 15 minutes, stir and continue baking until toasted (roughly another 10-15 minutes) Meanwhile, in the same bowl, mix the reaming ingredients. After the toasted coconut and oats have slightly cooled, pour into the bowl and mix until all the ingredients are incorporated. Serve with either warm or cold milk of choice. Store in a large airtight container. I am used a gallon mason jar. ✨follow for more homestead life✨ #homesteading #homesteadlife #homesteader #homemaker #homemaking

Homemade Eggnog Mix If your wanting less stress and more joy when it comes to gift giving this holiday season, comment “Gift” for my Homemade Christmas gift book🎁🌲 Ingredients: 3 1/2 cups powdered milk 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup buttermilk powder(I use Bob’s Red Mill that doesn’t require refrigeration) 1/2 cup instant vanilla pudding mix (get my vanilla pudding recipe in my reels) or 5.1 oz store bought instant vanilla pudding mix 1 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp cinnamon Directions: Add all the ingredients together in a high speed blender and blend until powdery and combined. To Use: In 1 cup of cold milk of choice mix in 4-5 heaping tsp. Stir or use frother to mix together. ✨follow along for more homestead life✨ #homesteadlife #homesteading #homemaker #homemadewithlove #tistheseason

No one wakes up asking for anxiety, brain fog, stress, digestive issues, low energy, hormonal imbalances and irritable snappy mood….yet so many of us do. I was tired of reaching for the “quick fixes” caffeine, tums, anti acids, laxatives, fiber drinks, etc. because all they were doing was masking what was really happening on the inside. Once I got to the root cause and started addressing my gut microbiome, gut brain axis and the body as a whole - that’s when things shifted. My FAVORITE natural holistic solutions are having a Black Friday sale!👇🏻 Comment “Sale” for the link and how I naturally balanced my gut! #homesteadlife #guthealth #mentalhealth #homemaker #homesteading

I bet you had a sneaky feeling this is you too…👇🏻 🚩gut was out of balance 🚩cortisol was through the roof All this had me clinging onto inflammation, poor digestion, always exhausted, struggling with anxiety, awful sleep and feeling unhappy. Cortisol - your stress hormone - negatively impacts every hormone, neurotransmitter, immune pathway and signaling system in your body when it’s elevated for long periods of time. You can eat the healthy food, exercise and even take massive amounts of vitamins but if you don’t address your stress response, it’s like spraying a squirt bottle on a bonfire. Once I balanced my gut + cortisol levels, I finally watched my symptoms disappear. My FAVORITE natural holistic solutions are on SALE!! Comment “Sale” and I will send you the link to 30% OFF my favorite gut balancing solution! #guthealth #mentalwellness #mentalwellbeing #homesteadlife #homemaker #cortisol #guthealthmatters