Marshmallows are simple to make at home and don’t require nearly as much time as you think – these can be ready to cut and serve in the afternoon if you make them in the morning! Homemade Marshmallow Recipe Honey and corn syrup work equally well in this recipe, though the honey will make them […]
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From Tortillas to Tamales, This Masa Is the Best!
Have you seen that we now carry masa harina made from heirloom corn? It’s delicious and seriously a step above what you can buy elsewhere. If you’re at all interested in making tortillas, keep reading and then head down to Harvey’s to get your masa and a high-quality cast iron tortilla press! Two things have […]
Pasture-Raised Meats Sold at Harvey’s in Hot Springs, South Dakota
At Harvey’s Homestead Supply in Hot Springs, South Dakota, you’ll find everything you need to raise your own meat – and just in case you’re not ready to raise your own, we also sell a selection of quality pasture-raised meats in our freezer case. Our selection varies based on what our partners have available, but […]
Ideas for Adding Color and Texture to Meals
At last Saturday’s “Cooking with Flavor” class, we talked about salting your food throughout the cooking process to draw out flavors, and making sure to taste it along the way. We tasted five different types of salt and while everyone’s preference was different, we definitely noted that there are marked differences between even just those […]
No-Knead 100% Whole Grain Loaf Recipe
For our class on freshly-milled flour, I made a no-knead 100% whole grain loaf that is adapted from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. As promised, here is the ingredient list: 824 grams lukewarm water, about 100ºF2¼ teaspoons instant yeast1 tablespoon kosher salt825 grams freshly-milled wheat flour (half spelt, half hard white)* * Or you […]
Our Family’s Buttermilk Pancake Recipe
This recipe works wonderfully with freshly-milled soft white wheat, spelt, or a combination of the two. These whole grains give fantastic flavor while still being light and fluffy. It also works nicely with 50% all-purpose and 50% hard red white (which is the kind you know as “whole wheat flour” in the grocery store. If […]
Our 2024 Cookie Cruise Recipe: Molasses Spice Cookies
We had a blast giving away dozens of our molasses spice cookies to the town of Hot Springs during the 2024 Cookie Cruise! As promised, here’s the recipe in case you want to make it yourself. These cookies are soft and chewy, with a little bit of spice and not too much sweetness (good or […]
Book Spotlight: Soup Night Slapdashery Cookbook
Soup Night Slapdashery by Rebekah Merkle has become the cookbook I’ve been turning to for actually simple soup recipes. I tend toward not-simple in my normal cooking and usually find that books categorized as “simple” are either filled with ingredients that are expensive or just end up taking more time when multiplying a recipe for our family […]
Gingerbread House Recipe: Edible Glues
We use two different types of “glue” for our gingerbread houses. The first is simply sugar (white is cheaper, but brown works as well), simply melted until it’s liquid. As you can imagine, this is very hot and very messy, as evidenced by this video of 2024’s gingerbread assembly: It’s not the type of glue […]
Gingerbread House Recipe: Marshmallow Fondant
From siding to shingles to 3D shapes, this simple marshmallow fondant is easy to cut and mold. It’s also much cheaper than candy so it’s a good choice for covering large areas. Food coloring can be added to tint the fondant, but with the amount of powdered sugar that’s needed to roll it out, it […]