Home and Hand Made: A Homesteader's Recipes to Help You Cook, Clean, and Care for Your Family

Fifth-generation homesteader Melissa K. Norris offers over 100 time-tested, budget-friendly recipes for cooking, cleaning, and caring for your family.

As the cost of food, cleaning supplies, and personal care items continue to skyrocket, are you looking for new ways to cut costs and seek healthier solutions for your family?

Melissa K. Norris, host of the popular Pioneering Today podcast, shows you how you can make many of the meals and products you're currently paying for at a fraction of the price.

Melissa shares easy-to-follow recipes, ideas, and tips for...

• baking a variety of delicious pastries, pies, pizzas, and more
• cooking hearty soups, stews, and sauces
• creating scrumptious sourdough treats and other fermented foods
• growing your own herbs for seasonings, salves, and tinctures
• simplifying your life in every room of your home
• celebrating the holidays with homemade charm

Home and Hand Made helps you do more with less and enjoy the peace of mind that comes with knowing all the ingredients that go into what your family eats and uses each day.


Author: Melissa K. Norris
Publisher: Ten Peaks Press
Published: 05/06/2025
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780736987202

About the Author
Melissa K. Norris inspires people's faith and pioneer roots with old-fashioned skill sets and wisdom featured in her books, podcast, and blog. She is the author of The Family Garden Plan, The Family Garden Planner, and The Made-from-Scratch Life. Melissa lives with her husband and two children in their own little house in the big woods in the foothills of the North Cascade Mountains. When she's not wrangling chickens and cattle, you can find her stuffing Mason jars with homegrown food and playing with flour and sugar in the kitchen.