outdoor cooking

Dutch ovens stacked together with coals baking outside at camp in the snow

How to bake off grid in a dutch oven

Dutch Oven Monkey Bread Recipe

Baking a complete Thanksgiving dinner outdoors and off grid

Outdoor Cooking for Thanksgiving Dinner

How to Bake a Pie in a Dutch Oven

How to cook with cast iron on an open fire

How to Cook on an Open Fire

Montana Homesteader blog author Annie Bernauer on the homestead

Hello I'm Annie and welcome to our blog!

I was raised in an old farmhouse in the country and taught by three generations of women in my family to cook from scratch, can and preserve food, nurture plants to grow, craft with my hands, and live a simple, meaningful life. Now I'm teaching my own children these skills on our little homestead in Montana. I am a Master Gardener and a Master Naturalist and love helping others learn. I'm sharing these vintage skills here so you too can live a simple, more connected homemade life- one canning jar at a time!