Author: Katie Shaw

Katie Shaw lives in Virginia with her husband, three daughters, chocolate lab, and over thirty chickens. She loves creating simple tutorials for sourdough, bread, and soap. Her recipes, articles, and YouTube videos reach millions of people per year.

A well-equipped kitchen ready for canning, with pots and utensils neatly organized and a stove set for cooking.

A Canning Season Calendar

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Wealth Beyond Money: The Blueprint for a Truly Rich Life

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20+ Actually Good Slow Cooker Dinner Recipes Even the Kids Will Love

20+ Free Wall Art Printables (A Collection You’ll Love)

20+ Free Wall Art Printables (A Collection You’ll Love)

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How to Make a Family Cookbook That Will Be Treasured Forever (The Easy Way)

Stuffed bell peppers topped with melted mozzarella and garnished with chopped parsley in a white baking dish.

Italian Sausage Stuffed Peppers with Homemade Marinara

Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Pretty + Feminine Capsule Wardrobe

Beyond Vignettes: The Secrets to Giving Your Home Life and Heart

Beyond Vignettes: The Secrets to Giving Your Home Life and Heart

Creamy Tomato Soup with Roasted Tomatoes: How To Make It

Creamy Tomato Soup with Roasted Tomatoes: How To Make It

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Why Adding a Weekly Laundry Day to Your Routine Makes Your Days Easier

A white baking dish filled with freshly baked sourdough berry sweet rolls covered in creamy white frosting, with a bowl of blackberries and a plate with raspberries nearby.

Sourdough Berry Sweet Rolls

Golden-brown potato bread loaf on a cutting board, with two slices cut, showcasing its soft, fluffy texture.

The Farmhouse Potato Bread Recipe That Will Become a Weekly Staple

Jars of hot pepper jelly on a wooden surface with crackers and fresh peppers around them.

Sweet + Spicy Pepper Jelly (Canning Recipe)

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Organize Your Kitchen with an Ingredients Corner

Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies on a cooling rack, showing their golden-brown edges and scattered chocolate chips.

Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies

A sealed jar of homemade creamy tomato soup concentrate on a wooden cutting board, with fresh tomatoes in the background.

How to Can Tomato Soup at Home (A Pressure Canning Recipe)

close-up of baked chicken wings stacked on a plate, with a dipping sauce in the background.

Extra Crispy Oven-Baked Chicken Wings

Watercolor painting of a cozy bedroom with a quilt-covered bed, sunlit curtains, and floral decor creating a warm, inviting atmosphere.

The Missing Ingredient in Home Design (Your House is More Than a Backdrop)

A watercolor painting of a cozy house at sunset, with warm light spilling from the windows, surrounded by lush greenery and a path leading up to the front porch.

9 Beautifully Simple Ways to Make Your Home Cozy on a Budget

A close-up of a single baby chick with grey and brown feathers standing in green grass, showcasing its developing feathers and alert expression.

How to Raise Baby Chicks at Home (A Simple Step-by Step Guide)

A large, halved burrito stuffed with shredded sweet pork, black beans, and rice, surrounded by lettuce and tomato garnishes.

Slow Cooker Sweet Pork (For Tacos and Burritos)

A creamy chicken noodle soup in a white bowl, garnished with parsley, with a visible chunk of bread beside the bowl.

Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup

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Make a Frugal Weekly Meal Plan That Will (Actually) Change Your Life

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Sourdough Cinnamon Sugar Muffins

mockup of different kinds of bunnies on printable pages on a wooden background

Free Bunny Printable Wall Art

Printable Chicken Wall Art

collection of 6 different coloured and patterned binder covers.

Printable Binder Covers and Spines (Free, Pretty, and Practical)

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Sweet and Smoky Crockpot Barbecue Beans

Inside an incubator, a newly hatched chick lies beside its egg, appearing tired and wet with a second chick partially visible, both resting on the incubator's surface.

How to Hatch Chicken Eggs in an Incubator

top view of German potato salad with bacon and red onions, topped with parsley.

Warm German Potato Salad with Bacon-Mustard Dressing

blackberry Bundt cake with powdered sugar on wooden board with blackberries beside.

Blackberry Bundt Cake: A Simple Summer Favorite

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How to Make Goat Milk Soap For Beautiful + Glowing Skin

"A row of glass mason jars filled with pressure canned green beans, sealed with lids and placed on a kitchen counter next to a blue jar lifter."

How To Pressure Can Green Beans

A row of homemade pale pink grapefruit soap bars lined up on a blue wooden surface with white flowers in the background.

Pink Grapefruit Soap Recipe (Cold Process)

Pizza Ingredients Layout. An overhead view of pizza ingredients neatly arranged on a marble countertop, including bowls of flour, yeast, olive oil, milk powder, cheese, pepperoni, and spices.

Homemade Deep Dish Pizza

Creamy macaroni and cheese with ham served in a white bowl with a wooden spoon, emphasizing the dish's creamy consistency and generous mix of ham.

Creamy Ham Mac and Cheese

sealed quart jars of apple juice lined up behind each other with apples around.

Fresh & Simple Apple Juice Canning Recipe

sealed jar of barbecue sauce on wooden board.

Sweet & Smoky Barbecue Sauce (Canning Recipe)

Close-up of a Tuscan chicken breast in a creamy garlic and Parmesan sauce with spinach and sun-dried tomatoes.

Sundried Tomato and Spinach Chicken

Close-up of a sourdough lemon bar, giving a clear view of the dusting of powdered sugar that adds a delicate sweetness to the tangy lemon topping and textured crust

Sourdough Lemon Bars