Pioneer food

These pioneer recipes are simple. Even though they were prepared from scratch, they're easy to make and taste amazing.

It makes sense to perfect pioneer recipes before you really need them. The pioneers learned how to make a little go a long way, what type of food lasted well, and how to combine their precious supplies with fresh produce they could get on the way, or had grown once they settled. So, make these […]

Have you made pioneer recipes your ancestors made years ago? The pioneers had to use the ingredients they had at the time.

Super fun to make!! Hard taffy and old fashioned rock candy. Great for Pioneer Days, 1800s homeschool lessons, Little House on the Prairie projects, and just for fun! #littlehouse #mormonpioneer #pioneerrecipes #homestead #lds #pioneerdays #primaryactivities

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These biscuits are made with simple ingredients, and are what the pioneers would take with them when traveling. Here are the two variations.

The staple ration was hardtack, a rock-hard biscuit. But other Civil War recipes could be made with any ingredients the soldiers had on hand.

As I see the price of groceries continue to rise, I also see the need to know how to cook these 10 pioneer recipes.

In order to survive the Oregon Trail, pioneers relied on foods that meet the most basic requirements: easy to grow, easy to store, and calorically dense.

A fun way to add some hands-on activities to your American pioneer study is to make some period recipes with your tweens. Middle schoolers will enjoy seeing what those who traveled west ate on their journey and after they settled on the prairie. My kids thought it was great to cook johnnycakes as part of their American history studies.