Self-Reliance Resources from 2022

Here are all the resources I used to teach myself new self-reliant skills last year

If you’ve read my post about my 2023 Self-Reliance Challenge and how I tackled my first challenge in 2022, then you know I promised to provide all the resources I used to teach myself several skills last year. If you haven’t read that post yet voila below…

My 2023 Self-Reliance Challenge

So let’s go month to month and skill to skill and I’ll share all the online and paper resources I’ve been using to educate myself about self-reliance.

Gluten-Free Sourdough

It was really hard to find resources around gluten-free sourdough baking. I had previously enjoyed watching Jillian Michael’s Instagram on occasion and had heard her talk about her mother or mother-in-law and how she had created a gluten-free sourdough cookbook. So I purchased it on Amazon and it’s an amazing resource. It taught me how to make a gluten-free sourdough starter with buckwheat and brown rice flour and the rest is history.

I purchase the Bob’s Red Mill brand of flour from Buckwheat to Brown Rice to Sweet Rice to Millet to Sourghum to Tapioca and more. While gluten-free sourdough baking requires a lot of ingredients, it’s a pretty easy process to follow and doesn’t involve as much time folding and shaping as in regular sourdough.

Canning

I wanted to learn how to water bath can different vegetables. I did a fun search on YouTube and after watching a bunch of different videos I landed on this lovely lady.

Mary’s Nest

Her voice is a bit cheesy to get past but I simply adore her. She gives me young grandmother vibes.

Here is a video with a step-by-step water canning tutorial on canning pears.