Welcome to The Peasant’s Daughter, a homestead kitchen rooted in faith, real food, tradition, and from-scratch cooking.
Welcome to The Peasant’s Daughter, a homestead kitchen rooted in faith, real food, tradition, and from-scratch cooking.
Hi, I’m Jana Dziak, the founder and voice behind The Peasant’s Daughter and Heritage Kitchen Revival.
The Peasant’s Daughter is where I share our homestead life and the traditional recipes that feed my family.
Heritage Kitchen Revival is my digital meal planning tool for women who want to feed their families real, nourishing food without the overwhelm.
It lets you create your own custom meal plans or choose from a growing library of ready-made ones. Grocery lists are automatically generated so you can spend less time planning and more time cooking. (You can claim a free two-week trial to get started.)
As a classical homeschooling mom, I also started creating a series of homeschooling copywork workbooks based on teaching beautiful print and cursive writing to children using classic literature and poetry.
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The Meal Planning Tool I Wish I’d Had
I created Heritage Kitchen Revival because I needed it myself. Managing meals, groceries, and kitchen work while raising children, running a homestead, and living on a budget required something practical and rooted in reality. This tool reflects how I actually plan and cook for my own family, and it’s designed to serve yours too.
Homesteading Starts With You, Not Land
What began as a small balcony garden in the city has grown into a full homestead rooted in old-world traditions, from-scratch cooking, and regenerative farming. I left the rush of urban life behind with my husband and our first baby, still a newborn, to embrace a slower, more meaningful way of living, guided by the rhythms of nature, the seasons, and the wisdom of those who came before us.
remembering the old ways
Traditional & Nutrient-Dense Recipes from European & American Culinary Traditions
I share the traditional European and American recipes that feed my family and have sustained people for generations, along with practical homemaking and meal planning tips and real-food kitchen skills that make from-scratch cooking doable even on the busiest days. Motherhood is meant to be enjoyed, not survived.
I believe that food is at the heart of the home. Cooking, meal planning, preserving, and serving real meals every day is the work that sustains family life. Homesteading begins in the kitchen with the decisions we make about what we feed our families and how we prepare it.
I’m a Christian, wife and mother first. I’m also a homesteader, gardener, writer, permaculturist, and digital creator. I’m passionate about restoring native biodiversity to support wildlife alongside growing food and raising livestock on our little homestead. My work is grounded in traditional family values and a faith that shapes how I live and raise my children. Through The Peasant’s Daughter and Heritage Kitchen Revival, I am here to help you return to the kitchen, reclaim lost skills, and create a simpler, more grounded life wherever you live.
What You’ll Find Here
My Educational Workbooks Are Now Available on Amazon
Charlotte Mason Intermediate Cursive Copywork
The Intermediate Cursive Handwriting Workbook for Kids
My Story
In The Beginning…
My mother was the youngest of eight children. Her parents were typical subsistence farmers, eking out a living in the rugged mountains of our troubled but beautiful homeland.
My family fled the seemingly never-ending political turmoil of the Balkans and escaped the communism and war of our Croatian homeland to make a better life in Canada.
I grew up between two worlds.
The first was my modern city life in Toronto. The second was found each summer in the dusty, forgotten villages of my homeland, where stepping off the plane felt like stepping back in time.
And as much as I tried to escape my roots and traditions, they ultimately claimed me. There is a movement of people like us—a remembering of the old ways, a return to the simpler and quieter lives of our ancestors.
C.S. Lewis
“We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man. There is nothing progressive about being pig-headed and refusing to admit a mistake. Going back is the quickest way on.”
a few favorite recipes
Here are some of my personal and reader favorite recipes.
Slow Cooker Creamy Tomato Basil Chicken
Ukrainian Borscht
Old-Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake
Sourdough Garlic, Dill and Feta Twist Loaf
The Ultimate Meal Planning Tool For Families Who Want to Get Back to Basics With Real Food Recipes
Build custom meal plans or choose from a library of traditional European and American recipes with ready-made plans. Your grocery lists are automatically generated so you can save time, stay organized, and feed your family well—without the overwhelm.
Homemaking Guides
A clean and organized home is the first step to a peaceful life. As a transformed slob who completely changed her life and habits, I understand it might seem daunting—that doesn’t make it impossible.
An Old-Fashioned Homemaking Schedule is Still Essential
Create a practical & simple homemaking schedule that you will actually keep
How to Ingredient Prep
Some of the fresh ingredients and meals I prep to make homemade cooking a breeze.
Decluttering is Key
Use my simple zone system to declutter your home and keep it that way.
Saving Money on Groceries as a Single-Income Family
I’ve saved my family thousands on grocery costs. Here are some of the ways how.
the tool I wish I’d had as a New Wife & Mother
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Heritage Kitchen Revival is a digital meal planning tool created for women who want to cook real food from scratch without the stress.
Build custom meal plans or choose from a library of traditional European and American recipes with ready-made plans. Your grocery lists are automatically generated so you can save time, stay organized, and feed your family well—without the overwhelm.