Natural Easter Egg Dye Success!

Not willing to give up the natural dye route for Easter eggs this year, I followed Martha Stewart’s advice on creating natural dyes. I have tried various recipes before and suffice to say the kids weren’t too keen on me trying again. But! THIS year I had a wonderful selection of pastel-ly [...]

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Favorite pregnant mommy drinks!

I am s l o w l y edging my way through the first trimester…it being lent and cold and winter…doesn’t help much!
I am gagging and green but have found a few things that I actually like to swallow…

lemon water
hot lemon water
water with a splash of raw apple cider vinegar and a drop of raw [...]

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I have an idea!

How about a food challenge?
I am trying to be ultra-thrifty with food, not sacrificing quality, taste or my pocketbook.
Does anyone feel up to sharing creativity?
The situation:

    you have 45 minutes until your soup is done bubbling on the stove.
you want to make something bread-like to go with dinner
you don’t have butter

you do have:

flour(wheat but tastes [...]

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Bread…Finally Made the PERFECT Loaf!

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Bread Starter Help Needed

I had some great links for making bread with a starter. I also had some great advice as to how to keep it going while homeschooling.  I lost it all. 
Can anyone point me in the right direction?  Do you have any favorite links and or advice to share?  Please post away or send me [...]

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Would you care for some tea with that?

  While the older children are out Christmas shopping, I am making a large plate of Orange Spiced Gingerbread  with the younger ones….We love to roll it thick.  I think I am going to have some raw honey and milk with this comforting Honey Vanilla Chammomile tea:
Please pull up a chair and make  your [...]

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Mmmm…the smells of morning!

I can’t wait to try this and some hot tea in the morning!  Can you smell it baking already?!  It will go real well for our morning read-aloud…An Early American Christmas by Tomie DePaola.  True to our new way of eating, we are substituting a few ingredients…like the sugar…
I want to do something artsy with [...]

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Oh the Glories of GOOD Coconut Oil!!

In my research for better living, I have come across some great information on Coconut Oil.  Here are some articles on the glories of using it!  I know some people that will give up everything in order to keep it in their diets.  There was one elderly gentleman in particular who told me that he [...]

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Waging war on dirt!

I am a cleaning maniac …It’s fall and it feels good to de-clutter…a never ending process here at the never ending story….gotta wear a respirator mask
though…aaaachhooo o!
Darned if I don’t sound like
Darth Vader training the kids….
I direct traffic…no response…"can you hear me??"
….(in between breaths)…. "twin #2!… .get me….inhale
exhale….another. ..inhale exhale….garbage. ..inhale
exhale…bag. …"
Carefully remaining in [...]

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Another Warm Yummy Comfort Food!

I have been sooo busy with school-type things that I have not been able to post lately….I am working on that ;o)
I have been more creative in the kitchen lately!  Let me share with you one of our favorite treats!  Try this recipe for Cinnamon Twists!  What a great yummy for Autumn Tea Time….best served [...]

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