Recipes

Blueberry Buckle Coffee Cake – Delicious

January 28, 2012 Home Management

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A little aside before we begin with this yummy recipe. I miss writing this blog. But with bringing our new baby girl home from Ethiopia in May 2011 AND stepping up our homeschool program by joining Classical Conversations in Sept 2011, there has been precious little time. Slowly, I am perfecting our system of raising, [...]

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Nutrimill Giveaway from Pleasant Hill Grain!

November 16, 2010 Home Management

Fresh hard white winter wheat berries straight from the farm. Pleasant Hill Grain has offered to let me give away one of their most popular products, the Nutrimill grain mill! That is very exciting. I’ve used mine for almost 2 years now and I STILL love it! If you want a chance to win this, [...]

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Rose Almond Soap – Make Your Own

March 21, 2010 Home Education

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I Am Not A Crafty Person In fact, doing messy crafts with my children is honestly one of my least favorite things to do. This is why I love taking them to our local Art and Science Museum so they can craft until their hearts are content. BUT, if the end result is something useful [...]

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Powder Laundry Detergent – Yes, Homemade :)

March 1, 2010 Home Management

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Powder – Definitely Easier I gave you a recipe for Liquid Laundry Detergent, about a year ago, but over the last 6 months or so, I have been making this powdered version thanks to various friends (Ladonna & Catherine!)who convinced me it was easier. They were right! So much easier! Easy Vs Chemicals In Our [...]

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Curried Chicken & Rice (leftovers)

February 28, 2010 Home Management

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I am now attempting to see how fast I can put a post together with this new software I found called Blogo. So we are off and running! This dish is another great leftover dish to use that remaining chicken you have from the wonderful Roast Chicken you made the other night :) Start With [...]

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Chicken Pie – Meal #3 of 3 from 1 Chicken

February 20, 2010 Home Management

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And finally, the 3rd installment, in “3 Meals with 1 Chicken.” Here is my recipe for Chicken Pie. Of all 3 dishes, this may be my favorite because it is such comfort food. Here are the ingredients you will need: Leftover Chicken Noodle Soup Butter Flour Milk Oil (I like to use coconut oil) Baking Powder [...]

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Chicken Noodle Soup – Meal #2 of 3 from 1 Chicken

February 13, 2010 Home Management

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Ok. We are ready to make the second meal in the Trilogy Of The Chicken. Here is all you need: Chicken Chicken Stock Butter 1 medium onion, chopped or minced 4-5 carrots, chopped 4-5 stalks of celery, chopped Frozen Egg Noodles Salt and Pepper (Lots!) Just buy that healthy Himalayan Salt and you won’t feel [...]

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Sherried Tomato Soup

January 29, 2010 Home Management

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Oh my goodness. I just made this soup tonight for the first time and it is delicious. I got The Pioneer Woman cookbook as a gift last month and have been having a great time making some of her recipes. Honestly, you could just go to her site and find this recipe, but since your [...]

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Homemade Vanilla

December 19, 2009 Home Management

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This is going to be a very quick post about what I just did. I’ve been wanting to make homemade vanilla for at least a year or more and just haven’t gotten around to it. I’ve had one vanilla bean sitting in my cabinet waiting to become something new. A few months ago, I finally [...]

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Quick & Easy Homemade Soda Bread

December 7, 2009 Home Management

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Finally! I feel delinquent for not getting this incredibly good and easy bread recipe to you. My daughter or I make this bread ALL THE TIME. I gave you the Beer Bread recipe here. It is also very quick and good, but I like the soda bread better for a regular bread you can have [...]

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Crockpot Bread Pudding

October 9, 2009 Home Management

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I love, love, love the crockpot. It is one of the best tools to help achieve a more stress-free life. If for some strange reason you haven’t gotten one yet, I URGE you to hop on over to to your favorite Stuff-Mart and get one. And I mean NOW! They are a ton of bang for your [...]

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Homemade Pizza – A Friday Night Tradition

June 17, 2009 Home Management

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With the world the way it is today, I sense an urgency to keep a tight grip on our families. To do everything we can to create fun, interesting, challenging times spent together. And in those times, sow into our children the morality, the ideas, the survival techniques, the practical matters of living that [...]

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Cinnamon Cream Cheese Biscuits EASY!

June 4, 2009 Home Management

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I’m so excited. This is another easy, quick, warm breakfast recipe. Children love it and why wouldn’t they? Let’s get right to it. Ingredients are: Biscuits: Any kind of biscuits in a can. The healthy version will have us making our own dough for this part with fresh ground flour, but for now, we will [...]

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How I Got Rid Of My Microwave

May 18, 2009 Home Management

Most of us have been hearing for years how bad microwaves are, right? They do crazy things like change the cellular structure of the food we eat and add things to our bloodstream that should not be there. Here is a link that will give you details on what microwaving is doing to our food [...]

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Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent – Yes, I’m Serious.

May 4, 2009 Home Management

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I took this picture today and I am still shocked at that price. Can you think of a topic more exciting that this? Are you thinking “She is really going out on a limb here!” My good friends are probably laughing right now, because they know that is a regular occurrence with me. We oranges [...]

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