My three youngest boys and I just finished reading the "Little House" series. We loved it. I thought I would update and reshare this post that I wrote about six years ago on my love of all things "Little House." When I was a very little girl my parents gave me Little House in the …
Category: Food
Friday File 76
This has been a busy winter break but a good one. I wrote out a list of things to do, and I think I accomplished about 80% of it so I'm happy. It's been nice to stay up late and sleep in. To not have the pressure of school every day. I'm not sure if …
Bread Making Tips
Bread making is something that I do every week, more than once a week. I make six to nine loaves every week. I've been making bread since I was fifteen although not in those quantities. When you have teenagers it tends to increase the amount of bread you need - just sayin'. Maybe someday I'll …
My Five Favourite Kitchen Tools
Everyone has their favourite kitchen tools. And I'm no different. I'm very attached to some of the electronic gadgets in my kitchen. Sometimes I wonder what Ma Ingalls would think if she could walk into my kitchen. I don't need to churn and mold my butter, start a fire before I can cook, fetch water …
One-Month Menu
For quite a while I've thought about making a menu that would last a month. This would simplify my life in more ways than one - I would only have to get my cookbooks once a month, make a major shopping list once a month, look at my online recipe box once a month. You …
Homemade Marshmallows
Recently we had to take Ethan to our naturopathic doctor because he seemed to be having some digestive issues. We decided to put him on an elimination diet to see if there are any foods that are bugging him. This means that for the next six weeks he cannot eat any dairy, wheat, eggs, soy, …
THM Hot Chocolate {Fuel Pull}
Hello, everyone! My name's Eva-Joy, and my mom asked me to guest post today and share my THM hot chocolate recipe with her followers. I got the original recipe off of Pinterest, but I've tweaked it so much that it hardly resembles the original anymore - I'm a huge hot chocolate fan, so it took …
Breakfast Time – Eggs
We're down to the end of our week about "Breakfast Time". I've enjoyed doing this series. My family has enjoyed having some variety in their breakfasts so I could take pictures of different breakfasts. So now we come to eggs. Eggs are a perfect breakfast food. They can be fast to prepare and are full …
Breakfast Time – Cold Cereal
Aww - cold cereal - one of the greats in convenience foods. The only problems are a) they're expensive if you are buying for a family of ten and b) they're not known for their nutritional value. Still though, sometimes you really want/need the convenience of cold cereal. Happily I've learned to make several different kinds. …
Breakfast Time – Pancakes
Next to oatmeal I think pancakes are my favourite breakfast. In fact, when my husband takes me out for breakfast I always order pancakes. Some times I think, "Today I will get something different." But when the waitress comes I always end up getting the pancakes. What can I say? I love pancakes - buttered …
Intentional Simplicity 