Living a Thankful Life

Simple Living

Last Friday my mother and I took my daughters to the mall to pick up a Christmas present. My three year old, who has only been to a mall a handful of times in her short life, was mesmerized by the Christmas decorations (“Mama! They have snow here and it’s...

Book Review: Not So Fast

Book Reviews, Simple Living

If you’re looking for tips and ideas on how to slow life down for your family, you might find Ann Kroeker’s new book Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Familieshelpful. Even if your family has a fairly good handle on your pace and activity...

Thoughts for Monday

Simple Living

“The hurried life loses its rhythm. It just pushes and pushes with no pauses, leaving barren souls, cluttered with activity but emptied of meaning.”-Ann Kroeker, in Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied FamiliesDisclosure: This post contains...

Another resource for seasonal eating

Seasonal Living

If you don’t already read it, may I recommend The Cooks Next Door? The authors (friends of mine) do a great job of highlighting what is in season and how to use it, reviewing cookbooks, talking about preserving foods, and offering fantastic recipes using fresh...
The Early Turkey

The Early Turkey

Recipes, Seasonal Living

I cooked a turkey for the first time yesterday (I’m not sure what’s going on with the wings, they are askew and it makes the turkey look like a cross between a bird and a crab!) and it was not terribly difficult, just time consuming! I used sage and...

Organic Cooking: What’s for breakfast?

Raw Milk, Recipes

Looking for a way to use your pumpkin puree, raw milk yogurt, fresh ground flour, homemade vanilla, cage free eggs and real maple syrup? Try these delicious Pumpkin Yogurt Pancakes!Pumpkin Yogurt Pancakes2 cups flour4 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/4...

Bread in a pinch

Recipes

Ideally we would always move with the rhythm of regular bread baking. Ideally we plan in advance and let our sponge rise properly and knead until we get the windowpane effect as Debbie so beautifully demonstrated. Ideally we get this accomplished in time to pack...

Eating the Decorations

Recipes, Seasonal Living

One of my favorite things about Autumn is that the seasonal food is excellent for decorating! I love to find interesting looking edible squash and use it to make my home look seasonal until I’m ready to use it to make my dinner taste seasonal. This year I found...

Being Still

Simple Living

I am the kind of person who always has to be doing something. I find it very difficult to just sit. Yet sometimes I think the simplest restorative measure to take in a life that is busy and full is just to be still. Today I sat with my children and we listened to the...