Are
you new to whole and
traditional foods or to
"Nourishing
Traditions"? Have
you just gone
gluten/dairy-free and
don’t know what to
eat?
The
menu mailer covers 6
dinners (including side
dishes) and one dessert
every week. It
contains a full menu,
shopping list, a
preparation plan, and
serving suggestions for
each meal. Tips and
information are included
in every mailer as well.
What
makes the Cooking
Traditional Foods menu
mailer unique? A
preparation schedule is
included with every menu
mailer. It reminds
you when to thaw the
meat, prep the crock-pot,
make the stock or soak
the grains. Because
lack of planning is a
major hurdle in getting
healthy meals on the
table, this schedule
helps you make sure
everything is done.
It also contains
blanks so you can write
in your own reminders for
breakfast, snacks and
lunches.
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Womanhood began in
2005 as a ministry to
encourage and equip women
and young women. Through
our bookstore, articles,
newsletter, and blog, we
desire to promote
femininity and build up
women as they embrace
their Biblical callings.
In this humanistic,
feministic culture, we
want to be a breath of
fresh air to women
seeking after something
greater than what the
world has to offer - to
glorify the Lord in all
they do, say, and think!
Since
1987 Mountain Rose Herbs
has consistently
delivered exceptional
quality certified organic
products with a strict
emphasis on sustainable
agriculture. From our
bulk organic herbs and
spices, to our essential
oils and herbal teas, the
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This is from a email list I'm on. I did verify that this is actually the truth.
BOYCOTT SUBWAY!
Go to this website to see the competition that is excluding all homeschoolers, but private schools are acceptable.
http://www.subwayfreshbuzz.com/kids/contest.aspx
This is the letter I sent to subway in response:
I see that you are having a competition for elementary children submitting stories to subway.
"Contest is open only to legal US residents, over the age of 18 with children in either elementary, private or parochial schools that serve grades PreK-6. No home schools will be accepted".
For you that are not aware, homeschooling IS a private school, with the same legal rights as a "regular" private school. What you are doing is downright wrong. I'm sure you're aware of the folowing:
According to the National Home Education Research Institute…
"There were an estimated 1,700,000 to 2,100,000 children (grades K-12) home educated during 2002-2003 in the United States. Homeschooling appears to still be the fastest-growing form of education."
This was FIVE years ago, and believe me, it is a MUCH bigger number now. So I'll just let all homeschool sites know that we are not welcome in subways, as we don't really count, and we'll make sure our families and friends know the same thing. Since we're not good enough for your competition, then you're not good enough for our business. The internet is an amazing thing, you can get SO much information out so quickly. A copy of this letter to all the big homeschool sites will get the word out to all the people who you choose to ignore in your competition, and that we need not patron your stores. Thank you for your time in reading this letter, I guess Quiznos is THE place to be!
PLEASE copy and paste this to ALL the websites you know, and write in letters yourself if you can at subway.com. Let them know that it is not acceptable that our children be excluded!
Beef Stock & Bouillon Cubes - Kitchen Tip Tuesdays
We use a lot of beef stock in cooking. My family really loves the meaty taste of it. I've just stared making my own, and it's SO good! I've also started making my own bouillon cubes, which make using beef stock really easy!
Here's the recipe I'm using
Beef Stock
4 pounds meaty beef bones, including marrow and shinbones or knucklebones 2 yellow onions, thinly sliced 2 carrots, thickly sliced 2 stalks celery with leaves, sliced 6 springs fresh parsley 2 small bay leaves 1 spring fresh thyme or `1/2 tsp. dried thyme crumbled 10 black peppercorns 1 tbsp. sea salt
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place the beef bones, onions and carrots in a roasting pan and roast until the bones turn a rich brown, for 30-45 minutes. Transfer mixture to a large stockpot or Dutch oven. Add the celery, parsley, bay leaves, thyme, peppercorns and sea salt. Add enough water to co er the bone mixture (about 5 quarts). Add a little water to the roasting pan and stir to scrape up the browned bits. Pour the liquid and bits into the stockpot. Place the stockpot over a moderately high heat, and slowly bring to a boil, using a slotted spoon to skim off and discard any fat or scum that rises on the surface. Reduce heat, partly cover the stockpot and simmer gently for 3-4 hours. Line a fine sieve with cheesecloth and set over a large bowl. Slowly pour the stock through the sieve; discard the solids (the pigs LOVE the veggies!). Let the stock cool to room temperature. Pour into serving size, airtight containers; cover, label and date. Store the stock in the refrigerator for a week or freeze for up to 6 months. If fat congeals on top of the stock whyile refrigerated or frozen, remove and discard before using the stock.
Make Your Own Bouillon Cubes
Let the stock cook down to 2 cups (it will be really thick!). Let the stock cool completely and then pour into ice-cube trays and place in the freezer. When the cubes are solid remove them from the trays; wrap each one in foil and store in a freezer bag. Label and date, use within 6 months. Each cube will make 1 cup of soup.
I really haven't had to spend much on homeschool curriculum over the past few years. Here are the stratigies I use to cut down the cost to nearly nothing!
1. If you know a teacher or have a teacher in the family, asked them about older text books. At my parents schools they have an area where they store old out of date school books. This has been a big help to us. My Dad and given me math books, history books and other subjects. While not from a Christian perspective, they are very helpful and you can easily add the Christian perspective to them.
2. Garage sales and thrift stores are another good source. I've found old public school text books, readers and even antqiue school books. I don't think I've paid more than a $1 for any of them. Also, garage sales are great for all sorts of educational books. I have to admit, the majority of my garage sale spending goes towards books.
3. If you have other family who homeschools, swap out curriculum with them. Both of my Sister-in-Laws homeschool. Between the 3 of us, we homeschool 8 kids. Share what you're not using and swap back and forth.
4. Check out some books from the library. You can usually find lots of books that you can use for homeschooling there. They are great for independent study, research, etc.
5. You can find a ton of free stuff online! Resources like An Old Fashioned Education are indespensible! There are tons of free books online, many old textbooks which are great for homeschooling. I've complied a list of websites that offer these free books & texts.
This is a brand new meme I'm starting. So many of us are starting to turn back to traditional ways of eating. I'm constantly seeing references to "Nourishing Traditions" and other traditional food topics. So, I thought I'd start a meme as a way that we can all help each other with this way of eating. To participate in the meme, just make a post on your blog about traditional foods. This can be anything from recipes, articles, helpful hints, etc. Come here to this blog on Thursdays and add your link to the Mr. Linky for that week's post. Easy Peasy! Won't you please join us!?!
Here's my entry for this week
Breakfast Millet
1 cup millet 1 cup brown rice 3 cups rice 6 tbsp. whey 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 6 1/2 cups water 1 cup crushed pineapple 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup coconut 1/2 cup dates, chopped or pieces
Place the millet and brown rice in a bowl, cover with 3 cups water and 6 tbsp. whey. Let soak for 12-24 hours or overnight. The next morning, drain off the water. Mix together the millet, rice, salt, 6-1/2 cups water, pineapple, vanilla, coconut, and dates. Pour into a casserole dish and cook at 350 for 1-1/2 hours.
By JOE EDWARDS, Associated Press Writer Thu May 22, 7:30 AM ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The 5-year-old daughter of Grammy-winning Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed Wednesday by a sport utility vehicle driven by her brother, authorities said.
The girl, Maria Sue, was hit in the driveway of the family's home Wednesday afternoon by a Toyota Land Cruiser driven by her teenage brother, said Laura McPherson, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
The brother, whose name and exact age weren't available, apparently did not see the girl, McPherson said. No charges are expected.
"It looks like a tragic accident," she said.
Several family members witnessed the accident, which happened in Williamson County just south of Nashville. The girl died later at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, hospital spokeswoman Laurie Holloway said.
In a statement, Velvet Kelm, a publicist for Chapman, said Maria was the Chapmans' youngest daughter.
Chapman, who is originally from Paducah, Ky., and his wife have promoted international adoption and have three daughters from China, including Maria. They also have three biological children.
The singer's Web site says the couple was persuaded by their oldest daughter to adopt a girl from China. The experience led the family to adopt two more children and create Shaohannah's Hope, a foundation and ministry to financially assist thousands of couples in adoption.
The Chapmans did missionary work at Chinese orphanages in 2006 and 2007, according to the Web site.
"After our first trip to China, my wife and I knew our lives were changing — our eyes and hearts were opening to how big God really is, and we have wanted to experience more of that," Chapman says on the Web site.
"We've really wondered whether or not we should just go to China and stay there. But I don't think so. I believe God is saying, 'I want you to go, get your heart broken, your eyes opened, and then take this story back to the church in America and around the world.'"
The 45-year-old singer also has released a book about being a father titled "Cinderella: The Love of Daddy and his Princess." He has won five Grammy awards and 54 Dove awards from the Gospel Music Association, according to Kelm.
Please keep the Brown family in your prayers. They lost their infant son to Potter's Syndrome on May 19th. This is the same syndrome that our son Gabriel died of.
Also keep my grandmother Adeen McNiel in your prayers. My Dad just called and she is in the hospital with congestive heart failure. The were able to do anginoplasty and insert some stints. She also has some issues with her kidneys. She has really been stuggling since my grandfather passed away and needs much prayer!
Sorry I haven't been around much the past couple of weeks. We're trying to get finished up homeschooling for the summer. It's just been hectic and busy around here.
Yesterday I started a batch of Candy's Crockpot Yogurt. This morning I poured it into canning jars and put it up in the refrigerator. It's really pretty thin stuff! I was going to make yogurt cheese, but it's just too thin for that. Hopefully it will thicken up a bit over the next couple of days...Marty's really wanting some yogurt cheese. He loves the stuff!
Monday, we had Beans & Rice for dinner along with rolls. Yesterday it was pork steaks and stir-fry veggies. Today we're having chicken and veggies cooked in the crockpot. Our grocery store had leg quarters on sale for $.49 a pound so we bought several packages. I just chopped up an onion, 4 celery stalks, and 5 carrots and put them all in the crockpot with the chicken. I seasoned it with a bit of garlic, rosemary and paprika. It smells soooo wonderful! I'll probably serve it with biscuits.
Today the kneading paddles for my 2 Zojirushi bread machines (bought at a garage sale for $1 each, they were just missing the kneading paddles) arrived!! I'm so excited! I'm going to get my sour dough starter going this weekend, so next Saturday, I'll start playing around with a recipe for sour dough in the bread machine. I'm really looking forward to using these new "servants".
We've been doing a lot of "robot meals" around here lately. The crockpot and counter top convection oven have been seeing ALOT of work! The bread machines will be added to our robot meals as well. They don't heat up my house the way the stove/oven does. I don't have to use harmful microwaves either! We bought our counter-top convection oven at a garage sale for $3 and it's been in constant use. We've used it to bake biscuits, cook meats and veggies. Sunday, we had a delicious meal. In the bottom of the convection oven we placed fresh green beans, added water, a stick of butter, and seasonings. On the grill part, we placed steaks and seasoned them as well. We turned the oven on and in about 30 minutes we had delicious, juicy steaks and green beans to die for! Easy peasy! If fact, if we ever find another one of those ovens at a garage sale, we're going to snatch it up quick! Sunday afternoon, I put bean and rice to soak in our crockpot (as in Nourishing Traditions). Then Monday morning, I drained off the water, added fresh water and cooked them all day. We not only had enough for dinner, but there was enough for Marty to take to work to eat for lunch the rest of the week! They were so yummy! I love the ease of cooking in these electronic servants!
I'm out of whey, so I'm going to set out some lentils to soak in water and yogurt for tomorrow's dinner. We're going to have letil tacos. Tomorrow morning, I'll drain off the water and put it in the crockpot along with fresh water and a chopped onion and seasonings. I'll let them cook all day. Then about 1 hour before dinner, I'll brown some ground beef (1 pound) in the skillet and then add it to the lentils. I'll let it cook until dinner time. We serve it on sprouted grain tortillas with cheese. This is another family favorite and it will also provide a lot of leftovers. I'll put the in the refrigerator to cool and then place the cooled taco mixture into seal-a-meal bags and use our new (another recent garage sale find) vacuume food sealer to pump out the air and seal the bag. I'll then put them in the freezer so I have a quick meal ready and waiting. I'm going to do the same thing with the leftover beans from monday (what Marty didn't take to work). I'm trying very hard to teach myself to do these sort of things, as they really do cut down on the grocery bill.
Another thing I'm trying to do is cut out all sodas. I'm keeping a big pitcher of ice tea made at all times. I use organic caffeine free green tea. This is a healthy drink with no calories or chemicals. Much better for me than caffeine free diet Dr. Pepper! It's hard giving up my Dr. Pepper habit, but I know it will be much better for me. My tea, sweetened with a little stevia hits the spot and fills the sweet void that cutting Dr. Pepper left behind.
Well, I've rambled on long enough! LOL! I need to get busy and do some more laundry. Have a great day everyone!
Part 1 of 2 videos - Part 1 video is 1 hour & 43 minutes long. Marty and I attended a lecture by him a couple of years ago and found it to be extremely helpful, so I believe these videos are entirely worth spending the time to watch. Part 2 of this lecture will be posted in a separate post.
This is Jerry Brunetti's highly informative video lecture Food as Medicine (2005) where he lays out his experience with terminal cancer which he successfully overcame with eating healthy and different food than he used to eat until then. In 1999 he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and given 6 months to live. He did not submit to chemotherapy, but rather, developed his own unique dietary approach to enhance his immune system. Jerry shares his personal experiences and provides his recipe for healthy living. You will learn about the crucial importance of minerals, which foods to choose for your best health requirements and what to avoid. After viewing this fascinating lecture you'll realize the remarkable value of food in building good foundations, and providing buffers, to keep your body healthy. 3h long. A must see for everyone. Food as Medicine features: -The power of pigments -Make your plate a rainbow. -Protection from cruciferous vegetables. -The good oils. -Fabulous fermentation. -Eggs-The ultimate food. -Butter vs. Margarine-The power of raw milk. -What major minerals do-Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Phosphorous and Sulfur. -The trace mineral catalysts-Copper, Manganese, Zinc, Boron and Iron. -The forgotten five-Iodine, Molybdenum, Cobalt, Selenium and Chromium
If this video doesn't show up, you can view it at:
QUESTION/COMMENT: Oh my stars! You look adorable in that bonnet! :D Nice work. Wow!
Thanks! :-) On a different note, but somewhat related to this one... I am still trying to figure out how to sell cleaning supplies through my blog, is that where you sell all of your stuff as well, or do you have a different place that you sell from primarily? ~Mrs. Gunning
My ebooks I sell through Lulu. I also sell my digiscrap designs at Faith Sisters. Right now, I occasionally sell my handcrafts on my blog, but my Mom, Sister-in-Law and I will be opening up an Etsy shop sometime this summer. That's were I'll be selling my handcrafts when we get it opened. The reason I sell in different places, is that I'm selling each thing in store that specializes in what I'm selling. For example, my digital scrapbooking designs are sold at
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