Sunflower Butter Little Known Fact & A Cool Trick

Sunflower Butter Little Known Fact & A Cool Trick

A couple of our kids have a sensitivity to peanut butter. So when Keira made peanut butter cookies recently, she made a 2nd batch with sunflower butter for the kids that can’t have peanut butter. For some reason, we broke one of the cookies in 

How to keep lettuce fresh longer in the fridge

How to keep lettuce fresh longer in the fridge

Since we live in the country, I don’t go to the grocery store very often. I always try to stretch how often I go, as much as possible, to save time & money. But that means needing to stock up on things like lettuce & 

An idea for keeping track of papers (medical, grading, etc)

An idea for keeping track of papers (medical, grading, etc)

The curriculum we have been using for Math & Language has the answer keys at the back of the workbooks. Naturally, I tore them out & they are 3-hole punched, so I originally put them all into a 3-ring binder with dividers between each subject. 

How to Keep a Pot From Boiling Over *Life Hack*

How to Keep a Pot From Boiling Over *Life Hack*

Ever wondered how to keep a pot from boiling over? There’s an easy trick! Put a wooden spoon in the pot. I used to think it would work if you just laid the spoon over the top of the pot, but it doesn’t work the 

Making an Ancient Scroll

Making an Ancient Scroll

In one of Logan’s history books, it taught him how to make an ancient Scroll. He wanted to make one for McKaylee for her birthday, with Psalm 113-118 printed on it. It was a fun process. First you make a strong “pot” of tea. Then 

Cleaning the Instant Pot

Cleaning the Instant Pot

We discovered a neat trick the other day. We had cooked some meat in the instant pot & it had a lingering smell. We wanted to make some applesauce in it without the smells mixing. We put about 1/2 – 1 cup of vinegar in 

Quinoa

Quinoa

I wanted to share my favorite way to cook quinoa. Quinoa is very underrated, not very popular. However, it’s very high in protein & fiber, has iron & other vitamins, is better on your blood sugar (glycemic index is very low). Nutritionally a lot better 

Butchering Chickens

Butchering Chickens

**A note before you read further: I did try to be on the conservative side with a lot of these pictures & not show anything graphic, but there are pictures below, mostly of our kids.** Since we’ve been incubating eggs to try to increase our