When I would look at my dutch oven before baking bread or stewing something, I thought it was simply hopeless how stained and dirty it was! I do not use parchment anymore when baking sourdough, and I lightly grease the dutch oven so it would get splashed up and look dirty. Then roasting or stewing…
Category: A Day in the Life of a City Pioneer
October’s No Grocery Shopping Challenge – Week One
Week one was all about cleaning and organizing the fridge, freezer and pantries, writing down what we had on hand, meal planning and shopping for a few essentials as well as ingredients for Thanksgiving. You can read all about how we got ready for the challenge here. For our meal plans this week, I had…
October’s No Grocery Shopping Challenge
Happy October! Can you believe fall time is here already!?! Summer was busy with gardening, cooking and baking and of course having fun! But without paying much attention to my grocery budget, we ended up spending way more on groceries, no thanks to increasing prices and running to the store every time we needed an…
Harvest Week — Harvesting the Garden September 2024
It’s Harvest Week!! We decided to do something fun, and have a whole week of harvest activities!! We made all sorts of delicious fall time drinks like Pumpkin White Hot Chocolate and Harvest Punch and baked goods like Apple Fritter Bread, Snickerdoodle Pumpkin Loaf plus so much more, and we had fun being crafty too!!…
Easter Week — Spending Time with Jesus
It’s Easter and Holy Week. We have been doing different activities that coincides with our Bible Passages all this week. It’s been a lot of fun and reminds us of the sacrifice Jesus made for us for the forgiveness of our sins. Let’s get to it. Here’s what’s happening this week: 24 — Palm Sunday …
Crocheting a Dishcloth for Beginners
Crocheting a dishcloth can be made simple with the single crochet stitch. It can be used as a dishcloth, face cloth, mug rug or like what I’m using it for — a cover for my sourdough starter! I was never taught how to knit or crochet. I tried learning to knit several years ago, but…
Sewing a Magic Pillowcase
Sewing a pillowcase, like this magic pillowcase is actually quite simple. There’s a few steps to it, but these pillowcases turn out beautifully every time! This past Christmas, I made a bunch of pillowcases as Christmas presents because for the past few years, we have been doing a homemade Christmas. It also makes a great…
