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Seven Quick Takes on Power Smoothies, a New Podcast, Making Tea, and More!

:: 1 :: Today, I thought I’d share my THM {S} Chocolate Power Smoothie recipe with you. This is my lifesaver, my standby, and my almost daily treat. I ♥ it. My secret ingredient is green powder. It’s my fave. Because of my thyroid issues, I try to avoid green smoothies that use a lot of dark leafy green plants that are goitrogenic. Thankfully, sea vegetables are super nourishing, but beneficial to the thyroid. There are basically two versions of this recipe: the Continue Reading…
August 7, 2015
Home Education
Edible Handicrafts without the Sugar High

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ystie has done it again. You all know I love her Simplified Dinners. I love that it taught me that cooking makes sense. I enjoy seeing patterns, and with cooking, I just wasn’t seeing it. Mystie’s approach to simplifying dinner totally changed that for me. Now, she’s created a similar product: Simplified Dinners for New Cooks. It was back during the original 31 Days of Charlotte Mason that I first realized that cooking could be a handicraft. It is, possibly, the Continue Reading…
March 4, 2015
7 Quick Takes

— 1 — Are you trying to incorporate more vegetables into your diet? Lately, I’ve fallen back into a habit that I had maintained for a long while after we finished GAPS, but then lost when spaghetti squash wasn’t available for a while. Anyhow, I have a homemade meat spaghetti sauce that I love, but rarely make because serving it over pasta of any kind makes me sluggish. What I forgot is that it is just fabulous over spaghetti squash. For Continue Reading…
January 31, 2014
Educational Philosophy, Home Education
31 Days of Charlotte Mason: On Cooking Lessons by Mary Frances

A big thank you to Mary Frances for writing what I consider to be the most unique contribution to this series! Mary Frances is a homeschooling mom of three who learned to cook from her grandmother and mother and who is passing that knowledge on to her own children. She and her husband are currently exploring the U.S. by RV with their three children, which makes for many varied nature walks and lots of schooling at picnic tables. Mary Frances Continue Reading…
October 24, 2013