Monthly Archives: March 2008

Homemade Laundry Detergent

UPDATE 4/13/2010: Instead of the recipe I link to below, I now use a liquid homemade laundry detergent that you can find at the Duggar family website under ‘Recipes‘. It’s more cost effective and makes HUGE quantities which is great … Continue reading

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Quick Homemade Pudding Recipe

My oldest loves to cook. Being a kid, his favorite things to cook are typically desserts. The other day he made homemade donuts (not the kind that comes from canned biscuits either), the kind Caroline Ingalls might have made. They … Continue reading

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My 5 Year Old on Baking

I had to share a funny. Earlier today my 5 year old daughter and I were playing “garden”. Her garden grows flowers, and when they all popped up and we were done picking them, she wanted me to help her … Continue reading

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Vax Makers Under Investigation, Belgian Parents Face Jail

Vax makers under investigation - French authorities have launched a formal investigation against two vaccine companies in reference to the Hep B vaccine. Did you hear that Belgian parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids with the polio immunization may face jail time? … Continue reading

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Salad Saturday!

Each Saturday I’ll post a free salad recipe from my new salad cookbook. It has over 365 recipes, so you can either buy it now or just hang around here for the next 6 years. LOL! Antipasto Salad 16 oz. … Continue reading

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Tips To Get the Young ones Reading

You know it is never to early to start having the young ones join in the family reading. Small babies get just as much excitement and fun from the books as would the older children. Gradually they will come to … Continue reading

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Natural Moms Podcast #76

This week on the show, Monica Salazar of Familia Libre again joins us to talk about fridge free living with a pot-in-pot. Pot in pot is a refrigeration system that works with simple physics. Building a pot-in-pot is inexpensive and easy. It … Continue reading

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Gluten Free Banana Bread Recipe

My 2 year old daughter and I avoid wheat so I’m always on the lookout for wheat and gluten free recipes. We seem to do with with spelt, but I feel better when I limit grains, period. Oats are fine … Continue reading

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Mommy Brains

Every Mom has noticed this phenomenon I call “Mommy Brains”. Forgetting a word you’re looking for, leaving the house without your wallet … I always assumed that some of this is probably just the amazing amount of stuff that moms … Continue reading

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Salad Saturday!

Each Saturday I’ll post a free salad recipe from my new salad cookbook. It has over 365 recipes, so you can either buy it now or just hang around here for the next 6 years. LOL! Apple Cider Salad 2 … Continue reading

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