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The Urban Homemaker is epitomized in my own mother.  I took it for granted, as a child, and foolishly thought most homes were like mine, with a mother who cooked supper every night, baked the best cookies and cinnamon rolls, and actually said she liked doing laundry and ironing!  I did wonder at times [...]

Brunch Egg Casserole

BRUNCH EGG CASSEROLE

Serves 12

Here’s a hearty,” assemble the night before” dish

which includes tasty, basic ingredients!

1 pound bacon, cut into small pieces

2 cups cooked ham, chopped

1 small onion, chopped

10 slices bread (a French loaf works great), cubed

1 cup cooked potatoes, cubed

1 cup cooked asparagus, cut [...]

Quick Homemade Apple Fritters

 

1 cup unbleached flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

2 tablespoons sugar

1 egg

1/3 cup milk

1 1/2 cups chopped apples

canola oil for frying

Sugar/cinnamon to roll [...]

Making Playdough At Home – A Recipe For FUN!

 

Although my own children have outgrown this activity, we still get to enjoy it now and then when entertaining other young ones!  It never fails to bring smiles, and is a safe, economical remedy for those “winter doldrums”!

This recipe, which I’ve had for years, is easily made, with [...]

Soft and Simple Yeast Rolls

1 cup water

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar or honey

3 eggs

1 teaspoon sea salt

1 tablespoon SAF (instant) yeast

4 1/2 cups unbleached bread flour

(or substitute part of this with freshly ground whole wheat flour)

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Healthy Blender Pancakes

 

We were hungry for pancakes this morning, and I’ve been wanting to try Marilyn’s Blender Pancake recipe in her wonderful cookbook, Breakfasts for Busy Moms. We were not disappointed!  If you haven’t put your Bosch blender to the test yet, try it out with this recipe!  It’s AMAZING!  Put the ingredients into the blender [...]

Lessons from the Beehive- An Urban Homemaker’s Review

The Bee Keepers!

I am fast entering into my 5th year of homeschooling 3 incredible kids! Our journey with their triplet pregnancy, birth and life has taken us on a God given Vision of teachin’ them! I love it! I think I learn more the second time around. I jokingly refer to this [...]

Urban Homemaker ~ How are you Managing?

I will be the first to admit that I am over stretched in what I do and accomplish in a day. Yes, I do plenty that is good and right, but what I want is where my Lord wants me to be.  Over the last several weeks I have heard the [...]

Whole Grain Crackers… Garlic too!

I had a bit of a personal challenge this morning.  I said to myself, “If I can make pretty darn tasty bread, then I should be able to make crackers!” So here is my morning journey…

I started with this Wheat Cracker recipe from www.AllRecipes.com and made my changes:

Plain Whole Grain [...]

Plastic Eggs, Little Kids and an Object Lesson

I came up with this idea with a little help after hiding little plastic eggs in our backyard Saturday night while the house was sleeping. It has never been warm or dry enough to do a little hunt in years past and since my “Littles” are getting older, I wanted them to have this [...]