Archives for November 2010

Savory Treats and Appetizers

Take a class and learn to compliment holiday sweets with savory appetizers and classic winter dishes – spiced nuts, yogurt cheese spread, braised winter herbs and plenty of nourishing dips. Register Here. VIDEO: How to make radish roses, carrot curls and other vegetable crudites VIDEO: How to make chicken liver pate VIDEO: How to roast […]

Menu Monday – Savory Swiss Steak

Have you had enough Turkey Sandwiches, turkey chowders and soups, and other turkey variations yet?   I have!  So I put the rest of the leftovers in the freezer including the homemade gravy.  I’m making this easy, healthy round steak in the Crock Pot Recipe later this week.  Vegetables thicken the rich sauce-like gravy which […]

Table Graces for Thanksgiving

I enjoyed reading through a Table Grace book  and found several Thanksgiving appropriate graces. Here are five traditional Thanksgiving graces: 1. Bountiful God, You have blessed us in many ways, in the beauty and richness of our land, and in the freedom we enjoy. You have given us even greater gifts in our family who […]

Gearing Up to Reach For Your Dreams in 2011

Are you signed up to join us tomorrow? Cindy Rushton is ready to roll! Now, I am just counting down till 1PM CT tomorrow (November 22)  for the live session. Of course, she is also excited to be revealing her new Membership Site for members in just a few short hours. Are you joining Cindy? […]

Don’t Throw Out Those Turkey Bones

Several years ago, I was told by an older wiser mom, that the secret to her soup is in making homemade broth.  Years later, I learned that the chicken base/bouillon cubes I was buying were actually loaded with MSG, and not only unhealthy  but  a poor facsimile to the real broth in health and taste. […]

More Holiday Cooking – The Real Food Way

My friend Jenny, from Nourished Kitchen  has put together holiday recipes and classes the Real Food Way.  I’m most excited about her new Holiday Cooking Classes!  She shows us how we can eat all those old Christmas favorites with better ingredients and better methods. She offers healthy versions of family favorites like chocolate fudge, eggnog, […]

Free Thanksgiving Menu and Recipes Download

Traditional Thanksgiving Menu from The Urban Homemaker Turkey, Homemade Gravy*, Herbed Stuffing*, Mashed Potatoes, Aunt Helen’s Sweet Potatoes*, Green Beans Amandine, Cranberry Relish Jello Salad* Pumpkin Bread*, Fantastic Whole Wheat Rolls*, Apple Pie*, Pecan Pie*, and coffee or tea. I admit, not having Thanksgiving at home this year makes me a bit sad, but I […]

Pumpkin Pie Cake Dessert

PUMPKIN PIE CAKE DESSERT This is a very easy and very delicious dessert for a crowd just in time for Thanksgiving.  Adjustments (ingredients in blue)  make this recipe – Real Food  or Nourishing Traditions friendly. 1-29 oz can pumpkin (Use fresh baked pumpkin) 1 cup sugar (Use raw honey or Sucanat or rapadura) 1 tsp […]

Holiday Open House ebook

Holiday Open House ebook – Open Your Heart and Your Home Are you needing recipes, information and encouragement to get started? Are you wanting to learn how to graciously decorate with just what you already have on hand? Do you need some tried and true recipes? I believe we women, wives and mothers need to […]

Will Wheat Prices Become Volatile?

I just read this article on the New Harvest Homestead Discussion group that suggests that the wheat market may become volatile because Russia, a major wheat exporter, ceased exports this past summer because of  a poor crop harvest.  That means that the countries that depended upon Russia (including Iraq) will now be looking elsewhere for […]