Archives for January 2011

In a time of food shortage or emergency, knowing how to sprout seeds is one of the most important skills you can have and it is very easy. 5 Simple Steps to Sprouting Success: 1. Storage: Store sprouting seed mixes in a cool, dry and dark location.  Be sure the seeds are organic. 2.  Soaking […]

Don’t Panic, the  “What’s for Dinner, Mom?” dilemma is solved with Menu Plans While The Urban Homemaker is celebrating our 20th Anniversary, we want to tell you about value added special offers. Today I want to tell you one convenient way to solve the “What’s for Dinner?” dilemma. Menu Planning Central is offering a subscription […]

The Urban Homemaker is celebrating 20 Years in Business January 1991-2011 Our celebration will include reflections from the past, free downloads, contests, and your memories.  If you have thoughts, special memories to encourage others, please email me at marilyn@urbanhomemaker.com. Check back here  frequently or sign up to receive blog posts automatically by email as we […]

Real Food and Nutrition Kristen Michaelis’ class Real Food and Nutrition is designed for those aged 12 and up  who desire to understand what the Real Food and Sustainable Living movement is all about.  In the 10 week ecourse you will: Read first-hand accounts from inside the Real Food Revolution, Watch video footage of the […]

I love it when I find an EASY and yummy recipe everyone likes especially when most of the ingredients are already stocked in my freezer. This recipe is courtesy of my local grocery store!  The original version is all convenience products, but I have changed it to using only canned items that I don’t do […]

My friend Kelly, from Kellythekitchenkop.com, had a reader send in a link to the EWG scorecard on bottled water I thought you might like to check out. Why No More Bottled Water? It has been my opinion, often expressed in this blog, that bottled water is unnecessarily expensive, inconvenient, and not as high a quality […]

If you missed my heart-warming, encouraging story about The Bosch Miracle last week you can read it here: Bosch Miracle Story My in box was filled with lots of follow-up comments I thought would continue to encourage you to keep on keeping on in the high calling of homemaking.  Sometimes we just get stuck in […]

Even though we live here in Colorado, I try to,as often as possible, get some good cold water fish into our menus. This Pesto Salmon recipe was hit at our house last week and has the added benefits that it is colorful, easy, tasty and nutritious. First some background on Salmon, in case you didn’t […]

Frequently I am contacted about the availability of used mills and mixers by homemakers on extremely limited incomes. Surprisingly, I almost never have used mills and mixers because people like them so much. But I always try to encourage these resourceful ladies by saying,  “I have heard many stories over the years from ladies who […]