Cleaning Without Chemicals – 8 Key Considerations

I just received this testimonial about the all-purpose Norwex Enviro Cleaning Cloth: The other day my grandson was making “pancakes” out of  silly putty at the kitchen counter. The moment I turned my back I found him making pancakes on the Living Room carpet! I was horrified at the mess on my new rug, but […]

Local Foods to Local Markets

Do you LOVE Farmer’s Markets and participate in your local market as a producer or a consumer? Today I want to talk about ways you can help promote and support your local agricultural economy especially in Colorado.  If passed, Colorado would join nearly 20 other states (plus 5 pending!) who already support cottage industry food […]

It’s Possible to Reverse Food Allergies – read on

Reversing Food Allergies Tired of living with gluten intolerance, dairy sensitivites, arthritis, eczema, and children with learning disabilities? Until now, I didn’t know there was a scientifically based diet that does more than control allergies by food avoidance, but actually reverses allergies and other health problems by healing the gut. I know many readers will […]

Prepared or Paranoid? – Eyewitness report from Japan

Ed Note:  I received the following eyewitness perspective from  Navy wife Tanya, living about 240 miles from the nuclear site.  I found Tanya’s perspective refreshing and encouraging as she and her family are learning to live with drastically less power and water in the aftermath of the earthquake.  I hope you will glean perspective and […]

Wisdom to Prepare

In my newsletter I usually talk about steps to practical preparedness like food storage etc.  Today I talk about the spiritual side of preparedness.  I hope you will read on and share your thoughts with me! Proverbs 21:20 says:  “In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish […]

Discover Waterless Cookware

      I have had this 17 piece set of waterless cookware for nearly 10 years and only burned something once!  I love the vapor-lock lid system which insures fast and healthy food without nutrient loss, how easy these pans are to clean, and most importantly, the 304 Surgical stainless steel  is non-reactive with […]

How do I salvage buggy grain?

  Have you ever experienced the sinking feeling of opening a bag of grain to bug invested grain? It’s a bit of a sinking feeling.  But here are the tried and true remedies to save the grain! A customer writes: ” I just opened the bag & found many many little black bugs roaming about […]

Easy Pancake and Waffle Mix

In the Heart of The Urban Homemaker newsletter we have been talking about food storage and building a pantry.  The following recipe for pancake mix is a good example of how easy it is to put together good quality basic ingredients to make your own convenience mixes. Quick Mix Pancake and Waffle Mix 8 Cups […]

What’s for Dinner? Curried Hamburger

This is what we had for lunch at Mentoring Moms the other day. Everyone asked for the recipe because it is so easy and delicious. This dish is also known as Pakistani Kima and is adapted from the More-With-Less Cookbook and everyone loved it.  Yummy! A quick and easy hamburger curry the whole family will […]

Give Away: Magnet Ball and Ultra Power Plus Combo

          Give Away:  Magnet Ball and Ultra Power Plus Combo – $64.98 Retail Value is now closed. The winner is  entry #3:  Janet Van der Kooi.  Janet please contact me at marilyn@urbanhomemaker.com to claim your prize. The Magnet Ball softens hard water without the use of any chemicals or other consumable […]