Sharing my love for food, simple living, and handmade.
These chocolate peanut butter brownies, sweetened with maple syrup, are a dessert you can enjoy without your blood sugar skyrocketing. This post may contain affiliate links, which means I make a small commission at no extra cost to you. See my full disclosure here. I have nine children, and with each pregnancy I have needed to watch my carb intake. This has led me to always being conscious of what I am eating. It has also led me ... Read the Post...
Reading aloud is an important part of our homeschool and something we do to start our homeschool day. We often end the day by reading aloud as well. These homeschool read-aloud books are chapter books we have read over the past couple years in our homeschool. Many of the books went with the history course that we were using at the time. This post contains affiliate links, which means I make a small commission at no extra cost to you. See ... Read the Post...
Have you ever wondered how to roast pumpkin seeds so they are nice and crunchy and oh so yummy? Keep reading to find out how. It's that time of year when the pumpkins are ripening in the garden, and I'm busy roasting and preserving them to enjoy at a later time. You can see how I do this here. I love baking with pumpkin, especially pumpkin muffins, and use it year round. Another great snack from the pumpkin is the pumpkin seeds. If cooked ... Read the Post...
This homemade avocado oil mayo is very quick and easy to make and is made with healthy oil and other everyday ingredients. Buying mayonnaise made with healthy oil can be very expensive. Even when you think you're buying the healthy version, oftentimes a look at the ingredient list shows that it still has the unhealthy oils in it. Thankfully, homemade mayo is very easy to make with ingredients you most likely have on hand and takes less ... Read the Post...
