This photo gives you a bird’s eye view of our area at the height of Fall. Photo courtesy of www.mountainharvestfestival.com Last week our small town observed the Mountain Harvest Festival a time where we locals celebrate not only the harvest, but locally produced food of all kinds, with music, workshops, concerts, farmer’s markets, kids activities, […]
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Free Printable Memory Verses
As a mom with a teen aged daughter still at home, and with all the distractions of Facebook, and time commitments to school work, and music activities, I have despaired of coming up with a viable scripture memorization plan for my daughter, Mary. Now I have a FREE solution I would like to share with […]
Busy Mom Strategies for Grocery Shopping
Photo courtesy of http://recipes.slides.kaboose.com Whether you are facing a difficult pregnancy, recovery from surgery, other long term illness, death of a loved one or other losses, or just a busy mom, there are times when we really need to simplify grocery shopping and menu planning drastically. Recently, I haven’t had the energy to do much […]
Marilyn’s Famous Whole Wheat Bread Tutorial
“I have been making bread for years. Yesterday I wanted to find a recipe to use with my Montana White Wheat, and I found your website. My husband and five children could not believe how excellent your recipe turned out! It is the whole wheat miracle I have always searched for. Thank you so very […]
Real Foods for Teens
About five years ago I was introduced to the politically incorrect nutrition classic Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Dr Mary Enig and the Weston A Price Foundation. The first myth they busted for me was that healthy fats do include butter, beef tallow, coconut oil and unrefined olive oil and of course that Real […]
Free Holiday Planner Sample Pages
While we at The Urban Homemaker don’t recommend complicated, elaborate, or expensive holiday plans, we do offer a way to break down the steps into smaller more manageable steps starting the first week of October. The newly revised planner has lots of new information, recipes and ideas. There is a link to a 14 page […]
Would you love a Bosch Mixer?
Nearly 25 years ago, my neighbor a mother of four, told me why she loved her Bosch mixer for making whole grain bread. She said she had already burned out three food processors in bread making. Besides, she said, she was cleaning up her kitchen while the mixer did the kneading work, and her house […]
Veggie Dill Crocks are Easy to Make
As the gardening season winds down, you might want to try fermenting some veggies instead of canning them. It is so much easier and less time consuming. Basically a dill crock is a variation on fermented veggies. If you don’t have dill or a grape leaf you can still make the fermented veggies and keep […]
Please pray for my Grandson
“The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.” Ps 34: 17 My grandson, Job Edward Coble, was born to my daughter and son-in-law (Laura and Brandon Coble) this morning at 5:00 CT at 6 pounds 1 oz. He wasn’t breathing too well so he has been transferred […]
Rookies Learn to Cook Real Food
Ed Note: Kelly the Kitchenkop.com has been a big fan of The Urban Homemaker for years and frequently takes time to brag about her Bosch Universal. She has often provided written summary/transcripts for my phone seminars in the past and always taken time to drop me a note with helpful tips that I share […]