Homeschooling A Houseful

The dangers of Bisphenol A {BPA} Plastic bottle chemical harmful This is scary stuff people! I am new to all the other things BPA is in, as for now we don't use any non-BPA free plastics, and I am learning.... and learning. It's a scary world we life in.

I just love reading this blog, Kate's Kitchen . She also has a wonderful homeschool website, see my sidebar Milestone Academy. I use, and have recommended everyone get the principle pantry, it comes from this wonderful lady! If you like beans. Or if you want to learn more about them, and how to cook them. Check out her post on how to soak and cook beans .

This is an old post from my family private blog... sorry if you have seen this before! Made YUMMY HEALTHY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES! This recipe comes from the Amazing Wheat Book by LeArta Moulton ( It's a great book, we use it all the time) !!!!With a few updates, and variations at the bottom!!!! 1/2 C veggie oil (we use olive or grapeseed) 1 C Honey (we use 1/2 ish cup honey, and 1/2 ish cup raw cane sugar if you use only honey, they taste great, but don't hold a shape) 1/2 C peanut butter 1 egg, beaten 1 T. sour cream 1 tsp. bkg soda 1 1/2 C whole wheat flour cream oil and honey/sugar. Add peanut butter, egg and mix well. Add sour cream, soda, and flour and beat well. Form into balls, (sometimes we roll them in additional cane sugar!!) about the size of a larger bouncy ball (she said marble, but we like them alittle bigger) place on greased cookie sheet. Press with a fork. Bake at 350 for 10 mins. Don't overcook, or they are nasty! We ALWAYS atleast double this, they are so ...

This is an old post, from my personal family blog... if you happen to read it, then sorry for the repeat. I made this for dinner, and it turned out very nicely, so I thought I might share! {Oh and it was quite easy} Start with cooking your rice {or if you have leftovers use them} I used brown rice While your rice is cooking prepare veggies! I used zucchini, mushrooms, onions, yellow pepper, and garlic. I sauteed the veggies in a tiny bit of grapeseed oil (which you could easily omit, because I ended up with extra juice at the end) Once the rice is finished, add 1-2 eggs. (I added 2, I like extra egg-y rice) is egg-y a word?? I turned off the heat, and put the lid on the rice. I stirred it a few times. Once the egg is cooked, add to the veggies Ta-Da!! Yum, Yum!!! Oh and did I mention, quite healthy!

okay so as i have stated, we don't eat sugar. This being said, we do eat natural cane {also known as turbinado} sugar, honey, stevia and agava. I do try to limit this. I figure to some degree sugar is sugar, and not good, even in it's natural state. I don't want to get into a "sugar fight" with anyone! So all I am going to say, is it's quite common knowledge that sugar isn't good for you. I am a sugar lover! Always have been, I'm sure. I have a very, very, very sweet tooth. Sugar was hard for me to give up. Which is why I am so thankful for so many natural sweeteners! The reason we stopped, was knowledge, we started studying sugar, and learning about it, and we had to stop. As for our family, we had to give it up all or nothing, we are a cold turkey kind of family!!! We have tried to give up sugar, oh I don't know around 100 times!!! This time it finally stuck. The more I read, the more I study the more I am so thankful for that decision. So how di...