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How to Make an Old Fashioned Gingerbread House
In the 1960’s, my grandmother {aka Nana} and a group of ladies from her church used to make gingerbread houses to raise money for their ward building fund. She was even in the Sacramento newspaper once for all the houses she had made! I so wish I could find a copy of that newspaper article. […]
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Homemade Brown Sugar
I while back, I was asked to be a part of a provident living/self reliant fair. I was asked to teach on making your own mixes and how to make many of the foods that we buy at the store from scratch. Did you know that many of the items we purchase from the grocery store can be made […]
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Strawberry Lemon Water
My extended family has had a decades long debate over what a carbonated drink should be called. The California side says “soda” and the mountain fam says “pop” then add in my Texan sister who calls all of it “Coke” and you’ve got a real lively conversation. Soda… Pop… Coke… Beverage…Whatever you call it, I […]
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Easy Raw Granola
I am addicted to granola. I’m pretty sure that there isn’t a granola out there that I wouldn’t love. A few years ago one of my closest friends, KYNDRA, gave me her recipe for Raw Granola and I have been in love ever since! If peanut butter, coconut, and banana are your thing then this […]
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Friday Favorites #8
via Piano Brag Songs Ah, Friday Favorites, it’s been awhile. There have been so many fun things I have found this last month, but I’m guess I better narrow it down to 3 for today. So, here goes. I discovered a fun little music website the other day and have been playing my piano […]
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SOS Mix: Make Your Own Cream Soups
I’ve been trying to cut out canned cream soups this past year. Why? Well, first, because there are a whole lot of ingredients in that can… INGREDIENTS CHICKEN STOCK, WATER, VEGETABLE OIL, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, WHEAT FLOUR, CREAM (MILK), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: SALT, DEHYDRATED MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CHICKEN […]
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Creamy Tortilla Soup
My grandparents gave me a new cookbook for Christmas called 365 Days of Slow-Cooking by Karen Bellessa Petersen. I have been trying out some to the recipes this week and so far, I’ve had success. I LOVE my slow cooker and use it a ton. {I may or may not have been through 5 in […]
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