A couple weeks ago, spiral hams were on a ridiculous sale, so I bought one and we had a lovely, decadent dinner, with ham and mashed potatoes and rolls and applesauce. We also had enough ham left over for a second dinner, plus meat for lots of sandwiches, and a ham bone to freeze for soup. I made our favorite, split pea soup.
Split Pea Soup
Split Pea Soup
1 pound of split peas
2 quarts water
Ham bone
1 onion, diced
1 clove of garlic, smashed
2 stalks of celery, diced
2 carrots, diced
1 tsp. oregano
1 tsp.
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I came across this site recently: Academic Earth. Now, I’m guessing that most homeschooling moms are autodidacts, but these are useful for the kids, too. For example, my 12 year-old son is very interested in science, and while I can find lots of interesting books for him about advanced science, being able to point him to college level lectures from top colleges is pretty exciting. (And I’m spending my spare time listening to lectures, too!)
Another site I recently found is The Teaching Company. They aren’t free, but their courses are outstanding. They’re available in audio CD, DVD and audio download.
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I love to eat fish, and all but one of my kids love fish, too. My favorite fish is orange roughy. A few months ago, I was talking to a friend and mentioned that I was making orange roughy for dinner. She told me that orange roughy are overfished and close to being on the endangered list.
I knew of a couple other varieties of fish that I don’t buy because of those kinds of issues, and I was starting to feel overwhelmed – how am I supposed to remember what’s okay to buy and what isn’t while I’m in the
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Here’s another recipe that I put in the food gifts for Christmas. I also brought some of this shortbread to our homeschool group’s Christmas party. It is so tasty and rich that everyone thought I’d put a lot of work into the shortbread, but… well, you’ll see.
Brown Sugar Shortbread
Brown Sugar Shortbread
1 cup unsalted butter, softened (only use real butter)
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed (I used dark brown sugar, but you could use either)
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
Heat the oven to 300° and get out a baking sheet. Cream
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I gave a lot of baked goods for Christmas presents this year. One of the favorites were these snickerdoodles.
Snickerdoodles are my favorite cookie – in my opinion, the best chocolate chip cookie can’t hold a candle to them. But I like cinnamon quite a bit more than chocolate, so t hat would explain that. 
Snickerdoodles
Yummy Snickerdoodle Cookies
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup cup shortening
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 375° and
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I was looking for a legitimate way to donate to the efforts in Haiti – I didn’t want my donation to go to more administrative than actual help. I found this site – CharityNavigator.com and I’m impressed. They break it down so you know how much of your donation goes to fundraising and administrative costs. I thought it was really nifty, so I thought it was important enough for me to make a quick post from my vacation.
I’ll be back at home on Monday, and I’ve got some fun things to share next week!
Apparently, I’m continuing my trend this week of utterly ignoring my menu plan. Wednesday morning, I was surfing the web and found this fun food blog, and then this amazing-looking chicken recipe. I couldn’t get it out of my mind. It haunted me all day. I told myself, “Self, you can make those next week”, but I wouldn’t listen. So I made them Wednesday night.
Of course, there were some changes. I don’t buy pre-seasoned bread crumbs, so I had to adapt that right away. I used some of the crumbs I keep in my freezer, and added a little oregano,
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I’ve totally gone off menu plan, but soup sounded so lovely. I had a rotten day yesterday, with a doctor’s visit that didn’t go well (no answers) and a bit of a panic attack (Ford Expeditions were NOT made for parking garages), and comfort food just sounded like the way to go.
I decided to make Quick Beef Vegetable Soup and some cornbread. It went a long way towards cheering me up!
Beef Vegetable Soup
Beef Vegetable Soup and Cornbread
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 pound chuck roast, cut into bite-sized bits
2 cloves
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