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How I Teach the Real World to my Children
It’s been a tradition in the Brown family to serve our community during the summer. I choose different places and schedule our family to work once a week. Some years we have gone to the homeless...
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Last Day of Packing Potato (LOVE) at Manna Food Bank
A happy ending to our last Monday packing potatoes at Manna Food Bank. It’s just like God to provide a few heart-warming potatoes in our summer journey. We walk in on our last hoping that there we no...
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World’s Easiest Cookie Cake
I make the World’s Easiest Cookie Cake for nearly every occassion. Instead of paying $30 at the Cookie Company I use my pantry staples and make my own. It has become a tradition at our house to...
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First Day of School
Today was back to school for all six of us. I prepared our lunches the night before and we were ready for school. Wouldn’t you know it, I forgot my own lunch in the refrigerator! It’s a good thing I’m...
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Here’s What I added to my Freezer
I love having black beans on hand that cost pennies per bag. My favorite way to make black beans for the freezer is to crock pot a 2 pound bag all day. We eat the black beans with dinner and then I...
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Weekly Meal Prep
I’m taking Labor Day to catch up on my reading and writing for my graduate classes and freezer cooking. I made two batches of freezer meatballs here. These will be made into meatball subs this week....
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How to Make Back-to-School Tacos {Freezer Cooking}
I scored 5 pounds of lean ground turkey for $5. It’s the little things that make this momma happy. I immediately jumped on it and prepared it for back-to-school tacos. While most parents are stocking...
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Peach pie recipe
So, my summer fruit love affair continues! ❤️ This summer pie is fresh, light, and absolutely delicious and topped with the most amazing homemade caramel peach sauce. So yes, I am definitely in love...
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Homemade Strawberry Jam
For a small quantity of fresh jam for breakfast or tea time without a lot of effort you need just 3 ingredients 4 cups of quartered ripe strawberries, 1/2 cup of granulated sugar, 2 tbsp. lemon juice...
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Dill pickle recipe
So, our family tries to make LOTS of pickles with our homegrown cucumbers! Our very basic brine? 1c. Distilled vinegar + 3 c. Distilled water + 1/4 c. pickling salt boiled in a non reactive pot-I an...
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