I’ve asked you, practically begged you, this week to give it a go trying homemade yogurt. Saving money and avoiding high fructose corn syrup are two good reasons, and here’s another: when you have so much yogurt on hand, you and your family will eat more of it. Considering how healthy yogurt is in so [...]
Entries from April 15th, 2009
What Homemade Yogurt has done for my family…
April 15th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Do It Yourself, Frugality, My Story, Super Foods
Monday Mission: Homemade Yogurt, the Easy Way
April 13th, 2009 · 220 Comments · Do It Yourself, Frugality, KS lifestyle, Recipes, Super Foods
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to make homemade yogurt. (Don’t worry, if you’re not ready for it yet, I have a few intermediate baby steps for you!) This is the second Super Food Challenge. It’s a Choose Your Own Adventure Monday Mission today…Find your yogurt profile below, and take one (maybe two?) [...]
Tags: Frugality·Super Foods·yogurt
Mary and Martha Moment: Soul First, Body Second
April 9th, 2009 · 6 Comments · KS lifestyle, Mary and Martha Moments, Prayerful Kitchen
This is the third of a four-part series to build you up in your quest for stewardship of all God’s resources. Part One: Trust in the Promise of your Meal Blessing Part Two: Baby Steps Part Four: Pray Constantly Sometimes I feel guilty writing Food for Thoughts for you all. I hate that frequently I’m sharing [...]
How Doing Dishes Can Tone Your Tummy
April 8th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Uncategorized
Everybody is always thrilled to lose their baby weight, right? I’m sure I can blame my success mostly on what I have been eating (good, real food healthy stuff!), but I also make good use of my time while standing up in the kitchen. As you might be able to ascertain by the title of [...]
Tags: tips
Food for Thought: Yogurt’s Amazing Health and Nutrition Benefits
April 7th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Science of Nutrition, Super Foods
This is the second Super Food in our big series on foods you should eat more of. Yogurt is fast becoming one of my favorite foods, if not for my tongue, for my intellect. Yes, yogurt feeds my brain physiologically, but the more I find out about the nutritional benefits of cultured dairy and probiotics, [...]
Tags: Super Foods·yogurt
Recipe Connection: Homemade Refried Beans
April 7th, 2009 · 24 Comments · Recipes, Super Foods
Homemade refried beans make the perfect side dish with Mexican food or stuffed into your taco or burrito. They’re a great way to gets the health benefits of beans during the summer months, too, when you’re not feeling like chili or bean soup. The storebought versions can have some sketchy ingredients like trans fats in [...]
Tags: beans·side dishes·Super Foods
Mental Mission and a Question for my readers…
April 6th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
Your mental mission this week is to prepare to make yogurt next Monday. Sometimes things like this take some getting used to. Find a few glass jars (spaghetti sauce jars or Mason quart-sized are great). Think about how much yogurt your family currently eats and the waste generated by the little plastic cups. Trust me [...]
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