• Soaps, Detergents, Cleaners

    Homemade Everyday Cleaners

    On a daily basis I use natural cleaners and disinfectants. These are my recipes for natural cleaners and disinfectants. I’ve added a few through the years so new recipes will be marked with an *. My Favorite Disinfectant Cleaner Spray 12 oz water20 drops lavender essential oil20 drops Tea Tree…

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    Easter Menu

    I thought I’d share my Easter dinner menu with you and maybe you’ll share yours too. People generally like sharing menus because it helps give everyone ideas about foods we might not have thought about. I usually bake a ham on Easter and make a coconut cake. Just a tradition…

  • Christian Life

    Good Friday

    I’m sitting in my office watching the maple seed ‘helicopters” fall on the deck. The sun is shining and the breeze is blowing. It’s a good day to think about what Jesus has done for me. He means more to me than He did years ago when I first was…

  • Recipes

    Foccacia – A Dessert!

    Have you ever had Foccacia? I have made it for years but never as a dessert! I found a scrumptious recipe for Lemon Blueberry Sourdough Foccacia and made it a few weeks ago. It was a big hit here and let me tell you, it’s probably my favorite dessert of…

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    Sourdough English Muffins

    These muffins are super easy to make if you have a sourdough starter. The original recipe can be found at Traditional Cooking School, which is where I work! Come by and visit if you can. I make mine a little differently than TCS does but you could follow either recipe.…

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    Homemade Yogurt In The Instant Pot

    Here’s how to make yogurt using your Instant Pot. You will need: An Instant Pot with a Yogurt Button A thermometer A whisk 2 quarts of cow milk 1/2 cup of live culture plain yogurt Measuring cups A fine strainer, I use a Greek yogurt strainer. You can find them…

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    Sourdough Bread

    It’s the big thing right now, sourdough bread! I’ve been making sourdough since 1999 when I owned a bakery. These days I teach people how to make sourdough bread (among other things) at Traditional Cooking School . Anyone can make a successful sourdough starter and sourdough bread, it really isn’t…

  • Titus 2

    Gentle

    This is one of the first things I ever wrote when I started my website some 30 years ago. I thought you might like to read it. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness, and self-control. Galatians 5:22 Brothers, if anyone is caught in…