Enriching the Soil of Your Life
If you aren’t sure what to do with all those pumpkin (and squash) seeds, here is an easy recipe to roast them that everyone will enjoy. These are so tasty three and four-year-olds will gobble them down. Recipe follows…
But first, don’t overlook their amazing health-giving benefits.
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Fall decor. Gourds, acorns and caps, feathers, bittersweet, autumn leaves, vines, Indian corn, branches. There is so much to say for bring nature’s fall bounty inside to enrich our homes and enliven our table with God’s ever-amazing handiwork.
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Are you looking for wholesome, classic family films for family night this school year? I have three for you to consider.
While not overtly Christian, the family films I want to share here provide a jumping off place with which to discuss and process many topics together without compromising hearts….
Pumpkin cheesecake sounds amazing right now, doesn’t it? But so many beautiful dessert recipes are off limits for those of us who are off gluten or grains or can’t tolerate it in our diet…
So, if you are trying to avoid grains and gluten as more and more people are, you’ll be excited to find a recipe that’s not complicated and company-worthy. I’ve given my version a 5-star rating, just because no one would ever suspect it’s ‘healthy.’ It is also ketogenic and can be sugar-free if you are comfortable using stevia.
Recently, I experimented with Tasty Yummie’s Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe that’s made by blending cashews and pumpkin. My first attempt was really pretty good, but it simply wasn’t spiced richly enough for us for our taste, so I tried it again and bumped up the warming spices. This time, it was just right.
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How safe is your home?
By Alliance for Natural Health:
“Have the government and General Electric lied to us?
“The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) mandates the phase-out of incandescent light bulbs in the home, and favors energy-efficient compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs.
“Sounds good—until you realize that CFL bulbs contain mercury, and mercury poses a significant cancer risk right in your home, right where you and your family live.
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Those dreamy summertime days…where have they gone? Astronomically speaking, summertime comes to an end with the autumnal equinox on Sept. 22, even though many people’s minds, it ends with the Labor Day weekend’s last round of picnics and outings.
Now that there is a snap in the air, it is the time for wild Black-Eyed Susans to be made into daisy chains by little girls and princesses-at-heart.
Now is the time to harvest the few butternut squash and melons and bottle up the liquid-gold honey from the hives; now is the time to clip the last roses of the season and relish the dwindling bounty from the garden…all too soon it will be only a memory, and we will be wishing it back again.
Occasionally on this old blog I need to chronicle a small sampling of impressions for my family…something to bring back memories of a season past. You, of course, are welcome to come along for a quick view into our gardens and home this past summer. Nothing too personal, just some homey things…
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