This post is sponsored by UncommonGoods, an online company committed to selling handmade, recycled, and organic products. For this past month of November, I participated in a 28 Day Gut Reset and Replenish You Challenge by Aviva Romm. As part of the challenge, I cut out all sugar, grains, and dairy and then slowly reintroduced them back into my diet by the end of the month. This gave my gut some time to heal and allowed me to see if any of these foods were causing me any physical symptoms. If ... continue reading...
An Advent Book List for Children – 2016
It's Christmas time again and I couldn't be more delighted to share our Advent book list! Each December, I like to intentionally set most of our school books aside and dedicate our studies to Advent, the coming of Christ. We'll continue in our math lessons, copywork, dictation, and written/narration; however, we'll lay aside the rest of our subjects in favor of reading great literature together that we may savor the season in honor of our most gracious God. Last year was our first year ... continue reading...
Salsa Verde made from Green Tomatoes
Friends, we have recently moved to a new home in the city and my heart couldn’t be happier. It’s not the country like our hearts anticipated, but it’s a lovely home with a large kitchen (YAY!) and plenty of land to continue in urban homesteading. I feel like I spent the past few years in limbo. Our hearts desire was to build a home in the country to start our homesteading journey; however, the Lord made it clear that it wasn’t His timing. For Gabe and I, it was very important that our decision ... continue reading...
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This post is sponsored by UnitedHealthcare. All opinions are my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that support My Humble Kitchen. Guys, I'm writing for the first time from my new (to me) home! Our homesteading dreams didn't turn out exactly the way we had planned (more on that later), but I am happy to finally be settled into a home with a big kitchen (yay!) and plenty of room outdoors for upcoming urban homesteading projects this spring. I can't wait! But first, let's get through the ... continue reading...
3 Books Every Homeschooling Mother Should Read
By now, the lot of us that begin our homeschooling days around a traditional school calendar are steadily swimming into the depths of reading, writing, and arithmetic. We're finding the strokes that suit us best and the ones that can carry us along to the other side of the shore. Unfortunately, for many of us, we can find ourselves treading water and growing weary from the get go. Oh how frustrating this can be especially when we had a plan in mind – a plan of days floating on our back, ... continue reading...
