🥣 My Newest Find, Doing Some Traditional Cooking, Free Modern Pioneer Cookbook Curriculum, Quiet Time Journals, Bible Copy Work, Remedies for Sickness, and a Homeschool Writing Curriculum!
Intentional Inspirations Newsletter - 2/22/24
I missed another week last week, as we were busy with basketball games. Since we have a tournament this weekend, I decided to get this out a day early. I always enjoy sitting down and sharing all the fun things I have found recently and things I am enjoying. I definitely have a REALLY neat resource to share with you today! See the first item below!
I love the graphic above so much! We have been really focusing on prayer on Wednesday nights at church and being faithful in prayer is something that I need to work on.
Thanks to the resource I mention below, I have been inspired to get back into doing more ferments, more from scratch cooking, and making bread again. I have had so much fun this week!
Today I got some fermented pickles started! I also made some sour cream from a quart of milk kefir, and put some on my taco salad for lunch. Yum! I also tried a no-knead sandwich bread recipe that is so quick to mix up. You just mix it all up in a bowl, let it raise, then divide up into two pans and let it raise again, then bake. Easy and oh so good! See the first item below for more details and the link to the recipe!
Ok I’ll stop. It has been a fun week of experimenting and cooking traditional foods! Happy browsing through the things below! Have a great weekend!
Take care. Don't fear. Trust God!
Blessings,
❤️Sheri
I am so excited to share about this treasure that I found this past week — The Modern Pioneer Cookbook! I ran across Mary’s Youtube channel first and enjoyed watching some of her food videos. I went to her website to check out the recipes, and then found she had a cookbook out. Wow! She has me excited again about getting back to from scratch cooking and preparing foods so they are nutrient dense (sourdough, soaking, fermenting, culturing, etc.).
I tried her No-Knead Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread and it was so easy to make and my family loved it! This recipe didn’t make very tall loaves though, so next time I am going to try this recipe (which uses more flour) and adjust it a bit using half whole wheat flour, using honey for the sweetener, and see if it makes a little bigger loaves. But I love how easy this bread is to mix up — literally minutes — and there is no kneading involved!
I also mixed up a batch of this Turmeric Golden Milk Spice Mix. You can use regular milk or cashew or almond milk and it makes a yummy, creamy hot drink that is great when you are battling sickness. Next I want to try my hand at making cottage cheese!
Besides the amazing cookbook (which I bought and received this week), her great Youtube videos, and her website, Mary has created a free homeschool curriculum to go along with her cookbook!
If you want to teach your children how to make traditional food recipes and kitchen techniques, download this curriculum for free here! You will also need a copy of the cookbook to use with the curriculum.
We have had so much sickness going through our family the past month or so. It seems like we almost get over stuff and something else hits. So we’ve been frequently using the above three remedies. I just love having these options as opposed to taking store-bought cold medicines.
The Intentional Quiet Time Journal: 6-Month Bible Study Journal provides a fun way to spend time in God's word each day.
Each day includes a place to write the date, the Bible passage read, a focus verse, several things to be thankful for, what was learned, and a prayer. Another fun feature is the ability to make the pages pretty by coloring in the graphics.
Go here to grab the PDF version OR grab the softcover on Amazon here! If you want a version that is not as “pretty” that boys can use, you can find that one here.
A friend of mine recently shared about this writing curriculum she is using with her kids. They asked to use it again this year, so she was sharing in case others would want to check it out. From what I can see, I love how it is not overwhelming and yet does a good job of getting kids writing. If you are looking for a writing curriculum or need a change, check out Writing & Rhetoric! The above video explains a bit about the program and at about the 40 minute mark talks about placement.
Copywork is a great way to get your kids writing — and what better thing to copy than the Bible! These inexpensive books provide a place for kids to begin copying whole books of the Bible — verse by verse — every day.
This is a version that older kids or adults can use. It has your basic lined paper to write on, while the book for kids has the larger penmanship lined format.
Prefer a printable version? Go to my store here where you can download for free copywork books for each book in the Bible!
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