{A simple, green, homeschooling family of six learning to thrive with less on a modern-day Iowa homestead.}
In a massive food fail, I let almost 20 pounds of organic potatoes freeze on my enclosed front porch over the weekend. Yeah, pretty dumb, huh?? I beat myself up pretty good over that! Immediately, I turned to google to figure out what the heck to do with all of my rock hard potatoes and [...]
I’m busy baking at my house because I plan to give friends and family member home-baked goodness for Christmas. Homemade gifts are win-win in my book. They are often frugal and sometimes a bit more meaningful than the store bought gift. I also love that they don’t add much in terms of random THINGS to [...]
I’m always on the prowl for easy, semi-healthy ideas for snacks and breakfasts. A couple weeks ago, when cleaning off my bookshelf, I found an old Christmas Cookies 2007 magazine from Better Homes and Gardens that I forgot I had. I found so many delicious ideas in it. This recipe for Chewy Granola Bars caught [...]
I’ve been getting quite a few questions about the two types of grain mills I own, so I figured it was high time for a post covering the differences! Are you ready for a grain mill showdown?? First up, L’EQUIP Nutrimill Grain Mill… This grain mill has been my workhorse for the last 8 years. [...]
Mountain Rose Herbs recently sent me an awesome box of their Epicurean Organics product line, including a wonderful assortment of cooking oils, peppers, salts, and pumpkin pie spice! It’s taken me quite a while to work through all of their products, but I have to tell you how much I love everything they sent! If [...]
I have been sharing recipes over at the Grain Mill Wagon blog for two months now. The nice folks over there sent me a Wonder Mill Grain Mill to try out, and in exchange, I’ve shared 5 different recipes on their blog the last two months. It’s been a lot of fun and I hope [...]
I just posted my newest bread recipe for a wonderful Homemade 5 Grain Bread on the Grain Mill Wagon blog! Here’s a snippet: I’ve been baking 90% of the bread we eat since 2004 and rarely are any two batches of my bread 100% alike. I start with the same basic recipe but then add [...]
The recipe for this fabulous chocolate chip banana bread was given to me by a neighbor years ago when we lived in Air Force base housing in Okinawa, Japan. It’s one of my very favorite things to make when I have rotten bananas to use up and it’s always a hit! It amazes me that [...]
Thanks for stopping by Simplify, Live, Love! Don’t forget to enter my giveaway for Nordic Naturals Fish Oil! I make all of my own baked goods, tortillas included. I don’t necessarily do it because I think it’s more frugal (though it is); rather, I’m a control freak and I like to know what’s in my [...]
I’m pleased to feature the first ever guest post on Simplify, Live, Love! Please welcome Melissa from Home School Stamper of 3! Melissa is showcasing how she bakes bread – which is both similar to, and different from, my own technique. I hope you’ll enjoy her post and visit her blog for other fun posts, [...]
Welcome! I'm Michelle and I'm glad you're here. Simplify, Live, Love is a blog about simple life in rural Iowa. We are a self-employed, frugal, green, mostly homeschooling family of 6 working to go off the grid on a modern day homestead in Eastern Iowa. Please subscribe for gardening tips, green living hints, recipes, fun giveaways, and frugal ideas. Thanks for stopping by.
