{A simple, green, homeschooling family of six learning to thrive with less on a modern-day Iowa homestead.}
I’m getting more creative in the kitchen this month, in part because of our Eat from the Pantry and No Spend Challenges. Today, the kids and I made our first ever batch of wholewheat sesame crackers. The recipe (from Healthy Recipes From the Heart of Our Home: In the Kitchen with Phyllis & Shirley) claimed [...]
If you’ve been reading my blog, you probably know that not only do I bake all of our own bread, but I also grind my own flour. Hard red wheat, hard white wheat, rye, spelt, kamut: I grind them all and concoct all sorts of delicious wonders. Today I came up with this recipe for [...]
I got the idea for this post from Anne of Quick and Easy, Cheap and Healthy. I really like her blog and thought wrapping up the year with favorite posts was pretty clever. Reflecting on my blogging has been very interesting to me! Since I switched blogging platforms (from Blogger to WordPress) half-way through the [...]
This picture does not do this fabulous cheesecake justice and it is neither healthy nor frugal (just so you know)! I got the recipe almost 10 years ago from a squadron coffee I went to when we lived with the Air Force in Okinawa. It’s my most favorite cheesecake to make eat, but I need [...]
If you’re looking for a new breakfast idea, I highly recommend these Eggy Breakfast Muffins. They are delicious, nutritious, and best of all, they freeze well and reheat nicely. I love having a bag of these in my freezer so I can send my husband out the door with a warm breakfast with little effort [...]
I love a nutty, crunchy, flavorful, homemade bread! And I’m always changing my master bread recipe to come up with something different and new. Today, I made a Whole Wheat – Sunflower – Flax bread. I used my Master Recipe here and simply added two additional ingredients to my tried and true recipe:The result was [...]
Here’s a new bread recipe I made yesterday that resulted in a particularly delicious bread! It had rich, nutty flavor and was light and fluffy. The best part: it holds up well! Sometimes I get a slightly crumbly bread from adding too much flour or not enough gluten. But this was really wonderful. Preheat oven [...]
I love a good, crunchy loaf of artisan bread but I don’t like to use store bought flour because I grind my own. The health benefits of freshly ground flour can’t be beat, but it takes a while to get used to as it’s different to work with than the flour you can buy in [...]
Quick, nutritious breakfasts make my life a lot easier. But sometimes I get in a rut so I’m always on the look-out for quick breakfast ideas. Not too long ago, I got the the idea for muffin baking mixes from Life As Mom’s blog. She’s got a lot of fabulous ideas. But, her Mix-and-Match Muffin [...]
We’ve been served Monkey Bread at family’s homes before and thought it was delicious. I wanted a “healthier” version though, as I don’t buy frozen bread dough. I started making my own Monkey Bread a few months ago using my 100% Whole Wheat Everyday Bread Recipe. While we love the way it tastes, it takes [...]
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.
