Here is a 6 minute video that explains what Solavei is. Definitely worth 6 minutes of your time. If you are interested or want more info please let me know. I would be happy to share this with you!
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
Clean Eating Caramel Popcorn! Delish!
Can you say delicious and healthy?!
So let me say first of all that I got this recipe from www.thegraciouspantry.com. So super easy. Me and my kiddos loved it!
Ingredients:
8 Cups popcorn
1/2 Cup Raw honey
1/4 Cup Raw almond butter
I air popped some corn in my microwave popcorn bowl, about 8 cups popped. Then you take 1/2 Cup of raw honey and cook in a small pot till it boils up about an inch. Then take it off the heat and stir in 1/4 Cup almond butter. Poor over the popcorn and stir with a large spoon. Let it cool a little and enjoy!
Day 1 Success!
We started our first day of homeschooling today and it went really well. Hooray! Bailey was so excited to get started she got up early, was dressed, and had a plate of fruit out on the table ready for breakfast. It was awesome. We got started early and since today was mostly an introduction to the subjects it only took us an hour and half.
Brody even did school work too. I bought some block activities, puzzles, and made some activity bags for him to work on while Bailey did school. He was so funny. He kept saying, "I'm doing my homework." Overall a great first day.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Where's the beef? Here it is!
I have been trying really hard to have my family not only eat really healthy, but to buy better quality ingredients as local as possible. A friend told me of a local coop that goes in together to buy several things in bulk that are direct from the farmer/rancher. I checked it out and am so glad I did. Below is a picture of my recent order of 1/12th of a cow! I got lots of variety and it is all from 100% grass fed and finished pasture raised cows. I got lots of ground beef, different cuts of steaks, roasts, ribs, stew meat, etc. I am so excited! I cooked one of the roasts last night and it was wonderful. If you live in the vegas area check out www.vegasfoodcoop.com. If you don't live in the area I recommend looking locally as much as possible and buying in bulk. I also went in with this group and bought a gallon of raw honey that is amazing! We love honey around our house and it is way cheaper to buy it in bulk than in smaller portions from my local farmers markets. So much better than the stuff you buy in the stores too.
Watch out Picasso!
We decided to try a little art project that I got from pinterest. The kids had lots of fun, but I made a few mistakes. I meant to do four signs all for their bathroom. They would say wash, brush, flush, and hang. When I bought the letters and the canvases I only planned for the words having 4 letters. Whoops 2 of them have 5! Then when I started to put the letters on I realized I only had two of the letter H. Boo! So we only made two signs for now. They turned out alright though and most of all the kdis had a blast painting. : )
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| Brody is hard at work |
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| Finished Project |
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| Bailey loves pink |
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Homeschooling
This will be my first year to homeschool so organization
will be key! After reading lots of reviews and previewing several planners, I
went with The Well Planned Day! I have to say I am loving this so far. It
really encompasses a homeschool moms whole day/week/month. It has grocery list
tear outs, meal planning sections, budgetting, and all the things needed for
planning your school day!
No bake energy balls
No bake energy balls!
I make these tastey treats for my family constantly. We keep them in the freezer so they last longer, but we actualy go through them fast enough the refrigerator would probably be fine. They are loaded with protein and healthy stuff, but taste like a no bake cookie. There are lots of variations, but my go to recipe is as follows:
2 Cups rolled oats
1 cup Peanut Butter (I use oganic pb that is only peanuts in the ingredient list)
2/3 cup raw honey
1/2 Cup high Cacoa chocolate chips
1/4 Cup walnuts
1/8 cup ground flax seeds
2 Tblsp chia seeds
Mix it all together in a large bowl and let in chill in the fridge for about 30 minutes. Then roll into balls. Thats all there is to it. You can store them in the freezer or the refrigerator. :)
Other addins: coconut, almonds butter instead of PB, change up nuts, could use raisins or other dried fruit as well. Play around with it and find what you like best.
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