Faith, Home, & Family
Saturday – Sabbath- Make ahead meals- Take out pizza and salads * GASP *
Sunday – soup & sandwich day – Homemade Turkey Soup with homemade bread
Monday – chicken – Baked chicken, baked potatoes, peas and carrots
Tuesday – pizza/pasta – Pizza made on naam bread, carrots
Wednesday – super simple – Meatloaf, rice, zucchini
Thursday – beef – Homemade Chili with homemade cornbread
Friday – Sabbath Dinner – Chicken and rice casserole, green beans
For more ideas, visit Menu Plan Monday
It’s been awhile since I’ve done a Saturday on the Farm update. Here are a few pictures of the end of the harvest.
I froze lots of green bell peppers. Some diced, strips, and halves for stuffed peppers. It is so convenient to pull these out of the freezer. I plan on growing and freezing even more next year.
I still didn’t get to can tomatoes yet. I froze them until I get the chance, and feel up to it. We washed, cored, and bagged. So when I’m ready, I can just pull them out and dump them into the pan.
This is my delightful Burning Bush in my Bible Garden. This picture does not do it justice. I couldn’t get a picture that showed the fabulous red leaves at their best.
The leaves are all gone now, and the bush is still striking with the brown branches and all the red berries.
Now it’s time to plan next years garden! Have you started planning yours yet?
Here are a few links I found interesting and helpful:
Grow Your Own Tea
Root Cellars 101
Chicken Treats
Printable Elderberry PDF’s – Lots of great information about elderberries
Growing Ginger
I have big news to report this week! After several losses, the girls homeschool volleyball team won TWO games this week! Go Trailblazers!! They had another away game tonight, but I haven’t heard from them yet. Hurry up and call girls and let me know how it went!
Abby and Zach are busy learning their lines for the church Christmas play. They both have big speaking parts. I’m not worried about Abby at all, as she is our drama queen. lol I was concerned about Zach memorizing his many lines. Tonight, while waiting in the church parking lot, I went over the play with him. He knew most of the lines! He had them all until the last couple. Since the play isn’t until the 19th, I think it’s safe to say he will have them all memorized. phew! lol
We’re going to have one more week of school, before taking a break. After we start again after the first of the year, we’re going to get back on track with our six week on, one week off schedule. We really do prefer that schedule.
The Homeschool Crew has been on break so I have no new reviews to share. It has been nice to get a break, but I really look forward to doing more homeschool reviews starting in January.
Here are a few links I found interesting and helpful:
Fun Online Reading and Spelling Games & Resources
Writing Assignments with the Bible as Your Text
Use Educational Place Mats and Magnets
13 Ways to Encourage Vocabulary Developtment
Learning American History Through Movies Timeline
12 Reasons to Homeschool Your Children
To see more homeschooling posts, visit Weekly Wrap Up.
This Week’s Favorites is a collection of articles I loved to read, recipes and crafts I want to try, or recently tried. Instead of hiding them in my favorites folder, I’m sharing them here.
I hope you find lots of new favorites, too!
To Read or Do
Christmas Coloring Pages
Christmas Gift Passing Game – Using the Christmas Story
Lego Advent Ideas with Free Printables
2013 Calendar Printable
Create Your Own Lego Mini Figure Printable
Lego Table
Messianic Chanukah Readings, Recipes and More – Chanukah starts on Saturday on the 8th at sundown.
Natural Health
35 DIY Natural Christmas Gift Ideas
How to Make Four Thieves Vinegar
Zylitol – Not as Sweet as it’s Cracked up to be
A Better Way to Drink Your OJ
Fever Reducing, Headache Calming, Belly Soothing Health Drink
To Cook
Gluten Free All Purpose Flour – I’m going to try this as soon as I order the supplies!
Chocolate Peppermint Truffles
Naturally Sweetened Marshmallows
25 Grain Free Desserts
Cheesy Chicken Tater Tot Casserole
To Craft
How to Crochet Black Berry Stitch
How to Make Mittens out of an Old Sweater
Hooded Fleece Poncho Tutorial
DIY Cloth Napkins and Un-Paper Towels
Great Homemade Gifts to Make
Saturday – Sabbath- Make ahead meals- Out to eat for a birthday dinner
Sunday – soup & sandwich day – Homemade Turkey Soup for lunch, Sloppy Joes, peas, and carrot sticks for dinner.
Monday – chicken – Roast Turkey, stuffing, green beans, corn
Tuesday – pizza/pasta – Elbows and meat sauce, carrots
Wednesday – super simple – Turkey and stuffing casserole, peas
Thursday – beef – Meatloaf, baked potatoes, cauliflower
Friday – Sabbath Dinner – Turkey Alfredo, green beans
For more ideas, visit Menu Plan Monday
Well, I survived another Thanksgiving dinner! lol We had 13 for dinner, including us. Eight at the adult table and five at the kids table. The 18 year old was outraged that he still had to sit at the kids table. roflol I could only fit eight around the adult table. I guess next year, we’ll have to have two adult tables, or start serving dinner buffet style. lol
Saturday – Sabbath- Make ahead meals- Thanksgiving leftovers
Sunday – soup & sandwich day – Homemade Vegetable Soup with Grilled cheese sandwiches on homemade sour dough bread
Monday – chicken – Spaghetti with meat sauce, peas, celery sticks
Tuesday – pizza/pasta – Chicken a la mama over mashed potatoes
Wednesday – super simple – leftovers or eggs & toast
Thursday – beef – Chili Cheese baked potatoes
Friday – Sabbath Dinner – Homemade Turkey Soup with homemade sourdough bread
For more ideas, visit Menu Plan Monday
The other day, I tried making Tater Tot Casserole without the store bought tater tots. I used baked potatoes diced to about the same size or a little smaller as the tater tots. It came out great.
I cancelled pizza night this week because of Thanksgiving. We make practically everything from scratch, so it’s a very labor intensive meal. Since pizza is also a labor intensive meal, I cancelled it. If anyone complains, I’ll tell them we can cancel the big Thanksgiving meal instead. 😉
Can I say that I’m tired from just typing out the Thanksgiving menu! lol
Saturday – Sabbath- Make ahead meals- Homemade Salisbury Steak, baked potatoes, green beans
Sunday – soup & sandwich day – Dinner at church, leftovers
Monday – chicken – Spaghetti with meat sauce, peas, carrot sticks
Tuesday – pizza/pasta – Meatloaf, baked potatoes, corn on the cob
Wednesday – super simple – leftovers or eggs & toast
Thursday – beef – Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, homemade dinner rolls, cranberry sauce, Creamed Onions, pumpkin pie, apple pie, chocolate pie, homemade whipped cream
Friday – Sabbath Dinner – Thanksgiving leftovers
For more ideas, visit Menu Plan Monday
