Home Made Bread {THM Style - Crossover }

My Mom's has been trying to create a bread to use on plan with Trim Healthy Mama.  This bread had a lovely full flavour and good texture.  It was easy to slice and took less than five min to make.

Ingredients

• 1 cup rye flour 
• 1/2 cup oat meal flour
• 1/2 cup flax meal 
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil 
• 2 eggs 
• about 1 cup fat free yogurt 
• pinch of salt

Method
Mix all together mixture to form a soft dough if not add more yogurt.
Bake at 180c for about 30 minutes.

My mom added garlic powder and onion flakes for a savoury taste

Blessings
Chareen

HSMJ - The Zoo and Learning to Cook

In my life this week…

Gosh my kitchen has looked like a bomb has hit it for the last week.  I just do not seem to be getting a hold of it.  I guess that's what happens when you are learning a new way of preparing meals and trying out new things on a daily and meal by meal moment!  I will conquer this though I am determined.  On the upside though I am enjoying the new tastes and textures I am exploring.

TL - Waiting for the zoo bus
TR - Exploring giraffe bones
BL - Meeting the serval behind the scenes
BR - Berry / Yoghurt smoothie and Singing Canary

In our home school this week…

• This week was a slow one.  We spent the week finishing off anything and everything that we hadn't completed.  
• Rediscovered our library cards.
• Borrowed some books on France, Mexico and Norway.
• Spent the day at the zoo.

Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share…

• Listen Up! over at Amongst Lovely Things. Sarah shares her collection of favorite audio lectures & podcasts
• Human Body Unit - Week 16 - Nerves over at Highhill Homeschool
• Our Sugar Cube Castle! Homeschool Fun!  over at Crystal Starr
• With it nearing the end of the month Answers in Genesis have an interesting article to read: Halloween History and the Bible 
• FREE for your young artist WannaBe™-When I Grow Up I Want to be an Artist
• Why Australia fails at education please no school bashing this is simply an interesting read.
• If you are studying economics here is a great pictographic depicting world debt.  
• Free Tchaikovsky SQUILT lesson and Notebooking Download 

Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…

• This week we have done the usual. (Tennis & Kelly Sports)
• Enjoyed a surprise 40th birthday party for a friend.
• Had two special guests stay over night last night while their parents spent some time away in celebration of their tenth wedding anniversary.

My favourite thing this week was…

• I really wish I had had access to this type of article 20+ years ago when we first got married Dear Young, Christian Husband With a Job and Healthy Wife Who Wants a Baby
• Being able to download and read the sequel to The Fourth Kingdom it's called The Force.  I love FREE. This was a real page turner for me. 
• Burned Out Homemakers  be encouraged by Amy.

Questions/thoughts I have…

• What's your favourite way of following a blog ?
• Do you think this blog needs a new background ?

Things I’m working on…

• A review for The Trim Healthy Mama
• Two more reviews due for the crew this coming week ...
• Writing up my application to join the crew for the 2014 cruise.

In Bloggy world I’m reading…

• Justice for Quinten.  Such a heart breaking story. 
• Matt Walsh shared We are going to home school our kids, but that’s only because we hate education this week.
• An Open Apology to All of My Weight Loss Clients over at Your Fairy Angel
• 'We've reached the end of antibiotics': Top CDC expert declares that 'miracle drugs' that have saved millions are no match against 'superbugs' because people have over medicated themselves over at Mail Online
• Killer Whale Attacking Great White Shark photograph.  Interesting picture 
• 42 Healing Ways to Use Coconut Oil 
• Oh I love trivia :)  Have you ever wondered where the words dead-line come from ?  Wonder no more Deadline Starts with Dead: 5 Tips for Staying Alive
• My long time friend from NZ is currently on an adventure in the USA with her children and blogging about their adventure over at Gage's Big Adventure  
• Mother's intuition: Why we should follow our 'gut feelings'  I like stories that end well and are encouraging.
• This Might Look Like a Normal Photo. But When You Look A Little Closer, It’s Incredible. This is the story of a special needs person and the blessing of friends.
• Here is an interesting article on where the practice of signing off our letters with XOXO comes from.

I’m cooking…

• Learning to make a Shrinker... to drink on the THM
• My friend made these cookies using Almond Milk and it makes these treats an S treat.  Giving them a try: Worlds Best Chocolate Chunk Cookies
• Flourless, Gluten-Free Pizza this was a treat and will definitely make it again.
• I'm thinking of trying this out Cottage Berry Whip

I’m grateful for…

• 5 Things I've Learned in 5 Years of Marriage it's so true.  So encouraging to read the truth about marriage in a world filled with lies and a media that paints happily ever after as easy.

A photo, video, link, or quote to share…

Time Warp Wife

Blessings

Chareen

Photo collages made with: Photoscape a FREE photo editor

Scratch Art {Virtual Fridge}

This Week

I loved doing these at school so it was time to introduce this technique to Sir N.  He loved doing it too.  We did this over a couple of days using Colorix. 
 We started by dividing a blank page into areas to colour in.  Do not use black when colouring in the background. We left it overnight to dry/set if you use it straight away the colour scratches off too.
When ready to scratch your picture. Colour with the black and scratch, if you let the black set then you can't do the scratch picture.  Have some fun together and see what you can draw

Featured This Week

 

This weeks feature is from over at He Cares for You.  Janis has done a complete tutorial for you on Mixed Media Tadeo Turtle.

Your Turn

I invite you to take some photo's of your children's artistic pursuits put them in a post and link up with me I would love to come over and see the wonderful art your children have enjoyed doing.

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Blessings
Chareen

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