Last year, my mom made this lovely Bridget rag doll for Imbolc, and we will place her in front of our fireplace again this year. I also wanted a smaller version for my Imbolc altar, though, so we went to the craft store to look for supplies. My mom is really creative and came up …
Before I start sharing all of my bread recipes, I want to go over the equipment and ingredients that you will need. My recipe posts have detailed directions and step-by-step photos, so it will be helpful to be able to link to this post and not have to cover so much on each recipe! As …
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Baking gluten free bread is not at all difficult, and you can make absolutely beautiful gluten free sandwich loaves, boules, rolls, pizza crust, bagels, naan, sweet buns, and more! The trick is to use the right ingredients, equipment, recipe, and method. The wrong recipe, or even a single wrong ingredient, however, can totally ruin a …
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This is a special guest post by my mom! I love studying psychology and have taken several classes over the past six months. One was on Brain Health and Wellness. Another focused on the Integrative Management of Anxiety, Stress, and Insomnia. And the third looked at how healthy lifestyle modifications can affect chronic disease risk factors and …
This pentagram craft is quite simple, but very meaningful and fun to make. Each point of the pentagram has a symbol to represent one of the five elements. I like to keep the order as spirit at the very top, air on the top right, fire on the bottom right, water on the bottom left, …
Cream of tomato soup is lovely on a cold winter’s day, especially with a vegan grilled cheese sandwich! It is really easy to make from scratch and it freezes well so you can always keep some on hand for a quick meal. This recipe is a very close copycat of the Campbell’s condensed soup that …
This is one of my all-time favorite recipes! These cheddar bay biscuits are truly wonderful in every way, and my mom and I can eat an entire batch by ourselves if we aren’t very determined not to! They are crunchy on the outside, light and tender on the inside, and perfectly garlicky and cheesy! And, …
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Soul cakes have long been a traditional part of Samhain celebrations as a gift for the spirits of departed loved ones. Later, soul cakes were adapted by Christians and were given in alms to those who went “souling” in exchange for prayers for the dead. “Souling” was a precursor to trick or treating and people …
I saved all the seeds from this year’s pumpkins, and thought that pumpkin seed brittle sounded interesting. I had made other brittles, but had not used pumpkin seeds before. I’m really glad I tried it, because it’s delicious and perfect for Halloween or Samhain! Here are the ingredients you will need: Preheat your oven to …
We had so much fun picking and carving our pumpkins this year! My mom saw this sign on our road and we followed it to get to a farmer’s pumpkin patch just down the road from us: I love the way they displayed the pumpkins! There was no one around, but there was a sign …