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Dehydrated Peaches

Learn all about making dehydrated peaches in a food dehydrator or in an oven. Drying peaches is a simple project for adults and kids and makes amazing healthy snacks. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from...

Meal plan for July 4th – 10th

Meal plan for July 4th – 10th

The hardest lesson in life is to learn that actions have consequences.  Assuming you get multiple chances every time you make a mistake, it never sinks in that when someone in authority says “no”,...

Meal plan for June 13th-19th

You know when you’re growing up and you have dreams about what your life is going to look like when you’re older, and what you are going to be?  And then of course those...

Meal plan for June 6th-12th

Meal plan for June 6th-12th

You know how there are moments in your life that change your path forward and define parts of your soul?  One of those moments happened to me a few months ago when my friend...

Meal plan for May 23rd-29th

Meal plan for May 23rd-29th

I was driving home from the farmer’s market yesterday, and decided to stop at an estate sale.  It was at this tiny nondescript little ranch house that no one would think twice about.  Half...

Meal plan for May 9th-15th

Meal plan for May 9th-15th

A few months ago, our pastor based his sermon on a verse that struck a chord in me to the point where I actually wrote it down.  Usually we spend church half-listening and half...