Dehydrating cooked beans and more

Cooked lentils for dehydrating

Why would anyone want to dehydrate cooked beans? There are many reasons, which include dried / dehydrated cooked foods are perfect for camping, backpacking, traveling, vacationing, cooking away from home (maybe in a hotel room), long-term storage and emergency rations. They are lightweight, take up little space and can be rehydrated easily and quickly for [...]

Refreshing Summer Coolers

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Hot days equal big thirsts! Intense perspiration can cause dehydration quickly, especially in little bodies. Natural, refreshing hydration is the goal. While cold, pure water is an excellent choice, sometimes the children like to drink something with some flavor and I prefer to provide some extra nutrients to replace what’s lost from the body in [...]

Vickilynn back on the radio

Vickilynn Haycraft

Tune in Monday March 7, 2011 from 8-9 PM CST for the popular “Dr Prepper Show“, when James Talmage Stevens will interview Vickilynn Haycraft of Real Food Living. They will talk about the vision for Vickilynn’s upcoming weekly radio show on PRN, entitled “Get Real – Get Prepared“! Catch Vickilynn on Monday nights (starting March [...]

Amazing Roast Chicken and Homemade Broth

roast chicken

Shalom Y’all, For Shabbat (Sabbath – Friday night at sundown to Saturday sundown) I made my favorite chicken dish using my favorite  method of cooking whole chicken. Two whole chickens roasted to a gorgeous brown, served juicy and moist, the leftovers for another meal and then the carcasses made  into lovely, rich broth. I prefer [...]

Grain Mills Overview

Whole wheat bread from freshly ground grain

Whole grain baked goods! If you turn on the TV  you will hear how the medical establishment has awakened to the fact that whole (intact nutrients) grains are better for you than the “white” flour offerings that are no more nutritious than school paste. If you open a newspaper or read news online and you’ll [...]

Extra Oven This Holiday

Give yourself another oven this holiday!

Holiday cooking can be fun and fabulous AND sometimes frantic. The menu is planned, the guests are on the way. The ingredients for the meal are prepped, the table set and excitement fills the air. Now it’s time to roast a turkey or beef for the holiday. Oh no! The oven is chock full of [...]

Journey to Jerusalem 2010 – Part One

Sea of Galilee

Journey to Jerusalem 2010 Part One ~ What Is It? For the past few years, North Asheville Christian School has blessed its graduating seniors with the Senior Trip of a lifetime. That is not a platitude; the trip is one that WILL change their lives – forever. After upholding Biblical, educational and spiritual integrity in [...]

Apple-Berry Baked Oatmeal (9 x 13)

Apple-Berry Baked Oatmeal

Shalom! This is a variation of our basic 9 x 13 Baked Oatmeal. I have also done this in a dairy-free version using juice instead of milk, almond extract, chopped almonds and fresh or frozen blueberries.  (See recipe listings ). This is easily halved and you can use less fruit if desired. (We like a [...]

New Review! Wonder Junior Deluxe Hand grain Mill!

Wonder Junior Deluxe

Wonder Junior Deluxe Hand Grain Mill. Come and read the review at Real Food Living.

Pizza Swirls instructions

Green Pizza Swirls

Shalom Y’all, I posted a picture of our fab Green Pizza Swirls and promised more info, which I promptly forgot about until today. I was looking up the Pizza Swirls for a friend’s request and saw that I left this undone! Accccckkk! So, here is the follow-up: OK, the Pizza Swirls. My family (and friends) [...]