Basket Making

Basic Basket Making: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started (How To Basics) Was a free book for kindle when this post was written.

Step-by-step instructions complete with detailed color photographs

Includes a chapter on dyeing reed at home 4basic basket projects for the beginning weaver

The art of basket making is described in detail for the beginning or experienced weaver. Complete with a chapter on tools and materials to get started, this easy-to-use guide explains and illustrates how to weave reed, incorporate premade handles, finish basket rims, and a host of other basket-making techniques. It also contains achapter on dyeing reed, a simple and cost-effective way to obtain desired colors and results. Complete instructions for making a Flared Bun Basket, Small Market Basket, Napkin Basket, and Easter Basket teach necessary skills.

Food Storage Recipe - Hearty Lasagna Soup

Hearty soup for sticking to your ribs.

Hearty Lasagna Soup

Need:

1 pound ground beef

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

3 1/2 cups beef broth

1 can diced tomatoes, undrained

1/4 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning

1 1/2 cups uncooked mini lasagna noodle shaped pasta or can use spiral shaped noodles

1/4 cup parmesean cheese

Brown the ground beef with the garlic powder, then drain real well.

Stir in the broth, tomatoes, and italian seasoning into the skillet with the beef. Bring it to a boil.

Add the noodles and drop the heat to medium. Simmer and stir for 10 minutes or until noodles are done. Stir in the cheese.

Serve! Yummy with garlic bread.

Food Storage Recipe - Slow Simmered Chicken Rice Soup

This is a yummy soup that really is great to eat on a cold winter day!

Slow Simmered Chicken Rice Soup

1/2 cup uncooked wild rice

1/2 cup uncooked regular long grained white rice

1 tablespoon veg. Oil

5 1/4 cup chicken broth

2  teaspoon dried thyme, crushed

1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper

2 stalks of celery, chopped

1 medium onion, chopped

1 pound skinless and boneless chicken breast, cut into cubes

Stir the rices and the vegetable oil into a slow cooker.  Cover and cook on high for about 15 minutes.  Stir in the broth, thyme, red pepper, celery, onion, and chicken into the cooker with the rice. Turn the heat down to low, cover and cook for 7-8 hours or until the chicken is cooked through. Serve it up hot!

Homeschool Minute - Homemade Flash Cards

Do you need a quick way to teach math
?  You can grab a deck of cards that you have laying around and use them to teach addition, subtraction, and even multiplication and division of small numbers. 


Remove all of the face cards from the deck. To 
"play" the math game, shuffle the cards and deal 2 cards facing up and ask your child to figure the problem out, by adding, subtracting, or however you decide. 


The good thing about this game, is that you can keep a deck of cards with you or in your car to play it anytime and anywhere.

The Ultimate Quick & Delicious NO-BAKE DESSERT COOKBOOK

The Ultimate Quick & Delicious NO-BAKE DESSERT COOKBOOK - A Collection of 70 NO-BAKE easy dessert recipes ) Was a free book for kindle when I wrote this post. The Ulitmate NO-BAKE Dessert Cookbook 70 delicious quick and easy recipes to choose from - without using your oven! This book contains 3 series of Quick & Delicious NO-BAKE Desserts. You will definitely find many favorite recipes that you and you family will enjoy! Choose from Pies,Cakes,Cheesecakes, and little desserts including; Fudge, Truffles, Frozen Bites, Mini Cheesecakes, plus many more to choose from!