Sometimes you learn things you never expected to learn. For instance, with our San Marino unit, I learned there is not one, but two completely independent countries INSIDE Italy. I knew about Vatican City, which endlessly amuses my kids, but San Marino was a new one for me. If I … [Read more...]
Bavarian Pot Roast: Germany recipe
I had to laugh as I searched up German recipes because every single recipe started out like this, "My German grandma used to make this." If they are to be believed, there are an astonishingly large number of German grandmothers running around among food bloggers. At least the one … [Read more...]
Andorra Unit Study
I headed into the Andorra Unit Study thinking of Andorians from Star Trek. That was actually the joke I got from my kids and husband every time I said we were going to study Andorra. Just in case you were wondering, no the people of Andorra are not blue-skinned and they do not … [Read more...]
Crock pot Chinese Pork Ribs recipe
We have small group for our church every Wednesday night at 6:30, but the boys have Kung Fu until 5:15, and that means we have 20 minutes to eat between those two activities. As a result, we’ve started making lots of crockpot recipes on Wednesday. One of my favorites … [Read more...]
Crock pot chicken broth recipe
In my continuing quest to create my online recipe book, here's a recipe I've been making a lot recently. It's vaguely based off of this crock pot chicken broth recipe. {all Amazon links are affiliate links, see my disclosure page for more information} First I take a … [Read more...]