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Old Fashioned Ways in a Modern World

Helping families grow food, cook from scratch, preserve the harvest, and build practical homesteading skills—one lesson at a time.

The Holiday Season can bring on so many different emotions right? Overwhelming, sadness, wonderful, gladness, tears, smiles, laughter, rushing around, and so many things. How do you Holiday?

Over the last several years especially since moving to Northern Michigan we take a much more laid back approach and gosh does it feel good. It feels good to not have so much pressure over the holiday season. It feels good to just chill, enjoy and bask in the glory what the season really means. The birth of Jesus, our savior that God sent to us so that we may have Hope and Joy in knowing Him. How wonderful of a season it is!

We purposely don’t run around to here there and everywhere. Our Christmas Tradition is this: Christmas Eve = Church Service + Kids open their stockings and get their Christmas Pajamas. (This year the Pj’s are from the Honest Company, yay organic cotton!)

When the kids reluctantly go to bed we put out the presents (This year we have decided to let the kids know that Santa is not who brings the gifts, they seem to have picked up on it quite a bit ago but I came clean, and I’m so glad I did. I am really enjoying them knowing that it’s us that gives the presents and that the Lord has provided an abundance that we are able to give the gifts plus the pressure is off!!)

We also decorate the main area of the house with many many Christmas lights that hang everywhere, like to the point where you can’t really stand up because they are draped everywhere. It’s absolutely beautiful and magical and I love it, so do they! The husband not so much… the ducking to walk through the living room is not his favorite 😉

Christmas day they wake up and we make them stay at the top off the steps until 1. We had coffee 2. Video camera set up 3. They all brushed their teeth. Then they come on down!!  Time to open the presents 1 at a time.  It  makes it last much longer.

For Breakfast it will be Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls and our own bacon.  Lunch will be Sourdough Pizza and weather permitting Dinner will be Homemade Macaroni & Cheese by the Firepit outside. It’s a lovely tradition we all look forward to doing.

This was last year’s Christmas! We got dumped on with snow so no outside firepit and mac N chz

And onto the New Year! Join me and lots of other people for a Kitchen Revival – a facebook group. Check it out:

Join the 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 for the month of January 2024 to “Learn How To Turn Your Kitchen Into a Revival by Learning Old Fashioned Skills in a Modern Way”
For the month of January we will be sharing with you basic and simple steps to take back your kitchen. There will be many resources, step by step directions, printouts and more!
There will not be your typical “menu planning” assignments, there will be 𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚, simple steps for you to take that will total Leaps & Bounds in 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 Kitchen!
This group is a 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 and PUBLIC group and there will be assignments several times a week. Every step you take will get you closer to Freedom in Food and allow you to take back control of your kitchen and also fall back in Love with Your Kitchen!
—- >𝙎𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮! 𝘽𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙!!
Much Food Love

Laura

This homemade recipe is part of our collection of simple homestead recipes focused on real ingredients and practical cooking. If you enjoy homemade meals like this, explore more recipes and gardening inspiration here on Food Prood.

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Old Fashioned Skills starts right in YOUR kitchen! Join the Kitchen Revival where I”ll be showing you how to START learning old fashioned skills in a modern way.

Do you LOVE Cheese? I sure do! I’ll show you how to make Cheese at home the simple way. You won’t need a lot of fancy equipment or items just a few simple things + milk and your on your way! Freedom in Food

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