Keeping It Simple

In my life… This is an odd collage. This caught our early morning arrival home from mass on the 1st where I think my boys are actually still asleep in spite of having alter served AND my dear dear husband helping to get our little house cleaned up.  Which leads to the "in my life" portion of this post... our youngest daughter is getting MARRIED . So after mass my sleepy head boys and morning owl husband pitched in with me to get the house straightened up for the arrival and meeting of our daughter's future in-laws. Crazy!!  That is them! Erin and Nick.  In our homeschool… We have been working hard on the basics with a strong dose of baby care thrown in. We have also hired a tutor to help our oldest son with some of his school.  Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share... In regards to the above, I was at a homeschool conference years ago when a "veteran homeschool mom of many" told a group of rapt newbie moms, me included, th...

Very unlike me , but I experimented in the kitchen (I'm usually a strict follow the recipe type!:)) So here it is:  When I walked in the door of Trader Joes this morning, I spied precut butternut squash bagged and ready to cook with. I have never cooked anything with it before, but had recently had the most heavenly butternut squash soup while eating out, so I grabbed a bag.  The bag said to cut the corner and microwave for 5-8 minutes then blend with warmed up vegetable broth. I started microwaving, but thought it just did not sound that delicious... so I detoured.  In the blender, I put one cup of vegetable broth, one cup of raw cashews,  a tablespoon plus of nutritional yeast (NOT active yeast), tossed in a very large roasted red pepper (the kind that comes in a jar), and blended it until smooth.  Then I put 2/3 C diced onions, 1 minced garlic clove , and 1 large sliced carrot in a skillet over medium heat with some veg. broth (just enou...