Simply making your house your home
Have you welcomed an unexpected guest into your crazy life? Often in times of the unexpected we experience life’s most memorable moments. I was reminded of this while reading Lucy Maud Montgomery’s “Anne of Avonlea”. Anne is preparing for the arrival of a special guest – Mrs. Morgan, a famous… Read more“Imperfect Hospitality”
“The secret of surviving housework is simply to do it. Pull the plug on the part of your brain that always wants to negotiate everything. You need to change a diaper, rinse a bottle, clean a spill, fluff a pillow? Consider it done. It’s a no-brainer. End of conversation. End… Read more“Surviving Housework”
To use up the leftover pork roast from the weekend, I created this concoction – a delicious recipe with just enough tang and not too much smokey flavour. This can be made in a cast iron pot or a crock pot. INGREDIENTS: 2 tbsp Olive oil 1 Medium… Read more“BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches”
Winter is almost over, (I hope!) and spring cleaning season is upon us! Homemaking Jewels is adding some fun to our spring cleaning this year with this cleaning bingo sheet. Be sure to reward yourself each time you complete a row. For help with some of these cleaning tasks visit… Read more“Cleaning Bingo Sheet for March”
Makes 8 pints. If you like brown sugar or maple flavoured beans, this recipe is for you! I have created the best combination of these two flavours for these baked beans. Pressure canning the large batch of beans produces a quality product. These beans can be baked and frozen, but… Read more“Baked Beans for Pressure Canning”
My husband and I made this thread caddy. We made it from pieces of oak we had left over from a previous project and used finishing nails for the posts. Now I can store the matching bobbin under its spool of thread. Super handy. Subscribe to Homemaking Jewels today.
Everyone loves these oven door towels. Made with the same cotton yarn as dishcloths, they are absorbent and durable. By: Doreen Childs and Julia Stewart Use 100% cotton yarn, as you would with a dishcloth. Use 8 US (5 mm) knitting needles. Cast on 64 stitches. Row 1-4: Knit 4… Read more“Oven Door Towel – Knitting Pattern”
Add a little flare to your cranberry sauce with flavours of the Christmas season. Makes 3-4 cups. INGREDIENTS: ½ cup Water 1 cup Granulated sugar 2 cups Cranberries, fresh or frozen ½ cup Orange juice ½ Cinnamon stick DIRECTIONS: Check out these articles as well: Cranberry sauce… Read more“Festive Cranberry Sauce”
This easy, no bake recipe will add lots of coconut flavour to your Christmas treat tray. Ingredients: 1 12 oz. package semisweet chocolate chips 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1 ½ c graham wafer crumbs 1 ½ c coconut ½ c chopped walnuts 1 ½ c crispy rice cereal Shredded… Read more“Coconut Chocolate Snowballs”
What a fantastic combination of sweet and salty yumminess. This is a perfect treat to give as a gift. Here’s my version of a recipe I found in a Gooseberry Patch recipe book. Ingredients: 3 cups pretzel sticks 3 cups corn and rice cereal squares ¾ cups pecan halves ½… Read more“Frosty Trail Mix”
