Keeping up the Friday habit of sharing a helpful habit. Today, Cooking Fun! What is cooking fun? It’s simply the habit of letting the children have fun making something easy in the kitchen. We keep a Cook Box stocked with simple cake mixes and ingredients to make it even easier. Since we are eating out […]
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Southern Cheese Straws Recipe
My cousin, Jessica, made these delicious cheese straws for our cousin’s Bridesmaids Luncheon. Cheese straws are a simple pleasure, come in all sorts of shapes and designs and are a tradition in the south. Here is Jessica’s southern cheese straws recipe. What would a ladies luncheon be without cheese straws? Jessica’s Southern Cheese Straws Recipe […]
Our Trip to Wonderland
It all began in January… It’s a very fine day! Yes, a very fine day! A fine day if we keep our heads! Well, actually, practice for Alice in Wonderland began then but our time with the drama group began almost three years ago. Thanksgiving and Christmas plays, Peter Pan, The Little Drummer Boy, The […]
Meal Plan: Bunches of Batch Cooking
“A man ought to eat what’s offered and be glad to get it!” ~ Rose Watson, Mitford Series My freezer is depleted thanks to the last couple month’s worth of freezer/pantry challenges and good, cheap eats. So, it’s time to batch cook again. Maybe a mini Big Cook. I’ll use what I have on hand […]
Balancing the Needs of the Age Range
Today we started Spring Break early because Hodgepodgedad took the day off! So this weekly wrap is posted a bit early too. We are enjoying our Friday! This was our first week back into the regularly scheduled programming after Homeschool Expo projects. Those are the ribbons from the science fair! Seventh grader (3rd place), sixth […]
Meal Plan: Cheap Eats for Two Weeks
It has been a while since I posted a meal plan because when Grandma and Grandpa retired out west, we were given the contents of their freezer and pantry. Wow! And, so, I am working around what we already have again, just like in the last freezer and pantry challenge. Supplementing with a grocery run […]
Mud-luscious
This business of play. It’s a dirty job. But someone has to do it. Because play is a child’s job. And mud is a magnet. Dirt and water mixed together become paint. It becomes a fairy garden. Or, of course, a pie. Many a pie I made in my childhood days. If only us adults […]
Winter Nature Study: Evergreens
Our study of pine trees and evergreens sort of spread out over our other nature studies this winter. We noticed the green in the snow during our winter weather study. Some sketched pines for our Tree Silhouette study. I guess you could say evergreens were the ‘backdrop’ study of our other winter outdoor hours. And […]
A Month Long Slow Cooker Celebration
(An update from the September 2010 Hodgepodge archives, adaptable for any time of the year) Because it’s the change of seasons… Because there’s an ever so slight chill in the air… Because we’ll be hitting the books pretty hard for a week… Because we’ll then be taking a week off for field trips and fun… […]
I’m Writing My Own Cookbook – A Scrapbook of Recipes
I’m making it a habit to publish at least one recipe from this red and white checked cookbook each week. Today, an updated post from the archives that tells the story of the Hodgepodge Cookbook… It’s a recipe book that spans a century. It’s a snapshot of celebrations past. In this cookbook my mother writes: […]
Hodgepodge Recipes 2008-2010
A quick reference list of recipes from 2008-2010. Apple Pie by Nana Asparagus Casserole by Grandpa Aunt Joy’s Fudge Artichoke Dip Banana Pudding, guest post by Nana Beans and rice Beans, Garden fresh in microwave Beef Barley Soup Bread, Homemade in 10 minutes Breakfast Casserole w/ Crock Pot Grits Brittney’s Biscuits Butter Rolls, by Southern […]
Pastels Plus Links to Tutorials
Welcome to our Hodgepodge free listing of chalk pastels, acrylics and video art tutorials for all ages. This list of free tutorials is no longer being updated. In fact, at the following link we have an updated list of 100+ Free Art Lessons for All Ages. For the original list we began with plus a […]
Winter Nature Study: Snow
Wow, what a winter! In the last month we’ve seen a snow dusting and experienced cold temps down into the teens. Then, magical, memory-making snow in the south on Christmas! Plus snow topped with ice in early January. That last storm kept Hodgepodgedad at home with us for a few days. So one afternoon we […]