If you are a My Father’s World user and have a blog, or if you just want a go-to site for homeschool ideas, then link-up below!

Example entry:

Please include your name and the Units/Years you are doing with your children.  I am Kristy and this year we’re doing Adventures in MFW, Kindergarten, and Preschool, so my entry will look like this:

 

Kristy: Adventures, K & Preschool

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Sharing a button on your sidebar enables your visitors to find other MFW users for this year and

you can easily navigate back here from your own blog!

If you have questions please e-mail me!

Our family is super excited about our FIRST year using My Father’s World, and we look forward to sharing the journey with you!

This link-up is for My Father’s World curriculum users only.  Off topic link-ups will be deleted.  Thank you for your gracious cooperation.

Welcome to our 70th Natural Living blog link-up!

This weekly blog party is hosted here at Little Natural Cottage as well as Jill’s Home Remedies.

Here are our three TOP posts from last week:

 

Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar @ Play dough and Puzzles

Are you OVERDOSING on Herbal Essential Oils? at Weed ‘em and Reap

Know Your Herbs: Stinging Nettle @ Holistic Homesteading

If your blog was featured here grab a button!

Don’t forget to check out our Top Natural Living Posts on Pinterest!

And now it’s time to link up, ladies!

If you’re looking for a healthy, tasty dish for a busy week night dinner, here’s a  tried-and-true recipe!

Our family enjoys this delicious skillet meal frequently during the spring months, when fresh produce is beginning to come into season.  You can try it with steamed brown rice or quinoa, whichever you prefer.  Both are scrumptious!

The following recipe is featured in our ebook, the Cottage Mama Plans Her Spring Menu.

 

Stir-fried Beef & Spinach

ingredients:

½ lb ground beef

or

deer or beef steaks sliced thin

coconut oil or butter (for cooking)

1 small onion, sliced into rings

½ C zucchini or yellow squash, chopped

1 C fresh mushrooms, chopped

3 to 4 garlic cloves, minced

1 C fresh spinach leaves

1 TBSP arrow root powder

1 C filtered water

1 TBSP Tamari soy sauce or Bragg’s amino acids  

Cooked brown rice or quinoa

directions:

In a large cast iron skillet, brown meat in oil until it is no longer pink. With a slotted spoon, remove meat to a paper-towel-lined dish (to absorb grease).

In the same skillet, saute the onion and zucchini or squash slices (in butter or oil) just until tender (about 3 minutes). Add the mushrooms and garlic and saute an additional 3 or 4 minutes. Remove vegetables from pan with a slotted spoon.

Add one cup of water in a glass measuring cup or bowl; whisk in the TBSP of arrowroot powder. Pour into the skillet with the meat drippings and immediately whisk. Continue cooking and whisking; once sauce begins to thicken, add the Tamari sauce or amino acids. Cook and whisk another minute or two, then return the meat and vegetables to the pan. Stir and cook just until ingredients are well amalgamated. Serve over steamed brown rice or quinoa. 

$3.99

Try our family-approved meals in the Cottage Mama’s Spring menu planning ebook!

This post is linked at  A Wise Woman Builds Her Home, Walking Redeemed, Raising Homemakers, Deep Roots at Home, Growing Home

I know this blog is supposed to be about health, herbs, and natural living… but sometimes I end up on soap boxes and pig trails!  Today, I’m going to show you a little of my girly side, okay?

If you have young daughters with long hair, you just might want to give these hair do’s a try!  These simple but adorable styles are two of our favorites for warm weather months.  Both of these hair styles should work well on straight or curly hair that is at least shoulder length.

I originally shared these tutorials in a guest post at Heavenly Homemakers in 2010.

This style features my youngest daughter whose hair is fine, slightly wavy, and moderately long.  After wearing this “do” for a few hours, her hair curls into adorable ringlets… I guess that’s two hair do’s for the price of one!

You’ll need: bobby pins, pony tail, hair spray and gel (optional), a big bow!

1. Pull hair back into a pony tail. You may want to scrunch some gel into your little girl’s hair to help it “hold” once you start pinning it up.

2. Separate hair into sections (the thicker the hair, the more sections you’ll need). Wrap each section of hair around your finger to make a pin curl. (Please excuse my chipped finger nail… this is a post about pretty hair, not pretty nails!)

4. Secure each “curl” with bobby pins. I usually crisscross two bobby pins to hold each pin curl in place.

5. Once you have all the sections pinned into curls, tuck in any loose strands and spray with hair spray.

6. Add a big, pretty bow and you’re all done!

This easy but pretty hair style features my big girl whose hair is slinky-straight, thick, and long ( waist length). This style works just as well on curly hair as it does straight!

You’ll need: pony tail, gel or mousse, a large barrette or bow

1. Pull hair back into a pony tail. Work a tad of gel or mousse into hair just to give it a little “hold”.

2. Twist and wrap hair into a ballerina-style “bun”, leaving several inches of the ends loose at the top.

3. Secure ends with a barrette or bow. Add a little more gel to the ends and arrange as desired. The nice thing about this style is that the ends don’t have to stay in any particular place… the more whimsical and free-style, the better!

How do you “do” your little girls’ hair?

This post is shared at Growing Home, The Better Mom, A Mama’s Story, The Modest Mom