Quick Ground Beef with Vegetables Recipe

One of my favorite quick and easy recipes, this dish satisfies my regular iron craving, and provides lots of vegetable fiber to balance the protein. If you’re a vegetarian/vegan/dislike meat or beef, I think cooked brown French Lentils would be a delicious substitute for the beef! Beef sometimes has a fraction or percentage on the packaging. 80/20 means…

Simple Butternut Squash Soup

Butternut squash is very versatile, meaning you can add any spices you want and completely change the mood of this thick and comforting soup. I make it when I am low on time or need a break from eating meats, and now that the weather is finally getting a little chillier, it is a perfect warm-you-up…

What the Bible Says about Your Speech

I want to help and encourage a very dear friend of mine who has expressed a current struggle with sinful speech, and also to remind myself to watch my own mouth for the glory of Jesus Christ. All verses are in ESV (English Standard Version). Sinful speech is very serious: Matthew 12:34-37 “You brood of vipers!…

Email Sorting Day

Recently, I signed up for a bunch of email subscriptions, all of which I need/want for ideas; however, my Inbox became so overwhelmed that I stopped visiting it. With 900 unread messages, I finally sat down and decided to organize my inbox. This saved me a lot of time and a lot of opening messages…

Stuffed Crimini Mushrooms

While I’m busy crafting decorations for my sisters party, my poor hungry husband is begging for food. I need something easy and fast. Hopefully these will do the trick and satisfy him until dinner (Roast beef!). Now, because he can’t survive without meat, I’m also adding yesterday’s leftover chicken and mushrooms as a side. Ingredients:…

Pizza From Scratch

I know, I didn’t believe it myself as I took out the steaming, bubbling, golden pizza out of the oven. Did I really just make a pizza from scratch? It was my first, but it was the best (and healthiest!) pizza I have ever eaten in my life. Making the dough is a process. I followed…

How I Named This Blog

Naming my blog took a full day. I asked my husband for ideas, thought, and named it iHomemake. And then, I accidentally deleted the blog as I was deleting two other unused blog sites. Needless to say, I was pretty upset. I didn’t save my work, there was no way to get it back, and…

Crochet Kitten Bed/Toy Storage

Some time ago, I began to research fabric and yarn fibers to see what chemicals were used in the creation of various types of fiber. Not far into my research, I learned some shocking details, and I feel like it is only the tip of the iceberg. The Russian proverb came to mind “The less you…

The Joy of a Clean Aquarium

I was supposed to clean it last week. I can’t believe I got so busy cleaning everything else that I forgot to clean this tank. Poor fish guys, and shrimp gal. The menacing green glow of the water finally became such an eyesore that I put aside dusting, laundry, bathing the cat, and making lunch.…

Almond Butter and Honey on Rye

As I’m loading the dishwasher and hand washing undishwasherable dishes after breakfast I am catching myself casting longing looks at my husband’s stash of Oatmeal Cranberry Dunkers. I have given up sweets since May 3rd of this year, with the tiny exception of honey and the very rare treat in a small quantity on special…