Overcoming The Fear of Hospitality

This is a guest post by Karen Yates at Finding Rest. Two months ago, I hosted my first dinner party.  Ever.  To say I was nervous is an understatement.  I was 35 years old and petrified. I never learned how to set a fancy table or make a 5 course meal.  I mean, where does… Read More

Last Minute Gardening Mother’s Day Presents

Did Mother’s Day sneak up on you this year? I didn’t see it coming, in fact I was shocked when I looked at the calendar and it was May already! So if you are like me and you are playing a little catch up this  week looking for a last minute Mother’s Day present then… Read More

A Beginner’s Guide to Biblical Hospitality

I love hospitality. If we don’t have people over for a week or two I start to get antsy. I start trying to figure out who we can have over. I happily prepare dinner, pick up the house, light the candles, get the kid’s toys out, and turn the music on. It has started to become… Read More

Hospitality Commands

Biblical hospitality was integral to the early church. The early church revolved around the home. Worship and teaching took place in the home. Love, care, and instruction in the Lord was done in the home. The early Church members shared meals together and built community, as well as inviting strangers into their home. Hospitality was a part of their… Read More

Freezer Cooking Resources

The way that I freezer cook is by buying a whole month’s worth of groceries and doing a marathon day of cooking and then enjoying those homemade meals all month long from my freezer. Some months I get busy and just end up with the stapels in my freezer i.e. rice, beans, spaghetti sauce, bread… Read More

How I Do Freezer Cooking: A Look Into My Kitchen

As I talked about earlier in this series, I stumbled upon a little cookbook with no pictures, that I had never heard of before one fateful night in the Barnes and Noble clearance section. Sounds overly dramatic, but it’s not. This book about cooking once a month changed my life. This book taught me the basics… Read More

How To Save Money Freezer Cooking

Freezer cooking is a wonderful tool to use to save money, spend less time in the kitchen, and create tasty healthy food. When I began freezer cooking, my world was turned upside down. I found this little cookbook one fateful day at Barnes & Noble, and my cooking has never been the same! Freezer Cooking… Read More

Freezer Cooking Methods

Freezer cooking can be intimidating to those who don’t know how to do it. Doing one big grocery shop and then spending 10 hours in the kitchen can seem like MORE work if you aren’t familiar with the process. But really, whether you use a cookbook, website to help, or just wing it yourself, freezer cooking is supposed… Read More

An Introduction to Freezer Cooking

My introduction into freezer cooking all began with a cookbook I stumbled upon in Barnes & Noble on fateful night and suddenly my cooking life changed. I had never really heard of freezer cooking before and certainly had never tried it before. Freezer cooking can take on many different forms. It can mean cooking double… Read More

Once a Month Cooking {Book Review}

Freezer cooking has changed my life. Seriously. I work full time plus have a 45 minute commute both ways. I get home close to 6 each night and THEN have to cook dinner. It’s such a hassle and I like to cook unlike some people. Well my cooking world was turned upside down last year when I discovered a little… Read More