Monthly Archives: March 2019

Super Easy Way to Make Cauliflower “Rice” Without a Food Processor

Posted on March 29, 2019 by treeoflifemama

  I love love this new way that the Trim Healthy Mamas show to make cauliflower rice. It’s so easy!

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How to Stretch Ground Beef and Your Food Budget

Posted on March 29, 2019 by treeoflifemama

  The Trim Healthy Mama sisters, Serene and Pearl, show a hack for stretching ground beef  in the video above. I’ve been doing a similar thing already for years, except I use cabbage. For those of you like my sister-in-law … Continue reading →

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What I’m Learning from Come, Follow Me, Week #12

Posted on March 26, 2019 by treeoflifemama

  Last Sunday while sitting in Relief Society (the women’s organization of my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) I had a mind meld. I had two concepts, one from the New Testament, and one from the … Continue reading →

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Come, Follow Me: Week #11, part 2: Why Does Jesus Call Himself a Sword?

Posted on March 20, 2019 by treeoflifemama

  Come, Follow Me, the New Testament Study Guide of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, involved this scripture for last week’s lesson, from Matthew 10:34: “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I … Continue reading →

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Wheat-free Sugar-Free Chocolate Birthday Cake

Posted on March 19, 2019 by treeoflifemama

So remember how I used spaghetti squash to adapt the Trim Healthy Mama Trimtastic Zucchini cake  (page 296 of the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook)? I did the same thing with the recipe recently. Only this time I did have some zucchini … Continue reading →

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Out of the Best Books: Classics We Are Studying From in Feb. and March 2019

Posted on March 19, 2019 by treeoflifemama

Before we get any  more into March, I want to share the classics we learned from and studied in February and this first half of March. The above photo shows some of the picture books that I picked up from … Continue reading →

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What I Learned from Come, Follow Me, Week #11

Posted on March 15, 2019 by treeoflifemama

For Week #11 of Come, Follow Me, the New Testament readings included the teaching of Jesus from Matthew 11:29, “Take my yoke upon you, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” So I looked up  how the … Continue reading →

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What I Learned from Come Follow Me Week #10

Posted on March 15, 2019 by treeoflifemama

So here’s what I learned from last week’s study of Come, Follow Me, the Bible-based curriculum for home and church study for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. My favorite story from last week’s lesson was that of … Continue reading →

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Crispy Kale Chips: Best Snack Ever!

Posted on March 13, 2019 by treeoflifemama

This is the best snack ever! Forget what Jim Gaffigan says, that kale “tastes like bug spray.” Yes, maybe it does, if it is raw! I’ve never actually tasted bug spray so I wouldn’t know. Maybe he’s thinking that when … Continue reading →

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Wheat-free Sugar-free Chocolate Cake

Posted on March 13, 2019 by treeoflifemama

My youngest child has been battling canker sores lately so I had to come up with a sugar-free dessert that wouldn’t aggravate them. We always have a treat for Family Home Evening on Sunday nights. (I am happy to report … Continue reading →

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