Top Posts of 2011

Happy New Year! I hope you’re enjoying your new year so far. Here is some reading for you…..

The 4 most visited posts of 2011 at CHK.

1. What Does The Bible Say About Ghosts?  No surprise there.

2. Super Easy Killer Good Coconut Cake And it really is!

3. Basic Cleaning Schedule

4. What’s The Difference In Yeasts?

Free Webinar on Fermenting Foods

My friend Wardeh is offering a free webinar on a topic dear to my heart: Fermenting Foods. For better nutrition and digestion, and for the sake of embracing old-fashioned skills, you’ll want to learn more about this fascinating topic!

Below is Wardeh’s video invitation — visit this link to register for the free Fermenting Foods webinar.

When is it? Monday June 20th @ 10am PST. Even if you can’t make it, register so you can access the free replay.

What’s included? What fermentation is, how it works, examples of fermented foods in traditional cultures, what foods can be fermented for better nutrition and digestion, the incredible benefits of fermented foods, and more!

Click here to register today — hurry, because space is limited and the webinar is coming up next Monday!

New! Old-Fashioned Recipes eBook

Old Fashioned Recipes cover

The “Old-Fashioned Recipes” eBook is complete! This is the final eBook in the set of 6 that Sylvia is giving away here. Winners will be announced on April 11th, so hurry if you haven’t yet entered.

My favorite part of this new eBook is where Sylvia shares how to cook over an open fire — and she even tells us what tools are needed. This is something I really want to practice — and learn to do well.

We both hope you enjoy this eBook! Read below for more info or check out all Sylvia’s eBooks here.

“Old-Fashioned Recipes” eBook

What makes a recipe “old-fashioned”? How old does it have to be? How many times has it been used? The type of ingredients in the recipe? Or is it just a quaintness that one seems to feel when reading and making the recipe?

I think old-fashioned recipes have to differ from new recipes in two major ways. They must use ordinary ingredients and have a modern counterpart that everyone is familiar with. These recipes are not only old-fashioned, they are old recipes that have been handed down through your family. They use common ingredients, aren’t particularly exotic, but they are tried and true and mighty tasty! You’ll get a kick out of this eBook. I cover old-fashioned recipes from homemade butter to chocolate cookies to chicken pot pie to tips on cooking over an open fire! –Sylvia

The 18-page eBook covers these topics (and more!):

  • How to make sugar from beets
  • Southern Red Beet Cake
  • Canteloupe recipes
  • Chocolate cravings? Multiple recipes!
  • Dutch oven biscuits
  • Calico beans
  • Navy bean soup
  • Rice pudding
  • Rolls, wonderful dinner rolls
  • Mammy’s tea cakes
  • Chicken pot pie
  • Recipes for tomatoes, apples and onions
  • Coffee can bread
  • Cooking over an open fire
  • Homemade sauerkraut
  • Homemade coffee substitutes from times of hardship
  • And more!

Price: $5.00.


Note: Be sure to click the “Return to …” button when your payment is complete!

EBook Giveaways!

In conjunction with my appearance on the Get Real – Get Prepared Radio show, I am having a giveaway of my 6 ebooks!  You can listen to the show any time by clicking on the link above!

You can enter one time in the comments for this post to win one of the 6 ebooks by telling me something you would like to see here at CHK. It could be an article, series, instructions, anything at all that you would like to see us include at CHK. 

Winners will be announced on April 11th

Check out our eBook page for complete descriptions of each eBook.

New eBooks that my friend, Haniya, has put into very pretty eBook form include:

Old Fashioned Recipes - Recipes that have been handed down from my Great-Great Grandmother and beyond. Yeast rolls, cakes, hominy, jellies, cooking over a fire, homecanned hamburger and MUCH more.

Homekeeping 101 – basic instructions and help for cleaning, organizing, laundry and tons more!

Homekeeping for the Chronically Ill or Disabled – my routines, lists and encouragement to help even new moms get a hold on the homekeeping.

Three tried and true eBooks  that I will be giving away …..

CHK Spring Cleaning – complete instructions, ideas cleaner recipes and much, much more.

CHK Thanksgiving Planner – You really can’t start too soon thinking about planning for any big event. This planner can be used for all kinds of occasions. Includes the history of Thanksgiving, recipes and a lot more information.

CHK Christmas Planner – Ideas, recipes, a 4 week planner and a whole lot more!

Remember to check out our eBook page and read about each eBook in detail. Then come back here and make a post letting me know what you’d like to see at CHK. That post will be your entry into the drawing for the 6 eBooks.