The Urban Bees

November 7, 2019

Homemade Spice Mixes

I have tried for years to understand what goes into my food. I found out years ago that spice mixes like taco seasoning, fajita seasoning, dry onion soup mix, all have high sodium content, in addition to other ingredients I didn’t know how to pronounce. When my husband had to cut out some sodium of his diet, I then searched...

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February 25, 2020

Strawberries

A few years ago, we got some strawberry starts from a friend. We planted them, tried to harvest from them, kept them alive, and then we moved. We took some of the plants with us to our new yard, and fell into the same habits of keeping them alive, meaning to harvest when they were producing fruit, and didn’t get...

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November 7, 2019

My Label Maker

I found out about the coolest label maker from a YouTube channel I subscribed to. The woman, Andrea Mills, was extremely organized, something I strive for, and she showed about her label maker. That might seem like a funny thing to be excited about, but I believe labels can really help a space feel organized. I didn’t have a label...

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November 3, 2019

Dry Banana Hippy Hat

If any of you have seen the Frozen Fever Disney Short movie, this is a reference to one of the scenes in it. It honestly has nothing to do with what I am writing about, other than my kids loved it. In my quest to eat healthy and make healthy snacks for my kids to eat, I made some dehydrated...

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November 3, 2019

My nemesis: Menu Planning

I used to hate planning a menu. Understanding what my family liked to eat, being responsible for their food intake, making healthy meals with lots of varieties (I might have a slight problem with always wanting to try new recipes). That is a lot of pressure! I have tried so many ways to be successful and make it easy on...

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