Down the Gravel Road
Coconut Cookies Redo
The original recipe for these coconut cookies was given to me in the mid-1980s by a woman who remains a dear friend. I've reworked the recipe a couple times to make it dairy-free and as healthy as any cookie can be. You'll find the most recent version below. Enjoy!...
Triple Free Monster Cookies
My daughter Anne and I developed this variation on monster cookies because her son required a gluten-free, dairy-free, and soy-free diet as a toddler and pre-schooler. Gluten isn't an issue in monster cookie recipes since they use use oats, a grain he could tolerate,...
Gingersnaps (AKA Molasses Crinkles)
Imagine my surprise when, after recording the All About Cookies podcast, I discovered a blog oversight of the first order. No recipe for Gingersnaps (AKA Molasses Crinkles) has been published before on this website. Today's post rectifies the situation. The original...
Shepherd’s Pie
Shepherd's Pie is on this year's short list of freezer meals, compliments of Anne. I didn't eat it growing up or fix it for my kids, but she tasted it somewhere and has been perfecting the recipe ever since. It makes a good, hearty dish with plenty of veggies and...
Dairy-Free Lasagna Rolls
These dairy-free lasagna rolls made the Home Again Podcast short list of sanity-saving freezer meals. Anne created this recipe, and the non-dairy ricotta cheese substitute has the creamy texture that makes lasagna lasagna. If your family can eat dairy, just use...
Cranberry-Apple Pie
Yes, that slice of cranberry-apple pie looks delicious. And as everyone in the Home Again gang can testify, it tasted even better than it looks. Anne and I mentioned this pie in our live Facebook video that showed how to make Grandma Conrad's Never Fail Pie Crust. I...
Slow Cooker Chicken Thai Soup
Our family loves Thai soup. So I'm always on the look out for recipes that taste like what I've been served at good Thai restaurants. In September, I found and tucked away a slow cooker chicken Thai soup recipe until December and winter arrived. It was an immediate...
Slow Cooker Beef Ragu
Life around here is getting into a making-it-through-fall-with-1-broken-foot-and-a-pregnant-woman groove. Basically, that means we're always on the hunt for recipes that are tasty, nutritious, easy, and economical. Now that we've become one of "those families" with a...
How to Rate, Review, and Subscribe to Home Again from an iPhone
Once again, Anne and I want to thank you for listening to the Home Again Podcast! If you want to subscribe to Home Again from your iPhone on iTunes, this post offers step-by-step directions. It also explains how to rate and review Home Again if you feel so inclined....
How to Rate, Review and Subscribe to Home Again from Your Computer
Thank you for listening to our podcast! Hopefully, you’re reading this post because you’re tired of hearing us begging you to rate, review and subscribe to Home Again and want to learn how to do it. If you do subscribe to Home Again, please, please think about rating...
From Gravel Road to Home Again
From Gravel Road to Home Again Jolene Philo and Anne Fleck September 22, 2017 Good news, readers–The Gravel Road is back! Well, sort of anyway. Here's what happened. In January of 2017, we moved from our big, roomy farmhouse along a quaint, gravel road on the edge of...
Ready for Change
The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation. Psalm 33:11 On the last Wednesday of October, I took Mom for a little drive. The trees, dressed in fabulous fall colors, put on quite a show. Every so often Mom would point...
Three Thoughts for Thursday
Can someone explain why Mom can spend an afternoon mercilessly teasing me about dropping my phone down the throne, but she can't remember what she ate for lunch? During the lunch she can't remember, she once again offered tastes of her ice cream. "Mmmm," she said more...
Top 10 Signs Your Family Is Full of Tolkien Fans
The Man of Steel and I are proud of our kids for many reasons. One of our faves is that we turned them into J.R.R. Tolkien fans before the movies came out and remain so to this day. 10. Our family food fave analogies always follow the same formula: I like...
Keep Kindness Alive
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22–23 You is smart. You is kind. You is important. Aibileen Clark says these powerful words over and...
Three Thoughts for Thursday
An unusual combination: Brightly colored autumn leaves landing on spring green grass. That's what happens when September in Iowa includes monsoon rain one day and chilly temperatures the next. A reason to be thankful: All the recent rain means the grass seed planted...
Clean Out the Vegetable Drawer Bolognese Sauce
Once again, this recipe comes to you courtesy of multi-generational living, via my daughter. During July and August she prepared this bolognese sauce whenever the tomatoes threatened to take the kitchen hostage. The wide variety of vegetables make the sauce a banquet...
Top Ten Reasons Working With Teachers Is a Delight
This past Saturday, I spent the day with 14 educators. They were there to complete the first half of a teacher's licensure recertification class. I was there as their teacher. Here are the top 10 reasons I'm looking forward to working with those 14 teachers again this...