Ann:
This month I’d like to write an encouragement to everyone to cook ahead for the school year! Though it seems like a lot of work, making an extra batch of your favorite breakfast and storing it in the freezer is not much work, and makes busy mornings much easier.
Some things I suggest making for the freezer are muffins, pancakes, crustless quiche squares baked in a 9x13 baking pan, or breakfast burritos or sandwiches. Each only take a few seconds to heat up, and pancakes are really good frozen! Weird, right? If you’d like to use any of our linked recipes for your freezer breakfasts, I have added directions under each one, and I’ve modified our quiche recipe underneath the original recipe.
Definitely try batch cooking. It’ll change your life!
Grace:
A few weeks ago, I finished reading Kara Swanson’s newest book, Ignite, the first book of the Phoenix Flame Duology. It was the most beautiful story I’ve read in a good long while. If you like books filled with potent emotions, beautiful imagery, unique worldbuilding, and incredible characters, you’ll love Ignite. :D
It features a young phoenix girl named Mara, who lives in an icy world with a dying sun and has been raised by her father to explode in flames at his command. Her one goal at the beginning of the story is to obey her father and help keep their flock safe from the dangerous human hunters. When her father and the rest of her flock disappear, she goes to find them and meets up with a human named Eli. Slowly, she begins to realize that the humans, her flock, her father, and even herself aren’t who she was taught.
There is a fair bit of violence in this book, quite a lot of magic because they’re, y’know, phoenixes which are fantasy creatures, family trauma, and a lot of heavy (and relatable) emotions… but all of it comes together to paint the most beautiful tapestry of healing, growth, and finding one’s place. Ignite just came out three days ago, and I’m so excited for more people to hear this story! It touched me so deeply when I read it and was just such a blessing. <3 You can check it out here!
Emilie:
Homemade smoothies. These can be life-changing. Not only can you customize it to your liking with anything you have on hand, but it can also allow you to be very frugal and flexible. Smoothies make me think of many things, but in a way, they connect me to the team at WBaRM! On many of our Author’s Calls, we will be discussing life or blog plans when dear Ann will tell us that her mother is about to use the blender. We all giggle or fall silent, waiting for that familiar brrrrrr to begin. Smoothies are lovely conglomerations of God’s delicious fruits and vegetables. I will always recommend a good homemade smoothie over an over-priced store-bought one, any day.
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