Whole Wheat Biscuits

 I adapted this recipe, like substituting butter for shortening. On second try, I will see if I can substitute a half cup of flour with a GF replacement, more for variety than to be GF.

Whole Wheat Biscuits Recipe: How to Make It (tasteofhome.com)

YIELD: about 1 dozen

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoon butter, melted

Directions

• 1.  Beat milk, GF flour, egg;  Separately, combine other flours, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. stir into dry ingredients until a ball forms.
• 2. drop Biscuits, about 1/2 in thick and 2 in . wide. *  Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 450° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown (check the bottoms, esp if skipped butter brushing).
  
  *OR Turn onto a floured surface, knead 5-6 times. Roll to 1/2-in. thickness; brush with butter. Cut with a 2-in. biscuit cutter.

Peanut Butter Honey Popcorn

 Primary tag: No refined sugar. 

Could not find my old Sue Gregg recipe, so here is my version.

 Mix in sauce pan:

1/4 cup SALTED butter

1/2CUP sALTED PEANUT BUTTEr

1/4 CUP HONEY more salt ?

for

16 CUPS (OR JUST A BIG BOWL FULL!) pop corn

Gets soggy after a half hour. Can bake it for longer crispness.

Maybe a good add:

1 TEASPOON CINNAMON

1 TEASPOON VANILLA

Childbirth

 I'd recommend a good exposure of these two sources to even the youngest little person who wants to participate in this wonderful part of life. A subject worth teaching is worth teaching at any level, for the new, young, and older and educated. 

Ina May Gaskin 

Read her "A Woman's Guide to Childbirth" at the end of my third pregnancy. Even knowing of her and having perused some of her writing when I was around fifteen, this book was a gift. 

The other source I give to my sisters in childbearing:

Labor Induction: The Low Down on Natural Approaches from a Midwife-MD - Aviva Romm MD