Two new favorite books

Within the past few days days I have gotten two new books, well, one is borrowed from a friend but is certainly on my wishlist. The one on the top is a cookbook called "Healthy Choices". We try to eat healthy but we certainly love our sweets. Recently our oldest has been advised to avoid wheat for three weeks to see if he is allergic which has caused us to examine everything we eat. We haven't made cake mix cookies or brownies in almost two weeks. This cookbook has lots of healthy alternatives and lots of wheat free options. I loved that is also has some recipes in it for some homemade products like "aluminum free baking powder". We always buy the aluminum free kind but it is expensive for a little can and we do use it quite a bit so I am excited to give this recipe a try. I actually found this cookbook at the checkout stand at the grocery store. It was completely an impulse buy but I think it will definitely be worth it.

The second book, "Large Family Logistics" has lots of tips for being more organized at home. One of the suggestions is to order your week like the ladies of old did...Monday is laundry day, Tuesday is kitchen day, Wednesday is town day, Thursday is Office day, Friday is Cleaning Day, Saturday is Gardening Day and Sunday is the Lord's day. I really like that, I love orgaization and knowing what to expect. Of course, my week won't always work out so smoothly like that but it is something to shoot for anyway. Today was laundry day for us, which just means we keep the laundry going all day and make it our goal to actually get it put away instead of it going onto our "floordrobes". Laundry day doesn't mean we won't have more laundry to do throughout the week but the bulk of it will be done which will free up some time and some washer space for doing bedding and other things. This is such a practical book in lots of ways and I love practical things. I know the "Large Family Logistics" book can be found at www.visionforum.com but the cookbook might take some hunting online for. It is published by Keepers at Home magazine.