Semiserious Chefs

Let me start off by saying that this recipe is not a clone of what you’re going to find at a typical Chinese restaurant. I’ve never worked at a Chinese restaurant so I don’t exactly know all the details of what’s involved. However, I do have a couple of ideas. First, I’m pretty certain they […]

We’ve been continuing on our journey with Nathan’s fire fighting and first responder skill training, and, after learning about how the circulatory and respiratory systems work, we jumped into CPR training. We, of course, have been using our rescue cadaver, Cristof, and sometimes we pretend on our friends, but in reality neither is anywhere close […]

I call this AWESOME Blend for the very simple reason that it’s shorter than ‘Awesome on Everything Blend,’ which is exactly what it is! Our local spice shop in Anchorage, Summit Spice and Tea, used to have a green herb blend, called Chena, that I used for a multitude of different applications. When they stopped […]

Making fresh horseradish is very simple. As a person who doesn’t like mayo I prefer to make mine not creamy. The recipe below is as basic as it comes, but you will be surprised at the amount of heat and even sweetness fresh grated horseradish root carries on it’s own. The vinegar is a must […]

When I originally planned out this curriculum, I was going to continue from the Bone, Muscle, and Skin units into the nervous system, but the opportunity for Nathan to sit-in on a very blood related tourniquet course made me rearrange the plans. Interestingly enough it really does work very well coming after all of the […]

This unit only uses one reading resource, The “Fundamentals of Fire Fighting Skills” (third edition). This book and other helpful resources are discussed in more detail on the Orientation Page, while the Fire Fighting Skills Homepage also outlines (with links as we go along) each of the units we will cover if you want more […]

I make a large batch of this blend to keep on hand because I use it so often! This combination was first inspired by a Christmas gift from my Sister-in-Law. She gave us several Christmas ornament bulbs filled with herbs and spices for making dips. One was a very classic dill blend; 1 teaspoon dill […]

We recently finished the Firefighting Unit on Tools in our homeschooling and got a personal invitation for Nathan to visit Anchorage Fire Department’s Station 12 from an employee at C&T Fire; the place we went to learn more about fire extinguishers. Station 12 happens to be the location for all of the small tool repair […]

This unit took a little while and there was quite a bit of reading, but it was jam packed with information and was quite fun! For this unit we only used one reading resource, The Fundamentals of Fire Fighting Skills (third edition). This book and other helpful resources are discussed in more detail on the […]

Six year old Nathan has had it in mind to become a firefighter for several years now, so I am going to run with it! As an Alaskan homeschooling family we have the ability to create our own learning plans and this year I decided to incorporate his dreams into his learning. I felt that […]