Ginger Snaps and Pumpkin Crack
With a name like that, it has to be good, right? Wrong. It has to be great. And I pinky swear to you right now, that this is so good, that your family will love you even more than they do now…so this is something you must make. Stat. This is sure to be a...
Easy Peasy Yeast Rolls
If you’ve learned anything from reading my blog… I hope part of that, is that I enjoy not only good, healthy food…but EASY good, healthy food. For so long, the art of bread making has eluded me. I would make a few good loaves here and there,...
Crunchy Mountain Mama’s Natural Deodorant
The journey to living a “crunchy” lifestyle was, and continues to be, a gradual process. Three years ago we started by using cloth diapers to help cut back on waste, and to save some money. Once we calculated how much money we were actually spending each...
Ready for Fall
I feel like I blinked, and Summer was over. I’ll be honest, I’m not in the least bit sad about it. Yes, my family had a pretty great summer. Our boys both celebrated birthdays, as did my Mountain Man, we had a nice family vacation to the beach, my oldest...
Crunchy Mountain Wellness
Here we are, 8 months after this blog has gone live, and I’ve yet to really dive in and tell you all about how I got started using essential oils in our home. It all began two years ago, this October. I remember seeing a dear friend make post after post on...
Lemon Squash Poppy Seed Bread
It’s Summertime. And with Summer, comes a plethora of zucchini and squash. Seriously. They’re like the rabbits of the gardening world. They just multiply and grow so dang fast, that you can’t possibly eat them all before you’re sick and tired...
Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette
I’m just going to start by saying that I have been, and always will be a ranch girl. No, not the kind who knows how to wrangle cattle or anything like that, although that would be cool…I’m talking about that creamy white dressing that is good on...A Tale of a Snail
As much as I may complain about the heat, and the bees, and the spiders, and the mosquitos…I really do love summer. Especially in the mountains. I mean, let’s face it, it’s gorgeous up here, and a solid 10 degree difference in weather, than those in...
Strawberry Pineapple Frozen Yogurt Pops
Happy Summer, all!! Ok, so I’m not usually thrilled about Summertime. It just gets too dang hot for my liking. If I had it my way, I’d be great with a moderate temperature of 72 degrees…however, that’s just not possible. So I’m trying to...About Feisty Girl
Hi! I’m Brenna Jo! I’m the Feisty Girl who runs this joint along with my über talented (and bearded) hubby, Mountain Man. We have 3 kiddos (J-Man, The Nugget, and Little Miss T). Former NC residents, we relocated to Montana back in 2018. We jumped headfirst into the Homeschool scene during covid, and started Grace River Homeschool in the Fall of 2020. With all the changes happening in the world, we decided we wanted to be as self-sufficient as possible, so we bought chickens and are trying our hands at growing some of our own food. Thanks for stopping by! Take a look around, and let’s chat about food, natural wellness, Jesus, homeschool, or really anything to do with kids, FRIENDS (yes, the best show on the face of the Earth), or life!