Zero dishes, no special equipment! Making homemade yogurt is a simple 4-step process. Photos show every step for how to make yogurt successfully! This is how we weaned off sweeteners, from white sugar to sucanat! Making homemade yogurt is like tying your shoes. If someone tried to explain the shoe-tying process in spoken word only, […]
We joke sometimes that we’ll launch a “Kitchen Stewardship® Diet Plan” with weird taglines like “Eat nuts, all the time!” or “Eggs, and more eggs!” or “Make everything yourself so you’re too tired to eat!” But truly, real food weight loss shouldn’t be a diet plan. It should be a lifestyle, a change (series of
You know that meme about how parents’ treatment of pacifiers changes as they have more kids, from sterilizing the thing every time it touches anything but baby lips to grabbing it from under a church pew and poking it back into baby’s mouth? That’s totally me, minus the pacifier. With my first child, I read
Eat Well, Spend Less: What Goes on this Real Food Baby’s High Chair Tray? Read More »
If you use natural soap nuts for washing your laundry, you’ll quickly find that there’s a bit of a learning curve. Compared to pouring in a measured amount of liquid, dried fruit in a bag is a different system entirely! Already lost? Check out my soap nut reviews to learn more about my experiences with
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In the back of my mind, I hoped that perhaps laying Jonathan down on an organic mattress with organic sheets that wouldn’t be offgassing in his face might…you know…get him to…(*whisper*) sleep through the night. It would have made for a great product review post. Too bad it didn’t work out that way. On the
In food, marketers would like you to believe it’s the same system. Chemists create a new “food” in a lab, advertisers promote it, and once it’s in every box in the supermarket, we all eat it. As food fads change, so must one’s pantry. Something about that strikes me as odd. I strongly feel there’s
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What’s the best natural carpet cleaner? Learn from my mistakes with homemade carpet cleaner when you clean your carpets naturally. I have a few things to say about this photo of dirty water from cleaning my carpet: First of all, isn’t it lovely? The image of a job well done. Second, my apologies. Normal food
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Do you believe it is possible to get through the whole cold and flu season without getting a cold at all? Here are some tips to cut off an oncoming cold or deal with coughing and congestion if you do come down with something. Eating for Immunity It’s important to make food choices that will
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I was thinking about a sausage-stuffed squash recipe for a few weeks. Twitter wouldn’t cough one up for me, and I never got around to a good Google search (or Swagbucks search, actually), so finally I just decided to make one up. It’s rare that I start from square one on a recipe; usually my
Hand sanitizer is becoming more prevalent in our society. I’ve shared the best natural hand sanitizers. Now, let’s explore the safety and effectiveness of hand sanitizers. For kids and adults alike, waterless hand sanitizers have become a simple and often daily alternative to hand washing in our society. It’s so easy, you know? Squirt, rub,
This is a guest post about how to make your own soap for baby by Erin Odom of The Humbled Homemaker. How to make simple, frugal and natural homemade baby wash in a foaming dispenser. It’s easy and safe for your little ones. But adults can use it too! The perfect cleanser for the whole
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Back when we talked emergency preparedness, we worked through many different steps to getting your home and family ready for the “in-house” sort of emergencies, such as power outages, snowstorms, or other problems that might cause your family to be stuck in the house without access to the outside world for a while. It seems
I have quite a collection of antibiotic prescriptions that have never been filled. Over the years, I’ve gotten skilled at fighting infections withOUT antibiotics, and in fact, 3 of my 4 children have never taken an antibiotic in their lives. Child number one was apparently my test subject as I learned more about natural health,
I hate when stores start Christmas preparations as soon as back-to-school stuff is put away. But if you want to make the easiest homemade vanilla extract as a lovely foodie Christmas gift or to use to make your homemade Irish Cream truly from scratch, you’re going to have to start in August! Luckily I have
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I’ve covered plant based lunch ideas, but maybe you need ideas for gluten free lunches? Here’s a huge list, plus some considerations for classmates with peanut allergies. It doesn’t take extra time or energy. Just a few simple swaps and some creativity! It takes me half an hour to pack food any time we have
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Unrefined sugars can be SO confusing – sucanat, rapadura, panela, and muscovado. Not only are they unfamiliar in the culture, tough to find at your local grocery store, and a maze of nutritional myths. When you have 3-4 names for basically the same product it can be difficult to find an answer to the question,
Unrefined Dehydrated Whole Cane Sugar (Sucanat, Rapadura, Panela and Muscovado) Read More »
A lot of people plan dinners and understand the importance of doing so, but lunches and breakfasts are often spur of the moment or just something simple like toast or cereal (both of which have downfalls in the traditional foods realm, unless you’ve made your own homemade versions). Your mission, if you choose to accept,
The gift of food is often the greatest gift to receive. It doesn’t cause clutter. It saves the recipient time and money, and lends itself to a nice, peaceful evening. It covers many of the 5 Love Languages: is a gift of service, affords the person more quality time to spend with their loved ones,
Camping starts out pretty doggone frugal. No maid service. No rules about towels on the floor vs. hanging them up. No concierge or valet parking. And no tipping the server or choosing to drink water so you don’t have to buy a drink at a restaurant. A camping meal plan is all about bringing your
Let’s talk about natural alternatives to all the chemicals we parents are made to believe are necessary from insect repellent to sunscreen. Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to pick a category and find a natural product or homemade remedy to use instead of the conventional and potentially harmful version. Upgrade one product
