Beans are one of the delicious and healthy food items that you can add to different types of dishes. However, some people use dried beans instead of regular beans. One may ask – Why use dried beans? Are they any better? Or do they provide more health benefits? To answer these questions … Read more
Are you familiar with those little dishwasher tablets that are sold in all the stores? (Here’s one example Cascade ActionPacs Dishwasher Detergent and here’s another Finish Powerball Tablets.) They seem awfully handy and I’ve often wanted to buy them. However, they also are really expensive and just squirting or shaking a little … Read more
Have I mentioned that I froze a bunch of tomatoes last spring? Yeah, I know, I’ve mentioned it only a million times. Well, you should know, they’re gone now. I’ve used them all! My freezer has never felt so empty! Originally I made pasta sauce, then I made pizza sauce and now … Read more
If you recall from posts I made late last spring, we had a bumper crop of buttercup and butternut squash. We even got a few acorn squashes. It was a beautiful thing. Fast forward to now. Last week I went into my pantry to use a few of the buttercup squashes only … Read more
This month I am doing a short, weekly series on Natural Homemaking. You can check out the first post here. I hope you are enjoying this series as much as I am. I’ve always wanted to take a more natural approach to my homemaking and these posts are forcing me to learn … Read more
I’m always looking for new ways to use my sourdough starter. So far, the homemade English muffins have been my favorite way to use it but these sourdough pancakes may be a close second. Check out the recipe below and let me know if you give them a try. Ingredients For the … Read more
Happy Friday everyone! What’s new with you? So… I have a “homestead fail” to report. This is most certainly NOT my first fail. In fact, I could probably come up with at least a fail a day but most of them would be pretty boring and run of the mill. I thought … Read more
Today I am starting a short series on natural homemaking. Our garden is still in hibernation (though I did plant corn this past weekend) and I usually try to post something garden-related on Thursdays. So, for the next month, while the garden is inactive, I’m going to post something about how to … Read more
In today’s day and age, we have so many options when it comes to food that it can be hard to pick what you want to eat. More often than not, you don’t even know what you want to eat. You can go to a health food store but that doesn’t reduce … Read more
Lip balm can be a wonderful thing, especially in very dry weather. You can take a stab at making it yourself. Here is a recipe to check out: Homemade Lip Balm – with Tint Ingredients 2 tbsp beeswax 2 tbsp coconut oil 1/4-1/2 tsp vanilla extract beetroot powder or a chunk of … Read more