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50 Things You Should Stop Buying & Start Making

50 Things You Should Stop Buying & Start Making
Published with permission from Natural Living Ideas You might be realizing that most of the products out there that aren’t made organically or naturally contain a lot of toxic chemicals. Not only that, many of these products can be harmful to our environment in a number of ways. Making things yourself not only saves you money and helps the environment, but it lets you know where your products are coming from and exactly what’s in it. You can make anything from food items to personal care and cleaning products all in very simple ways. Remember: whenever you can, use organic foods and ingredients in recipes. 50 Things You Can Start Making Homemade Ketchup – This ketchup won’t break the bank, tastes better than the real deal and contains no added sugar – so it’s nutritionally good for the whole family. Homemade Mayonnaise – This is a great recipe for any mayonnaise lover out there wanting to make their own at home, it’s simple and easy and tastes better than the store bought versions. Google+ Related:  DIY

How to Make Glue | Homemade Glue Recipe During their childhood, kids use a large amount of glue. Most of them are chemical mixtures with no ingredients listed on the packaging. You can only imagine what’s in there. Preschoolers love pasting and collage, as well as tasting anything that comes close to their mouths. Whether you would like to avoid a chance of your kids digesting chemical glues, make your house greener and as chemical free as possible or just want to avoid buying stuff and reducing wasteful packaging, the recipe above is a sure winner. How to make non toxic homemade glue For the ingredients needed, see the recipe on the photo above.In a saucepan mix 1 cup of flour with 1/3 cup of sugar.Add half of the water required and mix into a thick paste without clumps.Pour in the rest of the water and combine till the paste is smooth.Pour one teaspoon of vinegar and put on medium heat until the mixture starts to thicken.Cool and transfer to jar or an airtight plastic container. This glue will keep for a few days. P.S.

Making vinegar the old way A warm and sincere thank you to everyone who visited Sarndra yesterday. We are both delighted with your lovely and encouraging comments. I have no doubt Sarndra will have many excellent organising ideas in the future and I'm looking forward to seeing how she leads us towards better organised homes. I have been reading the wonderful Wild Fermentation book by Sandor Ellix Katz, with foreword by Sally Fallon of Nourishing Traditions fame. If you have a chance to read this from the library, or better still buy it - it will make an excellent reference and recipe book - do so. I love good vinegar. You can make excellent vinegar at home using old wine, apple cider or fruit. Air is very important to vinegar making - it is an aerobic process. If your first attempts at vinegar making fail and you've been using glass, you can give it another go using a container that doesn't let in any light. Start with a clean jar - wash it just before you use it - warm soapy water and a good rinse.

Food Hacks That Will Solve Hunger In A Few Minutes | UnMotivating Have you ever been so hungry, that you feel you can’t even wait a minute more to eat? Have you ever been so hungry, but have really no money to go out and get a good meal? Have you ever been so hungry, gone to the pantry closet, and haven’t been able to find a single good thing to eat? That’s when food hacks come in handy. Are you ready for a good lunch, dinner, dessert, and to top it off candy that will get trashed? Via: Imgur Page 1 of 1

Instead Of Throwing Empty Bottles Away, She Transforms Them Into Something I NEED In My Home It seems that day after day, the price of most things is going up. Sometimes pinching your pennies is wise, especially when it comes to small decorations. With so much knowledge at our fingertips, making our own beautiful creations is extremely easy. Here are a bunch of ideas that not only save money, but also re-use some bottles you may have laying around. 1. Picture frames from your old bottles. Start off by cleaning the bottles with soap and warm water. Next, roll up the photos that you want "framed." Add some decorations and finishing touches (the sky is the limit with these) and you're done! 3. These are certainly not limited to Halloween, so get creative and decorate them however you would like for any occasion.

Home-made Coffee Ice Cream: How to Make Homemade Gourmet Fat-Free, Sugar-Free Coffee Ice Cream with Ice Cream Maker Using Salt and Ice (directions, recipe, with photos, easy and free) Home-made Coffee Ice Cream: How to Make Homemade Gourmet Fat-Free, Sugar-Free Coffee Ice Cream with Ice Cream Maker Using Salt and Ice (directions, recipe, with photos, easy and free) This month's notes: April 2014: Spring is just around the corner. Strawberries are here in Florida, Texas and California, next in late March and April for much of the South, then in May for most of the country and June in cooler northern areas. See how easy it is to make strawberry jam or strawberry-rhubarb jam! Organic farms are identified in green! See our guide to local fruit and vegetable festivals!. Subscribe to our: Email alerts; Follow us on Twitter Add this page to your favorites! Click here for a PDF print version What's better than fresh coffee ice cream? If you are looking for an instruction manual for your ice cream maker, we have them, too! Directions for Making Homemade Fat-Free, Sugar-Free Coffee Ice Cream Ingredients Equipment Instructions Step 1 - Be sure you have plenty of ice and salt C.

Skinny Mashed Potatoes Mashed potatoes are one of my favorite things to eat on Thanksgiving, but this year since I am pregnant and on a really strict low carb diet (for my diabetes) real mashed potatoes are out (bummer). I recently started researching alternatives to some of my favorite dishes because there is NO way my plate will be without a big ole pile of mash potatoes. I came across this recipe that uses cauliflower instead of potatoes. Hmmm not a big cauliflower fan so I wasn't sure. If there is a choice of either celery or cauliflower in a veggie dish 9 times out of 10 I will choose the celery. BUT I decided to give it a try since the reviews were outstanding. ***BEST MOCK mashed potatoes I have ever had! What you will need: 1 head of cauliflower 1 tablespoon of cream cheese1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese1/2 teaspoon of minced garlic1/2 teaspoon of salt5 or so dashes of pepperChives for garnish Directions:Wash and cut cauliflower into small pieces. These were seriously unbelievable!

17 Incredibly Useful DIY Projects With PVC Pipes - Top Inspirations PVC pipes are not only for waterways, you can also use them to make some incredibly useful DIY projects. Some of these PVC pipe projects include a PVC pipe sunburst mirror, wine storage, toothbrush holders, flower vases, wall decorative detail, etc. These DIY ideas will help you stay organized and decorate your home in a new and unique way. PVC pipes are perfect to be used as an organizing material because they are inexpensive. In some cases you might even have some leftover you can repurpose. 1. Perfect patio table centerpiece you can use as a serving station, planter and flower vase to decorate with flowers. 2. Use PVC pipes to make a colorful budget friendly desk organizer. 3. Very creative and a nice space saving shoe storage idea. 4. Use the largest sized PVC pipes and cut them. 5. This is an elegant and beautiful wall decor and an incredibly creative sunburst mirror from PVC pipes. 6. Make a worthy wall artwork and a very beautiful, decorative detail for your home. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Beer-Battered Fried Pickles I’m fairly certain there is nothing more satisfying to eat than a fried pickle. The sad part is that it took me 29 years to discover this. Last year I tasted my first fried pickle in an Irish pub in California and I was forever transformed. I crossed the threshold into a new phase of life—pre-fried pickle to post-fried pickle. And I’m never looking back. The best part? Get out your trusty skillet and pour in a thick layer of oil. Next, combine the eggs and the beer in a bowl. Whisk them up well and get them nice and frothy. Sprinkle in the salt… And then little by little add the flour to the liquid ingredients. Get your pickle slices close to you while the oil heats up. Use a pair of tongs or a fork and dip them in the batter one by one. They should be nicely coated. The pickles will bubble and pop and after about 2 minutes … Flip them over so that they brown on the other side. You also might want to take the temperature of the oil along the way to make sure it doesn’t drop too much.

vanilla scented soy candles I don't consider myself the crafty type, but attempting to make my own candles was a project I decided to take on for my monthly clean living column in clean eating magazine. It actually turned out to be pretty easy and you can make 6 candles for $5 each! what you need: glue gun 6 pre-tabbed naturally coated cotton wicks 6 8 oz jars or containers 6 clothespins double boiler or a pot and a heat safe bowl pouring pitcher spatula scissors ingredients: 3 lbs soy wax flakes 1 1/2 qt melted) 3 tbsp vanilla essential oil ** if you can't find pre-tabbed wicks you can by the cotton wick and cut it down to size. Glue the wicks to the bottom centre of each jar.

Grilled Egg and Cheese Recipe Are you guys as obsessed with grilled cheese sandwiches as I am? I am a true grilled cheese lover. And adding a egg just blows all other grilled cheeses out of the water. Technically this recipe isn’t a grilled cheese at all, just a single slice of bread with cheese fused to it’s outsides, but it’s cheese and it’s grilled so I’m not going to argue technicalities. If we did want to get into the technicalities of naming of recipes, I think the egg-in-toast part of this recipe confuses me as well. What do you call egg-in-toast? I actually love eating the little cut out of toast, so I don’t think of them as leftovers at all. How is everyone’s 2014 going so far? Grilled Egg and Cheese Recipeserves 11 tablespoon butter1/4 cup shredded cheddar (I like a fine shred as opposed to a coarse one, when it grills up it’s lacier and crispier)1 slice thick toast, a hole cut out1 eggIn a non-stick pan, over medium-low heat, melt 1/2 tablespoon of butter, swirling the pan to evenly coat.

The Best DIY YouTube Channels to Turn You Into a Fix-It Master Hash Brown Wrapped Eggs It's been hard for me to switch gears from the whole "Stuffed" concept. It's too late to get this guy into the book, so here it is, Stuffed DVD special features! This is a play on a scotch egg, but also a Peruvian dish called papas rellenas. The key is perfectly soft boiling the eggs so that the yolk stays soft and comes running out when you cut into it. Roast the potatoes until tender. Mix with some flour, salt, herbs, and spices. Soft boil some eggs using this method. The potato mixture is mashed and ready. With well floured hands and surface, spread out some potato and roll it around your egg. Perfect. Fry em up until browned all around. Just another potato... With a suprise inside! Wait for it... Pop a little sriracha on this thing and it will be the best breakfast you have had in months!

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