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Oh, The Things We’ll Make!

Make it yourself so that YOU control the ingredients!

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Various tubes and a tin of tallow lip balm

Easy Homemade Tallow Lip Balm

Protect your lips with this glide-on tallow lip balm made with only two inexpensive ingredients. This frugal recipe is quick and easy and is super nourishing. In the past, I showed you how to make a healing lip balm with mango butter and oils. With my son’s lips chapping lately in our cold, windy weather, …

Read moreEasy Homemade Tallow Lip Balm
Toxic Superfoods book by Sally K. Norton

Toxic Superfoods Review: How Oxalate Overload Is Making You Sick

Is Sally K. Norton’s book, Toxic Superfoods, really worth reading? Learn how eating healthy could be making you sick and how to recover! Recently, I wrote a post about high oxalate foods and why they are problematic. I thought I was eating a healthy gluten-free keto diet packed with lots of fruits and vegetables, nuts, …

Read moreToxic Superfoods Review: How Oxalate Overload Is Making You Sick
composite photo of many high oxalate foods

High Oxalate Foods: Why They’re Problematic

Oxalates are chemical compounds found in many plant-based foods. While they are toxic antinutrients, most people don’t realize how problematic they can be. I was wrong. I thought I was eating a very healthy diet. I was eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, lots of nuts and seeds, and yet, each day I was …

Read moreHigh Oxalate Foods: Why They’re Problematic
Large jar with home rendered lard and a wooden spoon in front of it.

Rendering Pork Fat: How to Make Lard

Rendering pork fat is an easy way to get a cost-effective, versatile fat for cooking and soapmaking. Learn how to make lard and why you’d want to. What is Lard? Lard is a semi-solid, white-colored fat obtained by rendering pork fat. It has been used for centuries as an ingredient in cooking and soapmaking. It’s a delicious …

Read moreRendering Pork Fat: How to Make Lard
closeup overhead view of a valentines charcuterie board

Valentine’s Charcuterie Board

Perfect for parties or a romantic meal, this festive Valentine’s charcuterie board combines hearts and roses of meats and cheese for a fun and creative appetizer or small meal. In the past, most of my Valentine’s Day recipes have been sweet treats or desserts. That is, of course, except for my Valentine’s Day salad with …

Read moreValentine’s Charcuterie Board
Close-up of a container full of yellow ghee and a block of butter in the background.

How to Make Ghee from Butter

With a nutty flavor, ghee is a healthy, stable fat that’s great for frying and adds flavor to your foods. Learn how to make ghee from butter quickly and easily. It wasn’t until recently that I started to make my own ghee for cooking/frying. I had been frying foods in coconut oil and home-rendered lard to avoid …

Read moreHow to Make Ghee from Butter

Make Something to Eat!

Looking for something to make for dinner? Maybe a healthy late night snack? Find a recipe by category below.

homemade papadums on a plate

Appetizers & Snacks

Two shot glasses filled with different flavors of kombucha in front of 2 glass bottles of kombucha

Beverages & Smoothies

Close-up overhead view of a hand holding a homemade paleo pita bread folded in half with a pita bread full of leafy greens in the background.

Breads & Wraps

Breakfast

Pouring homemade aioli off the spoon to show its texture.

Condiments & Sauces

A watermelon sorbet in a white bowl on a plate with some slices of watermelon and half a lime.

Desserts & Sweets

Lunch & Dinner

Tomato powder in a wooden spoon in front of a jar of tomato powder surrounded by dried tomato slices.

MIY Pantry Basics

A salad with bacon roses and strawberry hearts

Soups & Salads

Make Cosmetics!

Two bottles of a homemade conditioner next to a wooden comb and a washcloth.

Easy DIY Hair Conditioner for Natural Hair

Make it!Easy DIY Hair Conditioner for Natural Hair

Natural Homemade Deodorant for Sensitive Skin

Make it!Natural Homemade Deodorant for Sensitive Skin
A small glass jar filled with an emulsified sugar scrub with a wooden spoon in it.

Easy Emulsified Sugar Scrub

Make it!Easy Emulsified Sugar Scrub
Pouring laundry detergent from a beaker into a bottle.

A Beginner’s Guide to Working with Natural Surfactants

Make it!A Beginner’s Guide to Working with Natural Surfactants
A dab of homemade moisturizer on a fingertip in front of an airless pump bottle

Homemade Moisturizer for Oily, Acne Prone Skin

Make it!Homemade Moisturizer for Oily, Acne Prone Skin
Homemade clay-based natural toothpaste (without cacao) shown on bamboo toothbrush.

Natural Homemade Toothpaste Recipes & Tips From a Dentist

Make it!Natural Homemade Toothpaste Recipes & Tips From a Dentist
a homemade lotion being squirted onto a wooden spoon

How to Make a Simple, Homemade Lotion and How to Customize it

Make it!How to Make a Simple, Homemade Lotion and How to Customize it
A bottle of shampoo in a pump bottle next to a wooden comb and a sprig of mint.

Natural DIY Clarifying Shampoo

Make it!Natural DIY Clarifying Shampoo

Make Soap!

Closeup of 4 bars of homemade soap. Two of them have been wrapped in brown paper and wrapped with ribbons. One soap is wrapped with red ribbon and the other with white ribbon.

Making an Easy, Basic Beginner Soap, and Then Making it Fun!!

A bottle of homemade liquid Castile soap in a soap dispenser next to a washcloth.

Easy, Beginner DIY Liquid Castile Soap Recipe

Dr. Bronner's soap is a versatile, all purpose cleaner that is a great addition to any household, but let's face it, it's quite expensive. Learn how to make liquid Castile soap at home. It's easy, frugal, and very rewarding. #soap #castilesoap #liquidsoap

How to Make a Multipurpose Liquid Castile Soap: Dr. Bronner’s Copycat Recipe

a bottle of clear liquid soap made with coconut oil

Homemade Liquid Coconut Oil Soap

Perfect for those with sensitive skin, this homemade glycerin soap recipe makes a hard bar of soap that lathers nicely while gently cleansing and moisturizing your skin. 

Homemade Glycerin Soap Recipe (From Scratch)

Gentle on the skin, and with a nice, creamy lather, this goat milk soap with honey is one of my favorites. Learn the techniques of making soap with both milk and honey with this recipe. #soap #goatmilk #honey #fromscratch

Goat Milk Soap with Honey

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