If you’re looking for a drink that’s loaded with antioxidants, is super healthy and tastes delicious,then Pauline’s recipe may be the smoothie you’re looking for. It’s a wonderful smoothie that contains blueberries, raw cacao and other ingredients. Like most smoothies, it’s easy to make. Click on the Start Your Day With This Antioxidant Powerhouse Smoothie link […]
Blackberry Mint Lime Fruit Leather Recipe
This is a wonderful and healthy treat that Meredith developed with help from her 4 year old daughter. Blackberries, mint leaves, lime and other ingredients blend for a unique and delicious fruit treat. The final rolled fruit leather looks like small little wrapped gifts. Fantastic recipe! Click on the Blackberry Mint Lime Fruit Leather Recipe […]
Natural and Gluten-Free Families
Natural and Gluten-Free Families by Paisley Hansen, Contributing Writer Maintaining a healthy diet can be achieved in various ways. There are some people who follow a gluten-free diet and some who prefer organic and natural foods. Currently, there is some controversy about genetically modified organisms, or GMO foods, and some […]
How to Make Kombucha Using the Continuous Brew Method
If you like kombucha and want to make it at home, this article will explain the different options. Kombucha is a fermented drink made with sweetened black tea. In this article Katie explains the batch method of making homemade kombucha. She includes a video that she made a while ago that explains the batch process […]
3 Homemade Lavender Insomnia Remedies (With Recipes)
The body needs sleep to rest and recover from daily activity and stress. When you go through a bout of insomnia, the body can’t recover. This can make you miserable for days afterward. One of the properties of lavender is that it’s relaxing. In fact, there’s an Australian study that showed that study participants exposed […]
Two Recipes: Homemade Garlic Dill Pickles & Homemade Garlic Rosemary Lemon Pickles
Lia not only shares her two recipes for homemade pickles. She also includes printable jar lid labels. There’s a recipe for Homemade Dill Pickles & Homemade Garlic Rosemary Lemon Pickles. The recipes are easy to follow and there are some step-by-step photographs. Lia also shares a unique tip for getting rid of any bitter taste […]
How to Make a Passive Gravity Irrigated Planter (Self-Watering Planter)
This is a neat project for a planter that has an irrigation system powered by gravity. There are detailed specifications that explain how to build the planter. Basically the water in the red bucket moves down into the white plastic pipe which has tiny holes in it. It releases .05 gallons per hour which keeps […]
How to Make Layered Ice Cubes
I found this recipe by Sue of The View from Great Island website. It’s a creative recipe, perfect for any time of the year, and very pretty. It looks like Martha Stewart had an earlier, similar recipe, but her focus was more on layers of alcoholic drinks. In this recipe Sue recommends using juices like pomegranate, pineapple […]
How to Plant a Bee Friendly Garden with Your Kids
Erin shares a fascinating statistic: over 50% of the produce we consume comes from plants pollinated by bees. Since bees are endangered, anything we can do to attract bees and help them to propagate will also help us. Erin then explains how to plant a bee friendly garden. The goal is to plant flowers that […]
13 Ways to Save Money on Real and Organic Food
Amy is a dietician and feels strongly that you can make healthy, tasty, REAL food and save money at the same time. In this article she shares 13 ways to save money on real and organic food. Here are just a couple of her suggestions: Buy in Bulk. You can join together with like-minded friends […]
Sage & Chive Blossom Infused Vinegar
Becca first discusses the different ways you can use infused vinegar. Then she explains how to infuse vinegar with fresh sage and chive blossoms. It’s a really easy process. Nice recipe. Click on the Sage & Chive Blossom Infused Vinegar link below to see the complete recipe. Sage & Chive Blossom Infused Vinegar
10 Creative DIY Bird Feeders You Can Make at Home
This is an article by Kathy that I found on the Live Dan 330 website. She reveals 10 different DIY bird feeders that you can make at home. For each feeder, there’s a link to a tutorial that explains how to make the bird feeder. I really liked all of the projects, but there were […]