This is a terrific summer tomato and cucumber salad that you can make with veggies from the Farmer’s Market or from your garden. Katie also shares her recipe for a homemade salad dressing. Click on the Farmer’s Market Tomato and Cucumber Salad Recipe link below to see Katie’s recipe. Farmer’s Market Tomato and Cucumber Salad […]
How to Make DIY Infused Booze
Infused booze combines the liquor of your choice and herbs in glass jars. You follow a process of steeping the alcohol and herbs, taste-testing weekly until you have the taste you like. Following this process you can create some unique infused liquors. In this article, Mountain Rose Herbs shares their recipes for 3 different infused […]
How to Make Grape Juice from Scratch
Emry explains the process she follows to make all-natural grape juice from grapes that she grows in her garden. You could also make grape juice with grapes that you buy at a Farmers Market or at your grocery store. She uses Concord grapes but has suggestions for some other grapes you could use. Emry’s process […]
10 Foods That Are Great for Gut Health
The ability to digest and absorb nutrients from the foods we eat is critical to our overall health. If you suffer from Crohn’s Disease or colitis, you know how miserable those intestinal illnesses can make you feel. In this article, Kayleen discusses 10 foods that should improve the healthy bacteria needs in our GI tracts. […]
DIY Custom Twice Milled French Lavender Soap
Twice milled soap starts out with cold process soap that’s shredded and processed a second time. In this tutorial, Katie explains how to make twice milled French lavender soap. There are step-by-step directions, photographs and a helpful troubleshooting section. Very nice tutorial! Click on the DIY Custom Twice Milled French Lavender Soap link below to […]
How to Make Homemade 10-Minute Raspberry Jam
This is Jaime’s super-quick and easy, 10-minute raspberry jam. Anybody can successfully make this jam! Jaime uses this jam when she bakes sticky buns and French toast. I think it would also work really well on pancakes, waffles, or toast. You can also follow the same recipe using strawberries. Click the How to Make Homemade […]
A Super Anti-Aging Serum ~ Anti-Aging with Essential Oils
Anti-aging creams and serums are all the rage these days. But if you look at commercial products, you’ll see chemicals, additives, and other ingredients you don’t want to put on your skin. In this article, Kelly shares two homemade anti-aging serums that use all-natural essential oils. One thing I like is that she explains the […]
DIY Planter Box for Berries and Other Fruits
In this article, Rheney discusses how she created a planter box to grow blueberries on her patio. She also shares some great advice on how to select blueberry plants, and shares the varieties that she used. She provides a detailed supplies list and includes detailed build instructions with excellent photographs. Rheney used cedar logs which […]
20 Miracle Uses For Peppermint Oil
Peppermint essential oil has a wonderful scent and many health-related properties. In this article, Gaye discusses 20 different uses for peppermint essential oil. She also includes a lot of short recipes and remedies. Here are just a couple of the uses she highlights: Peppermint oil can be used to stop itching caused by bug bites, […]
50 Delicious Detox Drink Recipes
I liked this article because Stephanie stressed that she was sharing these recipes so that people can add a healthy drink to their daily diet. One detox drink a day provides you with antioxidants, vitamins and healthy fluids that you might not get otherwise. This is a really impressive collection of detox drink recipes. If […]
How to Make a Luxurious Green Tea & Silk Face Mask
This is another wonderful, natural homemade face mask recipe by Marie. The recipe uses green tea extract, silk peptides, and 3 other ingredients. It cleanses your pores and firms your face. This is a quick and easy recipe. To use, you just apply a thick layer of the mixture on your skin and leave it […]
Take a Fun Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Herbal Preparations?
Are you new to the world of making herbal preparations? Or are you skilled in making herbal health, beauty and cleaning remedies? Would you like to test your knowledge of herbal preparations? The Herbal Academy of New England has a fun quiz that tests how much you know about preparing herbal remedies and the factors […]