Water Kefir: How To Brew
Water kefir is a light-tasting nutritious fermented beverage. My kids love it! They drink this instead of juice or soda, both of which are loaded with sugar. (As I am sure you know.) It is very simple to brew. You can make it into either a juice as in my Lemonade...
Probiotic Tartar Sauce
If you have never made your own tartar sauce, you are in for a treat. As with most things, the homemade version is leaps and bounds above the store-bought version, both in taste and nutrition. You only need a few ingredients and a couple of minutes. Where do the...
Homemade Mayo: Nutrient-dense and Made in Minutes!
Making homemade mayo requires only a few ingredients and takes just a couple of minutes! The difference between mayo bought in the store and mayo made at home is astounding, both the taste and the nutritional profile. It makes such a difference when you can control...
DIY Customized Face Serum
This time of year, the end of winter, your face might start to feel a little dry and crackly, depending upon where you live. An easy fix for this is a face serum. Face serums are some of the easiest beauty products to make at home. Also, you can customize the beauty...
Kombucha: Health Benefits and Doing a Continuous Brew
What is Kombucha? Kombucha is a fermented tea. The scoby (or mother) and starter tea ferment fresh tea and sugar. As the bacteria and yeast "eat" the sugar, they produce some amazing nutrients. The Benefits of Drinking Kombucha: Detoxification Helps with...
Tea Tree Oil Cleaner with Lavender: Antiviral and Antibacterial
Why make your own Tea tree oil cleaner? There are a few reason why I chose to make my own tea tree oil cleaner. First, tea tree oil is non-toxic (unless you drink a bunch of it undiluted). Second, I wanted to harness the amazing antibacterial and...
How to Make and Maintain a Buckwheat Sourdough Starter (Gluten-free)
This Buckwheat Sourdough starter is a gluten-free sourdough starter that tastes just as great as its wheat-containing brethren! Using a buckwheat sourdough starter gives you a nutritious as well as tasty way to make gluten-free breads, pancakes, crepes, cornbread,...
Sourdough Starter: Obtaining, Maintaining, and Enjoying
Why Sourdough? Using a sourdough starter allows you to bake without using commercial yeast. Most commercial yeasts are genetically modified. If that isn't enough to make you want to avoid them, many people unknowingly react to commercial yeasts. (Bioreal has a...
Milk Kefir: The Benefits of Adding it to your Diet
Milk kefir is a staple in our household. It actually has more probiotics than yogurt (even homemade yogurt). It contains beneficial enzymes and yeasts that help with digestion and immunity. Milk kefir is full of healthy fats and bio-available nutrients that your body...
Homemade Essential Oil Roll-ons
These essential oil roll-ons are some of our favorite tools we have around the house for keeping healthy or recovering from illness quickly. We also put essential oils in diffusers throughout the house, but the rollers are particularly when handy away from home and...
