Browsing: Do It Yourself

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How to Make Your Own Apple Cider Vinegar from Scratch

Apple cider vinegar has been shown to be one of the healthiest natural supplements to any diet. Chances are that your grandparents might have used apple cider vinegar for everything from curing a sore throat to helping relax an upset stomach. As is often the case, the folk wisdom from the days of our ancestors […]

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Go Beyond Guacamole: 16 Ways to Enjoy Your Avocados

It’s hard to have a party without a heaping bowl of guacamole hogging the table. Everyone’s favorite green treat is tasty on chips and far too easy to gorge yourself on. However, thousands around the world are starting to embrace the other elements of the humble avocado and are exploring some different uses for it. […]

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Goat Milk Soap 101: The Ultimate Guide for Making / Buying It

Watch commercials today and you’ll be flooded with images of skin care and beauty items that promise perfection. However, a closer look reveals a sinister truth about many of these products- they are filled with toxic ingredients.

Commercially produced soaps are filled with synthetic additives that keep you clean from dirt but dry up your […]

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How To Make Homemade Soap: Top Tips For Success

How much money have you spent over the years on specialty body products at cutesy boutiques? The selections of handmade goods might be inspiring, but the price tags on these items are no joke. Usually in prominent displays are homemade soaps and lotions in a wild array of colors and scents, and they’re almost irresistible […]

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Growing Shiitake Mushrooms: An Inexpensive Delicacy

The Chinese people have been using shiitake mushrooms as a nutritional and medicinal food for over 6,000 years. One of the most well-known of the edible mushroom, shiitakes, have recently been discovered by the health food movement around the world and are considered to be one of the top superfoods most widely available. Instead […]

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How to Capture Wild Yeasts for A Sourdough Starter

Forget needing to be sliced! Frankly, the best invention of all time might just be bread itself.

We can only imagine how the first people that stumbled upon this chemical interaction felt when their lumpy dough transformed into an air-filled, yeasty loaf of fragrant bread. Today we take the magic of yeast almost for granted […]

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Cheese Making: Easy Steps to Success

Long ago, a man lost to history decided to taste the curds formed from the spoiled milk he was storing in an animal bladder and serendipitously discovered the wonder that is cheese. He must have known he was onto something good, as today there are hundreds of varieties of cheese enjoyed all around the world. […]

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Gardening & Farming Shiitake mushrooms on a wooden table.
The Foolproof Guide for Growing Mushrooms at Home

If you are serious about reducing your global carbon footprint and gaining more control over where your food comes from, then cultivating your own mushrooms should become a priority. Rich in flavor and easy to utilize in a wide variety of recipes, homegrown mushrooms add a robust, earthy taste to any dish, and growing them […]

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