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Natural Home Remedies for Diaper Rash
What’s in my CSA: Pea Shoots
My CSA turned up a surprising new ingredient for me, one I don’t think I’ve encountered in the grocery store before: living pea shoots, AKA pea tenders. I got living green garlic too (which promptly made my kitchen an uninhabitable olfactory nightmare), but that’s a different story. I love my CSA’s tendency to provide “living” food…
The Science of Whipped Cream and Butter
Have you ever wondered about how cream turns into butter, or why whipped cream and butter are different? I was thinking about post ideas, when someone said “have you done butter yet?” No, I haven’t done butter. Butter is gradeschool Homesteading 101, and everybody’s got a post on how to make butter. “Yes,” says my friend….
Saffron, Depression, & WooHoo! – Guest Post by @MegSanityPsych
Mother’s Day Teabird Giveaway
How To Make Ricotta Cheese
There’s actually two ways to make your own ricotta right at home! One method of making it requires the whey that may be leftover from making another kind of cheese, like your own fresh mozzarella, but the other method is much more straightforward and takes only two ingredients: milk and lemon juice. How does acid…
Making Stock From a Bird Carcass
April is Rosacea Awareness Month
Ladies, it just so happens that April is Rosacea Awareness month. It’s a skin condition that commonly goes misdiagnosed as adult acne or ignored, and a lot of people may not even know they suffer from it. As it so happens, I also suffer from it. Over two million Canadians are afflicted with this chronic…