Pregnancy Belly Balm Recipe Ya know how during pregnancy your skin stretches a lot during pregnancy? Especially on your belly obviously. And thighs. And breasts. Well, when that happens, your skin can get really dry and irritated and itchy, and that’s just not a pleasant feeling. You try to scratch it to make it feel…
Recipes
How To Can Dill Pickles
How To Can Dill Pickles – my all time favorite pickle recipe. This makes the most delicious crispy dill pickles we’ve ever had! This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. I am a pickle addict. I will eat a whole quart of pickles a day if you let me. And then…
Making & Canning Applesauce
What do you do when your grandparents own a 24 acre heirloom apple orchard? You can jars and jars of applesauce, apple butter, apple pie filling, apple jam, and then you make a ton of apple desserts…french apple cake, apple crisp, apple pie….and then you eat some more apples. But today we are just gonna…
Spiced Mocha Coffee
The Best Ever Spiced Mocha Coffee Recipe that is perfect for the cold winters! This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. It is now autumn. The time for pumpkins, and sweaters, and steaming hot cups of spiced coffee. So what better time than now to share one of my signature coffee…
DIY Turmeric Face Mask
My husband puts up with a lot of my weird ideas. Turmeric face masks, eating liver, using chicken feet to make stock, drinking kombucha, ordering chicks when I have no idea where I’ll put them, you name it. The first time I made this face mask, I happened to still have it on when Luke…
Egg Custard Recipe
Egg Custard Recipe. A super simple and yet delicious and nutrient dense dessert that utilizes plenty of pastured eggs and raw milk! This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. Egg Custard Recipe Ingredients: Step one: Separate the egg yolks from the whites and set aside. Step two: Fill the bottom pan…
Bulletproof Peppermint Mocha
Bulletproof Peppermint Mocha. This is a super easy and delicious winter coffee recipe packed full of healthy ingredients! This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here. Every time the Christmas season rolls around, I start to crave peppermint mochas. Ahh, yum! Well, I do confess that I drink them year round –…
Making & Canning Roasted Tomato Sauce
Hey y’all! I have found my all time favorite way to make tomato sauce! When I roast my tomatoes it gives them this amazing rich flavor that you just can’t beat! Plus, roasting the tomatoes makes the skin peel on its own without any blanching. The roasting concentrates the juices and caramelizes the sugars in…
How To Can Pears
Here is a really easy recipe for canning your pears! Pears happen to be Luke’s favorite canned fruit so I made a lot of it!  It’s always so fun to sit and cut up pears while you listen to your favorite podcast (currently Living Homegrown) or watching your favorite show (Call The Midwife). Here’s…
How To Can Raspberries
Tis’ the time of year for canning! And I have become almost canning obsessed! Me and grandma made a day of it by canning some raspberries the other week! This is a wonderful recipe recommended by our friend Wendy. It’s super simple and quick and I absolutely loved the results! You will need: Raspberries Water…