recipes

Completely chemical-free, homemade strawberry sugar scrub is a wonderful sensory experience, reminiscent of summer, shortcakes, and daiquiris. (Just what you need in the dead of winter, am I right?)

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With chapped lips, you reach for that tube of lip balm you bought at the drugstore or health food store. Sure, it feels better, but what if you're going through several expensive tubes this season? Is there a cheaper or more natural way?

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Nothing is more relaxing than soaking in a hot bath after a long and busy week. Adding herbal bath salts to the water makes the experience even better. There are several bath salt recipes you can try. However, the one we will give you today is one of the most relaxing recipes!

These DIY bath salts are a fun project you can make with friends and family. Not only can they help you relax, but they can also help exfoliate and soothe your skin. They are also an excellent gift when you have difficulty shopping for your special loved ones. So get to work and give them the gift of natural relaxation this year with some herbal homemade bath salts!

Making scented sugar for holiday baking is not only fun, it adds a new dimension of flavor to cookies, pies, and other goodies. Scented sugars also make terrific hostess or teacher gifts.

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Due to our child's severe peanut allergy, we wondered if we'd ever be able to enjoy PB&J's again. Then we discovered almond butter... but $10 for 12 ounces? Ouch on the budget. Thankfully, homemade almond butter is super easy!

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Holiday baking means using lots of different extracts to flavor your delicious creations. Skip the expensive commercial extracts that are full of artificial flavoring and corn syrup and make homemade extracts instead!

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Traditional cultures have been soaking nuts in seawater for centuries. Soaking and dehydrating nuts improves nutrient bio-availability and reduces naturally occurring anti-nutrients; sprouting takes it a step further. Here's everything you need to know!

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My mother called them mermaid's hair… and we never had a shortage of mermaid's hair in the fridge growing up. My mom fed me sprouts (specifically alfalfa sprouts) all the time. If I wanted a salad, a sandwich, or something crunchy and yummy to eat, I always went for the sprouts. It wasn’t until I reached adulthood that I found out I could sprout more than just alfalfa: broccoli, radish, mung beans, clover, lentils, and more.