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How to Dye Silk With Cake Dye

This is a fun easy project- it's easy to make beautiful colors of silk to decorate for spring. It takes a bit of time, but if you are w...

We love sourdough- I made the Sourdough Pancake recipe from Joy of Cooking before finding the whole Nourishing Traditions way of eating. ...

I've been having trouble with the internet this week- so I had some pre-written guest posts to share with you but not a whole lot on my ...

Quiche is a good frugal meal that can be adapted to suit what's already in your fridge. Here we have spinach, mushrooms, goat cheese, a...

While I don't have 'being green' as my main objective in life, I am starting to notice that we're becoming more green as tim...

After Jenni told me that mayonnaise is easier to make if the eggs are room temperature, I've been making mayonnaise (and not eggy-oi...

Like the sauce we had on our trout the other day, a hollandaise sauce makes breakfast-for-dinner much more special. Here: S oaked wheat bre...

My kids love greens in their scrambled eggs, cod liver oil, sharp cheese, barbecued fish, onions in egg salad, loads of garlic, and plain un...

Refined sugar, corn syrup, and yes, agave 'nectar' are all over refined , low nutrition , and high markup foods. They do more har...

Blueberry Smoothie It's smoothie weather again! I find that if I try to enjoy smoothies in the wintertime my thermostat ends up getting ...

This meal of fresh trout was completely inspired from Edible Aria's Pan Fried Trout . Where I feel like I'm juggling to just get a ...

The most durable grain-free pancake yet! I had heard of chicken 'cupcakes' on the pecanbread site , so I tried using the food proces...

(cut cabbage for sauerkraut) Dinner Menus this week Sunday : Smoked salmon, cheese, and crackers , fruit smoothies. Monday : Pulled chicke...