Organic Homemade Gummy Bears

“Jeremy is my Valentine, whether he likes it or not. His inner kid is obsessed with gummy bears. I don’t blame him, who isn’t? He likes them with popcorn, chocolate

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Beginning Your Own Food Journey

“If you’re wanting to start on a path of eating and preparing healthier food for your family, you can really begin any where you want. But if you want

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Peasant Bread: The Best, Easiest Bread You Will Ever Make

“When I tell you that, if forced, I had to pick one and only one recipe to share with you that this — my mother’s peasant bread —

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How To Dehydrate Chicken

“Backpackers and hikers often take along dehydrated foods on their outdoor adventures due to the low mass and weight of dehydrated foods. Dehydration preserves food by eliminating the moisture

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How To Buy A Side Of Pasture Fed Organic Beef

“In 2008 we purchased a quarter side of beef with a few friends. It lasted us nearly a year! Without looking at anyone’s grocery budget, I can 95%

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Homemade Peanut Butter

“Once you make peanut butter at home, it will be very difficult to get excited about store bought peanut butter ever again. Not that eating peanut butter of

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Homemade Ketchup, An Old-World Recipe

“Homemade ketchup – it sounds complicated as though you’d spend all day in the kitchen pounding your way through vats of tomatoes and slowly simmering them away in

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Make An Easy Refreshing Violet Soda

“The arrival of spring is made even sweeter with the emergence of delicate purple violets in our garden. Violets are not only pretty, they are also edible. They

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Chia Seeds Are The Ultimate Survival Food For Long-Term Storage

“In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, there’s a lot of renewed interest in preparedness. One thing we all learned from the disaster is that when the power grid

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How To Make Maple Syrup At Home

“I’ve always thought of thick, golden, pure maple syrup as one of the truly natural foods, even though I never tasted the real thing until I tried my

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How To Make Hard Cheeses

“I started making cheese several years ago. I began with the soft fresh cheeses like cream cheese, queso blanco, and mozzarella, but after a while I wanted more.

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How to Make Vinegar: The Continuous Barrel Fermentation Method

“To make vinegar you only need wine, air and time. However, this is a fun set-up to make a continuous fermentation in a barrel which will supply you

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How To Make Natural Ginger Ale

“It turns out that soda hasn’t always been the high fructose corn syrup and artificial flavor concoction in an aluminum can that we know today. For hundreds of

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Build A Solar Food Dehydrator – Easy, Inexpensive, Detailed Plans

“Who doesn’t love dried fruits and vegetables? There’s the extra sweetness and concentrated flavor. They can be eaten “as is” or reconstituted with water. They’re lightweight—easy to carry

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11 Secrets To Properly Freezing Fruits & Vegetables

“When I was a little girl, I loved going to my Grandma Maxie’s house. There was always something yummy to eat, especially during the summer when her garden

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How To Extract Fresh Honey From Bee Hive Honey Frames

“Having bees has obvious rewards and some not so obvious. A clear golden jar of honey just waiting to be spread on some warm homemade bread is an

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How To Make Homemade Canned Spaghetti Sauce

Hi everyone! I wanted to share with you my homemade spaghetti sauce recipe that I have canned this week, and it is so GOOD! You know, there is

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Preserving Summer Squash & Saving Seeds

“It’s that time of year for us… the summer squash is starting to produce. We usually get more squash than we need with just a handful of plants

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10 Health Benfits Of Ginger

“Ayurveda gives ginger the status of a virtual medicine chest. That’s because this wonder spice has time-tested digestion-friendly properties, in addition to its numerous other health benefits. In

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80+ Recipes For Home Canning: (Fruits & Vegetables)

“Today’s Recipe Hit List is a handy reference sheet listing dozens of different tutorials and recipes for canning assorted fruits and vegetables. I’ve handpicked these from around the

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