Baking treats, muffins, and breads just got taken a notch higher! I found out how to make vanilla sugar! Here’s all you need: 1 vanilla bean for every cup sugar 1 cup sugar for every vanilla bean jar with tight…
As part of a zero trash lifestyle, I am seeking new and fun ways to come up with items that we currently use that have lots of unnecessary packaging. Like cosmetics, for example. A bar of soap in the store…
There are many ingredients in commercial toothpaste that I do not like giving to my family. Among them are Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Flouride. SLS and SLES are esters of Sulphuric acid – SLS is also known as “Sulfuric acid…
We were wonderfully created, and we have sweat glands for a reason. Our bodies get rid of toxins through our sweat as well as regulate core temperature. So, why do we add products that block this from happening? Add to…
A big step for us in reducing our trash was tackling the bathroom. Reducing the trash in the bathroom was a hurdle I wasn’t sure I wanted to take on, to be honest, as it required a new thought process…
Getting fresh produce out of your own backyard is just about as local as you can get. However, there are some people who can’t garden for various reasons, but still want to reduce the amount of trash caused by buying…
If you are wanting to use less plastic, and make less trash, sooner or later you will have to give up the ziploc baggies. I know how convenient they are, and how easy they are to grab off the store…
Perhaps the most difficult part of this journey is learning to do differentiate between wants and needs. I mean, don’t we need the newest cell phone to stay connected? Don’t we need a new vehicle every few years to stay…
Most “greenies” like to coin their lifestyle a “trash free” lifestyle. For me, that is just waaay to hard. I think it’s a great goal, but I am not positive I can make it totally trash free in our household.…
My friend came up with this recipe, and me being ME, I had to tweak it a bit and make it my own. So, here you are: soy, gluten, dairy free soy sauce substitute! Soy Sauce Substitute 2 cups beef…
