Simple, easy healthy. Slice lemons and place on a cookie sheet while you pre-heat your oven to 250. Drizzle honey onto the lemon slices and bake for about an hour or until they look like the photo above. Let cool completly and your bee pollen. (Bee pollen is very bitter so add just a little.) They are great for allergies, if you use local honey… Read More »Dried Lemons with Honey & Bee Pollen
Cold pressed, virgin and unrefined oils are best when choosing oils to infuse botanicals. Carrier oils are natural oils that don’t have much scent so when plant matter is placed in them they take on the botanical properties of the plant. AKA Macerated Oils. Cold-pressed, virgin, and unrefined oils are best when choosing oils to infuse botanicals. The most common to start with is Olive… Read More »Carrier oils
A quick video for our youngest new member Stella! Happy Valentine making. Come and join our fun community, we make stuff!
Crushed Natural Freeze Dried Friut Freeze-dried fruits are a great way to color cookies and frosting naturally. I tested Blueberries, Strawberries, Bananas, and Green Apples for their coloring. The Blueberries turned a really pretty purple. Although they were hard to crush. I used a food processor and then crushed them with a pestle and mortar. They added a lot more flavor to the cookies than… Read More »Why would you not use natural colors for food?
My favorite Royal Icing recipe This is Martha Stewarts Recipe for the best smooth as silk Royal Icing 2 large egg whites 4 cups sifted confectioners sugar Juice of 1 lemon 5 drops of Glycerine (found at drug stores) Beat egg whites till stiff, but not dry. Add sugar, lemon, and glycerine and beat for 1 minute more. If too thick, add water. If too… Read More »Royal Icing
My go-to Sugar Cookie recipe 1/2 cup of butter 1 cup of sugar 1 egg or 2 yolks beaten 1 teaspoon of milk 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla 1 1/2 cups of sifted flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt Cream butter and add sugar, eggs milk, and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to wet ingredients, mix well and refrigerate for… Read More »Sugar Cookies
Easy recipes you can make with ingredients from your kitchen. Colds & Fever Peel an Onion. Chemicals released by cutting an onion attract water, that’s why you cry. Try cutting a large onion and lean over to allow it to clear your sinuses. Apple Cider Vinegar with Cayenne pepper and a pinch of salt in hot water several times a day as a tea helps… Read More »DIY Home Remedies
