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DIY Homemade Vanilla Extract
If you haven’t noticed yet, I have this thing with making stuff from scratch. I love to know how everything is made and why it works the way it does. I find the messy process breathtakingly beautiful. Something about planting a seed, nurturing it until it ripens, then bottling my own food makes me feel […]
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Homemade BBQ Spice Rubs Gift Basket
What do you get the guy who has everything? Hello, homemade spice rubs! My dad is the king of hobbies. The man can do pretty much anything. It’s a little obnoxious. Buying presents is a real challenge because he either already owns it, has tried it, or figured out how to do it his own […]
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Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Bars
When my dad was growing up, his mom and grandma were lunch ladies in the local school cafeteria. This was back in the days of from scratch cooking, where everything was homemade and nothing was frozen. Dad still looks back fondly on his memories of school lunch. How could he not with two of the […]
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Homemade Chicken Stock
One of my favorite items to buy at Costco is their rotisserie chicken. I use most of the meat to make dinner for my family of 6, and then I use the leftovers to make a nice, homemade chicken stock to use later in the week. Making broth and stock is a very simple thing […]
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How to Make an Old Fashioned Gingerbread House
In the 1960’s, my grandmother {aka Nana} and a group of ladies from her church used to make gingerbread houses to raise money for their ward building fund. She was even in the Sacramento newspaper once for all the houses she had made! I so wish I could find a copy of that newspaper article. […]
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Homemade Brown Sugar
I while back, I was asked to be a part of a provident living/self reliant fair. I was asked to teach on making your own mixes and how to make many of the foods that we buy at the store from scratch. Did you know that many of the items we purchase from the grocery store can be made […]
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Zippered Throw Pillow Covers
I have a confession to make, I am addicted to throw pillows. *insert Manly groans here* Fun patterns and fabrics can really cheer up a room. I love that you can make a space look new and fresh just by changing out a couple pillows. Not only is it one of the most simple ways […]
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