This weekend I did something that I have been avoiding for a long time: I read the label on my coffee creamer. It was worse than I thought, there were probably 10 times as many ingredients that I didn’t recognize to all the ones I did. I know in the past I had used raisins to make condensed milk and really enjoyed the flavor so … Continue reading Make it Yourself Monday: Coffee Creamer
I woke up this morning to a rainy stormy day and I knew right away what I wanted to make for this week. Never buy the store-bought kind again! This recipe is so so easy and only requires ingredients that you probably already have. Ingredients 1 1/2 cup Flour 3 teaspoons Baking Powder 1 tablespoon Sugar 1 1/4 cup Milk 1 Egg 3 tablespoons Butter … Continue reading Make it Yourself Monday: Pancake Batter
These two scrubs combined only use a total of three ingredients; oil, white sugar and brown sugar. They are so so easy to make yet actually work pretty well as exfoliaters. I remember a while back one of my friends said that she was told that you should never ever use sugar on your face. Now, years later, I decided to look into that. Using … Continue reading Make it Yourself Monday: Body / Facial Scrubs
For this week I wanted to do another simple recipe: Lotion. You can use it on your body, your face, wherever, you could even eat it… if you like that sort of thing. My point here is that this simple recipe is made with all natural ingredients that you can trust to be put on your body. Ingredients 1/2 cup Oil of your choice (I … Continue reading Make it Yourself Monday: Lotion
This week begins the first post of my new series: Make it Yourself Mondays. This means that each week I will be sharing with all of you one of the things I make from scratch. A while back when I was just starting to research these topics I’m interested in (i.e. sustainability, zero waste, chemical-free, etc.) I found that usually the easiest and cheapest way … Continue reading Make it Yourself Monday: Tortillas
