Ready to snuggle up and have a warm, chocolatey beverage by the fire to keep warm? Make this bulk DIY hot cocoa mix for your pantry for winter-time snuggles. It’s quick and easy and can be adjusted for almost any dietary need! Here’s an interesting tidbit! Is there a difference between hot chocolate and hot…
Do you stock baking soda or bicarbonate of soda in your pantry, but don’t know how to use it for more than an occasional recipe or making kids’ volcano science projects? Here are 50+ uses for baking soda to help you around your home! When I’m cleaning, I tend to reach for something homemade, rather…
Have you learned to condition dehydrated food? Learn how easy it is to take the necessary next steps after drying your favorite fruits and vegetables. Ever have that moment when you open your jar of dehydrated strawberries and find mold inside?! Learn the easy steps to condition dehydrated food to ensure your hard work doesn’t…
Learn how to dehydrate sweet bell peppers and make them last even longer for your pantry – and make a mock paprika powder for your spice cabinet! Are you tired of running out to buy one bell pepper for a soup, stew or casserole, and always buy a second or third because you might need…
It is so easy to dehydrate dill weed – take the easy growing backyard herb from the garden to the spice cabinet with these easy steps. Dried dill tastes so much better than the storebought version! Before we get started dehydrating our dill, do you ever giggle at the thought of calling this herb dill…
Don’t buy bottled rosemary from the grocery store – learn how to dehydrate rosemary in these handy step by step directions for both a dehydrator and air drying. We have a ginormous rosemary bush in front of our house that started out as a wee little rosemary Christmas tree topiary about eight years ago. Now…
Did you just buy a new dehydrator? Or are you surprising your spouse or mom with one? Here are some budget-friendly dehydrator tools to make your job much easier while saving you a ton of money! Now, before we start out, NONE of these tools is necessary to get you started dehydrating. Basic Dehydrating Tools…
Overloaded with sweet potatoes? Learn all about how you can preserve sweet potatoes to store them in your freezer and pantry – without using your vegetable bin. Thanksgiving brings inexpensive sweet potato prices around the country (gotta love those sales cycles!). But even if you come up with a great sale in the spring or…
How to dehydrate and preserve tarragon – whether you grow it in your backyard herb garden or buy it fresh from the produce section, tarragon is easy to preserve, and makes a tasty addition to your food storage! Tarragon is one of those herbs people don’t pay much attention to when starting an herb garden,…
Dehydrate lettuce and never waste another bag of greens again. Don’t throw away the lettuce in your crisper just because you overbought for the week. Now, a word of warning … if the lettuce is the same lettuce that now has a brown puddle underneath it in the plastic bin you’ve been storing it in for…
