Did you know that most of those candles that you buy at the store are just burning toxic fumes into the air that your family and visiting friends breath, in your home? Those toxic chemicals are called “VOCs” (Volatile Organic Compounds) and they have been linked to everything from cancer to fertility problems. I had […]
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Make Your Own Holiday Gifts: Bath Fizzies
I am going to be doing a series of holiday gifts for you guys to make family members! Tonight’s post is my son’s favorite so far, bath fizzies. These little fizzie treats are absolutely great at softening the skin but they also help by adding essential oils for specific purposes. (Like relaxation and sleeping, colds, […]
Vegan Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Vanilla Bean Buttercream Frosting and a Cinnamon Date Caramel Drizzle on Top
I can not speak enough words to tell you how delicious, moist, and absolutely delightful these cupcakes were. I keep going back for more…but it’s ok because it’s my birthday! Well, not today but they are FROM my birthday, so that should count for something. I brought these cupcakes over to my parents house today […]
Herbal Remedies for the Cold & Flu Season
It’s THAT time of year again, where everyone around me starts coughing, sniffling, and spreading their germs all over the place. With a 2 year old, it’s just that much worse. Kids are like petri dishes waiting to excrete their bacteria all over the place. I ALWAYS seem to get sick, every single year. It’s […]
Vegan Fettuccine Alfredo With Mushrooms
I really love Alfredo sauce. I have always been a white sauce over red sauce kind of gal. Ever since we went vegan, I have been craving a great bowl of Fettuccine Alfredo, but I really didn’t know how I was going to substitute that heavy cream sauce. Incidentally, you can make an amazing “cheese” […]
Thieves Oil - The Secret To Staying Alive During The Bubonic Plague
The season of germs, runny noses, congestion, and coughing is nearly knocking on our door. Since I JUST got over being sick, it occurred to me that all of those cold and flu medicines on that were in my medicine cabinet could be replaced with more natural alternatives that wouldn’t be near as destructive on […]
Make Your Own Non-Toxic Baby Wipes
I have been using the yellow microfiber cloths to wipe Syfy’s bum, but I hadn’t yet made a baby wipe solution. I had only just been wetting the cloth with water and that was it. Finally I decided I could do more with my baby wipe situation. I remembered that I had an old Pampers […]
Asian Inspired Ginger Sesame Coleslaw
I was really craving a good cold Asian salad with cabbage. I ended up deciding that I was going to make a coleslaw but dress it up with a Ginger Sesame dressing that would be to die for in this slaw! It really was delicious! I wasn’t sure at first if I was just loving […]
A Little Further Down The Rabbit Hole: Part 8
This part of the story has been a long time coming. What I have been trying to give you guys is a good background on why I needed to make the life changes that I made. I want you to see how bad it got for me and how ultimately my diet and ridding my […]
Make Your Own All Natural Dish Soap
After our dishwasher broke, we waited for a month for the maintenance crew to actually fix it. Long story short, it’s been 2 months and no one has come to fix our broken dishwasher. That’s ok! The hippy husband suggested that we wash our dishes by hand for a few months and see the difference […]