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Bread Mania
An essay on the connection between baking bread and mental health – originally published on Medium in May 2020.
Earl Grey Cordial Recipe
Earl Grey Cordial is easy to make, a delight to sip, and a definite crowd pleaser. Make your own to enjoy or to give as gifts.
Elderberry Mead: Make Your Own One Gallon Batch!
Elderberries are an excellent food and medicine when cooked or fermented. It makes a delicious and beautifully colored mead or wine, too!
Make your own Ginger Wine: One Gallon Recipe
Ginger makes a lovely wine, warming to the heart and soul in the depths of the cold seasons! It also helps settle the tummy, so makes an excellent after-dinner tipple.
Lose Weight the Easy Way: Cinnamon and Honey?
Nope. It doesn’t work. In this post, I shall debunk a scammy site with a fake remedy that stole my product image to promote itself.
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Bacon Fat Gingersnaps [and Honey Cream Cheese Dip]
I know, I know, bacon is so played out. But if you save your bacon grease like we do, you can turn it into salty, smoky, spiced gingersnaps that will knock your socks off!
Recipe Box: Herbal Cough Syrup (Infusion)
Here’s a simple technique for making a cough syrup with lung-friendly herbs and honey. What herbs do you like to use for lung health?
Mulled Wine is good medicine
It’s awful to be sick. While it isn’t a good idea to booze it up while you have the sniffles, a bit of mulled wine is sometimes the perfect medicine.
Recipe Box: Four Thieves Vinegar
Here is a Four Thieves recipe made without essential oils. This one is used for cleaning physical spaces and energies and is not for internal consumption!
Let’s Talk About: How to use Lavender
Lavender is praised as a cleanser, for its calming influence, and as a perfume. Learn about harvesting and using lavender in your home.
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