Are the cinnamon rolls ready and you want something a little more savory than powdered sugar glaze to top them with? I’ve got you, friend! This small batch cream cheese frosting can be literally whipped up in less time than it takes to bake those buns, hun. This post contains affiliate links, which means I…
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How to Use Strawberry Tops for Strawberry Syrup for Zero Waste
Waste not, want not. What do you do with the TOPS of your strawberries? Throw them away? If you have livestock, I’m sure you feed them. Perhaps compost them? Well, friend, here is a new way to use the tops of your strawberries to get the very most out of your berries BEFORE disposing of…
Squeeze Lemons and Your Pennies! How to Recycle Lemons to Stretch Your Grocery Budget
Homemade lemonade takes quite a few lemons to make a deliciously tart and refreshing beverage but is there anything else that can be done with spent lemons? Absolutely there is! Read on to find a few new ways you can stretch and have zero waste from lemons. This post contains affiliate links, which means I…
What is the Easiest Way to Preserve Tomatoes?
As summer tomato harvest start wrapping up for many garden zones and the temperatures are just still too high for standing over a steaming stove, here is the best way to preserve tomatoes… freeze tomatoes! My almost 95 year old Nana shared this hack with me a few years ago and my life hasn’t been…
Easy Tomato Peeling Hack That’ll Save You Time
Roast-to peel-tomatoes is a new skill I learned this summer that is saving me so much time in the kitchen. If you are preserving tomatoes and use a hot-packing or open kettle method or even a pressure canner, you’ll need to skin those maters first. I learned a neat trick from my friend Tonya at…
How to Make Chicken Bone Broth at Home
Learning how to make your own chicken bone broth is not only a great source of nutrition but it gets another meal out of your whole chicken. It’s really simple too. Keep reading to see just how easy it is to make this nutrient-dense super food, chicken bone broth. This post contains affiliate links, which…
The Best Reasons to Choose Vanilla Extract over Vanilla Flavoring and How to Make Your Own
The real deal over the counterfeit? Is there really any comparison? No. In this article, we’ll discuss why choosing the more expensive vanilla extract is worth it over vanilla “flavoring” and then I’ll teach you how to make homemade vanilla extract. This post contains affiliate links, which means I make a small commission at no…
