Homemade Natural Cleaning Products with Essential Oils
Homemade Natural Cleaning Products with Essential Oils Getting chemicals out of family homes is one of my biggest driving forces these days. I'm personally driven specifically by getting them out of homes with kids and animals living in them, but, check out this fact: women put an average of more than 500 chemicals in or on their bodies every. single. day. WHAT? That's insane, right. Nope, check it out right here. So, if you're putting all these chemicals in and on your body, and on your … [Read More...]
Easy Salmon Salad
Salmon Salad may be my new favorite meat. Yes, bacon has been dethroned. Maybe. It's definitely my favorite meal meat. Like, I can eat me some bacon, but I have to add things to really make it a meal. And, that's true for salmon, too. But with this incredibly easy salmon salad, I can just mix it up and eat it with a spoon. Win. It's so freaking delicious I cannot even stand it. And, the best part? EVERYONE in our family loves it. If you're a long-time reader, you may know I was a vegetarian … [Read More...]
Mexican Fried Rice
Ever had Mexican Fried Rice? You know, like the Asian variety, but Mexican flavors. No? Me neither. I don't know why I never thought of it before, but this is our first time trying it. We have a really yummy neighborhood Mexican restaurant that we go to a lot. And the girls are weird about eating their Mexican rice. Like, they have to order it with their combos for some reason, but they usually eat two bites and move on to the rest of their food. So, as a result, we sometimes end up with a … [Read More...]
Homemade Applesauce
Homemade applesauce is stupid easy. I mean, seriously. I know, I know. You hear that a lot on the internet or see it on Pinterest or whatever and you're like, yeah, right... But, really. Homemade applesauce is like, the easiest thing to make. I used to make it all the time when the girls were babies. It was one of their favorite baby foods. I got out of the applesauce habit for a little while, but I recently picked it back up again and I made the recipe. Wait for it...even EASIER. Booyah. … [Read More...]
DIY Kitty Kick Sticks
Today, we're getting crafty with DIY kitty kick sticks. Lately, we've had a socially unacceptable number of cats traipsing through our house. We're up to about 15 in the last year. But, while you may be thinking I'm on my way to being the crazy(er) cat lady, we're actually volunteering as foster parents for our local no kill animal shelter, FurKids. And, never fear, the most we've had in the house at one time is nine. You know...ONLY nine cats. And six of them were pretty tiny. … [Read More...]
