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How to Make Homemade Natural Baby Wipes

October 19th, 2011 · 41 Comments · Frugality, Green Living

Will I be called a hypocrite for teaching you how to make disposable baby wipes using bleached paper towel? Last week a reader used the term because I freely admitted to using disposable diapers in the same post as I said, “It’s important to know what’s going on baby’s skin.” The mission of Kitchen Stewardship [...]

Recipe Connection: Homemade Vanilla Extract

August 29th, 2011 · 56 Comments · Do It Yourself, Recipes

If you’ve been missing the Monday Missions while I was sort of on maternity leave, you can consider this week’s mission: to think about homemade Christmas gifts. Crazy, I know. I hate when stores start Christmas preparations as soon as back-to-school stuff is put away. But if you want to make homemade vanilla extract as [...]

Eat Well, Spend Less: Five Frugal Must-Have Real Foods

April 12th, 2011 · 75 Comments · Do It Yourself, Frugality

Making some foods from scratch saves a couple bucks. Making other foods from scratch saves a couple cents. Your job, as a good kitchen steward, is to figure out the difference. Unless you have the luxury, like I do as a Type A stay-at-home-mom, of working your behind off making literally everything from scratch, it’s [...]

Eat Well, Spend Less: Bloggers’ Money-Saving Specialties Shine!

April 6th, 2011 · 12 Comments · Do It Yourself, Frugality

Genius. Pure genius. Jessica at Life as MOM, by the way, deserves all the credit for initiating this series, the right topic at the right time. Clearly she also gathered the right people around her – the posts yesterday were just electric! Today I get to just send you away from KS for a while [...]

Advent Daily Dose: Busy Prayer, Part 2 – The Gifts

December 1st, 2010 · 4 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments

Yesterday I explained my philosophy of busy prayer, of integrating prayer into your busyness rather than letting your to-do list rule you. I gave tips for praying while baking and shopping. Today it’s gift time. Here’s how to pray while you: Make homemade gifts, cards Settle in to appreciate the simplicity and ability to pray [...]

How to Naturally Get Rid of Ants in your House

June 30th, 2010 · 34 Comments · Cleaning, Do It Yourself, Organic Gardening

I killed 50 ants today in 10 minutes. Turns out that spilled sugar and a sticky molasses jar attract ants like…well, like spilled sugar and a sticky puddle of molasses! The microwave cabinet where I keep my sweeteners (since I don’t use a microwave anymore) was taken over by ants, the little kind that don’t [...]

Finer Things Friday: Homemade Cracker Recipe, at Long Last!

February 5th, 2010 · 109 Comments · Do It Yourself, Recipes, Upgraded Nutrition

I’ve been teasing my readers about my homemade cracker recipe for weeks now, and I’m finally dishing it out. Think about crackers you enjoy eating. What do they have in common? They be thin. They be salty. The key to great crackers is to make them thin and don’t spare the salt! Why Homemade Crackers? [...]