Champagne and Orange: Mimosa Soaps
Are you ready for Brunch? These Mimosa soap treats are a perfect blend of Champagne and Orange. Recipe: 100% olive oil Champagne, flat (boil off the alcohol first, otherwise your batch may rice or...
View ArticlePure Olive Oil Soap Gentle Enough for Baby
I was sure different types of olive oils would create variations of pale to dark green hues, but who knew that Pure Olive Oil Soap could be so WHITE? I used the cheapest regular olive oil I could find...
View ArticleHow To Make Liquid Soap from Homemade Bar Soaps
I want to buy LESS stuff from someone else and make MORE of my own stuff. One of the easiest things I have recently discovered is the DIY room temperature method for creating soap bars. I am definitely...
View ArticleHomemade Moisturizing Hand Lotion
Indulge in your own homemade hand lotion. You can make it as light or heavy as you want. You can personalize the scent and the oils that you use. Best of all, you control the ingredients. I’m not going...
View ArticleCinnamon Toast Soap
Totally inedible, except for the cinnamon. 100% olive oil soap. Gentle for all skin types. Recipe: 100% olive oil water lye (NaOH) 6.5% superfat 35% water room temperature method run it through my fave...
View ArticleLemon and Charcoal Bastille Soap: Oriental and Masculine
I asked my brother what kind of soap he wanted me to make him. He chose Lemon and Charcoal Bastille Soap. Now, my brother is a very masculine man. He has a strong personality with Oriental preferences...
View ArticleExtra Virgin Olive Oil Castile Soap with Olive Leaf Powder
I read that the quality of olive oil one uses in soaps drastically changes the final product of soap. There is a lot to read about Castile Soaps on the internet, but I wanted to experiment on my own to...
View ArticleRose Bastille Soap
I wanted to create Gothic English Rose Soaps, but didn’t think the older ladies in my family would understand it. So I have some all white bars and some with a layer of activated charcoal. They look...
View ArticleAmber Crystal Soap
I was really excited about the potentiality of this Amber Crystal Soap project because I love amber crystals and their scent. I prefer to stick to natural products and don’t add unnatural colourants to...
View ArticleSensous Sandalwood Soap
I wanted to create a Sandalwood Soap with the look and feel of wood, as well as the sensual fragrance of sandalwood. Here it is! Recipe: 10% avocado oil (for a more moisturizing soap) 25% coconut oil...
View ArticleGentle and Unscented Star Wars Bastille Soaps for Kids
Everything Star Wars here. Why not soap too? Here’s a gentle, unscented recipe for kids of all ages. Recipe: 4% castor oil 15% coconut oil 80% olive oil water lye (NaOH) 10% superfat (also for a more...
View ArticleVegan Thanksgiving Apple and Cranberry Crumb Pie
I love experimenting in the kitchen. I especially love experimenting when I host a dinner at my house. Sometimes it is daunting because I want to impress my visitors, but at the same time, the suspense...
View ArticleEasy and Quick Coleslaw
We’ve been traveling for a week and eating more processed foods than usual. I returned home feeling a little more bloated than usual. On our first day home, my husband and I wanted a big salad each for...
View ArticleEasy and Quick Instant Pot Vegan/Vegetarian Locro de Papa (Ecuadorian Potato...
I was 6 weeks pregnant when I visited the Galapagos Islands and the only soup that made me feel better from first trimester nausea and altitude change was Locro de Papa. Since then, I have enjoyed...
View ArticleSatisfyingly Simple Sweet Potato Soup in the Instant Pot
I have been travelling recently and returned home quite sick and tired of overly processed and seasoned restaurant food. I just wanted something healthy, simple, and pure. Having just been researching...
View ArticleVegan Chocolate Protein Truffles
I recently decided to go on a SLOW CARB HIGH PROTEIN VEG regimen in hopes of gaining some muscles and increasing my athleticism. I’m only on my second week and have already seen amazing results. I...
View ArticleSalty & Sweet Buttery Bark
Do you love the tastes of Salty and Sweet together? Do you prefer Semi-Hard Chocolate Barks to Super-Hard ones? Do you like Buttery Foods? Then this is for you! Salty & Sweet Buttery Bark...
View ArticleKeto Fat Bomb: Lechon Kawali Chips (Crispy Filipino Pork Belly Chips)
I have been looking for a savory fat bomb idea for days when I crave more fat than usual. Pork belly is just perfect with 15 g of fat, 3 g of protein, and 0g of carbs per ounce serving. They only had...
View ArticleKeto Fat Bomb: Sweet and Creamy Avocado Mash
Avocado will always be a sweet fruit to me. Wish I had a sexier photo for this one… but all I wanted to do was to eat it all up. Growing up, this used to be one of my favourite foods: simply mashed up...
View ArticleHoly Chicharrón: Delicious Air Fried BBQ Pork Rinds in 3 minutes!
Holy Chicharrón! My son and I discovered we can air fry our own pork rinds in 3 minutes! Ingredients: microwaveable pork rinds pellets Method: Dump a handful of pork rind pellets in the air fryer. Cook...
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