One thing that gets me funny looks when I have a guest over while cooking is my old spaghetti sauce jar of bacon grease or two. A family our size goes through a lot of bacon, We often find it for sale as low as $1.99 a pound near us though it needs some doctoring for flavor, and I love to save the grease for it many amazing uses. All in the name of saving money right? Through the years we have found some pretty simple and amazing uses for bacon grease. With winter coming I am working on saving plenty…
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When it comes to herbs in your medicinal garden or kitchen spice rack you can’t go wrong with turmeric. This root spice has many benefits for you to take advantage of to help keep your family healthy and happy. I have personally seen the value of this herb in caring for my family. From grandmas arthritis to my husband’s knee he injured in the Army there are so many uses for pain but when I decided to dive deeper I found, even more, uses for turmeric. Uses for turmeric Yellow food coloring We use turmeric as an alternative to artificial…
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When it comes to useful essential oils tea tree oil falls on just about everyone’s list. Even people that do not use essential oils regularly have known the power of tea tree oil for years. This essential oil can be found in many commercially produced products with nearly unlimited used for tea tree oil. What is tea tree oil good for? So what exactly is tea tree oil and what is tea tree oil good for? Tea tree oil is the distilled essential oil from the tea tree plant a powerful medicinal herb. Tea Tree oil is good for…
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I love coffee. It has been a major part of my everyday life since my teens when I started taking on a bit more in life than I could chew. That hasn’t changed as a mother. I used to toss out my coffee grounds into the trash but it felt so wasteful. When I started gardening I discovered that I could use coffee grounds in my garden. Eventually, I started to search out other uses for coffee grounds. Amazing Uses for Coffee Grounds The first thing I learned to do with coffee grounds is to use them in the garden.…