Homemade Natural Living
Butternut squash has so many positives! Not only tastes good, it is quick to make in the oven and eating it is like taking a handful of vitamins with your meal. In this post I’ll share with you how we grew our own vine-y plant of butternut squash, its health benefits, and how you can…
Risotto is a very tasty way to make rice (arborio rice or sushi rice, which has a thicker kernel). The flavour of risotto comes from a good quality broth, and the secret to the creaminess is stirring the broth into the rice one cup at a time and stirring constantly. The Secret to a Creamy…
My sister makes the most tasty spinach and cream cheese stuffed chicken breast. She invited us over for dinner one time and blew us away with these stuffed chicken breasts. This week, I got the directions from her and will be sharing them with you here on the blog. Stuffed Chicken Breast in Oven Making…
We never say no to a lamb chop dinner! And if our BBQ is out of commission, cooking lamp chops for dinner in the oven is a close second. With the oven on low, the flavour of the fat seeping in and around the meat is delish! We cook ours for around an hour and…
A regular beef mince dinner in combination with soy sauce, eggs and bone broth gives it a flavour that that your taste buds will dance at. Mince Dinner Mince for dinner is easy. It defrosts quickly and doesn’t take too much to taste good. It can also be paired with nearly anything and make a…
Preserving eucalyptus is something I try to do for two reasons, because it is beautiful to admire and has many health benefits. In this post I’ll share different kinds of eucalyptus, how they grow, and how we preserved it for decor and culinary uses. Drying Eucalyptus to Preserve This year we preserved the eucalyptus we…
Chicken pie is a favourite meal in most homes including ours. Make it a healthy chicken pot pie by adding heaps of bone broth in the white sauce to nourish and improve overall health. We made a sheet pan version of this chicken pie, since it was the only clean pan I had in the…
For us (right now), it is less expensive to buy a whole chicken at the moment, so I made our last few chicken soups from this way. Making soup from a whole chicken isn’t that much extra work. I just cut the chicken into pieces where it naturally feels right to cut. Add the chicken…
Sometimes, the cold bug get us. That’s when I get to making the best tea for a sore throat, which also manages to keeps a the cold at bay and symptoms from worsening. The best tea for a cold is this blend of loose leaf teas including red bush tea, marshmallow root and liquorice root.…
If you wonder how do you make caramels, these hand cut caramels can be made at home with a few simple ingredients. All you need is these simple ingredients: syrup, sugar, cream, vanilla, salt and butter. Plus a few hours to heat it all together, then you let it cool in a pan. This recipe…