Keep money in your pocket and plastic glue bottles out of landfill with this simple, 2-ingredient homemade wheat paste.
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Simple DIY Bread Slicing Guide
Cut smooth, even slices every time with this simple wooden bread slicing guide.
Better Than Bought: Homemade Nutella Without Palm Oil or Plastic
Once you taste this homemade hazelnut-cocoa spread, you can never go back to store-bought Nutella. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
How to Sew a Bento Bag
Family, friends and coworkers, please stop reading now… And if you don’t sew, you can also skip this post and buy an original, proper bento bag from Ambatalia, a small, locally owned producer of gorgeous textile goods made from natural fibers and purveyor of daily essentials to help you live “a non-disposable life.” Check out […]
How to Make Coconut Milk Made from Dried Coconut
I make my own coconut milk for several reasons: The short version of how to make coconut milk Combine 1 part coconut and 2 parts hot water. Let sit for 10 minutes or so, whir in a blender, strain, enjoy. If you feel more energetic, you can also make coconut milk from a whole coconut. […]
Lemon Extract
I feel as though have a part-time job at the moment finding uses for the lemons that our tree rains down upon us. If I had more than one lemon tree as prolific as this one, I would lose my mind. Or I would list the location of my trees on Falling Fruit, a site […]
How to Make Tahini with Two Ingredients
(Updated 05/02/22) We eat lots of hummus and so go through quite a bit of tahini. I’m pretty sure when people set out to reduce their waste, their hummus intake becomes inversely proportional. There’s likely a mathematical theory that proves this. This past weekend, I cooked two cups of chickpeas in my pressure cooker for […]
Two Spring Webinars: Sourdough Starter and Ginger Beer
I have scheduled two webinars for the spring—one on May 3rd and one on June 7th. Both take place at 4pm Pacific Time. If you can’t attend these, you can watch the recorded webinars later. If you attend, however, you can ask me questions in real time using the chat window next to the live […]
Off-the-Grid Kombucha
Because you want to take your hippie game to the next level… The word “ferment” comes from the Latin verb “fervere,” to boil One of the benefits of making fermented foods is that you can prepare many of them without consuming energy. So, after the apocalypse, I’ll still be able to eat my mouth-watering fermented salsa, […]