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got the chills?
An olde fashioned favourite tea that is used for sudden chills, chills from a feverish state or fevers is equal amounts of mint, elder flower and yarrow. If you happen to have a copy of Matthew Wood’s Earthwise Herbal, you will read that “mint tea was used during the terrific grippe epidemics of 1838 and…
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DIY Sewn Cards
Are you the?ácrafty type? Do you knit, sew, make unique things, break out the glitter-glue, modelling clay or paintbrushes?áevery time you think about?ápresenting presents to your loved ones? Maybe you would like to send something handmade to your friends and family who live afar. Perhaps this year you need or want to simplify gifts, but…
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From a book: Random, Absurd Poetry (part three)
Copyright Natasha Henderson
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From A Book: Random, Absurd Poetry (part two)
copyright Natasha Henderson
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Go Puff Yourself
I recently tried using some purchased puff pastry. Mind you, I have never made puff pastry from scratch. Seeing that the dough available at my local bakery is butter-based though, I thought I would?ágive it a try. I have been avoiding vegetable oil shortening in my baked products, it’s on my big “DO NOT EAT…
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waiting
This is a photo of raspberries macerating in cognac to make a liqueur. The recipe for this can be found here!
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Recipe Makeover: Mom’s Peanut Butter Balls
A few days ago I shared the story about my favorite Christmas recipe: Mom’s Peanut Butter Balls. I had expressed a hope that I would be able to improve the healthiness of this treat, while maintaining the deliciousness of it. I think that somehow, through luck or divine intervention or possibly even ingenuinity, I managed…
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can’t slow down
We seem to be on a roll this week. ?áWomen these days are encouraged to move it, even during times when they were traditionally told to slow it down. ?áThis is not to say that women should not listen to their bodies, but that movement is generally a good thing. Meet Olga!?á?áMeet Ernestine! Even during…